Day 34 - Matthew 12:33-42

33 “A tree is identified by its fruit. If a tree is good, its fruit will be good. If a tree is bad, its fruit will be bad. 34 You brood of snakes! How could evil men like you speak what is good and right? For whatever is in your heart determines what you say. 35 A good person produces good things from the treasury of a good heart, and an evil person produces evil things from the treasury of an evil heart. 36 And I tell you this, you must give an account on judgment day for every idle word you speak. 37 The words you say will either acquit you or condemn you.”

38 One day some teachers of religious law and Pharisees came to Jesus and said, “Teacher, we want you to show us a miraculous sign to prove your authority.”

39 But Jesus replied, “Only an evil, adulterous generation would demand a miraculous sign; but the only sign I will give them is the sign of the prophet Jonah. 40 For as Jonah was in the belly of the great fish for three days and three nights, so will the Son of Man be in the heart of the earth for three days and three nights.

41 “The people of Nineveh will stand up against this generation on judgment day and condemn it, for they repented of their sins at the preaching of Jonah. Now someone greater than Jonah is here—but you refuse to repent. 42 The queen of Sheba will also stand up against this generation on judgment day and condemn it, for she came from a distant land to hear the wisdom of Solomon. Now someone greater than Solomon is here—but you refuse to listen.


Terrie's Comments:
The fruit produced by the Holy Spirit are love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, gentleness, self-control, faithfulness.  These are fruit that flow from a life that is led by the Holy Spirit.  We can choose to live in step with the Holy Spirit or to follow our own flesh... I want a Holy Spirit fruit filled tree to be seen when people look at me not a tree that is dead.


Tori's Comments:

God has given us so many signs, and continues to do so.... we are so quick to doubt! It's no wonder Jesus described so many people's faith as little.

On the flip side, there are those who spoke with faith, and those are the ones whose requests Jesus listened to- many because they believed enough to ask in the first place!

Let us pray and live as those who chose to have faith and built it up through reading scripture and testifying.





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