Originally posted on Facebook on Sunday, April 6, 2025.

Too often, we as Christians are quick to point out what others are doing wrong, but conviction is not our job—it’s the Holy Spirit’s¹.

We focus on the works of people's hands when we should be ministering to the condition of their hearts.

Beating the hell out of fruits does nothing to change the tree² and the vicious cycle continues.

Our role is not to condemn the fruit of sin³, but to cultivate the soil of people's hearts for a new Tree—His heart that is received by all who believe in Christ⁴.

We do this by living under Christ's lordship—governing ourselves⁵ and rightly using all that belongs to Him⁶ in a way that the good news of the Kingdom of Heaven is both expressed in word⁷ and experienced in deed⁸.

May we all, like our Lord and Savior, proclaim and demonstrate, "The Kingdom of Heaven is like…"⁹

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