Charles Spurgeon Commentary Matthew 7:19

"Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire." — Matthew 7:19 (ASV)

Here is the end to which evil things are tending. The ax and the fire await the ungodly, however fine they may look with the leafage of profession. Allow enough time, and every man on earth who bears no good fruit will meet his doom.

It is not merely the wicked, the bearer of poison berries, that will be cut down, but the neutral, the man who bears no fruit of positive virtue, must also be cast into the fire.

Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire. Here is the end toward which evil things are moving: the ax and the fire await the ungodly, however fine they may look with the leafage of profession.

Given enough time, every man on earth who bears no good fruit will meet his doom. It is not merely the wicked, the bearer of poison berries, who will be cut down; but the neutral, the man who bears no fruit of positive virtue, must also be cast into the fire.