Beyond the Facade

How can we know who someone is? It may be challenging in today's world, take a simple image. Technology can make someone appear to be someone they are not with filters. Social media snapshots portray a state of wellbeing unbeknownst to what percolate's from within.

There is a lesson from Matthew 7:15-20. You will know them by their fruits.

“Constantly be on your guard against phony prophets. They come disguised as lambs, appearing to be genuine, but on the inside they are like wild, ravenous wolves! 16You can spot them by their actions, for the fruits of their character will be obvious. You won’t find sweet grapes hanging on a thorn bush, and you’ll never pick good fruit from a tumbleweed. 17-19So if the tree is good, it will produce good fruit; but if the tree is bad, it will bear only rotten fruit and deserves to be cut down and burned. 20You’ll know them by the obvious fruit of their lives and ministries.”

What is the good fruit, we search for? The answer can be found in Galatians 5:22-23. "But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law