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What did Adam say when asked what his favorite holiday is? “Obviously Christmas, Eve.”
What kind of car did Jesus drive? “A Christler.”
Why did Adam and Eve do math all the time? “God told them to be fruitful and multiply.”
How do you know that Atoms are Catholic? “They have mass.”
Which Bible character was funniest? “Samson, he brought the house down.”
Jesus warns us in Matthew 7:15-20 to beware of false prophets, people who come disguised as someone who can help and relate to you but are actually dangerous predators. Jesus helps us spot their lies before they have a chance to take hold of us. Like the terrible dad jokes we started this article with, we ought to roll our eyes in disgust when these ferocious wolves try to tempt us away from our faith, because their methods are just as dumb.
What kind of car did Jesus drive? “A Christler.”
Why did Adam and Eve do math all the time? “God told them to be fruitful and multiply.”
How do you know that Atoms are Catholic? “They have mass.”
Which Bible character was funniest? “Samson, he brought the house down.”
Jesus warns us in Matthew 7:15-20 to beware of false prophets, people who come disguised as someone who can help and relate to you but are actually dangerous predators. Jesus helps us spot their lies before they have a chance to take hold of us. Like the terrible dad jokes we started this article with, we ought to roll our eyes in disgust when these ferocious wolves try to tempt us away from our faith, because their methods are just as dumb.
Would you take financial advice from someone who hasn’t managed their money well? Would you hire a trainer who lives a very unhealthy lifestyle? Would you invest in an organization who has never posted a profit? No, no, and no! And if someone tried to convince you to do any of these things you’d think they were joking!
Jesus is teaching us something that is intuitively true, we naturally look for evidence that someone is applying what they’re teaching and using what they’re selling. And if they’re not, we don’t trust them.
In spiritual matters, it is the same thing. When someone tells you that living a life without moral restrictions is better, freer, and more fulfilling for example, consider their fruit. Are they thriving in the areas they’re suggesting you place your hope? Has their “product” produced the results they’re proclaiming?
Perhaps you might object that Christians are not much different. They promise hope, peace, contentment, and social renewal only to show up on TV sewing discord, or show up in your life, angry, sullen, and broken. It’s a fair objection, as Christians are not perfect, but don’t get confused, being a Christian isn’t about following other Christians, it’s about following Christ. We cannot abandon our faith in Jesus because someone else’s faith is weak or incomplete.
Instead, like Jesus did, we love our enemies and pray for those who persecute us. If they ask us to go one mile, we go with them two. If the strike us in the cheek, we turn to offer them the other one also. Why? Because a life lived without forgiveness and grace where retaliation, bitterness, and resentment reign, is ultimately a miserable, lonely life.
Pay attention to the fruit, and don’t get tricked by the fake stuff. Jesus is the way the truth and the life and no one comes to the Father except through Him. The people who are genuinely seeking Him will make mistakes and will be far from perfect, but you will see the fruit of repentance in their life, and you’ll know you’re seeing the real thing.
Just like you can’t tell what the punchline of a good dad joke will be and then when it’s revealed you roll your eyes at how obvious (and usually dumb) it is. When you get good at filtering the world’s deceptions through the truth of Jesus, you’ll know the lies when you see them.
Then, like Psalm 1:3, you can be like a tree and leaf...
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Jesus is teaching us something that is intuitively true, we naturally look for evidence that someone is applying what they’re teaching and using what they’re selling. And if they’re not, we don’t trust them.
In spiritual matters, it is the same thing. When someone tells you that living a life without moral restrictions is better, freer, and more fulfilling for example, consider their fruit. Are they thriving in the areas they’re suggesting you place your hope? Has their “product” produced the results they’re proclaiming?
Perhaps you might object that Christians are not much different. They promise hope, peace, contentment, and social renewal only to show up on TV sewing discord, or show up in your life, angry, sullen, and broken. It’s a fair objection, as Christians are not perfect, but don’t get confused, being a Christian isn’t about following other Christians, it’s about following Christ. We cannot abandon our faith in Jesus because someone else’s faith is weak or incomplete.
Instead, like Jesus did, we love our enemies and pray for those who persecute us. If they ask us to go one mile, we go with them two. If the strike us in the cheek, we turn to offer them the other one also. Why? Because a life lived without forgiveness and grace where retaliation, bitterness, and resentment reign, is ultimately a miserable, lonely life.
Pay attention to the fruit, and don’t get tricked by the fake stuff. Jesus is the way the truth and the life and no one comes to the Father except through Him. The people who are genuinely seeking Him will make mistakes and will be far from perfect, but you will see the fruit of repentance in their life, and you’ll know you’re seeing the real thing.
Just like you can’t tell what the punchline of a good dad joke will be and then when it’s revealed you roll your eyes at how obvious (and usually dumb) it is. When you get good at filtering the world’s deceptions through the truth of Jesus, you’ll know the lies when you see them.
Then, like Psalm 1:3, you can be like a tree and leaf...
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