It’s really simple: what we do comes out the condition of our heart. Evil comes from a selfish, unrestrained heart. Good comes from a selfless, guarded, and redeemed heart. Why do you think the proverb (4:23) says, “Above all else, guard your heart, for it is the well-spring of life”? Jesus also said these words, “For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also” (Matt6:23). He also spoke about no one being good but God (Mark 10:18). Christianity is all about the condition of our heart. It’s not about being perfect, rather it’s about knowing our place, and being substituted by Someone Who is perfect. Get your heart right with God, and he will fill it with desires that are good, and goodness will flow from it. If Jesus is Lord, and He makes us right with God, then what comes out of our heart stems from the treasures only He can place there.
43 “A good tree can’t produce bad fruit, and a bad tree can’t produce good fruit.44 A tree is identified by its fruit. Figs are never gathered from thornbushes, and grapes are not picked from bramble bushes.45 A good person produces good things from the treasury of a good heart, and an evil person produces evil things from the treasury of an evil heart. What you say flows from what is in your heart.
Luke 6:43-45
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