FRUIT TREES

What kind of a tree are you?

 Then God said, "Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb that yields seed, and the fruit tree that yields fruit according to its kind, whose seed is in itself, on the earth"; and it was so.
Genesis 1:11

Just like the different kinds of fruit trees which carry the specific seed in the fruit, the LORD has made each one of us with specific skills, talents and personalities to bear fruit for the LORD.

 And out of the ground the Lord God made every tree grow that is pleasant to the sight and good for food. The tree of life was also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.
Genesis 2:9

And the Lord God commanded the man, saying, "Of every tree of the garden you may freely eat; but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat of it you shall surely die."
Genesis 2:16-17

Fruit from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil was poison to the soul.

Isn't it so even now? There is more knowledge of evil than good. Lies, deception, perversion and violence are rampant in the media, flooding the minds of adults and children. Once you know something, you know it and it will affect your soul. You cannot 'unknow' that. It sticks in your mind and is able to change your attitude towards people and GOD. 

The cursor on your screen can be your curser if clicked on the wrong spots!

Now the serpent was more cunning than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made. And he said to the woman, "Has God indeed said, 'You shall not eat of every tree of the garden'?" And the woman said to the serpent, "We may eat the fruit of the trees of the garden; but of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God has said, 'You shall not eat it, nor shall you touch it, lest you die.' " Then the serpent said to the woman, "You will not surely die. For God knows that in the day you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil." So when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree desirable to make one wise, she took of its fruit and ate. She also gave to her husband with her, and he ate. Then the eyes of both of them were opened, and they knew that they were naked; 

The devil continues to offer fruit from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, to people everywhere through the various media. Even when one looks for the knowledge of good, evil pops up to corrupt the mind! Fruit from this tree continues to open the eyes of innocent ones to more and more evil while blinding them to the truth revealed in and through GOD!

 Another parable He put forth to them, saying: "The kingdom of heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field; but while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat and went his way. But when the grain had sprouted and produced a crop, then the tares also appeared. So the servants of the owner came and said to him, 'Sir, did you not sow good seed in your field? How then does it have tares?' He said to them, 'An enemy has done this.' The servants said to him, 'Do you want us then to go and gather them up?' But he said, 'No, lest while you gather up the tares you also uproot the wheat with them. Let both grow together until the harvest, and at the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, "First gather together the tares and bind them in bundles to burn them, but gather the wheat into my barn." ' "
Matthew 13:24-30

Like sowing seeds in the ground, we receive information into the mind by seeing and hearing. Our mind is exposed to many things good and evil that we don't choose to receive. We can of course choose to weed out the evil and unedifying thoughts. Meditating on good thoughts is like puposefully planting them in the heart, watering and caring for the seed. The truth of the word of GOD is good seed that should be planted in our heart and watered by meditation, memorisation, prayer and obedience.

 Do you not yet understand that whatever enters the mouth goes into the stomach and is eliminated? But those things which proceed out of the mouth come from the heart, and they defile a man. For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies. These are the things which defile a man, but to eat with unwashed hands does not defile a man."
Matthew 15:17-20

The serpent of old, the devil, still deceives people into eating of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, doesn't he? He says to the innocent, "click here; click there; watch this; listen to that; you need to know..." Then he prompts those people to share that evil fruit and to scatter that garbage by talking to others about it, passing it around and forwarding it on all kinds of media. 

 For your obedience has become known to all. Therefore I am glad on your behalf; but I want you to be wise in what is good, and simple concerning evil.
Romans 16:19

 "Either make the tree good and its fruit good, or else make the tree bad and its fruit bad; for a tree is known by its fruit. Brood of vipers! How can you, being evil, speak good things? For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks. A good man out of the good treasure of his heart brings forth good things, and an evil man out of the evil treasure brings forth evil things.
Matthew 12:33-35

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