From Leaves to Fruit: God’s Call to Repentance and Restoration

Jesus always acted either to teach man or to save and help man. Yes. In destroying the fig tree, he was teaching man a much needed lesson. What was the lesson? The lesson was that the Messiah, Jesus, has absolute power over everything, including the physical universe. The unfruitful among men, symbolized in the fig tree, did not have such power. Contrary wise, he alone has such enormous power. He alone has the power to judge and determine fruitfulness and unfruitfulness, life, death, salvation, and condemnation. [01:19:31] (50 seconds)  #MessiahHasAllPower

I know God said it. We're the year of restoration. Yes. He said, I'm gonna destroy. Yes. But you know what brings restoration? Repentance. Yes. That's right. In other words, nothing has to be restored that's not dead. Come on. That's right. [01:30:49] (87 seconds)  #RestorationThroughRepentance

The fig tree is a clear picture of hypocrisy Yes. Of false profession and of Israel. Jesus had power over the physical world. He demonstrated his great power about three acts, And these same acts are applicable to our human life. He expects fruit Yes. Out of all of us. Yes. Did not save none of us just to be saved alone. Right. He saved us to reign souls back to him. Yes, sir. As I tell you often, there is no greater do that. And This And is the greatest joy is rescuing somebody from from the grave. Amen. [01:26:01] (63 seconds)  #FruitNotFalseProfession

These are the times that do try men's souls, but come what may our hang anchor still holds. So in these times, in times like these, there do be seasons of bereavement, and the bible calls them seasons of manifold sorrows. So, again, death is a reality of life. Someone asked me a question, young man years ago, why death? And I said, you can answer the question or I'll answer the question, why death? There is a question before that, and it's just as important. And he said, what is that? I said, why life? That's the real question. [00:56:56] (47 seconds)  #SeasonsThatTry

Because everybody that's born in the earth, you're not an accident. That's right. Let me say that again. You were born with a God given purpose, and you need to find your God given purpose Right. That he allowed you to be in in the earth. Yes. So when you understand that part, then you understand that there's nothing in the earth that has a beginning that does not have an end. Everything with a beginning also has an end. And he's told all of us that. And And able do so midst midst And [00:57:43] (64 seconds)  #BornWithPurpose

Jesus had to do all he could to prepare his disciple for his own rushing death and for all they were to bear through the ensuing years. He only had two days left, so he had to undergird them all he could. He was hungry, and he saw a fig tree full of leaves. He walked up to pluck some fruit, but he found no fruit. He saw an object lesson in the event, a lesson that could be uniquely used in teaching and preparing this the disciples. [01:20:50] (39 seconds)  #LessonForDisciples

The fig tree is unusual and that its fruit appears before the leaves. Say that again. What makes the fig tree so unusual than any other fruit tree, almost flowers, is that the figs, the actual fruit, appears before the leaves. Therefore, when the tree is full of the valid foliage, a person rightly could expect the earliest fruit to be either ripe or close to ripening. Perhaps at least some fruit will be tasty enough to be eligible or edible to a hungry traveler. [01:24:32] (49 seconds)  #FigsBeforeLeaves

That's why I tell you, church don't mean nothing to me. Not this building. This ain't the church. That's right. That's right. You're the church. Amen. I'm the church. Amen. We are the church. Yes, sir. And he said, get right church. And let's go home. And let's go home. Yes. Get right church. He talked to this building. Yes. Yes. He's talking to you and I. Yes. We are the temple of God. Yes, ma'am. Yes. Am I am I right about it? Yes. Yes. So he's saying to us, I'm a give you a little more time. [01:38:05] (35 seconds)  #YouAreTheChurch