+ The gospel passage today again tells it like it is: beware of false prophets, who
come to you in sheep’s clothing, but underneath are ravenous wolves. By their
fruits you shall know them.
Sometimes it may be a subtle
as false prophecy, or sometimes it may present itself as a plain old wolf, in
wolf’s clothing; beware, if you think that there must be some kind of an error
– no one can be that obvious.
Well, it comes down to the
fruit they produce to mix a metaphor; or the venom that come out of their
mouths more appropriately.
Galatians 5 tells us: that love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness,
goodness, faithfulness and the like are the fruits of the presence of the
Holy Spirit in one’s life; and that the opposite is true as well: everything
that produces hate, sorrow, chaos, short-sightedness, rancor, evil deeds, and
forgetfulness of God and his will is poison to be avoided at all costs, and to
be driven out of any office of authority over other people. This is where “zero
tolerance” rules supreme.
And
any who know the difference but do not do all they can to replace the wolf with
the lamb, will be held accountable for the damage done. This guardianship and
accountability to God must be applied across the board, beginning with elected and
appointed officials.
Be
courageous, be an apostle of Truth and Justice and Mercy, be the disciple of
Christ you claim to be!
Amen.
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