Fruit than remains

“I tell you, the Kingdom of God will be taken away from you and given to a nation that will produce the proper fruit.”Matthew‬ ‭21‬:‭43‬ ‭NLT‬‬

Jesus had another tangle with the chief priests and elders in the temple. They had demanded to know ‘by  what authority are you doing these things?’ Jesus responded, as He often did with a few parables. He then went on to tell them the above verse. Now, of course, the leaders thought Jesus was the problem and they the righteous ones.

Today, many in mainline churches are falling away with false doctrine. They have muddied the waters of the pure and true gospel with uncleanness. They are not bearing the fruit that Jesus is looking for. He is removing their lamp, so to speak. As we read the first few chapters in the book of  Revelation we see Jesus addressing the churches in Asia and the common warning was ‘walk the right way or I will remove your lamp!’

The religious leaders of Jesus’ day really thought they were on the right path and they were full of self-righteousness. Let this be a warning to us! Self-righteousness is as ‘filthy rags’ (menstrual rags). Our righteousness must only come from Jesus and our faith in Him to make us righteous. Nothing we do or say can make us pure and right, only He is good! Amen!