Scripture: Mark 11:13 fig tree & 11:22 faith
By: Barbara Hutchinson
This reference to the fig tree is very important as to our speaking the very WORDS of JESUS & expecting (having faith in the promise that GOD cannot lie, a promise broken becomes a lie)
so we believe they will come to pass as we speak them.
This is the example that we are to place a demand upon
by speaking them outloud just as JESUS did & expecting the same results
to what ever lie has just been presented to us
from satan's temptation for us to speak idle words of the world of
griping, complaining, murmuring by talking words of unbelief,
thereby cursing ourselves.
Satan cannot curse us himself, he can only tempt us to curse ourselves by the words we speak.
As we read behind the lines at JESUS' intent to have the HOLY SPIRIT to inspire this example for us to follow:
As JESUS & HIS disciples were walking to Jerusalem,
they were hungry and from a distance the fig tree with green leaves that signaled (spoke so to say)
there was fruit to provide sustenance to set feed their hunger.
When they arrived there was no figs (fruit) so it actually lied.
JESUS answered, "No man eat fruit of thee hereafter for ever." and HIS disciples heard it.
And apparantly the tree listened also & had no defense.
Verse 20: on their way back by the next day the fig tree had DIED
shriveled up from the root,
from the inside out falling to the ground to be trampled under foot.
This same promise is also recorded in Ps 91:13
Thou shalt tread upon the lion & adder: the young lion & the dragon (satan the liar, thief, robber who come only to kill, rob & destroy) shalt thou (we) trample under our feet.
We have victory, the same power over satan (the hypocrite of hypocrites)
thru our tongue which has the power of life or death
which is our weapon against evil...not our fists,
like Paul says, we do not beat the air with our fists.
The battle of the curse of this earth, this world has already been defeated & won
& nailed to that cross, the battle rages over us in the heavenlies
& we play a big part in that battle with the power of our tongues
and speaking to that curse in righteous godly words of truth & life
filled with faith, trust & belief,
which is our 3 braided umbilical cord, our lifelines attached to JESUS.
Verse 22: JESUS answering Peter saith unto them, HAVE FAITH IN GOD.
Verse 23: For verily I say unto you, That whosoever shall say unto this mountain (another inanament thing) Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea: and shall NOT DOUBT IN HIS HEART, (key) but shall BELIEVE that those things which he SAITH shall come to pass: he shall have whatsoever he SAITH.
Not what he physically fights with his fists for, just simply says.
But their is a caveat in verse 26 we must forgive ALL WRONGS DONE TO US
as JESUS has forgiven all of our wrongs we have done to HIM.
We are to be meek & humble just as our MIGHTY SAVIOR is, who is not weak.
HE chose to be meek & humble.
We must choose this also in full concious awareness in boldness & determination.
PRAYER:
Our ALMIGHTY GOD, our DADDY you stand behind your WORD,
EVERY PROMISE SPOKEN IN FAITH.
YOU HAVE GIVEN EACH OF US A MEASURE OF YOUR FAITH, WHICH IS YOUR INTEGRITY, YOU KEEP YOUR WORD TO THE LAST JOT,
LAST TITTLE NO MATTER WHAT WE DO WITH IT,
RECEIVE IT OR REJECT IT,
IT STANDS FOR ETERNITY, IMMUTABLE, NEVER CHANGING, STEADFAST, CONSISTENT, TRUSTWORTHY, RELIABLE, DEPENDABLE, STABLE,
GREAT IS THY FAITHFULNESS!
Being your children known by YOUR NAME Christians,
doers of YOU the word, not just hearers not just talkers, no longer hypocrites,
we are to keep our word when we give it to YOU, give it to each other,
give it to ourselves just as faithfully.
Then we function in YOUR INTEGRITY.
So contrary to the world, we stick out like sore thumbs in the eye of satan, thats why he hates us so viciously, because we have a future in YOUR PRESENCE FOR ETERNITY and he does not.
We are family & he is not.
GLORY HALLELUJAH, PRAISE YOU LORD IN JESUS NAME AMEN!!!!
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