Heyy, so for a very long time, I have always wondered why Jesus cursed the fig tree.
Like this tree was on its own, and my love just walked past and cursed it to dry up. Wow.
That’s quite extreeme. But I got the breakdown and I’m here to share because it is for the
church.
‘He noticed a lone fig tree by the side of the path and walked over to see if there was any
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fruit on it, but there was none -he found only leaves. So, he spoke to the fig tree and said,
‘You will be barren and will never bear fruit again!’ Instantly the fig tree shriveled up
right in front of their eyes!’
The fig tree represents the church. They have been planted, they have sprouted, and they
have grown for some time. But they are not productive. They have no fruits. They are
still behaving like the goats and clowns of this world, doing as they like. At that instant,
when the fig tree was cursed, it didn’t make sense to Jesus.
‘I have given them knowledge, encounters, shown myself, and yet they don’t bear fruit.
They are not fully transformed into my image. The fruit of the Spirit are not evident, yet
they have allowed carnality to seep into their minds and hearts. Mind you, only Spiritual
Christians can bear fruit. They have refused to go into the deep. They are still in the outer
courts doing outside life and inside life. There is union life, but they do not choose it.
They have refused to be one with me.
For some, it is fear holding them back. Some, it is the love of the world and its
distractions.
Some are just goats, they have built walls, and do not want to hear and obey. Some think
the nutrients being poured into them to grow are fruits, so they raise their crowns of
knowledge and use them to pose as fruits.
It is only those who delve deeper that go into the Holies of Holies, that become spiritual,
hence can bear fruits.
Because, as you behold me, I transform you, and your nature becomes my nature. The
fruit are my nature.
“But the fruit of the [Holy] Spirit [the work which His presence within accomplishes] is
love, joy (gladness), peace, patience (an even temper, forbearance), kindness, goodness
(benevolence), faithfulness, Gentleness (meekness, humility), self-control (self-restraint,
continence). Against such things there is no law [that can bring a charge]. And those
who belong to Christ Jesus (the Messiah) have crucified the flesh (the godless human
nature) with its passions and appetites and desires. If we live by the [Holy] Spirit, let us
also walk by the Spirit. [If by the Holy Spirit we have our life in God, let us go forward
walking in line, our conduct controlled by the Spirit.]”
You cannot strive for these fruits, only me can make them manifest through intimacy. For
to suppress love is to suppress Jesus. And Love is how these fruits manifest.
You cannot obey the law and think these fruits will manifest. No, that is mere religion. I
don’t like pretenders, they stress me out, and I will spew them out. I want people for me.
They are not saying incongruous prayers. They are not ticking boxes. I know the true
ones. The sincere ones. Those that worship me in spirit and truth. They are the ones that
bear fruits, because they know me.’
-God.