SETTING THE FOUNDATION ARIGHT
Standing before the human race are two trees, one tree is invisible, the other tree is visible, but people are blinded to visible tree, both trees were planted at the start of the human race upon earth. One tree has only good fruit upon it, while the other tree has only bad fruit upon it, but people believe it has both good and evil fruit upon it.
This parable has blinded the human race until this day, although, 99.9% of people claiming to be a Christian would tell you that they understand exactly what Christ meant when stating these words:
Matt.7:17 Even so, every good tree produces good fruit; but the
corrupt tree produces evil fruit. 7:18 A good tree can't produce evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree produce good fruit.
First they would state “Jesus is speaking about false prophets, and the fruit they bear.” And they would be correct partially, however, there is a much more profound, and deep meaning, lurking just below the surface of Christ Jesus words; what are they?
Does any person upon this earth bear only good fruit all the time? If you say yes, God says you are a liar!
1John 1:8 If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
We are all sinners, which is evil/bad fruit, producing death, now please note once more what Jesus said: “a good tree can't produce evil fruit.” He did not say, that a good tree has good, and evil fruit on the same tree. No, in fact, he makes the simple point that a good tree has no evil fruit upon it. But at the same time, he then says a bad tree cannot produce good fruit, so there is a clear demarcation between light and darkness set forth here in Jesus words.
1 John 1:5 This is the message which we have heard from him and announce to you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.
So what indeed is Christ Jesus saying here? We know what is taught us as Christian's that false prophets are the bad tree, but if false prophets did not have some good fruit on their tree, how could they deceive us? Yes, and of greater importance, where is the good tree today?
So what started as simply parable now has become a great mystery, so here is the point; we must remember as Christian's, just because we can repeat words of our faith, or doctrines does not make them truth(s), nor even what Christ Jesus may have meant in his teachings. Now let's unravel the mystery of Christ Jesus parable by Spirit and truth, and find the real truth behind his words.
Jesus is the good tree, he has no bad fruit on him (not us or some human upon earth, nor Organization), thus, he is the only true prophet authorized by God too all the nations, none other. False prophets come in Jesus name, but they are not part of the one Good Tree, Jesus Christ. They use his words, as good fruit, but they can only produce bad fruit, no matter what they teach, because they are corrupt still in their sins, however, they believe by using God's words justifies the evil fruit in them, and on their tree.
Sounds simple enough, but there is so much more to understanding Christ Jesus words here, and what is that? Once again, where is the good tree on earth today, that is, the one producing only good fruit? Well, let us divert here for a moment to help us understand Christ words.
Here we have a good tree standing before us, with luscious rip fruit on it, we walk over to the tree and break off a branch having fruit on it, we then take it home, and set is on the window cell of our house, a few days later we come back and the beautiful fruit is drying up and dying, as well as the branch, but why? Because it has no life outside of the fruit tree, correct?
So the life of the branch was found in the tree not branch in and, of itself. Once removed from it life source it immediately starts dying; Jesus said this:
John 15:1 "I am the true vine, and my Father is the farmer. 15:2 Every branch in me that doesn't bear fruit, he takes away. Every branch that bears fruit, he prunes, that it may bear more fruit. 15:4 Remain in me, and I in you. As the branch can't bear fruit by itself, unless it remains in the vine, so neither can you, unless you remain in me.
So if there is only one authorized prophet from God, then there is only one authorized source of life for a Christian's, and if a Christian's is to produce good fruit all the time they must be made a part of the one true tree of God, Christ Jesus, correct?
Wait a minute! You said; "A good tree produce only good fruit it cannot produce both good and bad fruit." Didn't you just say we have sin, so we cannot produce just good fruit?
Yes, I did, but the life of the branch comes from the tree, does Jesus have sin? Well, of course not, he is sinless, and that is the truth, so if we receive the life of the tree we are also sinless through Christ life, in God's eyes, but how can that be?
A Foundation Setting the Rest of the House Aright
We are sinners that is a truth and a hard fact of life, and the evidence is proven in the fact we die from sin in our bodies, even if we are a Christian's, correct? But what convicts a person of sin? Law that says he/she is sinning. God gave Moses His Law to convict each person in Israel of sinning against God's righteous standards, God righteous standards represent what is required of mankind to have everlasting life, but none accept Jesus Christ could live perfectly under God's Law without sinning.
Once Christ Jesus in his final act of faith was put to death in his flesh, and made alive in Spirit, he sealed the contract/covenant; the Old Law once for all time was completed, and setting it aside. Now because it was Christ Jesus righteousness under the law that completed it, he was rewarded everlasting life, becoming the living life of New Royal Law of love, and its righteousness. In other words, Christ Jesus became the tree of life, or Good Tree producing good fruits of eternal life by his own righteous life. Moreover, his incorruptible life protects it from human corruption through sin. Now each person would have to be made a part of the good tree too receive the life/eternal, the life of the tree; for that too happen they must be sinless. But how can a sinful person become sinless? The only way is by God removing the law that judges them as a sinner. Christ removed our judgment by his righteous life, picture by his blood. Now each person although still a sinner could be made a part of the life of the tree, because God was no longer judging them by His laws as a sinner.
