<p><span style="font-size: 11pt;">7:19&nbsp;</span><em style="font-size: 11pt;">Every tree that does not bring forth good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire-&nbsp;</em><span style="font-size: 11pt;">The Gehenna fire of condemnation of the wicked is &quot;already kindled&quot; by men's attitude now (Lk. 12:49). The tree that will not bring forth good fruit &quot;</span><em style="font-size: 11pt;">is</em><span style="font-size: 11pt;">&nbsp;hewn down, and cast into the fire&quot; (Mt. 7:19)- alluding to the figure of Gehenna, into which the rejected will be 'thrown'. The ungodly&nbsp;</span><em style="font-size: 11pt;">are</em><span style="font-size: 11pt;">&nbsp;already like the chaff that will be blown away after the Lord's return (Ps. 1:4,5; 35:5; Job 21:18-20 cp. Is. 5:24; 17:13; 29:5; Dan. 2:35; Lk. 3:17). Those who lose their first love are&nbsp;</span><em style="font-size: 11pt;">now&nbsp;</em><span style="font-size: 11pt;">condemned (1 Tim. 3:6; 5:12). The Lord Jesus stands with the sword of judgment&nbsp;</span><em style="font-size: 11pt;">now&nbsp;</em><span style="font-size: 11pt;">going out of His mouth (Rev. 1:16), as it will do at the final judgment (Is. 11:4). The Lord's description of the rejected being cut down and thrown into the fire is surely referring to the words of Dt. 12:3 (cp. 7:5); where the idols of the world were to be hewn down and thrown into the fire. The Lord understood that those who worship idols are like unto them (Ps. 115:8; 135:18). Because the idols will be destroyed in the last day, all who worship them will have to share their destruction. And yet we can be hewn down by God's word now (Hos. 6:5) rather than wait for God to do it to us by the condemnation process. We must cut off (s.w. hew down) our flesh&nbsp;</span><em style="font-size: 11pt;">now&nbsp;</em><span style="font-size: 11pt;">(Mt. 5:30; 18:8 cp. 7:19).</span></p>