July 3, 2006
The Barren Fig Tree
Mark 11: 12-14 (King James Version)
“And on the morrow, when they were come from Bethany, the was hungry: And seeing a fig tree afar off having leaves, he came, if haply he might find any thing thereon: and when he came to it, he found nothing but leaves; for the time of figs was not yet. And Jesus answered and said unto it, No man eat fruit of thee hereafter for ever. And his disciples heard it.”
-This week we will address the lessons from this story. In this story, Jesus was on his way to Jerusalem and he saw a fig tree with leaves on it. Leaves on a fig tree states that there should be fruit on the tree. When Jesus saw that there was no fruit on the tree, he cursed the tree and it dried up at the roots. In verses 20 – 26, Jesus’ disciples are surprised about how quickly the fig tree dried up. He tells them if they have faith the size of a mustard seed they will be able to move mountains.
This week we are only going to address the first part of this story (the above part). However, in your personal time I suggest that you study the story in its entirety. The lessoned learned in this story are as followed:
1. Producing fruit in or out of your season.
2. What are your fruits producing?
3. The high expectations of the fig tree.
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