Pyrus Calleryana

Even the old pyrus calleryana does it...

Every tree bears fruit. The pyrus calleryana has many varieties; the one we typically know about is the Bradford Pear.

I'll never forget first seeing someone plant Bradford Pear trees. It was my uncle, and I was excited. I like pears! I was so disappointed to find the fruit useless for eating. It's fruit, and its seeds are good for more trees, but it's not good for food! 

I've openly wondered many times what good a Bradford Pear tree is for anything but shade. So, I researched it. Turns out, pyrus calleryana is good for making woodwind instruments and veneer for furniture. 

Yes, even the seemingly fruitless Bradford Pear does indeed bear fruit. Every tree bears fruit. 

So does every person...

"For no good tree bears bad fruit, nor again does a bad tree bear good fruit, for each tree is known by its own fruit. For figs are not gathered from thornbushes, nor are grapes picked from a bramble bush. The good person out of the good treasure of his heart produces good, and the evil person out of his evil treasure produces evil, for out of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaks." (Luke 6:43-45 ESV)

No matter how pretty a tree LOOKS, it bears fruit. 

No matter how non-ornamental a tree LOOKS, it bears fruit.

So does every person...

There is a look and a reality. In the Christian life, fruit is the likeness of Christ and the work of Christ. Where the work of Christ is present without the life and likeness of Christ, it is false, religious fruit. For it to be useful and genuine, but His nature and His work are manifested. 

Every tree, and every person, bears fruit. Sobering.