Kingdom fruit. Luke 6:43-45

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3 Kingdom fruit Luke 6:43-45

4 Luke 6:43-45 A good tree doesn t produce bad fruit; on the other hand, a bad tree doesn t produce good fruit. For each tree is known by its own fruit. Figs aren t gathered from thornbushes, or grapes picked from a bramble bush.

5 Luke 6:43-45 A good person produces good out of the good stored up in his heart. An evil person produces evil out of the evil stored up in his heart, for his mouth speaks from the overflow of the heart.

6 The fruit of your life and lips reveals the kingdom that rules your heart.

7 OUTLINE: 1. The Illustration 2. The Application

8 1. The illustration

9 Luke 6:43-44 A good tree doesn t produce bad fruit; on the other hand, a bad tree doesn t produce good fruit. For each tree is known by its own fruit. Figs aren t gathered from thornbushes, or grapes picked from a bramble bush.

10 The Point: Fruit is an external manifestation of an internal reality.

11 Luke 6:44 For each tree is known by its own fruit.

12 2. The Application

13 Luke 6:45 A good person produces good out of the good stored up in his heart. An evil person produces evil out of the evil stored up in his heart, for his mouth speaks from the overflow of the heart.

14 The source of good in a person s life and from their lips is the state of their heart.

15 Are there any truly good people?

16 Romans 3:10-13 There is no one righteous, not even one. There is no one who understands; there is no one who seeks God. All have turned away; all alike have become worthless. There is no one who does what is good, not even one.

17 Romans 3:10-13 Their throat is an open grave; they deceive with their tongues. Vipers venom is under their lips.

18 Mark 7:20-23 And he said, What comes out of a person is what defiles him. For from within, out of people s hearts, come evil thoughts, sexual immoralities, thefts, murders, adulteries, greed, evil actions, deceit, selfindulgence, envy, slander, pride,

19 Mark 7:20-23 and foolishness. All these evil things come from within and defile a person.

20 if no one is naturally good, is there any hope for us to become good?

21 Ezekiel 36:25-27 I will also sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean. I will cleanse you from all your impurities and all your idols. I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you; I will remove your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh.

22 Ezekiel 36:25-27 I will place my Spirit within you and cause you to follow my statutes and carefully observe my ordinances.

23 Titus 3:4-7 But when the kindness of God our Savior and his love for mankind appeared, he saved us not by works of righteousness that we had done, but according to his mercy through the washing of regeneration and renewal by the Holy

24 Titus 3:4-7 Spirit. He poured out his Spirit on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Savior so that, having been justified by his grace, we may become heirs with the hope of eternal life.

25 Our only hope is for God to give us a new heart and fundamentally change us at the very core of our being.

26 Mark 10:18 Why do you call me good? Jesus asked him. No one is good except God alone.

27 2 Corinthians 5:17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away, and look, new things have come.

28 Matthew 13:44 The kingdom of heaven is like treasure, buried in a field, that a man found and reburied. Then in his joy he goes and sells everything he has and buys that field.

29 Luke 6:45 A good person produces good out of the good stored up in his heart. An evil person produces evil out of the evil stored up in his heart, for his mouth speaks from the overflow of the heart.

30 Does regeneration mean that you will only bear good fruit?

31 Luke 6:45 A good person produces good out of the good stored up in his heart. An evil person produces evil out of the evil stored up in his heart, for his mouth speaks from the overflow of the heart.

32 The Reality Check:

33 Luke 6:45 For his mouth speaks from the overflow of the heart.

34 I don t know about you, but I don t want to believe that. I actually want to believe that when it comes to communication, my biggest problem is outside of me, not inside of me. I want to think that it s my kids, my wife, my neighbors, my boss.

35 I want to think that my greatest, deepest communication problem doesn t exist inside of me; it exists outside of me. Paul Tripp

36 What is our responsibility?

37 Proverbs 4:23 Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it.

38 Job 23:12 I have not departed from the commands from his lips; I have treasured the words from his mouth more than my daily food.

39 Psalm 119:11 I have treasured your word in my heart so that I may not sin against you.

40 Application Treasure the Word of God.

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