“Show me your fruit that leaves no doubt where it comes from.”
I’m not reporting on “my fruit”. I’m reporting on the “fruit” I observe in Dr. E. that is consistent with that described in the Gospel.
1Cr 2:14 “But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know [them], because they are spiritually discerned.”
Sounds great, but where's the proof? We can all say that we know "love." And we can say that we "see love" in others through acts of love. Others may see them as acts of selfish pride and self-aggrandisement, or getting a tax-break, or trying to impress someone. etc. It's still only words, and our perception .
The recent disclosures of Mother Theresa's own doubts show this deception. To everyone, she appeared as doing what she was doing out of deep conviction, yet in her own heart she saw nothing but darkness. To many, this is a sign of true humility and complete dying unto oneself. No matter how many fruits she produced, her prayers were empty words by her own account. yet she may have been closer to God than any one of us, because she realized that what she was doing was perhaps for her own feel-good exculpation and not from God.
Had her letters not been disclosed, her fruits would have been used as "proof" of God working through her, and or all we know He may have indeed worked through her more than we realize. But appearances can be deceiving and judging anything on "fruits" is neither proof of motives nor of God working through us.