Luke chapter 06 (b)

There is another paragraph also interesting me.

43 No good tree bears bad fruit, nor does a bad tree bear good fruit. 

When I read this verse, I feel strange. I think of an old Taiwanese proverb that "Bad horse would also have a good step." That is to say, nothing and no one would be bad or useless entirely. But here, how come Jesus said in this way? Won't a healthy tree bear ill fruits and a decayed tree bear normal fruits?

The answer is in verse 44:

44 [...]People do not pick figs from thorn-bushes, or grapes from briers.

It turns out that the definition of good and bad is not upon the stratum of health, but upon the essential differences between species. Thorns and briers would neverever become those good trees while figs and grapes are always that good, no matter how ill or healthy they are. Does it seem unfair and poor to so-called "bad tree's" destiny? In the natural case, it is. However, "What is impossible with men is possible with God." The worth of God's salvation is that it can completely transform a life in its essence. So that a thorn can be transformed into a fig tree, and a brier can be transformed into a grape tree! Jsut as what Ephesians 2 said:

8 For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith- and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God- 9 not by works, so that no-one can boast. 

People are saved to become a brand good tree through God's power, but not through their own effort to become a healthier one. Since we are baptised into Christ, we has the capacity (and also the duty) to bear fruits with our faiths and behaviors. So, how powerful Jesus's life and love is.