The Fruit of the Devil

Ukraine Being Bombed
The recent breakout of war between Russia and Ukraine has taken the entire world by storm.  The images that we see of buildings exploding and civilians being injured in a war of aggression is very sad and disheartening, but the sad truth it is only one of many wars that are raging across our world.  Whether it's Russia's unprovoked invasion of Ukraine, the raging Civil War in Syria, the ongoing Arab-Israeli conflict, or the continuing conflict between Armenia & Azerbaijan, there is one thing that all of these wars have in common, they're the Fruit of the Devil.  

Matthew 7:17-18 teaches us that a good tree bears good fruit, and a bad tree bears bad fruit.  The seeds of the good tree is Jesus, who sows the seeds of love, compassion, empathy, and forgiveness.  The Devil sows the seeds of hatred, envy, arrogance, abuse of power, and greed.  These are what motivates the conflicts we see all over the world.  When we allow the Devil to plant his seeds within us, we see the result of the "rotten fruit" in the destroyed buildings, the wounded civilians, and the repression of those who courageously stand up and denounce these actions.  


While many put the blame on the dictators like Putin for what we are seeing, we must remember that these seeds can infect any of us.  The very seeds that were sowed into Putin which lead are also sowed in dictators like Assad, in soldiers like the ISIS death squads, and citizens like American Neo Nazis.  While they may have different motives and varying levels of power, they all have one thing in common, they all are displaying the bad fruit that is the result of the seeds sown by the Devil.  

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