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Verse Matthew 7:18. _A GOOD TREE CANNOT BRING FORTH EVIL FRUIT_]
_Love_ to God and man is the root of the good tree; and from this
principle all its fruit is found. To teach, as some have done, that...
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CHAPTER 7
_ 1. The Judgment of Righteousness.(Matthew 7:1 .) 2. Warning against
False Prophets.(Matthew 7:15 .) 3. Warning against False Professors.
(Matthew 7:21 .)_
The chapter which follows contai...
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EPILOGUE. Warnings and exhortations close the new Law, like the old
(Exodus 23:20 ff.).
MATTHEW 7:13 F. THE TWO GATES AND THE TWO WAYS (Luke 13:24). The
picture is based on...
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GOOD TREE CANNOT BRING FORTH EVIL FRUIT.
In these two verses the Lord points to the uniform law of nature.
Every tree bears after its kind. As is the tree so is the fruit. The
grape bears grapes, the...
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THE ERROR OF JUDGMENT (Matthew 7:1-5)...
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Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing, but who
within are rapacious wolves. You will recognize them from their
fruits. Surely men do not gather grapes from thorns, and figs fro...
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C. CHARACTERISTICS OF THE KINGDOM, 1–27
After contrasting the New Law with the Mosaic Law and with Pharisaic
rules and conduct, Jesus proceeds to lay down rules for the guidance
of His disciples in th...
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(_d_)
The false guides to the narrow entrance, and the test of the true,
Matthew 7:15-23...
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Ver 15. "Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's
clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves. 16. Ye shall know
them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of
this...
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_JESUS SPOKE WITH AUTHORITY ABOUT BEARING FRUIT MATTHEW 7:13-20:_
There are two ways and two gates. Only one way has eternal appeal.
Walking the straight and narrow way requires a new heart and a new...
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DISCOURSE: 1332
MEN KNOWN BY THEIR FRUITS
Matthew 7:15. Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep’s
clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves. Ye shall know them by
their fruits. Do m...
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YE SHALL KNOW THEM BY THEIR FRUITS— That is, by the evil tendency of
their doctrines, as well as by the immorality of their lives. Compare
1 John 4:1. 1 Corinthians 13:3. What follows seems to be a ki...
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F. THE DANGERS FACING THE WISE AND GODLY MAN
(Matthew 7:1-27; Luke 6:37-49)
6. THE DANGER OF BEING LED ASTRAY BY FALSE PROPHETS.
(Parallel: Luke 6:43-45)
TEXT: 7:15-20
15. Beware of false prophets...
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A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree
bring forth good fruit. A GOOD TREE CANNOT BRING FORTH EVIL FRUIT,
NEITHER CAN A CORRUPT TREE BRING FORTH GOOD FRUIT. Obvious as...
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12 Compare Luk_6:31.
12 To do as we would be done by is an ethical standard far above the
world's attainment, yet far beneath the monitions of grace. The law
and the prophets demand compliance with t...
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HOW TO DETECT FALSE PROPHETS AND HYPOCRITES IN GENERAL (Luke 6:43).
The gift of prophecy was widely diffused in the Apostolic Church, so
that the warning against false prophets was needed, but the wor...
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THE SERMON ON THE MOUNT (CONCLUDED)
The connexion of thought in this chapter is less close than in the
earlier part of the sermon, and the whole chapter bears the appearance
of an appendix of miscell...
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MATTHEW’S GOOD NEWS
MATTHEW’S *GOSPEL
_HILDA BRIGHT_
CHAPTER 7
DO NOT BE JUDGES OF OTHER PEOPLE 7:1-6
V1 ‘Do not be judges of other people. If you do, God will be your
judge. V2 In the same way...
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EVEN SO EVERY GOOD TREE.... — The two verses state nearly the same
fact, but each presents a different aspect. First it is stated as a
matter of practical experience, then the general fact is referred...
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CHAPTER 7
The Gospel of the Kingdom
("Sermon on the Mount") - Matthew 5:1; Matthew 6:1; Matthew 7:1
IT may seem almost heresy to object to the time-honoured title "Sermon
on the Mount"; yet, so smal...
