{"id":1319,"date":"2019-10-02T17:30:46","date_gmt":"2019-10-02T23:30:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/drbobewell.com\/?p=1319"},"modified":"2019-10-01T15:58:12","modified_gmt":"2019-10-01T21:58:12","slug":"fruit-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/drbobewell.com\/?p=1319","title":{"rendered":"Fruit!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The next day, as he left Bethany, Jesus was feeling hungry. He noticed a leafy fig tree in the distance, so he walked over to see if there was any fruit on it, but there was none\u2014only leaves (for it wasn\u2019t yet the season for bearing figs). Jesus spoke to the fig tree, saying, \u201cNo one will ever eat fruit from you again!\u201d And the disciples overheard him. (Mark 11.12 – 14, Passion Translation)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jesus \u201cspoke to\u201d the fig tree. Peter interpreted it as a curse in verse 21, but the text doesn\u2019t directly say so. Nevertheless, the fig tree died:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the morning, they passed by the fig tree that Jesus spoke to and it was completely withered from the roots up. (Mark 11.20, Passion Translation)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s almost as if the fig tree understood what Jesus said to it and decided that if it wasn\u2019t going to bear fruit, there was no reason for it to stick around!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fruit is important; that\u2019s why Jesus had so much to say about it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I am a true sprouting vine, and the farmer who tends the vine is my Father. He cares for the branches connected to me by lifting and propping up the fruitless branches and pruning every fruitful branch to yield a greater harvest. The words I have spoken over you have already cleansed you. So you must remain in life-union with me, for I remain in life-union with you. For as a branch severed from the vine will not bear fruit, so your life will be fruitless unless you live your life intimately joined to mine.\u00a0I am the sprouting vine and you\u2019re my branches. As you live in union with me as your source, fruitfulness will stream from within you\u2014but when you live separated from me you are powerless. (John 15.1 – 5, Passion Translation)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The next day, as he left Bethany, Jesus was feeling hungry. He noticed a leafy fig tree in the distance, so he walked over to see if there was any fruit on it, but there was none\u2014only leaves (for it wasn\u2019t yet the season for bearing figs). Jesus spoke to the fig tree, saying, \u201cNo … Continue reading Fruit!<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1319","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8X9bo-lh","jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/drbobewell.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1319","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/drbobewell.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/drbobewell.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drbobewell.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drbobewell.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1319"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/drbobewell.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1319\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1320,"href":"https:\/\/drbobewell.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1319\/revisions\/1320"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/drbobewell.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1319"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drbobewell.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1319"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drbobewell.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1319"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}