[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":10},["ShallowReactive",2],{"post-fruits-the-final-determiner-":3},{"documentId":4,"title":5,"slug":6,"text":7,"publishedAt":8,"createdAt":8,"updatedAt":9},"acbbed70-e057-40a8-b6f4-2ebaa1e5801a","Fruits, The Final Determiner ! ","fruits-the-final-determiner-","\u003Cp>Fruits, The Final Determiner \u003Cbr>Matthew 7\u003Cbr>KJV\u003Cbr>20+ Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them.\u003C/p>\u003Cp> \u003C/p>\u003Cp>One thing I miss most in life is my inability to undertake farming in whatever form! Yes! I have openly and unashamedly confessed this several times on many platforms during my active days as a preacher.\u003C/p>\u003Cp> \u003C/p>\u003Cp>And what is it, I guess you'd like to know? It has to do with my orientation; I am a results-oriented person who wants to see results from whatever I do! Yes.\u003C/p>\u003Cp> \u003C/p>\u003Cp>This explains why I don’t plant coconuts, oranges, etc anything that takes a long time to yield. My interest lies in short term yielding items such as maize, cassava etc.\u003C/p>\u003Cp> \u003C/p>\u003Cp>You may not share in my thoughts and philosophy but that’s who I am , each has his likes and dislikes. We are all not wired the same , my wiring is different from yours. Interestingly we are both useful and needed to complete life’s cycle.\u003C/p>\u003Cp> \u003C/p>\u003Cp>So what is this about? Well, I went out on my usual walk this morning and today stopped by the backyard farm of a neighbour to look at the plants.\u003C/p>\u003Cp>Two trees were of interest to me they looked alike but bore different fruits! What tree do you think? Guess, it’s the plantain tree. I saw bananas hanging on one and plantains on the other!\u003C/p>\u003Cp> \u003C/p>\u003Cp>As I stated earlier I am not a farmer so I couldn’t tell which is which. All this time that I’ve walked by it was today that I saw that both trees though the same, can only be identified by their fruits.\u003C/p>\u003Cp> \u003C/p>\u003Cp>Here was where the passage quoted above came to mind; the fruit showed which is which. The same applies to us humans , outwardly we look alike but the contents of our minds which manifest themselves through our character, differentiate us.\u003C/p>\u003Cp> \u003C/p>\u003Cp>So it is not our outward look, our pronouncements, etc but our deeds, character, attitudes, behaviours ! I stood there for a few seconds to absorb the lesson I was seeing from the two trees. One plantain the other banana!\u003C/p>\u003Cp> \u003C/p>\u003Cp>To profess is one thing to be a practitioner is another. Many profess but their characters show otherwise. I guess this was exactly what Jesus meant when he said\u003C/p>\u003Cp> \u003C/p>\u003Cp>21 Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven.\u003C/p>\u003Cp> \u003C/p>\u003Cp>A verse which followed that which I cited above! This I call the “case of the professors versus the practitioners”. A case that will be heard at the Supreme Court of heaven where the Chief Justice is God. Other members of the panel are the Holy Spirit and the Son.\u003C/p>\u003Cp> \u003C/p>\u003Cp>A few thoughts to share , a practical lesson I learnt by watching the plantain/banana tree. Whichever.\u003C/p>\u003Cp> \u003C/p>","2026-09-03T09:35:47.995Z","2026-09-03T21:52:49.904Z",1788472483159]