November 20: Isaiah 5:4; Matthew 7:20; Matthew 12:33; Matthew 12:35; James 3:11–13; 1 Peter 2:12; 1 John 3:7; 2 Chronicles 6:18; Isaiah 60:13; Isaiah 66:1; Haggai 2:6–7; Haggai 2:9; Revelation 21:1; Revelation 21:3 - a podcast by Crossway

“You will recognize them by their fruits.”

Little children, let no one deceive you. Whoever practices righteousness is righteous, as he is righteous.—Does a spring pour forth from the same opening both fresh and salt water? Can a fig tree, my brothers, bear olives, or a grapevine produce figs? Neither can a salt pond yield fresh water. Who is wise and understanding among you? By his good conduct let him show his works in the meekness of wisdom.—Keep your conduct among the Gentiles honorable, so that when they speak against you as evildoers, they may see your good deeds and glorify God on the day of visitation.

“Either make the tree good and its fruit good, or make the tree bad and its fruit bad, for the tree is known by its fruit.”—“The good person out of his good treasure brings forth good, and the evil person out of his evil treasure brings forth evil.”—What more was there to do for my vineyard, that I have not done in it?

Isaiah 5:4(Listen)

4   What more was there to do for my vineyard,
    that I have not done in it?
  When I looked for it to yield grapes,
    why did it yield wild grapes?

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Matthew 7:20(Listen)

20 Thus you will recognize them by their fruits.

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Matthew 12:33(Listen)

A Tree Is Known by Its Fruit

33 “Either make the tree good and its fruit good, or make the tree bad and its fruit bad, for the tree is known by its fruit.

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Matthew 12:35(Listen)

35 The good person out of his good treasure brings forth good, and the evil person out of his evil treasure brings forth evil.

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James 3:11–13(Listen)

11 Does a spring pour forth from the same opening both fresh and salt water?12 Can a fig tree, my brothers, bear olives, or a grapevine produce figs? Neither can a salt pond yield fresh water.

Wisdom from Above

13 Who is wise and understanding among you? By his good conduct let him show his works in the meekness of wisdom.

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1 Peter 2:12(Listen)

12 Keep your conduct among the Gentiles honorable, so that when they speak against you as evildoers, they may see your good deeds and glorify God on the day of visitation.

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1 John 3:7(Listen)

7 Little children, let no one deceive you. Whoever practices righteousness is righteous, as he is righteous.

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I will make the place of my feet glorious.

Thus says the Lord: “Heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool.”—“But will God indeed dwell with man on the earth? Behold, heaven and the highest heaven cannot contain you, how much less this house that I have built!”

“Thus says the Lord of hosts: Yet once more, in a little while, I will shake the heavens and the earth and the sea and the dry land. And I will shake all nations, so that the treasures of all nations shall come in, and I will fill this house with glory, says the Lord of hosts…. The latter glory of this house shall be greater than the former, says the Lord of hosts.”

I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and the sea was no more…. And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, “Behold, the dwelling place of God is with man. He will dwell with them, and they will be his people, and God himself will be with them as their God.”

2 Chronicles 6:18(Listen)

18 “But will God indeed dwell with man on the earth? Behold, heaven and the highest heaven cannot contain you, how much less this house that I have built!

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Isaiah 60:13(Listen)

13   The glory of Lebanon shall come to you,
    the cypress, the plane, and the pine,
  to beautify the place of my sanctuary,
    and I will make the place of my feet glorious.

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Isaiah 66:1(Listen)

The Humble and Contrite in Spirit

66   Thus says the LORD:
  “Heaven is my throne,
    and the earth is my footstool;
  what is the house that you would build for me,
    and what is the place of my rest?

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Haggai 2:6–7(Listen)

6 For thus says the LORD of hosts: Yet once more, in a little while, I will shake the heavens and the earth and the sea and the dry land.7 And I will shake all nations, so that the treasures of all nations shall come in, and I will fill this house with glory, says the LORD of hosts.

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Haggai 2:9(Listen)

9 The latter glory of this house shall be greater than the former, says the LORD of hosts. And in this place I will give peace, declares the LORD of hosts.’”

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Revelation 21:1(Listen)

The New Heaven and the New Earth

21 Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and the sea was no more.

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Revelation 21:3(Listen)

3 And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, “Behold, the dwelling place¹of God is with man. He will dwell with them, and they will be his people,²and God himself will be with them as their God.³

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