Seventh Day Baptist
Christian Education Council
PO BOX 1678
Janesville, WI 53547
—Matthew 7:15-23
by: Jasmine Lynch.
The dictionary defines a “lawless” person as one who breaks, violates, disobeys, or transgresses the law. This can be done ignorantly or deliberately. Matthew 7:23 states that Jesus will declare to the lawless, “I never knew you; DEPART FROM ME.” Interestingly, these lawless individuals are prophets, healers casting out demons, and miracle workers. How then can you tell the true followers of Christ? By their fruits. What do the fruits look like? “A good tree cannot produce bad fruit, nor can a bad tree produce good fruit” (v.18). Let us pray for discernment.