[Songs in the Night - March 25]
Every good tree bringeth forth good fruit; but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit. Matthew 7:17
THE Lord's true people are of such a kind that the
fruit of their lives is nourishing and refreshing toward
all who have fellowship with them.
On the other
hand; there are persons who, thistle-like, are always
scattering seeds that will cause trouble—false doctrines,
evil surmisings, and errors; and there are some
who, like thorn bushes, instead of bearing refreshing
fruit, are continually reaching out to impede, to irritate,
to annoy, to vex, to poison, to injure, those with
whom they come in contact.
The Lord's people ought
to have little difficulty in distinguishing between the
false teachers who would mislead them and the
under-shepherds who gladly lay down their lives in the
service of the flock.
The one class are continually
mischief-makers, underminers, destroyers.
The other
class are helpers, builders, strengtheners, peacemakers. Z'06-93 R3747:2 (Hymn 267)