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I don't want fake apples. But they are not the worst. I have an apple in my house that I will not show you a picture of. It is in the trash can. I had to clean out my fridge today because what I thought was a good apple was only half a good apple.
I picked it up and I was shocked. I threw it away. I washed out the drawer. I washed other shelves which needed it. What I thought was a good apple was a bad apple.
I like good apples. Gala is my favorite. Observe closely when you
decide about good apples. Famous people you admire might not be that good an apple if you knew them personally and well.
I love radio, television, especially sports. I admire some of these people but I don't really know them. I love the albility of electronic gadgets to transport us to a memorial service. But "friends" there is not the same as real friends. Some real friends are also electronic friends. Thank God for these.
My best friends are actually real people who are being healed by the grace and mercy of God day by day. They aren't not fake. They are indeed good fruit.
Matthew 7
15 “Beware of the false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly are ravenous wolves. 16 You will know them by their fruits. Grapes are not gathered from thorn bushes, nor figs from thistles, are they? 17 So every good tree bears good fruit, but the bad tree bears bad fruit. 18 A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, nor can a bad tree bear good fruit. 19 Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. 20 So then, you will know them by their fruits.
21 “Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one who does the will of My Father who is in heaven will enter. 22 Many will say to Me on that day, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in Your name, and in Your name cast out demons, and in Your name perform many miracles?’ 23 And then I will declare to them, ‘I never knew you; leave Me, you who practice lawlessness.’
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