Let’s imagine for a moment that I plant a tree: an apple tree.  I water it and tend it eagerly waiting for the day when it begins to produce apples.  A couple of years go by and the tree matures to produce crabapples.  I can tell myself that I have a good apple tree all I want, but every time I try to eat one of those crabapples I will be confronted with a bitter reality.  Jesus reminds his followers that words alone don’t make us disciples.  We must remember that our actions indicate that we are disciples or merely admirers of Jesus.