好果子舉例:
Gal 5:22 聖靈所結的果子,就是仁愛、喜樂、和平、忍耐、恩慈、良善、信實、
Gal 5:23 溫柔、節制。
Mat 5:3-10: 虛心,為罪哀慟,溫柔,饑渴慕義,憐恤人,清心,使人和睦,肯為義受逼迫.
The Cardinal Virtues: Prudence, Fortitude, Temperance, Justice
The Theological Virtues: Faith, Hope, and Love
壞果子就是與以上好果子相反的.
舉例:
The Seven Capital Sins,
PRIDE ... Unrestrained appreciation of our own worth.
GREED ... Immoderate desire for earthly goods.
LUST ... Longing for impure pleasures.
ANGER ...Inordinate desire for revenge.
GLUTTONY ... Unrestrained use of food and drink.
ENVY ... Sorrow over another's good fortune.
SLOTH ... Laxity in keeping the Faith and the practice of virtue, due to the effort involved.
定義完了你就可以知道,當某個壞果子被主耶穌修剪好了以後,比如把驕傲修理掉結出虛心的好果子,那麼他以後就有了虛心而沒有驕傲了.那修剪還沒完成的時候,只要他肯被修剪,終會結出好果子的.
好果子比較多的樹, 拒絕被主耶穌修剪其壞果子的,你說呢?我說不好.