Ornament of Grace Christian Center

Condemnation is focusing so much on the sins of the past that we forget about forgiveness. The reason cars are made with windshields that are much larger than the rearview mirror is because you can't go forward if you spend most of your time looking backward. Don't let your past trap you in the past. There is therefore now NO Condemnation for them, which are in Christ Jesus... (Romans 8:1)

Jesus went into the temple and when He came out He used the fig tree as an object lesson to show what was missing in the church by pointing out what was missing from the fig tree. The fig tree had leaves but no fruit. Matthew 7:16 says Ye shall know them by their fruits and Galatians 5:22 says the fruit of the Spirit is love.

Christianity without maturity is carnality. The only difference between the carnal Christian and people who are not yet born again is that the carnal Christian is heaven-bound... even though neither of them act like it! There is a necessity for maturity.