When Jesus continues His teaching after He was accused of casting out demons using Satan's power and warning that those who blasphemed the Holy Spirit have no chance at forgiveness any longer. He then expands on that teaching by emphasizing a comparison of trees and treasure.
It is not logical to approach a Manchineel tree expecting to pick an apple. The Manchineel tree is considered the most poisonous tree in Florida. It is often called the tree of death as a simple touch can cause great, lasting pain. In this tree are fruit called the apples of death for their extreme toxicity.
Now, this tree serves a purpose in God's creation that has nothing to do with this lesson. So, we will use that as our example of a ‘bad tree’. But Jesus says quite clearly that a bad tree won't produce a good fruit. Likewise, a good tree doesn't produce a bad fruit.
In the same way, the teachings of these Jewish leaders were ‘bad trees’ from which nothing good can come. Granted, our culture idolizes the idea of the “good” that can come from a bad source. Hollywood has for decades made movies about a demon with a conscience. The entire series of Supernatural was utter blasphemy considering God as the bad guy.
So when Jesus tells them that they will know whether a tree is good based on whether it produced good fruit. If it doesn't, it's a bad tree.
He turns the anger toward the slandering Jewish leaders. Sons of snakes He calls them, Their disposition is not one of intellectually honest Jews. They acknowledged miracles were done, but because their power was threatened they then ascribed the power Jesus had to Satan.
He straight up calls them evil. Not ‘misled’, not ‘sincerely wrong’ but evil. What they spoke came from their heart which was also, evil. Jesus tells them our words we speak come from our hearts, and if our hearts are evil, how can anything good be p4oduced by that same heart.
Now Jesus gets scary. He says that we will give an account for all we've said. Careless Words He calls them. What is the lesson here?
That a good person doesn't produce bad, for his heart is filled with the goodness of God, His word and the Holy Spirit. Ask yourself, what am I producing?
That at judgment words we speak will be used to condemn and judge us, or to bless us. Ask yourself, am I regularly speaking ill of someone? Swearing too much? At all?
Matthew 12:33-37
[33] “Either assume the tree to be good as well as its fruit good, or assume the tree to be bad as well as its fruit bad; for the tree is known by its fruit. [34] You offspring of vipers, how can you, being evil, express any good things? For the mouth speaks from that which fills the heart. [35] The good person brings out of his good treasure good things; and the evil person brings out of his evil treasure evil things. [36] But I tell you that for every careless word that people speak, they will give an account of it on the day of judgment. [37] For by your words you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned.”
It is not logical to approach a Manchineel tree expecting to pick an apple. The Manchineel tree is considered the most poisonous tree in Florida. It is often called the tree of death as a simple touch can cause great, lasting pain. In this tree are fruit called the apples of death for their extreme toxicity.
Now, this tree serves a purpose in God's creation that has nothing to do with this lesson. So, we will use that as our example of a ‘bad tree’. But Jesus says quite clearly that a bad tree won't produce a good fruit. Likewise, a good tree doesn't produce a bad fruit.
In the same way, the teachings of these Jewish leaders were ‘bad trees’ from which nothing good can come. Granted, our culture idolizes the idea of the “good” that can come from a bad source. Hollywood has for decades made movies about a demon with a conscience. The entire series of Supernatural was utter blasphemy considering God as the bad guy.
So when Jesus tells them that they will know whether a tree is good based on whether it produced good fruit. If it doesn't, it's a bad tree.
He turns the anger toward the slandering Jewish leaders. Sons of snakes He calls them, Their disposition is not one of intellectually honest Jews. They acknowledged miracles were done, but because their power was threatened they then ascribed the power Jesus had to Satan.
He straight up calls them evil. Not ‘misled’, not ‘sincerely wrong’ but evil. What they spoke came from their heart which was also, evil. Jesus tells them our words we speak come from our hearts, and if our hearts are evil, how can anything good be p4oduced by that same heart.
Now Jesus gets scary. He says that we will give an account for all we've said. Careless Words He calls them. What is the lesson here?
That a good person doesn't produce bad, for his heart is filled with the goodness of God, His word and the Holy Spirit. Ask yourself, what am I producing?
That at judgment words we speak will be used to condemn and judge us, or to bless us. Ask yourself, am I regularly speaking ill of someone? Swearing too much? At all?
Matthew 12:33-37
[33] “Either assume the tree to be good as well as its fruit good, or assume the tree to be bad as well as its fruit bad; for the tree is known by its fruit. [34] You offspring of vipers, how can you, being evil, express any good things? For the mouth speaks from that which fills the heart. [35] The good person brings out of his good treasure good things; and the evil person brings out of his evil treasure evil things. [36] But I tell you that for every careless word that people speak, they will give an account of it on the day of judgment. [37] For by your words you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned.”
When Jesus continues His teaching after He was accused of casting out demons using Satan's power and warning that those who blasphemed the Holy Spirit have no chance at forgiveness any longer. He then expands on that teaching by emphasizing a comparison of trees and treasure.
It is not logical to approach a Manchineel tree expecting to pick an apple. The Manchineel tree is considered the most poisonous tree in Florida. It is often called the tree of death as a simple touch can cause great, lasting pain. In this tree are fruit called the apples of death for their extreme toxicity.
Now, this tree serves a purpose in God's creation that has nothing to do with this lesson. So, we will use that as our example of a ‘bad tree’. But Jesus says quite clearly that a bad tree won't produce a good fruit. Likewise, a good tree doesn't produce a bad fruit.
In the same way, the teachings of these Jewish leaders were ‘bad trees’ from which nothing good can come. Granted, our culture idolizes the idea of the “good” that can come from a bad source. Hollywood has for decades made movies about a demon with a conscience. The entire series of Supernatural was utter blasphemy considering God as the bad guy.
So when Jesus tells them that they will know whether a tree is good based on whether it produced good fruit. If it doesn't, it's a bad tree.
He turns the anger toward the slandering Jewish leaders. Sons of snakes He calls them, Their disposition is not one of intellectually honest Jews. They acknowledged miracles were done, but because their power was threatened they then ascribed the power Jesus had to Satan.
He straight up calls them evil. Not ‘misled’, not ‘sincerely wrong’ but evil. What they spoke came from their heart which was also, evil. Jesus tells them our words we speak come from our hearts, and if our hearts are evil, how can anything good be p4oduced by that same heart.
Now Jesus gets scary. He says that we will give an account for all we've said. Careless Words He calls them. What is the lesson here?
That a good person doesn't produce bad, for his heart is filled with the goodness of God, His word and the Holy Spirit. Ask yourself, what am I producing?
That at judgment words we speak will be used to condemn and judge us, or to bless us. Ask yourself, am I regularly speaking ill of someone? Swearing too much? At all?
Matthew 12:33-37
[33] “Either assume the tree to be good as well as its fruit good, or assume the tree to be bad as well as its fruit bad; for the tree is known by its fruit. [34] You offspring of vipers, how can you, being evil, express any good things? For the mouth speaks from that which fills the heart. [35] The good person brings out of his good treasure good things; and the evil person brings out of his evil treasure evil things. [36] But I tell you that for every careless word that people speak, they will give an account of it on the day of judgment. [37] For by your words you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned.”
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