To read the texts click on the texts: 1 Cor 10:14-22; Lk 6:43-49
In the last part of the Sermon on The
Plain, the Lucan Jesus uses the metaphor of a tree and its fruit, and through
it exhorts the listeners not merely “to say”, but rather “to do”. The
nature of a tree is known by the fruit it produces, and each tree produces a
different kind of fruit. If a person’s heart is good, then what he/she produces
will also be good, whereas if a person’s heart is evil, then the deeds of that
person will also be evil.
Luke concludes his sermon with an
exhortation to do what the Lord says rather then merely to call him Lord. There
is no point in merely saying “I believe” if we are not going to show that
belief in action.
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