Monday August 10th, 2026
« Yes, just as you can identify a tree by its fruit, so you can identify people by their actions »
Read Matthew 7:16-20GWT
16 You will know them by what they produce. “People don’t pick grapes from thornbushes or figs from thistles, do they?
17 In the same way every good tree produces good fruit, but a rotten tree produces bad fruit.
18 A good tree cannot produce bad fruit, and a rotten tree cannot produce good fruit.
19 Any tree that fails to produce good fruit is cut down and thrown into a fire.
20 So you will know them by what they produce.
John 1:12Amplified says
« But to as many as did receive and welcome Him, He gave the right [the authority, the privilege] to become children of God, that is, to those who believe in (adhere to, trust in, and rely on) His name— »
If you have received Christ into your heart and you believe in His name, not just in word,
but in deeds such that everyone around you can see from your lifestyle that you are a believer in Christ,
then you qualify to be called a child of God.
On the other hand, the Bible says that the devil has his own children too.
Jesus Christ was addressing the Pharisees and He said to them in John 8:44GWT
« You come from your father, the devil, and you desire to do what your father wants you to do. The devil was a murderer from the beginning. He has never been truthful. He doesn’t know what the truth is. Whenever he tells a lie, he’s doing what comes naturally to him. He’s a liar and the father of lies »
The question then is, how do we tell a child of God apart from a child of the devil ?
The Bible answers this question aptly.
For example, the Bible says that people who love the world do not have the love of God in them, 1 John 2:15-16.
This clearly implies that such people cannot be described as God’s children.
When you see someone who loves material things more than God,
that individual does not have the love of God in them and hence cannot be His child if he or she remains in that state.
A child of God on the other hand is one who is born of the Spirit and focuses on spiritual things rather than worldly things.
John 3:3-7 says that anyone who wants to enter into the kingdom of God must be born of the Spirit,
and of course, only the children of God can enter into His kingdom.
This is why you must be born again.
Beloved, when you are born again, you are born of the Spirit, and you truly become a child of God.
When you are born of the Spirit, you will begin to live by the Spirit and be led by Him.
You will begin to exhibit the fruit of the Spirit as written in, Galatians 5:22-23.
- Remember, it is the kind of fruit you produce that will determine who your father truly is.
Application – Check your character, whose does it mirror, that of the Holy Spirit or that of the devil ?
Author – Bishop Enoch Adejare Adeboye; General Overseer of the RCCG
Posted by Naomie Joseph
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