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_Warning against pseudo-prophets_. Again, without connecting particle
and possibly not a part of the Sermon on the Mount. But the more
important question here is: Does this section belong to Christ's...
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_An enlargement in parabolic fashion on the principle of testing by
fruit_....
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οὐ δύναται, etc. Nothing else is possible or looked for in
nature....
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SEEKING LIFE; TESTING LEADERS
Matthew 7:13-23
The world is full of shams. Counterfeit coins circulate; paste jewels
are worn. Let us take heed against a counterfeit religion. It betrays
itself thus:...
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After thus enunciating the laws of the Kingdom, and bringing men into
the realm of direct dealing with God, the King authoritatively set up
the standard of judgment. No man is to be his brother's judg...
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A good tree cannot yield bad fruit, &c. Not but that both good and bad
men may change their lives. This, according to the unanimous consent
of the Fathers, is only to be understood while they remain s...
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CHAPTER 16
SERMON ON THE MOUNT
Matthew 5-7, and Luke 6:20-49. A few days ago it was my privilege to
spend two beautiful bright days at the sea of Galilee, sailing over
it, and visiting the places of...
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Nothing can be more interesting than what the Lord JESUS hath here
said. And no form of words can be more decisive to mark the godly man
from the hypocrite. I only detain the Reader to observe, how ve...
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God has been pleased, in the separate accounts He has given us of our
Lord Jesus, to display not only His own grace and wisdom, but the
infinite excellency of His Son. It is our wisdom to seek to prof...
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_BEWARE!_
‘Beware of false prophets.… 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.’
Matthew 7:15...
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_THE TREE AND ITS FRUIT_
‘A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can a corrupt
tree bring forth good fruit.’
Matthew 7:18
A man’s actions show what he is. If we judge of others at all,...
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There are two things connected with the presence of the multitude,
Matthew 5:1. First, the time required that the Lord should give a true
idea of the character of His kingdom, since already He drew th...
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A GOOD TREE CANNOT BRING FORTH EVIL FRUIT,.... A man that is
unprincipled with the grace of God, has an experimental acquaintance
with the Gospel of Christ, and is guided by the Spirit of God into all...
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A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither _can_ a corrupt
tree bring forth good fruit.
Ver. 18. _A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, &c._] Heretics,
then, and heterodoxes are not good...
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_Even so_ As grapes are not reaped from thorns, or figs from thistles,
but the fruit will always be agreeable in its nature and kind to the
tree that produces it; _so every good tree bringeth forth go...
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A GOOD TREE CANNOT BRING FORTH EVIL FRUIT, NEITHER CAN A CORRUPT TREE
BRING FORTH GOOD FRUIT.
A significant point: Not only may the disciples of Christ distinguish
these false teachers for themselves,...
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The principle of testing false teachers and all frauds:...
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Simple honesty will understand these first five verses without
difficulty. The word "judge" is used in various different ways in
Scripture. Believers are told to "judge" what Paul says (1 Corinthians...
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15-20 Nothing so much prevents men from entering the strait gate, and
becoming true followers of Christ, as the carnal, soothing, flattering
doctrines of those who oppose the truth. They may be known...
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SEE POOLE ON "MATTHEW 7:20"....
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Clement of Alexandria The Instructor Book II
For the saying, "It is not a good tree which produces corrupt fruit,
nor a corrupt tree which produces good fruit,"[116]
Tertullian Against Hermogenes
H...
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Matthew 7:18 good G18 tree G1186 cannot G3756 G1410 (G5736) bear G4160
(G5721) bad G4190 fruit...
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EXHORTATION TO CHOOSE THE RIGHT WAY AND PRODUCE GOOD FRUIT BY FULL
OBEDIENCE TO HIS WORDS SO AS TO ENTER INTO LIFE AND AVOID DESTRUCTION
(7:13-27).
We now move on to the application part of the Sermon...
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a Do men gather grapes of thorns,
a Or figs of thistles?
b Even so every good tree brings forth good fruit,
c But the corrupt tree brings forth evil fruit.
d A good tree cannot bring forth evil fr...
