Magic Trick
Magic Trick
We often live as if there’s a spiritual magic trick.
We assume we can keep feeding our minds fear, bitterness, lust, outrage, gossip, or compromise — and somehow Jesus will just make the consequences disappear.
But in Matthew 12:33–37, Jesus makes something clear.
“For the mouth speaks what the heart is full of.”
In this final week of World Builders, we looked at Jesus’ confrontation with the Pharisees. He tells them a tree is recognized by its fruit. Good trees produce good fruit. Bad trees produce bad fruit.
What comes out reveals what’s inside.
If bitterness is coming out, bitterness went in.
If fear is coming out, fear went in.
If lust, anxiety, anger, or division are coming out — they didn’t appear randomly.
There is no magic trick.
Jesus forgives.
Jesus restores.
Jesus cleanses.
But He does not remove our free will.
We don’t get to continually pour unhealthy input into our hearts and expect healthy fruit to grow. The world may help us manage behavior. It may even help us exchange one habit for another.
But the world does not bring transformation.
Only Jesus washes the inside of the cup.
Only Jesus reshapes the heart.
Only Jesus brings real freedom.
The gospel is not behavior management — it is heart transformation.
Jesus lived the life we could not live, died the death we deserved, and rose again to give us new life. Not a trick. Not a shortcut. Not a performance.
A new heart.
Why This Matters
Because you cannot build a different world with a polluted heart.
If your words are building fear, outrage, division, or lust, it’s not just a speech problem — it’s a heart problem.
And there is no magic fix.
Transformation begins by examining what we are feeding our hearts — and surrendering it to Jesus.
Next Step
This week, take inventory.
Ask yourself:
What am I consistently putting into my mind?
What fruit is consistently coming out of my life?
What needs to be removed?
Where do I need to let Jesus transform me?
If you’ve never trusted Jesus, today could be the day you stop trying to manage the outside and let Him change the inside.
Did you like the message, Magic Trick? If so, check out more of our Sunday teachings here.
Back to All Messages