Once Jesus said: "Either grant the tree to be wholesome and its
fruit wholesome, or the tree poisonous and its fruit poisonous; for the tree is
known by its fruit.” (Matthew 12:33)
There are many trees of the same family and class, often with the same,
but produces slightly different fruits.
Some trees, though different, share the same name and appearance,
produce good and bitter fruits. Good apple and crab apple are good examples.
There are good grapes and wild grapes also.
Ever tree is known by the fruit, is a universal truth.
No tree can be judged good or bad by its trunk and leaves.
We have to wait till the tree bear fruit to declare a final verdict.
Some trees look good as a small plant, and it grows to a tree with
beautiful green leaves.
Thick leaves and crowded branches make it grandeur to look at.
But none can say, for definite, that the tree will bear the good
variant of fruit or the bad variant.
We have to wait till it bears fruit.
The tree bearing good fruit may be sustained, and the tree bearing wild
fruit may be destroyed soon.
A sound judgment of a tree is always based on the fruit.
The final judgment to reckon with always comes by the fruit.
A promising bud cannot assure good fruit.
No tree with bad fruits can be sustained because the bud, leaves and
the branches look good.
The fruit is the matter, it is the difference.
The same principle may be applied to all spheres of life.
It is applicable to, culture, religion, social practices, traditional
values, conventions, business, political systems, educational systems, life
philosophy, science, celebrations and all and all.
If the fruit of a culture is bad, let us declare it ‘wild’ and
eliminate it.
There are a lot of different cultures existing in this world now. – The
western, the eastern, the middle east etc. to name some in a broader sense.
There were wonderful cultures that existed in BC and the early AD.
Judge them by the fruit.
What conclusion do you make after applying the principle of ‘judging
the tree by its fruit’ to political systems, religion, culture, business firms
etc.
I do not wish to pronounce a judgment.
I am free thinker and wish the same for all my readers.
So come to your own conclusions.
May conclude with a piece of advice without you asking for it?
If the tree has proven to bear wild and bitter fruits during the past
years, why should we plant it our land? Why should we sustain it in our land?
If the tree has proven to bear good fruits, why should we wait to plant
it in our blessed land? Let us spread the good news about it and make a call to
sustain it.
If the fruit is good, let the tree sustain.
If the fruit is wild and bitter, let us eliminate it.
Prof. Jacob Abraham
