Preaching Fruit & Storms
Religion produces a facade. Faux fruit. Faux homes. Preach so that the people of your church will build their life on Hearing & Following Jesus because he produces a supernatural fruit and strength.
The end of Jesus teaching leads us to throw away the facade.
Two trees look good.
One produces fruit.
Two houses look strong.
One withstands the storm.
Preach so the people in your church will remove facades. Looking good does not make one well off in the Kingdom.
Hearing & Following Jesus does.
Hearing & Following produces fruit we cannot produce on our own.
Often we hear, “God blessed and did more than we can imagine,” when it comes to external measurements.
But fruit is not external.
Fruit is the beatitudes.
Fruit is the internal transformation which happens because Jesus gives Life inside your soul.
Fruit is recognizing your spiritual poverty and God’s desire for you to inherit his Kingdom.
Fruit is hungering for Jesus and being satisfied in him.
Fruit is finding joy in suffering because God is your acceptance.
Eventually the quality of our fruit will be discovered.
Hearing & Following produces strength we cannot produce on our own.
The storms will come. Those who build their foundation deep into the Cornerstone of Christ will be able to withstand the storms.
A facade looks good, but cannot withstand the storms. The fake TV houses look good on a sitcom, but could never withstand the elements.
A life built on religion and rules and performance is a facade. It will never survive the storms of life.
Instead, do a foundation reconstruction. Rebuild your life on Hearing & Following Jesus first before anything else. Nothing else will build our foundation so that our house will survive the storms of life.