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Weekly Playlist  |  November 18-24
Sermon on the Mount-The Choice
Discerning True Prophets and Disciples
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Read - Matthew 7:15-23
1 min
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Watch - Passage Insight: Good Tree vs. Bad Tree
2 min
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Listen - True Disciples Do the Will of the Father
5 min
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Read - Matthew 7:15-23

Matthew 7:15-23

The Two Trees and Two Prophets

1 min

Watch out for illegitimate prophets who come to you in the clothing of sheep, but inside they are wolves who snatch. By their fruits, you will recognize them.
Do people gather grapes from thorn bushes or figs from thistles? Similarly, every good tree produces good fruit, but the diseased tree produces bad fruit.
A good tree cannot produce bad fruit, and a diseased tree cannot produce good fruit. Every tree that does not produce good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.
So then, by their fruit you will recognize them.
Not everyone who says to me, “Master, master!” will enter into the kingdom of the skies, but rather the one who does the desire of my Father in the skies.
Many will say to me on that day, “Master, master, didn't we prophesy in your name and cast out demons in your name and do many mighty acts in your name?”
And then I will confess to them, “I have never known you. Go away from me, you who act as if there is no Torah.”
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Watch - Passage Insight: Good Tree vs. Bad Tree
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HIGHLIGHT

Jesus teaches us to discern who speaks for God with two metaphors: sheep and trees. Some sheep are actually wolves in sheep's clothing, and some trees grow bad fruit. A true spokesperson for God will produce goodness for those around them.

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Listen - True Disciples Do the Will of the Father

Chapter from Sermon on the Mount E36

True Disciples Do the Will of the Father

5 min

HIGHLIGHT

Aligning with God’s will is a core theme in the Sermon on the Mount, and Jesus says only those who do the desire of his Father will enter the Kingdom. True disciples do God’s will by living according to his wisdom.

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