A little about hate that Christ teaches on
John 12:25
He who loves his life will lose it, and he who hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life.
Luke 14:26New King James Version (NKJV)
26 “If anyone comes to Me and does not hate his father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters, yes, and his own life also, he cannot be My disciple.
John 15:19
If you were of the world, the world would love its own. Yet because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you.
About these first 2 verses, consider the parable of sower of the seed.
The first three types of persons are not saved as they bear no good fruit to God.
The last one is saved as they bear good fruit and many fold.
Good fruit is not good works. Good fruit is what comes out from the good heart of those who are born of God.
As Matthew 12 teaches they bring good treasure out of good hearts. A good tree can not bear bad fruit, and a bad tree can not bear good fruit, for a tree is known by its fruit. Fruit is what is spoken, for a man speaks from the heart. Good fruit is also the characteristics of the fruits of the Spirit, these are not your works, but HIS works. What He has accomplished on the inside of you is expressed outwardly, indeed it can not be hidden, being as a light on the hill shining forth for all to see.
Those who love the things of this world, they are ensnared with the cares of this life, they do not bear good fruit to God.
That includes family and the awful woes and bitterness and troubles that can cause.
That is why Christ says to hate your life in this world, to hate your family members, if they are not believers, their goal is to cause you grief, torment you and separate your from God. They if not saved persons are the tares planted by Satan in God's field. That is why you are to hate those who are in opposition to Christ. They will be a snare to you, just as the nations were a snare to Israel in conquering the promised land. and you are to hate your own life in this world, as if you love your life in this world you will lose your life in the age to come. This is of course not a hatred of emotional rage that leads to physical violence, since we are also commanded to love our enemies and do good to those who persecute us. It is simply to keep your priorities centered on Christ and scripture and not the cares of this world. His promise was that if you seek His righteousness then God will take care of everything else.
The Parable of the Sower Explained
v18 , a lost person
18 “Therefore hear the parable of the sower: 19 When anyone hears the word of the kingdom, and does not understand
it, then the wicked
one comes and snatches away what was sown in his heart. This is he who received seed by the wayside.
v20 a lost person, notice they are not rooted inside, so no Christ as their foundation
20 But he who received the seed on stony places, this is he who hears the word and immediately receives it with joy; 21 yet he has no root in himself, but endures only for a while. For when tribulation or persecution arises because of the word, immediately he stumbles.
v22 , a lost person, they are unfruitful, they bear no fruit to God due to the world is their life, The world is their life and the cares of the world and the pride of life.
1 John 2:16, For all that is in the world—the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life—is not of the Father but is of the world.
22 Now he who received seed among the thorns is he who hears the word, and the cares of this world and the deceitfulness of riches choke the word, and he becomes unfruitful.
v23, the only saved person, one who bears fruit to God. This seed fell onto good ground, the good ground is a regenerated God prepared heart. All the other grounds were bad ground, good seed can only grow in the good ground, not bad ground.
23 But he who received seed on the good ground is he who hears the word and understands
it, who indeed bears fruit and produces: some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.”
Matthew 12 describes what is GOOD FRUIT and what is evil fruit.
A Tree Known by Its Fruit
33 “Either make the tree good and its fruit good, or else make the tree bad and its fruit bad; for a tree is known by
its fruit. 34 Brood of vipers! How can you, being evil, speak good things? For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks. 35 A good man out of the good treasure of his heart brings forth good things, and an evil man out of the evil treasure brings forth evil things. 36 But I say to you that for every idle word men may speak, they will give account of it in the day of judgment. 37 For by your words you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned.”
Matthew 7 describes that good trees will never and CAN NOT bear bad fruit. Bad trees CAN NOT bear good fruit.
Fruits are not works. If your not bearing good fruit, then into the fire of hell you will go.
People not bearing good fruit are never saved people, they have no praise in their mouths to Christ.
The fruitless fig tree was cursed by Christ and it died.
They say evil things about the scriptures, God and Christ. Jesus said by your words you will be either justified or condemned, fruits are in this context your words. Your words are spoken from the heart. If your heart is evil, so then will your words be evil. But if your born of God, so then will your words be good spoken aright according to the scriptures you will be speaking and living your life abiding in Christ.
You will not be choked by the cares of this world, you will overcome the world by your faith if you abide in Christ.
Matthew 7
You Will Know Them by Their Fruits
15 “Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravenous wolves. 16 You will know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes from thornbushes or figs from thistles? 17 Even so, every good tree bears good fruit, but a 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 Therefore by their fruits you will know them.
