outwardly (sheep's clothing), but inwardly they tear at the soul like a wolf, preparing the deceived to accept 'a spurious Messiah'.

Matt.7:16   Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles?

     You don’t get grapes off a thorn bush, nor figs from thistles, friend. In other words, grapes come from a ‘vine’, and in this sense, the True Vine of Christ, which is His Word. If some men claim to teach the Word, and they teach man’s traditions instead, that’s the ‘thorn bush’, or ‘thistle’. It can’t produce fruit, ‘grapes’, or the ‘good fig’, because it’s not coming from the True Vine or right fig tree, stay in the ‘Vine’ of Christ to produce good ‘grapes’ and edible figs.

Matt.7:17   Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit; but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit.

     Do you remember back in the Garden of Eden, and the trees that were there? The 'Tree of Life' is Jesus, and the 'tree of knowledge of good and evil', is Satan. Eve ‘looked’ on this Satan, and partook of his fruit. Can you understand why Paul would teach the elect to remain as ‘chaste virgins’, presenting themselves to Christ when He returns, instead of committing ‘spiritual adultery’, acting the ‘harlot’ with the first messiah who comes, being Satan?

Matt.7:18   A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit.

     God made His creation so that all goodness comes from one source; His Word. It’s as simple as that. This is why the ‘corrupt tree’ can attempt to ‘bring forth good fruit’, but stick around, its’ real fruit shall be revealed. Even if we think that our inward sense of morality, without studying the Word can supplant for ‘good fruit’, we are allowing ourselves to be deceived; there is only one source of Truth, the ‘Good Fruit’, and that Tree of Life will be the final source of Life in the eternity. (See Rev.22)

Matt.7:19   Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.

20   Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them.

     The trees that produce ‘bad fruit’ represent the same people as in the ‘parable of the tares’; for the tares are also cast into the ‘lake of fire’ (see Matt.13). Again, how do we know the fruit? Stay in God’s Word, not traditions of men. Check the Word out for yourself, with the help of a Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance, and a King James Version. Verify that the Truth is being taught to you.

Matt.7:21    Not every one that saith unto Me, ‘ Lord, Lord,’ shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of My Father Which is in heaven.

22   Many will say to Me in that day, ‘Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in Thy name? And in Thy name have cast out devils? And in Thy name done many wonderful works?’

23   And then will I profess unto them, ‘I never knew you: depart from Me, ye that work iniquity.’

     These ‘false prophets’ that put on a bunch of side-shows, and never get around to teaching God’s Word, will be rejected by Jesus. They built their congregations up like a business, sporting with other Churches in competition for business. They were told by the system (Satan’s system of lies) not to teach the Word chapter by chapter and verse by verse. They carried on their traditions from generation to generation, even though it didn’t align with the Word. Each new student was not allowed to understand the Word because of their mentoring false theological traditions, controlled by the ‘higher critics’ of God’s Word. A true teacher of God’s Word should show their congregation how to study for themselves, instead of making sure they adhere to an organization’s lesson guide that they probably don’t have a clue who wrote. Can you imagine a Church where the members