[Willy Vazquez]

This passage tells us that not relying on God and being self righteous can be dangerous. Matthew tells us that self righteousness can lead to “spoiled fruit” and this means that their faith is not genuine and lacks actual repentance. It is a good warning that we must keep our faith in God and our repentance in Jesus. God blessed Israel but some were unable to see that and took it for granted or for personal gain. This would also lead to more spoiled fruit. I feel a lot of people do the same thing. They use people’s faith in God to take advantage of other or some people just go through the motions with no real belief in The Word of Godor the resurrection. I myself was a said person raised catholic only going through the motions because it was something my parents wanted. Now was an adult I wanted to explore religion and see what it entailed not by my parents influence but of my own volition.