8th March 2021
KNOWLEDGE OF FRUIT-BEARING
David Abankwah
Therefore by their fruits you will know them.
-Matthew 7:20 | NKJV
Knowledge, wisdom, and understanding are three different things, even though they are dependent on each other. Wisdom depends on knowledge and understanding depends on wisdom. Wisdom is the application of knowledge and understanding is the depth of wisdom. Knowledge is to be abreast of information. WHAT you do with that information or apply it, becomes wisdom. Understanding is depicted when HOW the level of wisdom applied, is advanced. We can all apply the information we have, but those with understanding, will stand tall. The peak that differs the boys from the men is not knowledge or wisdom, but understanding. Yet, without knowledge, we will certainly perish.
Many believers are perishing because they don’t know how to bear the right fruit of holiness. A church with a certain knowledge of evangelism and soul winning has a certain fruit they bear. You will see the members rising up in the business of the Great Commission. A church that has a certain knowledge about prosperity applies such information to real life issues, that makes them bear fruits of riches and wealth through diligence not only for the overdependence on miracle money. A church with a certain knowledge about holiness, righteousness, and sanctification bear the fruit of holiness because of the application of such information through teachings.
By their fruits you will know them is not only false Ministers but false believers we have in our age because of the lack of knowledge about what holiness is. Instead of the Shepherds allowing the Holy Spirit to use them to teach their members what God likes and dislikes, what many care about is riches and fame. Don’t ever think you have succeeded in ministry when you have more quantitative members but you succeed when you have more qualitative members. If you as a Shepherd is not holy in the first place, how are you going to feed the flock to be holy? In your secret place, you sin and yet, pretend as if you are holy, but one day love will reveal all things.
There are many church members who are taught the truth, yet they don’t have the wisdom to apply such a Word. After they close from church, that is it. The same church members who were seen clapping their hands will be using the same hands to do masturbation, betting, to kill, to steal etc. The same mouth they used to glorify God will be used to insult, lie, commit oral sex etc. The same feet that were used to dance for God will be used to go to hotels to sleep with people, engage in wild parties, etc. Many say they are Christians but they don’t bear the fruits of holiness. How can this be? A good tree bear good fruits but today, end time believers’ lifestyle proves otherwise.
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Lift up prayers for the grace to be abreast of all information about holiness and obedience to work out the good fruit of love in the name of Jesus Christ.
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Having qualitative church members more than quantitative church members, is a prove that you have succeeded as a Shepherd
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