Seventh Day Baptist
Christian Education Council
PO BOX 1678
Janesville, WI 53547
—Matthew 7:1-6, 15-23
by: Dale Rood.
There are two considerations here: first, for the person who is doing the judging, who is seeking to bear fruit; second, for the person who submits to the authority of those in positions of influence and leadership. I want to speak especially to the second. We need do fruit inspection of those who may seek to pull a speck out of our eye and those among us who seek to influence the body. Consider the fruit the Spirit and works of the devil in Galatians 5:19-23. Do those who seek to influence us bring people together, or do they sow strife?