The Fruit of Our Lips

(He13:15)



God is the God of honor.

He works honorably for Himself, and

By that He receives glory.



For God referred to Himself as He who

Creates praise on the lips of the people (Is57:19),

Faith is receiving this as-is, and

The life of this faith is offering up the fruit of lips in His name, and eating the fruit with Him (Rev3:20).



For the staple food for humans is fruit

They eat the outcome of sowing seeds and reaping.

While the lips of men have the function of eating and speaking,

The lips of believers ought to eat, praise, pray and preach.



Adam did not obey God's word that said,

"If you eat of it, you will surely die (Ge2:17), and

Rather listened to the serpent's word that said,

"You will not surely die (Ge3:4), and ate the forbidden fruit.

Consequently, the serpent, the devil would later be consumed by his own lips (Ecc10:12).



The Law instructed the Israelites:

The first fruits of crops must be given to God each year (Neh10:35);

To leave the fallen grapes for the poor and the foreigner (Lev19:10); and

To not muzzle an ox while it is treading out the grain (Dt25:4).



The sanctuary where the name Jehovah was

Reminded them that as long as they kept the Law

God would let them eat fruit and live.



The prophet, on the other hand, said

To produce fruit in keeping with repentance (Mt3:8).



Jesus said, "Destroy this temple and I will raise it in three days (Jn2:19), because

Through the death and the resurrection of the temple of His body,

He would fulfill the Father's will by sowing seed and bearing fruit, for

He is the incarnate Word who came in the name Yeshua (Mt1:21; Jn1:1, 14), and

His food was to honor the One who sent Him (Jn 4:31-34).

As such, He daily opened His lips and prayed, taught and preached (Mt5:2; Mk1:35-39).



As He died, Jesus said, "It is finished (Jn 19:30), declaring that He:

Willingly laid down His life to honor the word out of the Father's lips regarding Adam, and gave glory to the Father ((Ge2:17; Jn10:17; 1Co15:45);

Let the devil be consumed by the eternal fire as the result of misusing his lips (Ecc10:12; 1Jn3:8); and

Sprinkled His blood, the seed, so that men may bear fruit (He6:7, 12:24; 1Pe1:18-19. 23).



The Father raised Him, and

Jesus became the first fruit of resurrection (1Co15:20).



The Holy Spirit came to those who received the name Yeshua and

Lets them produce the fruit of their lips.



Worship is the day when believers offer the fruit of their lips (He13:15):

Praising the name Yeshua;

Giving thanks and testifying for receiving answers to prayers in the name Yeshua (Jn14:13; Jas5:17-18); and

Offering souls by testifying the name Yeshua.



The man of the Spirit is he who

Does not speak empty words (Mt12:36-37),

But rather puts effort to produce the fruit of his lips only in the name Yeshua for

He is either called righteous or condemned by his own words (Jn3:18; Rm10:8-13).

He believes that, when the harvesters come

Autumn trees without fruit will be burned (Jude 1:12),

While the first fruits of the Holy Spirit will be reaped (Rm8:23), and

The ox that is treading out the grain will not be muzzled.



O Lord,

Though we have been eating good food

We have been speaking careless, empty words¦

Thank You for revealing to us

The principle of producing the fruit of our lips and living by it.

Let us no longer live for the food that will perish

But rather use these lips to speak the name Yeshua and live!

Amen.