1 00:00:02,700 --> 00:00:03,660 Speaker 1: Life Audio. 2 00:00:05,500 --> 00:00:09,300 Speaker 2: Hi, from the Salvation Army, you're listening to Words of Life. 3 00:00:09,320 --> 00:00:30,350 Speaker 3: Welcome back to Words of Life. This is our fourth 4 00:00:30,410 --> 00:00:33,150 Speaker 3: episode in our series on the parables of Jesus with 5 00:00:33,190 --> 00:00:37,150 Speaker 3: Major Cam Henderson. Cam is a Salvation Army officer and 6 00:00:37,250 --> 00:00:40,570 Speaker 3: pastor right here in Atlanta, Georgia. And throughout this series, 7 00:00:40,909 --> 00:00:43,890 Speaker 3: he's helping us unpack these familiar stories to understand what 8 00:00:43,930 --> 00:00:46,930 Speaker 3: Jesus was really saying to his listeners and what those 9 00:00:46,990 --> 00:00:50,010 Speaker 3: words mean for us today. In this episode, we're studying 10 00:00:50,090 --> 00:00:53,150 Speaker 3: one of Jesus's more challenging stories, the parable of the 11 00:00:53,170 --> 00:00:53,850 Speaker 3: barren fig tree. 12 00:01:17,209 --> 00:01:20,990 Speaker 1: Welcome back to the parable series. Today we're going to 13 00:01:21,010 --> 00:01:24,330 Speaker 1: be talking about a fig tree. Fig leaves are famous 14 00:01:24,450 --> 00:01:30,230 Speaker 1: for Adam and Eve, but fig fruit is terrific for eating. 15 00:01:30,250 --> 00:01:33,030 Speaker 1: And I don't know if you ever had a fresh fig, 16 00:01:33,870 --> 00:01:37,429 Speaker 1: but I have enjoyed that very, very much. We had 17 00:01:37,470 --> 00:01:41,420 Speaker 1: a fig tree in our backyard when we lived in Lawrenceville, Georgia. 18 00:01:41,920 --> 00:01:45,720 Speaker 1: That fig tree was amazing. First of all, it was huge. 19 00:01:45,920 --> 00:01:49,110 Speaker 1: I don't know. 30 feet by 30 feet, top to 20 00:01:49,150 --> 00:01:53,370 Speaker 1: bottom and left to right. It was a big, full tree. 21 00:01:53,870 --> 00:01:57,630 Speaker 1: And it produced so much fruit, so many figs. The 22 00:01:57,790 --> 00:02:00,250 Speaker 1: birds would come by and eat them. The bats would come. 23 00:02:00,300 --> 00:02:02,680 Speaker 1: The bees would come. We couldn't eat it all. I 24 00:02:02,720 --> 00:02:05,660 Speaker 1: would sit there and study. It was right at our deck. 25 00:02:05,680 --> 00:02:07,240 Speaker 1: So I would sit there and study and I'd reach 26 00:02:07,360 --> 00:02:09,460 Speaker 1: over and grab a fig and eat it. And they 27 00:02:09,500 --> 00:02:13,200 Speaker 1: were so sweet. I'd only had like fig newtons growing up. 28 00:02:13,280 --> 00:02:14,900 Speaker 1: So what did I know? And all of a sudden 29 00:02:14,919 --> 00:02:18,570 Speaker 1: I'm eating fresh figs. They're incredible. And so I understand 30 00:02:18,630 --> 00:02:20,990 Speaker 1: why someone would want to have a fig tree in 31 00:02:21,010 --> 00:02:33,340 Speaker 1: their yard. My daughter is a baker. She's a cook 32 00:02:33,780 --> 00:02:36,530 Speaker 1: and a baker, but she's a terrific baker. And she thought, 33 00:02:36,790 --> 00:02:38,760 Speaker 1: I want to grow some of the plants that I 34 00:02:38,960 --> 00:02:41,619 Speaker 1: use in my baking. And so it would be neat 35 00:02:41,660 --> 00:02:43,799 Speaker 1: to have a lemon tree. So we bought her a 36 00:02:43,900 --> 00:02:46,980 Speaker 1: lemon tree, a small lemon tree for her birthday. that 37 00:02:47,020 --> 00:02:49,980 Speaker 1: she could make grow and eventually have lemons from it 38 00:02:50,180 --> 00:02:52,960 Speaker 1: and use it to make lemon pie and lemon cake. 39 00:02:53,060 --> 00:02:58,619 Speaker 1: And just excited about that. Well, it died. I think 40 00:02:58,680 --> 00:03:01,260 Speaker 1: the first year we saw some leaves come to it 41 00:03:01,560 --> 00:03:06,100 Speaker 1: and we saw some little flowers the second season, little 42 00:03:06,150 --> 00:03:08,750 Speaker 1: tiny things. And I thought maybe that's