Beware! Wolves!

Watch out for false prophets. They come to you in sheep's clothing but inwardly they are ferocious wolves. By their fruit you will recognize them. Do people pick grapes from thorn-bushes, or figs from thistles? Likewise, every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit, and a bad tree cannot bear good fruit. Every tree that does not not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. Thus, by their fruit you will recognize them.

Matthew 7:15-20

Have you ever been woken up on a saturday morning with someone knocking on your front door? You go and see who it is and there on your porch are two people with a piece of paper and they want to talk to you about pain and suffering. What's that all about? 

Well those of us in Gravity have had an experience like this, and how we've handled that experience varies. From the polite no thanks, to the absurd, I'm a devil worshiper, to the mean door slam in the face and even to the debate. (Which I am guilty of.) 

We all agree that a message of God and hope are a good thing but what kind of God and what kind of hope needs to be examined.  Of course Jesus has something to say about that. 

We know there are allot of people who have things to say about God, and about Jesus and what the future holds and how to interpret the past. But how do you know what someone is saying is right? Check their fruit basket. 

Of course Jesus is not talking about fruit in the fruity sense but he's using an analogy to show us that we have the ability to speak truth but also to utter lies.  Don't trust someone's appearance, doing that you might find yourself in a world of hurt but also figure out what they are saying. 

One challenge that was put forth was to ask questions. Questions allow us to figure out where someone is coming from, what they believe, think about something, like, dislike etc. 

Another challenge is to spend time reading the Bible so that we can know the truth.

One last thing that was put forth was to put ourselves in the shoes of someone who is trying to tell someone else about what they believe. We've all had difficulties expressing our faith with someone else. Heck, rejection isn't fun. We may lose friends and family over what we believe in. People might get angry at us, we may be called names and we may even lose trust in those we really trusted. 

There is allot more that needs to be learned before we can fully come to understanding what God has in store for us but to study the warning signs will help us on our journey.