A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, and a bad tree cannot bear good fruit.
The narrow gate is hardly wide enough to admit one at all; it expresses the difficulty of that first right step in religion, which requires triumph over all our natural inclinations. The wide gate and broad way lure many because they are easily entered and easily trodden.
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Commenting on Matthew 7:13-29
The heart alone determines what actions mean. Rome severs deeds from motives and calls the separation merit; this error creeps even into Protestant circles. Christ insists the obvious truth deserves repeating: a corrupt tree cannot produce good fruit.
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False prophets are false teachers dressed in sheep's clothing but inwardly ravening wolves. Some claim divine warrant they do not have; others preach doctrines contrary to the truth as it is in Jesus. Either way, they come to poison souls under the pretense of healing them.
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Commenting on Matthew 7:15-20