The passage does not say true prophets don't sin. It has to do with continually doing bad things or good things...
Jesus also said...
Matthew 19:17
And he said unto him, Why callest thou me good? there is none good but one, that is, God: but if thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments.
So show me the good prophet who cannot bear bad fruit
Show me the person who has not sinned...
Jesus already made the case...
Matthew 19:17
And he said unto him, Why callest thou me good? there is none good but one, that is, God: but if thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments.
Since you are assuming that there is a prophet somewhere who has not sinned and cannot sin please point him out.. because if that is the case we don't need an advocate.
There is nothing that you can post to support your position...If your position is Paul was a sinner and Jesus did not send him, you have to reject all his epistles...Do you reject all Paul's epistles?
Since you still don't seem to understand what Jesus is saying. I'll walk you through it step-by-step.
Matthew 7
15“Watch out for false prophets. They come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ferocious wolves. 16By their fruit you will recognize them. Do people pick grapes from thorn bushes, or figs from thistles? 17
Likewise, every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit. 18A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, and a bad tree cannot bear good fruit. 19Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. 20Thus, by their fruit you will recognize them.
If Jesus had left it at that, you might have had some "wiggle room".
But the fact is that in the very next verse, Jesus said "a good tree CANNOT bear bad fruit". Jesus did not say "a good tree TRIES NOT TO bear bad fruit". Jesus did not say "a good tree RARELY bears bad fruit". Jesus went out of His way to emphasize the fact that "a good tree CANNOT bear bad fruit". Do you not understand the meaning of the word "CANNOT"? There is
no "wiggle room" there.
Once again, the following is my position:
Jesus was righteous. He was a true prophet.
Those who commit sin are not righteous. They are false prophets.
Your only
reasonable recourse it to make a cogent case that sin can be good fruit. Thus far you have avoided doing so. Instead you've dance around it.
Let's look some of the different ways in which you've continued to dance around it:
1)"So show me the good prophet who cannot bear bad fruit."
Jesus was righteous. Thus He was a true prophet.
2) "Show me the person who has not sinned...".
The point isn't that a true prophet has
never sinned. Rather that a true prophet does not commit sin; they are righteous. This would include individuals who had repented and thus have ceased to sin.
Once again: Jesus was righteous. Thus He was a true prophet.
3) "If your position is Paul was a sinner and Jesus did not send him, you have to reject all his epistles...Do you reject all Paul's epistles?"
I reject the teachings of false prophets. From what I gather, even
you believe that Paul never ceased to sin. If you believed Jesus,
you therefore would also reject Paul's teachings.
You seem to believe that no one in the Bible other than Jesus was righteous. That's just not true. As but one example:
Luke 1
5In the days of Herod, king of Judea, there was a certain priest named Zacharias, of the division of Abijah; and he had a wife from the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elizabeth. 6
And they were both righteous in the sight of God, walking blamelessly in all the commandments and requirements of the Lord.
You also seem to believe that it is impossible for anyone to be righteous; that is, to not commit sin. Jesus repeatedly indicated otherwise. Jesus repeatedly divided individuals into two groups:
1) The righteous
2) The unrighteous
It's a strict dichotomy. An individual is either righteous or is unrighteous. An individual is one or the other. There is not in-between.
Following are but a few examples:
Luke 5
31And Jesus answered and said to them, “It is not those who are well who need a physician, but those who are sick. 32“
I have not come to call the righteous but sinners to repentance.”
Luke 15
7“I tell you that in the same way, there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over
ninety-nine righteous persons who need no repentance.
Matthew 5
20“For I say to you that
unless your righteousness surpasses that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will not enter the kingdom of heaven.
48“
Therefore you are to be perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect.
John 5
28“Do not marvel at this; for an hour is coming, in which all who are in the tombs will hear His voice, 29and will come forth;
those who did the good deeds to a resurrection of life, those who committed the evil deeds to a resurrection of judgment.
Matthew 13
41“The Son of Man will send forth His angels, and they will gather out of His kingdom all stumbling blocks, and those who commit lawlessness, 42and will throw them into the furnace of fire; in that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth. 43“Then
THE RIGHTEOUS WILL SHINE FORTH AS THE SUN in the kingdom of their Father. He who has ears, let him hear.
49“So it will be at the end of the age; t
he angels will come forth and take out the wicked from among the righteous, 50and will throw them into the furnace of fire; in that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
Luke 13
23And someone said to Him, “Lord, are there just a few who are being saved?” And He said to them, 24“Strive to enter through the narrow door; for many, I tell you, will seek to enter and will not be able. 25“Once the head of the house gets up and shuts the door, and you begin to stand outside and knock on the door, saying, ‘Lord, open up to us!’ then He will answer and say to you, ‘I do not know where you are from.’ 26“Then you will begin to say, ‘We ate and drank in Your presence, and You taught in our streets’; 27and He will say, ‘I tell you, I do not know where you are from;
DEPART FROM ME, ALL YOU EVILDOERS.’ 28“In that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth when you see Abraham and Isaac and Jacob and all the prophets in the kingdom of God, but yourselves being thrown out.
Do you need more?