the bud of 43 00:03:08,889 --> 00:03:10,690 Speaker 1: the lemon, but it wasn't. It was just kind of 44 00:03:10,730 --> 00:03:15,350 Speaker 1: how the branches formed. So the third season, it kept 45 00:03:15,430 --> 00:03:17,450 Speaker 1: fading and then coming back a little bit. We would 46 00:03:17,490 --> 00:03:19,870 Speaker 1: nurse it back to health. She would nurse it back 47 00:03:19,930 --> 00:03:22,720 Speaker 1: to health. But at one point, I think it was 48 00:03:22,780 --> 00:03:26,060 Speaker 1: year four, I think Ellie just gave up and we 49 00:03:26,100 --> 00:03:29,420 Speaker 1: just let it die. It was no good. I don't 50 00:03:29,440 --> 00:03:31,740 Speaker 1: think it was the lemon tree's fault. It was probably ours. 51 00:03:31,800 --> 00:03:35,070 Speaker 1: We have no idea how to raise and prune and 52 00:03:35,330 --> 00:03:38,330 Speaker 1: give fertilizer to a lemon tree, but it died in 53 00:03:38,410 --> 00:03:38,870 Speaker 1: our hands. 54 00:03:39,310 --> 00:03:39,610 Speaker 3: Oh, well. 55 00:03:51,540 --> 00:03:54,510 Speaker 1: So we're not good gardeners. We don't have the green thumb. 56 00:03:54,850 --> 00:03:58,230 Speaker 1: But in our next parable, it speaks of the owner 57 00:03:58,270 --> 00:04:02,590 Speaker 1: of a vineyard who has a fig tree planted in 58 00:04:02,670 --> 00:04:05,350 Speaker 1: the middle of his vineyard. And he's very excited. He 59 00:04:05,390 --> 00:04:09,210 Speaker 1: wants figs. And now I understand why. First-hand knowledge. They 60 00:04:09,250 --> 00:04:13,930 Speaker 1: are terrific. So he plants this fig tree. This parable, though, 61 00:04:14,570 --> 00:04:17,950 Speaker 1: is actually a terrible warning shot to God's people if 62 00:04:18,000 --> 00:04:20,570 Speaker 1: they listen. They would be saved and they'd bring great 63 00:04:20,670 --> 00:04:25,530 Speaker 1: pleasure to the Father if they listened. Would they? Well, 64 00:04:25,550 --> 00:04:29,120 Speaker 1: here's the context for what had come just before. It 65 00:04:29,180 --> 00:04:33,280 Speaker 1: helps us sometimes in understanding what each passage means. When 66 00:04:33,300 --> 00:04:36,220 Speaker 1: we understand what Jesus just talked about before or what 67 00:04:36,240 --> 00:04:39,440 Speaker 1: he's talking about after, it helps to understand it in 68 00:04:39,480 --> 00:04:41,640 Speaker 1: a way that fits it in with the rest of 69 00:04:41,760 --> 00:04:44,360 Speaker 1: the story. Jesus had just learned. I don't know if 70 00:04:44,500 --> 00:04:48,460 Speaker 1: the word had gotten around or some kind of newspaper 71 00:04:48,640 --> 00:04:52,920 Speaker 1: or some kind of little writings that shares news. But 72 00:04:52,980 --> 00:04:55,780 Speaker 1: Jesus was just informed that Pilate had murdered some of 73 00:04:55,820 --> 00:04:58,920 Speaker 1: the people from Galilee as they were offering sacrifices at 74 00:04:58,960 --> 00:05:02,110 Speaker 1: the temple. And right at that time, he decides to 75 00:05:02,170 --> 00:05:05,310 Speaker 1: speak on this current event to his people and uses 76 00:05:05,390 --> 00:05:08,310 Speaker 1: that as an opportunity to speak to them about life. 77 00:05:08,330 --> 00:05:11,070 Speaker 1: He says to them, do you think those Galileans were 78 00:05:11,130 --> 00:05:15,089 Speaker 1: worse sinners than all the other people from Galilee? In 79 00:05:15,110 --> 00:05:17,970 Speaker 1: other words, why were they chosen to die when they 80 00:05:17,990 --> 00:05:22,290 Speaker 1: were worshiping God? 18 people had died in a tower 81 00:05:22,410 --> 00:05:26,370 Speaker 1: that had fallen. And Jesus asked, were they sinners? Were 82 00:05:26,390 --> 00:05:30,330 Speaker 1: they worse than the others around them? So why those 18? Well, 83 00:05:30,360 --> 00:05:33,520 Speaker 1: we know everyone will die. This flesh will die. But 84 00:05:34,560 --> 00:05:38,739 Speaker 