Tag Archive | parable

Bearing Fruit

Apr24

Seeing a lone fig tree by the road, He (Jesus) came to it and found nothing on it except leaves only; and He *said to it, “No longer shall there ever be any fruit from you.” And at once the fig tree withered.
Matthew 21:19 NASB1995‬
https://bible.com/bible/100/mat.21.19.NASB1995

And He (Jesus) began telling this parable: “A man had a fig tree which had been planted in his vineyard; and he came looking for fruit on it and did not find any.
And he said to the vineyard-keeper, ‘Behold, for three years I have come looking for fruit on this fig tree without finding any. Cut it down! Why does it even use up the ground?’
And he answered and said to him, ‘Let it alone, sir, for this year too, until I dig around it and put in fertilizer;
and if it bears fruit next year, fine; but if not, cut it down.’ ”
Luke 13:6-9 NASB1995‬
https://bible.com/bible/100/luk.13.6-9.NASB1995

Will Jesus find you bearing fruit where He has planted you when He returns? Are you fertilizing your mind, heart and soul with the Word of God? Are you planting fruit, fertilizing the ground of others around you, helping them to bear fruit?

‭But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law.
Galatians 5:22-23 NASB1995‬
https://bible.com/bible/100/gal.5.22-23.NASB1995

Are you living for Jesus to the glory of God?

*Recommended reading: John 15:1-11
‭verses 4-6 are written here:


🌹Abide in Me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself unless it abides in the vine, so neither can you unless you abide in Me.
I am the vine, you are the branches; he who abides in Me and I in him, he bears much fruit, for apart from Me you can do nothing.
If anyone does not abide in Me, he is thrown away as a branch and dries up; and they gather them, and cast them into the fire and they are burned.
John 15:4-6 NASB1995‬
https://bible.com/bible/100/jhn.15.4-6.NASB1995

Continually Seeking Him,

Sharon
https://indasharonjesus.org

The Seed is The Word

Jan9

Recommended reading: Luke 8:11-21

‭‭“Now the parable is this: the seed is the word of God.
Luke‬ ‭8:11‬ ‭NASB1995‬‬
https://bible.com/bible/100/luk.8.11.NASB1995

‭‭But the seed in the good soil, these are the ones who have heard the word in an honest and good heart, and hold it fast, and bear fruit with perseverance.
Luke‬ ‭8:15‬ ‭NASB1995‬‬
https://bible.com/bible/100/luk.8.15.NASB

The soil of an honest and good heart will grow the seed of God’s word. Hold fast the Word of God watering the soil with perseverance and you will bear fruit to the glory of God.

‭‭🌹But He (Jesus) answered and said to them, “My mother and My brothers are these who hear the word of God and do it.”
Luke‬ ‭8:21‬ ‭NASB1995‬‬
https://bible.com/bible/100/luk.8.21.NASB1995

Continually Seeking Him,

Sharon
https://indasharonjesus.org

Humbleness

Jun9

And He also told this parable to some people who trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and viewed others with contempt: “Two men went up into the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. The Pharisee stood and was praying this to himself: ‘God, I thank You that I am not like other people: swindlers, unjust, adulterers, or even like this tax collector. I fast twice a week; I pay tithes of all that I get.’ But the tax collector, standing some distance away, was even unwilling to lift up his eyes to heaven, but was beating his breast, saying, ‘God, be merciful to me, the sinner!’ I tell you, this man went to his house justified rather than the other; for everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but he who humbles himself will be exalted.”
Luke 18:9‭-‬14 NASB

Humbleness does not come easy. At least not for me. Being a “goodie two shoes” most of my life has bolstered my view of myself making me self-righteous. Yes, self-righteous. Anytime we think of ourselves above or better than another, we are self-righteous. Our real plumb line, the standard by which God’s children should live, and from which divine judgement is gauged, is Jesus. His righteousness is pure, perfect, and available to the humble. The only righteousness I have is Jesus in me. We can be perfect in our own eyes, as the Pharisee was, or we can be humble, as the tax collector was and live a justified life exalting the only righteousness in us, Jesus, in humbleness. Humbleness is hard work. Practice putting God first in ALL.

🌹And He said to them, “You are those who justify yourselves in the sight of men, but God knows your hearts; for that which is highly esteemed among men is detestable in the sight of God.
Luke 16:15 NASB

Continually Seeking Him,

Sharon

Humbleness = self less + Christ more
Self trusted righteousness = self more + righteous less