In other words, God removed the Stop sign, telling us to Stop, but because we cannot stop, having sin, we run right through the Stop sign, without brakes. God does not make us stop, he just removes the Stop sign judging us as a sinner. "Well that is cheating!" No it not, Christ paid price of our sins, by his one precious sinless life.
But there is more, each person accepting Jesus Christ must accept his whole life, that is, all of the life of the tree, what does this mean? It means we accept his life, but also his death, we are put to death in Christ Jesus, and raised into the body of Christ seated in heaven, all while in our sinful body. We are no longer seen by God as alive in the sinful flesh, but in the Spirit walking in truth. So if we are dead to the sinful flesh, and walking in the Spirit of the body, and in the Truth, which is Jesus Christ, we are producing only good fruit from the tree, correct?
THE BAD TREE PRODUCING ONLY BAD FRUIT
Now a bad tree cannot produce good fruit, which makes the bad tree false prophets, but why? Because there is only one authorized prophet, Jesus Christ, and these false prophets are not a part of the Good Tree, Christ Jesus. Although, they claim to be part of Christ Jesus by words, from God's Holy writings found in the bible. These false prophets claim life outside of the one Good tree, but how?
The false prophets deceive not only themselves, but those putting faith in their teachings. Although, they claim to be serving Jesus Christ their fruits deny their claims, they can produce only evil fruit, which is sin, and death. In other words, they may proclaim Christ, but his life is not given too them through the Good Tree, so they remain in their sins, they have not been pardon of them. Subsequently, boasting by good works in the name of Christ Jesus/Jehovah God; Christ Jesus righteousness has not been imputed too them by God.
They make the fatal misstep in believing it is by their own life force passed on too them from Adam good works come by their sinful flesh, which makes them righteous by obeying laws of their group; earning them merit before God's. This very things blinds them to the one good tree, while they simply cannot see it, nor understand it, but why? Because they are blinded by self-good works, which they believe justifies the evil fruits/sin on their tree, how does this happen?
It happens by arguing doctrines as truth, these fleshly wars, blinds, and makes them believe they have the truth; not Jesus Christ as the Truth, and the life, but rather, irrefutable truth(s) from scriptures; making them feel special over others Christian's not having their beliefs. Yes, all things including their defense of Jesus Christ is by comparison, and competition, in their flesh, in beating their opponents.
Stealing The Glory of God And Christ Jesus
Moreover, they steal Christ Jesus position, but how? Now we come upon another truth we must understand in order to unravel this great mystery, the apostle Paul explains this truth in saying:
1Cor.2:14 Now the natural man doesn't receive the things of God's Spirit, for they are foolishness to him, and he can't know them, because they are spiritually discerned. 2:15 But he who is spiritual discerns all things, and he himself is judged by no one. 2:16 "For who has known the mind of the Lord, that he should instruct him?"{Isaiah 40:13} But we have Christ's mind.
A natural man doesn't have the Spirit of God, nor have they received the mind of Christ, because they are not part of the Good Tree, the body of Christ Jesus. But those of of the Spirit, or in the body of Christ Jesus have the mind of Christ, and the wisdom of God, because they receive the life from the tree.
So here we come upon the Tree of Good and the Tree of Evil planted in the Garden of Eden. One is flesh and the other is Spirit, one is truth, and the other a lie. The flesh is against the Spirit, at war, as the flesh is at war in competition with each other, by uses of God's word to prove themselves righteous, rather than being justified by the blood, or the righteousness of Christ Jesus.
The original lie, which Satan told Adam and Eve, was, they could eat from a tree having both good and evil upon it, and live forever. But they found out there was no good fruit upon the tree, just evil, ending in sin, and death. The same lie now put before the world, and those professing Jesus Christ; "can a bad tree produce both good and evil fruit on the same tree? Rather, have we deceived ourselves in seeing good works done through our religion, thinking it justifies our sin, as though, God is over looking our sins because of the good, or powerful works done in the name of Christ Jesus?
Christ Jesus Righteousness Stands Eternity
There is are new heavens, and earth, where Christ Jesus righteousness redeems all having life therein, it is the one and only authorized righteousness that God accepts as life, what does that mean? It means simply, Christ Jesus is the last Adam, he took the place as our father passing life onto us without sin.
Satan has convinced most human race that they can survive into this new heavens and earth through their own efforts, or merit. Furthermore, Satan has stolen the words of God, and Christ Jesus, possessing them through his earthly agents; false prophets, but how? By men seeking glory, and power, claiming their greatness, by good works, their good works can be teachings, which brings them great honor, and wealth, through institution(s) built for religious worship.
Moreover, power of great authority in controling whole nations, which come to them for permission to act in war, and other important events upon earth. How have they climb the latter of such huge success in power and authority by uses of God's own word, hence, claiming to be Christ righteousness upon earth. Misleading the nations into supporting them as worshiping Christ Jesus. But let us remember Christ Jesus words; “A good tree cannot have bad fruit, nor a corrupt tree have good fruit.”