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GENERAL CHARACTER. The magna charta of Christ's Kingdom: the unfolding
of His righteousness; the sublimest code of morals ever proclaimed on
earth; the counterpart of the legislation on Mount Sinai; C...
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CONNECTION AND CONTENTS. The exposition of the requirements of ‘the
law and the prophets' just given, was far beyond the low morality of
the scribes and Pharisees, and men might easily be tempted by t...
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Matthew 7:15
I. The object of our Lord in this Sermon on the Mount was to convey an
accurate idea of the righteousness required in His kingdom. He did so
mainly by contrasting it with the spurious for...
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Matthew 7:15
I. Christ warns us here to beware of false prophets, which come to you
in sheep's clothing. There is allusion here, no doubt, to the
symbolical garments of the prophets, with which His he...
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Matthew 7:13. _Enter ye in at the strait gate._
It is very unpopular. The great ones will recommend to you great
liberality and breadth; but enter yet in at the strait gate.
Matthew 7:13. For wide i...
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Matthew 7:13. _Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate,
and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be
which go in thereat: because strait is the gate, and narrow is...
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Matthew 7:7. _Ask, and it shall be given you;_
He that will not ask for it deserves to go without it. Have you ever
asked for it? If not, whose fault is it that you have it not?
Matthew 7:7. _Seek,...
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Matthew 7:1. _Judge not, that ye be not judged. For with what judgment
ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete it shall
be measured to you again._
Some people are of a censorious...
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Matthew 7:1. _Judge not, that ye be not judged._
You are not called to judge; you are not qualified to judge: «God is
the Judge: he putteth down one, and setteth up another.» There is
much better wor...
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While we are reading, let us also be adoring at the same time, for
the. words of Christ have a gracious divinity about them; they are
infinite; they are omnipotent. There is a kind of life in them; a...
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CONTENTS: Sermon on the Mount, continued. Encouragement to prayer. The
two ways. Warnings against false teachers. Danger of profession
without faith. The two foundations.
CHARACTERS: God, Jesus.
CONC...
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Matthew 7:1. _Judge not, that ye be not judged._ This refers to
private and censorious reproaches of others. We must judge nothing
before the time. It is better that ten bad men pass for innocent, tha...
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A HEALTHY TREE BEARS GOOD FRUIT. This is a universal law of nature.
Every tree bears its own kind of fruit. Whatever a man is will show up
in his actions....
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_Know them by their fruits._
UTILITY THE TEST OF TRUTH
The two criteria on which men most chiefly rest for the guidance “of
their religious opinions would here be of no avail; _authority _would
be cl...
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MATTHEW—NOTE ON MATTHEW 7:15 BEWARE OF FALSE PROPHETS. The
prophet’s life and the results of his influence on others are the
FRUITS that show whether his message is consistent with the teachings
of Je...
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JESUS TEACHES ABOUT FRUIT IN PEOPLE'S LIVES MATTHEW 7:15-20; LUKE
6:43-45; MATTHEW 7:15 Beware of false prophets, which come to you in
sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves....
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CHAPTER 7
_Judge not_, rashly and malignantly, _that ye_, &c. Christ does not
here prohibit the public judgments of magistrates, by which they
condemn the guilty and absolve the innocent, for this is...
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_CRITICAL NOTES_
Matthew 7:13. DESTRUCTION.—The word implies, not annihilation, but
waste (Matthew 26:8; Mark 14:4), perdition, _i.e_. the loss of all
that makes existence precious. I question whether...
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EXPOSITION
MATTHEW 7:1
(2) As anxiety about the things of this life hinders us Godwards
(Matthew 6:19), so does censoriousness manwards (Matthew 7:1), our
Lord thus tacitly op
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MATTHEW 7:1-29
I believe that it goes without saying that Jesus Christ was certainly
the greatest teacher who ever lived and it is interesting to study his
teaching habits. And He used the method of d...
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1 John 3:10; 1 John 3:9; Galatians 5:17...
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THE SERMON ON THE MOUNT (CONTINUED)
Matthew 7:1
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
1. A command. God not only requests but definitely commands us, that
we should not judge one another. There is probably no sin qui...