Understand also that the shiny armors or the latest gadgets of the Sauls who have lost favor with God are not more effective than your stone age tools if you are in right standing with Him, because if they were, Saul would have worn his own armor and gone to fight Goliath but he was unable to do so. Therefore, combine your confidence in God’s ability to help you with confidence in your God-given abilities and you will achieve your goals.
Therefore this tree which looks just like a good apple tree, is judged to be a bad tree because of the effects of its bad fruits. So, if your methods of ministering are judged as “bad” by society and the powers that be, do not receive their condemnation and stop working the way God has called you to work. Let the effects of your ministry speak for you and justify your methods the way those of Jesus did.
4. Wisdom is justified by her children
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