Quote of the Day
You shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles?
: Mathew 7:16
"Ye shall know them by their fruits - the proper test of their character. People do not judge of a tree by its leaves, or bark, or flowers, but by the fruit which it bears. The flowers may be beautiful and fragrant, the foliage thick and green; but these are merely ornamental. It is the "fruit," or the action, that is of chief service to man; and he forms his opinion of the nature and value of the tree by that fruit. So of pretensions to spirituality. The profession may be fair; but the "conduct" - the fruit - is to determine the application of the principles."
: Mathew 7:16
"Ye shall know them by their fruits - the proper test of their character. People do not judge of a tree by its leaves, or bark, or flowers, but by the fruit which it bears. The flowers may be beautiful and fragrant, the foliage thick and green; but these are merely ornamental. It is the "fruit," or the action, that is of chief service to man; and he forms his opinion of the nature and value of the tree by that fruit. So of pretensions to spirituality. The profession may be fair; but the "conduct" - the fruit - is to determine the application of the principles."