Acts 5:38; Matthew 7:16
Epilogue. Warnings and exhortations close the new Law, like the old ( Exodus 23:20 ff.). Matthew 7:13 f. The Two Gates and the Two Ways ( Lu...
DISCOURSE: 1332 MEN KNOWN BY THEIR FRUITS Matthew 7:15-20 . Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they a...
Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them. Wherefore by their fruits, etc. - This truth is often repeated, because our eternal interests depend so...
Ye shall know them by their fruits— That is, by the evil tendency of their doctrines, as well as by the immorality of their lives. Compare 1 John...
Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them. Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them: - q. d., 'But the point I now press is not so muc...
The Sermon on the Mount (concluded) The connexion of thought in this chapter is less close than in the earlier part of the sermon, and the whole c...
How to detect false prophets and hypocrites in general ( Luke 6:43-45 ). The gift of prophecy was widely diffused in the Apostolic Church, so that...
Ye shall know them. — As before, in Matthew 7:16 , the word is one which implies knowledge that is full, clear, decisive — such as that to which S...
Chapter 7 The Gospel of the Kingdom ("Sermon on the Mount") - Matthew 5:1-48 ; Matthew 6:1-34 ; Matthew 7:1-29 IT may seem almost heresy to...
Seeking Life; Testing Leaders Matthew 7:13-23 The world is full of shams. Counterfeit coins circulate; paste jewels are worn. Let us take heed...
After thus enunciating the laws of the Kingdom, and bringing men into the realm of direct dealing with God, the King authoritatively set up the stand...
Nothing can be more interesting than what the Lord JESUS hath here said. And no form of words can be more decisive to mark the godly man from the hyp...
BEWARE! ‘Beware of false prophets.… Not every one that saith unto Me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the wi...
Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them. This is the conclusion of the whole, and a repetition of what is before said, the more to fix the rul...
Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them. Ver. 20. Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them ] See Matthew 7:16 , where the self-same wor...
Even so As grapes are not reaped from thorns, or figs from thistles, but the fruit will always be agreeable in its nature and kind to the tree that...
Simple honesty will understand these first five verses without difficulty. The word "judge" is used in various different ways in Scripture. Believers...
The Sermon on the Mount. 15 Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep'...
Ver. 16-20. A proper effect discovereth the cause. Lest his disciples should ask, How shall we distinguish true from false teachers? Our Saviour tell...
Exhortation to Choose the Right Way and Produce Good Fruit by Full Obedience to His Words So As To Enter Into Life and Avoid Destruction (7:13-27)....
a Do men gather grapes of thorns, a Or figs of thistles? b Even so every good tree brings forth good fruit, c But the corrupt tree brings forth ev...
CRITICAL NOTES Matthew 7:13 . Destruction. —The word implies, not annihilation, but waste ( Matthew 26:8 ; Mark 14:4 ), perdition, i.e . the l...
Matthew 7:15-20 I. Christ warns us here to beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing. There is allusion here, no doubt, to t...
Matthew 7:15-29 I. The object of our Lord in this Sermon on the Mount was to convey an accurate idea of the righteousness required in His kingdom....
While we are reading, let us also be adoring at the same time, for the. words of Christ have a gracious divinity about them; they are infinite; they...
Matthew 7:1 . Judge not, that ye be not judged. You are not called to judge; you are not qualified to judge: «God is the Judge: he putteth down o...
Matthew 7:1-2 . Judge not, that ye be not judged. For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete it shall be me...
Matthew 7:7 . Ask, and it shall be given you; He that will not ask for it deserves to go without it. Have you ever asked for it? If not, whose fa...
Matthew 7:13-14 . Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which...
Matthew 7:13 . Enter ye in at the strait gate. It is very unpopular. The great ones will recommend to you great liberality and breadth; but enter...
Matthew 7:1 . Judge not, that ye be not judged. This refers to private and censorious reproaches of others. We must judge nothing before the time....
Know them by their fruits. Utility the test of truth The two criteria on which men most chiefly rest for the guidance “of their religious opini...
EXPOSITION Matthew 7:1-40 (2) As anxiety about the things of this life hinders us Godwards ( Matthew 6:19-40 ), so does censoriousness m...
The end of the imposters
Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them. So far as the test of trees is concerned, men's judgment in their case is so definite and absolute t...
The Sermon on the Mount (Continued) Matthew 7:1-29 INTRODUCTORY WORDS 1. A command. God not only requests but definitely commands us, that we...
20 Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them.