Kindling

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What the Tree Produces

Matthew 7:16-20 pattern

Jesus said you will recognize a tree by its fruit. The point is not that perfect behavior earns standing with God. It is that the inner reality eventually shows. A life can claim one thing with its mouth and demonstrate another with its patterns. Over time the fruit does not lie.

How you’d preach it

Straightforward for teaching on genuine vs. professed faith. Behavior is evidence, not the root.

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Matthew 7:16-20

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