By Their Fruits...

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Originally Posted by mfblume

I think the false fruit is the condemning ministration of death. Judgmentalism. Works. Ministry of the Letter kills. Ministry of Spirit gives LIFE. Ironically, while many point judgmentally at others, they are betraying they offer false fruit!

That's right.

We can hack each other to death with the letter of the Word which is NOT the sword of the Spirit. It is from the carnal letter of the Word that so many take a stand assuming apparent truth is divine truth. We have the fundamentalist people, especially the reformed who will dissect the letter of the Word so finely that it cannot any longer contain the Spirit for which it was meant to contain...since the letter is only a container.

As you intimated above. The sword of the Spirit is not to be turned on each other but how easily is the letter turned to condemn and judge.

However, there are something that are easily detected in the natural that is obviously genuine truths plainly revealed in the letter:

"Except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish," does not need a great deal of spiritual revelation to see that. Anything that purports to have a way of salvation without turning away from sin...well, I hardly know what to say about that.

The first thing the forbidden fruit did to Adam and Eve was make themselves coverings, and when exposed, they take blame from themselves and point fingers at the other.