The blueberry bush in Lenny's garden mirrors many Christians today - alive but not bearing fruit or growing properly. When spiritual fruit is absent despite apparent life, something essential is missing from our spiritual nourishment.

• Hebrews 5 speaks of believers who should have matured to teaching others but remain spiritual infants
• The early Hebrew Christians traded walking in Christ's finished work for a religion of self-effort
• Modern church institutions often equate fruitfulness with conformity to organizational structures
• True discernment requires testing spiritual fruit rather than trusting appearances
• Scripture shows a stark difference between true and false prophets - genuine prophecy allowed zero error
• Christ fulfilled all prophecy with Jerusalem's destruction in AD 70, challenging popular dispensationalist theology
• Proper biblical interpretation requires understanding original context before application
• Matthew 7:22-23 addresses false prophets who rejected Jesus as Messiah, not struggling believers

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