Lessons from the Fig Tree (Part 3 of 4)
Truth For Life Daily Program
Alistair Begg
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🗓️ 11 July 2024
⏱️ 25 minutes
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When Jesus cursed a fig tree for its fruitlessness, it withered within a day! How can we avoid becoming the object of God’s wrath like this tree? What spiritual fruit and true worship does He seek? Explore the answer with Alistair Begg on Truth For Life.
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| 0:00.0 | The You're going to do you. |
| 0:13.0 | Do you do you do you do you do |
| 0:15.0 | do you do In the Bible there's a story of Jesus cursing a fig tree for being fruitless and within a day it had withered. Are we also in danger of becoming the |
| 0:35.2 | objects of God's wrath like the withered fig tree? If we are spiritually |
| 0:40.0 | fruitless? What is the spiritual fruit Jesus wants to see in our lives? |
| 0:45.0 | Alistairbag has answers for us today on Truth for Life. I invite you to turn with me to the New Testament, first to the Gospel of Matthew and to chapter 18. We looked this morning at the cursing of the fig tree and we didn't get as far as |
| 1:18.4 | verse 22 to 25 so we read them have faith. Jesus answered, I tell you the truth if anyone says to |
| 1:25.8 | this mountain, go throw yourself into the sea and does not doubt in his heart but |
| 1:31.0 | believes that what he says will happen it will be done for him. |
| 1:34.4 | Therefore I tell you whatever you ask for in prayer believe that you've received it and |
| 1:39.8 | it will be yours and when you stand praying if you hold anything against anyone, forgive him |
| 1:46.6 | so that your father in heaven may forgive you your sins. And then in chapter 18 of Matthew and verse 21, then Peter came to Jesus and |
| 2:01.4 | ask Lord how many times shall I forgive my brother when he sins against me? |
| 2:06.3 | Up to seven times? |
| 2:08.3 | Jesus answered I tell you not seven times, but 77 times. Therefore, the Kingdom of Heaven is like a king who |
| 2:16.2 | wanted to settle accounts with his servants. As he began the settlement, a man who |
| 2:20.8 | owed him 10,000 talents was brought to him since he was not able to pay, |
| 2:25.9 | the master order that he and his wife and his children and all that he had be sold to repay the debt. |
| 2:31.9 | The servant fell on his knees before him, be patient with me he |
| 2:36.8 | begged and I will pay back everything, something that he couldn't possibly do. The servants master took pity on him, cancelled the debt and let him go. |
| 2:47.6 | But when that servant went out he found one of his fellow servants who owed him a hundred denary. He grabbed him and began to choke him. |
| 2:54.6 | Pay back what you owe me, he demanded. His fellow servant fell to his knees and |
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