By Their Fruits, and Not By Their Credentials, Shall You Know Them
Vignettes By Their Fruits, and Not By Their Credentials, Shall You Know Them You will know them by their fruits . Do men gather grapes from thornbushes or figs from thistles? ~ Jesus. Matthew 7:16 Christians, like the rest of world, are immensely and blindly impressed by credentials, titles and degrees. What I call paper . Paper , well, what is written on it, blinds the eyes to the true state of the person who holds the title, degree, qualification, etc., thus allowing them to literally get away with murder, rudeness and corruption! The Pharisees, Sadducees, scribes and high priest, the ones with the education, qualifications, titles, and status in the community, were the very ones Jesus said took the most advantage of the people, who sought the applause and honour of people, but made their followers twice the sinners, or ten times worse, than themselves! Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you travel land and sea to win one proselyte, and when he is w...