Fruit Trees Last 10 Feet

A Tree and Its Fruit

 ²¹"Not everyone who says to me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only he who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. ²²Many will say to me on that day, 'Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and in your name drive out demons and perform many miracles?' ²³Then I will tell them plainly, 'I never knew you. Away from me, you evildoers!'

    ..you can fool some of the people some of the time...

        So, after our run, I turned to Steve, and said..   

            'I am going to ask you a rhetorical question…do you believe in God???'

                   And he answered.

Then I asked " Have you accepted Jesus Christ as your only personal Savior???'

And he answered.

                                          

  'Ok,' I said  ' now ask me the same questions...'

            (our answers to the above questions were the same. And if you followed our answer with the word 'Lord' it would be the only correct answer to Him)   

                      I then said to him..       

                                                                                       

        'So..if we are speaking Truth.. where do we go from here'.

                We went to the Matthew 5-7...the beatitudes

                        You know something, reader...you can't hide.

                                        any more than you can separate the Truth, from the Way.. and the Life.

                                          

  so, amigo....where do you Go???

  As I can only speak from my experience...my perspective..

                                                          and this is for the living…our time in this outward body,in prayer...

    

                                 I will say you Go the last 10 feet naked and alone, saying goodbye to the masquerade party you may be living here, and stand before the Truth.

                                                   

         ... and if Steve asked you the same questions he asked me,

                                                                                                            and you answered them the same way,

                                          -any excuses for our actions during our time here, are nothing but b.s.-

     so maybe get ready for verse 23. 

                                                             Maybe.

Today…

              Do I fear God?

                                                          !Absolutely!

           Initially, cause I know me.

                                                             But…

                                                                     that has changed.

                                                            -'Cause now..Today.. I believe He's here -

            Nowhere to hide...and no excuses.

                                                                            eternity starts Today...

                                                                                   

           so how are you? ..and me..

                                             Going to the alter for communion..those last 10 feet?

   

      

                       -A message for all the living,  your prayerful consideration-

The Parable of the Pharisee and the Tax Collector

 ⁹To some who were confident of their own righteousness and looked down on everybody else, Jesus told this parable: ¹⁰"Two men went up to the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. ¹¹The Pharisee stood up and prayed about^[a] himself: 'God, I thank you that I am not like other men—robbers, evildoers, adulterers—or even like this tax collector. ¹²I fast twice a week and give a tenth of all I get.'

 ¹³"But the tax collector stood at a distance. He would not even look up to heaven, but beat his breast and said, 'God, have mercy on me, a sinner.'
 ¹⁴"I tell you that this man, rather than the other, went home justified before God. For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted."

believe it..

 ²⁹Jesus answered, "The work of God is this: to believe in the one he has sent."

believe it..

 ⁶Jesus answered, "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. 

believe it..

³⁷Jesus replied: " 'Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.'^{[b] 38}This is the first and greatest commandment. ³⁹And the second is like it: 'Love your neighbor as yourself.'^{[c] 40}All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments."   

         

   and then …

                       Go with it!