YOU ARE IDENTIFIED BY YOUR FRUIT

- By Gavin Aleogho

The production of fruit is what differentiates a fruitful tree and an unfruitful one. The fruit of a tree is what makes it visible to all what kind of tree it is. So, when you are in doubt about what tree you are looking at, check out for its fruits.

In the same vein, what shows that we are in Christ and that we are His Disciples is when we produce fruit after His manner. We cannot say we are of the light and are producing fruits of unrighteousness. That is contrary to the nature of Christ, our Saviour.

You are not identified by your activities or by what you say or what you claim to be. The saying that “action speaks louder that voice” applies here. When an individual gets to a new environment, people begin to watch that person for a period of time, maybe for some couple of months or years. After which, they begin to form an opinion about this individual based on the fruit of his character he has manifested over the period of time.

You can’t fool anybody, just like Jesus spoke about the false prophets, that, “by their fruit we shall know them”, so also does that saying applies to you. By your fruit people gets to know what kind of person you are. You may fool them initially, but after some period of time, your true character will begin to manifest.

Thus, as Disciples of Jesus Christ, you are expected to exhibit the same character trait of Jesus. You are expected to speak, act and do things like Jesus. Anything contrary to this only points to the fact that you are never a Christian but only a wolves in Christian (sheep) clothing. You are only an imposter.

The only major sign of a true Christian to the people of the world, as a proof of his followership of Jesus is simply by the kind of fruit that he manifests. And by fruit, it implies character traits as spelt out in Galatians 5:22-23.

The sign of our Christianity to the world is not by the long and loud prayers we make in our apartments, nor the big size of our Bible or the saintly way we dress, but by our godly character. We should strive to produce godly fruits; it is by this people will know that we are Jesus’ Disciples.

“But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control. Against such there is no law”. Galatians 5:22-23.