Matthew 7: ¹⁴Watch out for false prophets! They dress up like sheep, but inside they are wolves who have come to attack you. ¹⁶You can tell what they are by what they do. No one picks grapes or figs from thornbushes. ¹⁷A good tree produces good fruit, and a bad tree produces bad fruit. ¹⁸A good tree cannot produce bad fruit, and a bad tree cannot produce good fruit. ¹⁹Every tree that produces bad fruit will be chopped down and burned. ²⁰You can tell who the false prophets are by their deeds. (CEV)
1. How does our heart determine whether we will bear fruit of the Spirit or bad fruit.

Psalms 1: ¹God blesses those people who refuse evil advice and won't follow sinners or join in sneering at God. ²Instead, the Law of the LORD makes them happy, and they think about it day and night.³They are like trees growing beside a stream, trees that produce fruit in season and always have leaves. Those people succeed in everything they do.⁴That isn't true of those who are evil, because they are like straw blown by the wind. ⁵Sinners won't have an excuse on the day of judgment, and they won't have a place with the people of God. ⁶The LORD protects everyone who follows him, but the wicked follow a road that leads to ruin.(CEV)

Proverbs 12: ¹²An evil person tries to hide behind evil; good people are like trees with deep roots. (CEV)
2. Why does God often use trees to describe people who want to serve Him, people He loves?

2 Peter 2: ¹Sometimes false prophets spoke to the people of Israel. False teachers will also sneak in and speak harmful lies to you. But these teachers don't really belong to the Master who paid a great price for them, and they will quickly destroy themselves. (CEV)
3. What causes some leaders and teachers to become false to God and to their own followers?

1 John 4: ¹ Dear friends, don't believe everyone who claims to have the Spirit of God. Test them all to find out if they really do come from God. Many false prophets have already gone out into the world, (CEV)
4. Who should we trust and who should we avoid and watch out for so we won't go astray?

Hebrews 12: ²²You have now come to Mount Zion and to the heavenly Jerusalem. This is the city of the living God, where thousands and thousands of angels have come to celebrate. ²³Here you will find all of God's dearest children, whose names are written in heaven. And you will find God himself, who judges everyone. Here also are the spirits of those good people who have been made perfect. ²⁴And Jesus is here! He is the one who makes God's new agreement with us, and his sprinkled blood says much better things than the blood of Abel. (CEV)
5. When God is with us, what do we have to look forward to when we leave this body?

Please study the above references and then add your observations and applications:
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