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📖 Matthew 7:20 “Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them.” YOUR FRUITYour fruit defines who and what you are—before God and before men.A person cannot and will not be separated from their fruit. 📖 Jude 1:12 “These are spots in your feasts of charity, when they feast with you, feeding themselves without fear: clouds they are without water… trees whose fruit withereth, without fruit, twice dead, plucked up by the roots;”The book of Jude is plain and direct. Those without fruit are described as: Spots Without fear Carried about (unstable) Fruit withered Without fruit Twice dead Plucked up by the rootsWHAT DOES THIS MEAN?It means many pretend to be Christians. 📖 Galatians 5:22–23 “But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.” 📖 Galatians 5:24 “And they that are Christ’s have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts.” THE DIFFERENCEA true Christian is known by their fruit—and it is not what Jude describes.“They that are Christ’s” have done something: They have crucified the flesh—not by effort alone, but through salvation and a life led by the Holy Ghost.Those who are not Christ’s still live in the flesh.And their fruit will reveal it—every time.🔥 BOTTOM LINE You can polish an image. You can shape a reputation. But you cannot hide your fruit. Your life will preach louder than your lips.