12 On the next day, when they had left Bethany, He became hungry.
13 Seeing at a distance a fig tree in leaf, He went to see if perhaps He would find anything on it; and when He came to it, He found nothing but leaves, for it was not the season for figs.
14 He said to it, "May no one ever eat fruit from you again!" And His disciples were listening.
It must be said that Jesus cursed the Fig tree not for simply not having fruit, but for having a full display of leaves portraying that it had fruit. At this time of year (Passover) fig trees were beginning to get leaves. It was indeed rare for a tree to have its full measure of leaves. When it had all of its leaves it would also have fruit. Jesus cursed the tree for looking like it had fruit but bearing none.
The same can be said of “professed” Christians, those who think they’re Christians but don’t live like it. They are the tares in the parable of the wheat and tares (Matthew 13:24-43). They are those in the church who believe in vain (Bible Truth #316). They believe in vain because they believe “in their flesh,” their belief was not given to them by God (John 6:29, Philippians 1:29). They are cursed because they are acting like Christians but have no fruit. They have no fruit because they have not been grafted in the True Vine, Jesus Christ the risen Lord. And apart from Him, NO ONE can bear fruit. (John 15:4-5)
No man who is lost can please God (Romans 8:8) and believing in Jesus Christ [in the spirit] would certainly please Him, hence the lost can’t believe in their heart, their spirit is dead (Ephesians 2:1, 2:5; Colossians 2:13). No man can come to Jesus unless the Father draws him, and those the Father draws, Jesus raises up, period (John 6:44).
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