Today's Verses: Matthew 12:33-35 (NIV)
33 “Make a tree good and its fruit will be good, or make a tree bad and its fruit will be bad, for a tree is recognized by its fruit. 34 You brood of vipers, how can you who are evil say anything good? For out of the overflow of the heart the mouth speaks. 35 The good man brings good things out of the good stored up in him, and the evil man brings evil things out of the evil stored up in him.
Jesus spoke these words to the Pharisees after they accused him of doing works in the name of the devil.
Today's Comments: Such simple words. Your mouth speaks out of the overflow of your heart. How often do we find our mouths saying things that we don't want them to say. And yet, those things are in our hearts.
In the case of the Pharisees, who were supposedly men of God, the charge that Jesus was being influenced by the devil could have only come from one place--- Satan. And Jesus was accusing them of being serpents, probably a direct reference to the devil's first act in the Garden of Eden. God gives us free will to act, and we can either turn our hearts to Him and the things that are good or away from Him and to the ways of the world. That is our choice. Our acts reveal our character or what is in our hearts. Our mouth reveals the thoughts that are in our hearts.
33 “Make a tree good and its fruit will be good, or make a tree bad and its fruit will be bad, for a tree is recognized by its fruit. 34 You brood of vipers, how can you who are evil say anything good? For out of the overflow of the heart the mouth speaks. 35 The good man brings good things out of the good stored up in him, and the evil man brings evil things out of the evil stored up in him.
Jesus spoke these words to the Pharisees after they accused him of doing works in the name of the devil.
Today's Comments: Such simple words. Your mouth speaks out of the overflow of your heart. How often do we find our mouths saying things that we don't want them to say. And yet, those things are in our hearts.
In the case of the Pharisees, who were supposedly men of God, the charge that Jesus was being influenced by the devil could have only come from one place--- Satan. And Jesus was accusing them of being serpents, probably a direct reference to the devil's first act in the Garden of Eden. God gives us free will to act, and we can either turn our hearts to Him and the things that are good or away from Him and to the ways of the world. That is our choice. Our acts reveal our character or what is in our hearts. Our mouth reveals the thoughts that are in our hearts.
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