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Day 30: Romans 7:4-6       A life bearing fruit of God     In Romans 7:4-6, Paul explains to the saints in Rome about two types of fruit.   The first fruit is for death (Rom. 7:5), representing the fruit we bore while living as slaves to sin before believing in Jesus.   We lived producing fruit for death, walking in disobedience and lawlessness.   This life under the law is what Paul refers to as living "under the law" (6:15).   This life is living in the lusts of impurity (1:24), driven by shameful desires, not living in the proper and natural way but contrary to it (v. 26), doing things that are not fitting before God.   The second fruit is for God.   This fruit is holiness, and the end of holiness is eternal life (6:22).   If we truly believe in Jesus, we must strive to live a holy life.   Holiness is living a life set apart for God, and the ultimate result of holiness is eternal life.   We have ...

A life that bears fruit to God           [Romans 7:1-6]       Do you know the expression ‘seonmok seonsil, akmok aksil’?   This word means ‘good trees bear good fruit, and bad fruits bear bad fruit’ (Internet).   In other words, we can know a tree by its fruit.   For example, we know a tree is an apple tree when we see an apple fruit, and we know that a tree is a pear tree when we see a pear fruit.   Jesus said this simple truth in Matthew 7:17-18: “Likewise every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit.   A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, and a bad tree cannot bear good fruit.”   The reason Jesus said this is because He wanted His disciples to recognize false prophets and refrain from them.   How can we recognize false prophets?   We can tell by looking at their bad fruit.   What are the bad fruits of false prophets?   According to Jesus, they come to us “i...

“ You will know them by their fruits ”       [ Matthew 7 : 16-2 3 ]     What do you think of when you hear the word “tree”?  When I hear the word “tree”, I remember the sermon I preached on the Friday night prayer meeting in the month of June.  On that day, I preached the drama written by God in Esther chapters 2 to 7 from the perspective of a “tree”, focusing on Esther 7:10.  King Ahasuerus' wrath ceased as Haman, who was trying to annihilate Mordecai and his people of Judah, hung on the tree he wanted to hang Mordecai, Queen Esther's cousin (v. 10).  This reminded me the best drama work.  The work is the crucifixion of the only begotten Son, Jesus Christ, who was hung high on the tree which is under God’s curse (Deut. 21:23).  When I think about why the humble Jesus, who had no sin, died on the cross for my sake, a proud sinner like “Haman”, I think of how lovely Queen Esther when King Ahasuerus saw her standing in ...