EMPOWERED: Know a tree by its fruit

Matthew 7:16-20 | You can identify them by their fruit, that is, by the way they act. Can you pick grapes from thornbushes, or figs from thistles? A good tree produces good fruit, and a bad tree produces bad fruit. A good tree can’t produce bad fruit, and a bad tree can’t produce good fruit. So every tree that does not produce good fruit is chopped down and thrown into the fire. Yes, just as you can identify a tree by its fruit, so you can identify people by their actions.

• How can you tell the fruit of someone’s life?

• What is good fruit? What is bad fruit?

• Why can’t a good tree produce bad fruit or a bad tree produce good fruit?

• Look at your own life. What kind of fruit is showing? What kind of tree does this make you? Why do you think this is? Is there anything you’d like to change?