But are these the Spirit children of God, born of His Spirit, and redeem in Christ Jesus righteousness, or rather fleshly, producing the works of the flesh which are:
Gal 5:17 For the flesh lusts against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; and these are contrary to one another, that you may not do the things that you desire. 5:18 But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law. 5:19 Now the works of the flesh are obvious, which are: adultery, sexual immorality, uncleanness,lustfulness, 5:20 idolatry, sorcery, hatred, strife, jealousies, outbursts of anger, rivalries, divisions, heresies, 5:21 envyings, murders, drunkenness, orgies, and things like these; of which I forewarn you, even as I also forewarned you, that those who practice such things will not inherit the Kingdom of God.
Here are the real fruits of the evil tree all of them producing sin and death, but how are Christian's blinded to these evil fruits? It is by the good things they do in Christ Jesus name in powerful works. Yes, they claim their good, believing it pardons their bad fruit, which is a lie, producing nothing but more darkness and death, seen as works of the flesh.
"But my church does not practice these things!" Are you so sure it members don't in their hearts, what does this mean? It means, that Christ Jesus said all people practice evil in their hearts while hiding it with their mouths. They hate their brother, but quote the scriptures, they lust at the opposite sex, but hid it behind self-will claiming lust not a sin, if not acted upon. Futhermore they are full of jealousy, and competition, but boast in their good works. However, they are still practicer of sin?
WHAT IS A PACTICER OF SIN?
Another lie is that a person can stop practicing sin by their own will in obeying God's commandments, do you believe that? Most Christian's do, but the commandments of God only tells we can't live up too them. So what pardons our sins against breaking the commandments of God; the blood of Christ Jesus.
Another lie is I have accepted Christ Jesus blood being pardon, now I must meet the commandments to prove I am righteous, do you believe that?
Well, a good tree produces just good fruit; is that true about you, or are you still a sinner needing forgiveness each day? We are never righteous unless we accept the life of tree having Christ Jesus righteousness in the tree.
Now, remember, it was stated early in this document that we must accept all of what Christ Jesus life in the tree and what it represents, this mean even the will of the tree. Another lie is, it is by my own self-will that I bring my flesh into subjection to God's will. No that too is a lie, it sounds good, and feels good to the flesh, as a self-imposed righteousness, but it is not true, why? Simply put, we have no will in Chirst, we are a branch on the tree of Christ Jesus, and our self-will of our flesh has been put to death in the life of Christ Jesus. We now walk in Spirit and truth, by the Royal law of love, which puts us into the body of Christ Jesus, and how do we do that? By our faith in God's love.
Some one that practice sin, is a person who things they can stop sinning by their own self-will by obeying the commandments of God, this to is a lie. We stop sinning when we accept Christ Jesus righteousness life of the good tree, and not our own, otherwise, we are still a sinners, and because we cannot stop sinning without Christ life which pardons us, we practice sin.
Now one can understand the cry of those using Jesus name, and doing powerful works when he says: Matt. 7:20 Therefore, by their fruits you will know them.
Matt.7:21 Not everyone who says to me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter into the Kingdom of Heaven; but he who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. 7:22 Many will tell me in that day, 'Lord, Lord, didn't we prophesy in your name, in your name cast out demons, and in your name do many mighty works?'
Matt.7:23 Then I will tell them, 'I never knew you. Depart from me, you who work iniquity.'
Vigorously obeying the commandments to the letter of the law, will not make us not a sinner or a work of iniquity, ( lawless as some translation put it.) without law, what law? The law of the Good Tree, love the Royal law of freedom. How shocking to Christian's using Jesus name, but not his life in the tree to pardon their sin, no they have not justified themselves by meeting certain commandments in their flesh, as proof of forgiveness, while, forgetting there is only one authorized life that has been given too all in God's Kingdom, the last Adam, Jesus Christ.
The foundation Set Aright
Here we must remember once again no organization religion set the
foundation aright, no man can set aright God's foundation for life, why? Because God has already done that in raising Jesus Christ into immortal life with incorruptibility. So let no false prophet deceive you into going into the wilderness away from the establish place of worship, unshakably founded in heaven at God's right hand, Jesus Christ.
Moreover, it will be all the human race brought into judgment by this foundation, Jesus Christ.
Hebrews 12:22 But you have come to Mount Zion, and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to innumerable multitudes of angels.Heb.12:28 Therefore, receiving a Kingdom that can't be shaken, let us have grace, through which we serve God acceptably, with reverence and awe.
Matt.7:24 "Everyone therefore who hears these words of mine, and does them, I will liken him to a wise man, who built his house on a rock. 7:25 The rain came down, the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat on that house; and it didn't fall, for it was founded on the rock. 7:26 Everyone who hears these words of mine, and doesn't do them will be like a foolish man, who built his house on the sand. 7:27 The rain came down, the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat on that house; and it fell--and great was its fall."