By Adrian Rogers

“Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravenous wolves. You will know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes from thornbushes or figs from thistles? Even so, every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit. A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, nor can a bad tree bear good fruit. Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. Therefore by their fruits you will know them.”  Matthew 7:15-20

Jesus starts this passage by calling false prophets “ravenous wolves” (Matthew 7:15). Then He explains we can know who the wolves are by their fruit. In verse 16, Jesus no longer speaks of these false prophets as animals but as trees. He’s saying that the devil’s work cannot continue to be covered by deception because the fruit is there. The root determines the fruit. Simply put, the devil can’t produce good fruit.

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