SERMON - Recognize the Trees: Matthew’s Call to Know the Good Fruit

This episode unpacks Matthew 7’s tree-and-fruit metaphor, showing that Jesus contrasts the diseased national tree of Israel with himself as the new, healthy tree whose fruits bring life. It urges a communal reading rather than an individualistic one, calling listeners to be grafted into Christ, receive His merits through baptism and communion, stop trying to earn status by their own works, and rest in being served by him.