1: he's indicating to them, he says, but you'll die unless 85 00:05:38,779 --> 00:05:44,000 Speaker 1: you'll repent. Unless you repent of your sin, you'll die 86 00:05:44,040 --> 00:05:48,040 Speaker 1: a spiritual death. So a warning to them. And he 87 00:05:48,100 --> 00:05:57,530 Speaker 1: continues the warning with this parable. A man planted a 88 00:05:57,610 --> 00:06:00,250 Speaker 1: fig tree in his garden and came out again and 89 00:06:00,290 --> 00:06:02,349 Speaker 1: again to see if there were any fruit on it. 90 00:06:06,070 --> 00:06:08,800 Speaker 1: Fig trees are important. And he plants this fig tree 91 00:06:08,860 --> 00:06:12,190 Speaker 1: and he couldn't wait for figs. They were important in Israel, 92 00:06:12,250 --> 00:06:14,470 Speaker 1: not just for food, but they were also kind of 93 00:06:14,510 --> 00:06:18,950 Speaker 1: a part of Israel. It represented Israel. Fig trees could 94 00:06:18,990 --> 00:06:22,910 Speaker 1: live hundreds of years and produce so much fruit about 95 00:06:22,910 --> 00:06:25,730 Speaker 1: 10 months out of the year. It almost never stopped 96 00:06:25,850 --> 00:06:29,789 Speaker 1: producing fruit. In fact, my understanding is that's one plant 97 00:06:29,830 --> 00:06:32,789 Speaker 1: that they didn't have to worry about leaving some for 98 00:06:32,830 --> 00:06:36,990 Speaker 1: the poor because there was always more for everyone. But also, 99 00:06:37,370 --> 00:06:39,630 Speaker 1: the roots would use up a lot of nutrients in 100 00:06:39,670 --> 00:06:42,219 Speaker 1: the soil. And it's worth it for all that fruit. 101 00:06:43,190 --> 00:06:45,370 Speaker 1: So this man planted a fig tree in his vineyard. 102 00:06:45,390 --> 00:06:48,789 Speaker 1: He's waiting for the figs. He patiently comes looking at 103 00:06:48,830 --> 00:06:52,049 Speaker 1: the fruit. And he's doing this for three years, watching 104 00:06:52,089 --> 00:06:56,029 Speaker 1: this tree and looking for fruit. And will it ever come? Well, 105 00:06:56,330 --> 00:06:58,550 Speaker 1: three years is plenty of time in that land for 106 00:06:58,630 --> 00:07:01,620 Speaker 1: figs to begin producing. And so he's wondering, will this 107 00:07:01,720 --> 00:07:05,900 Speaker 1: ever happen? Will it ever produce? And he never finds any. 108 00:07:06,420 --> 00:07:08,820 Speaker 1: It goes on to say he's returning to them for 109 00:07:08,920 --> 00:07:13,990 Speaker 1: three years and he's disappointed, it says. Always disappointed in 110 00:07:14,030 --> 00:07:17,030 Speaker 1: verse 6. So finally, he says to his gardener, I've 111 00:07:17,070 --> 00:07:20,510 Speaker 1: waited three years and there hasn't been a single fig. 112 00:07:21,650 --> 00:07:24,780 Speaker 1: Cut it down. It's just taking up space in the garden. 113 00:07:25,160 --> 00:07:27,660 Speaker 1: Its roots are using up the soil is what it's 114 00:07:27,700 --> 00:07:31,400 Speaker 1: saying there. Fig trees were never cut down because they 115 00:07:31,440 --> 00:07:35,300 Speaker 1: were typically so productive. But if not, You couldn't let 116 00:07:35,340 --> 00:07:37,850 Speaker 1: it waste all the soil's nutrients. It was hurting the 117 00:07:37,900 --> 00:07:40,630 Speaker 1: rest of the garden, so it had to be cut down. 118 00:07:41,170 --> 00:07:44,610 Speaker 1: And that was kind of a tragedy for that. Have 119 00:07:44,630 --> 00:07:47,570 Speaker 1: you ever had the thought of being replaced because you 120 00:07:47,590 --> 00:07:52,270 Speaker 1: were unproductive at work, maybe? That's a disturbing thought and 121 00:07:52,530 --> 00:07:56,590 Speaker 1: maybe disappointing. Well, the human race faced this before with 122 00:07:56,670 --> 00:08:00,660 Speaker 1: Noah in Genesis 6. God repented that he had made 123 00:08:00,740 --> 00:08:03,620 Speaker 1: man and was going to start over with Noah. And 124 00:08:03,640 --> 00:08:06,480 Speaker 1: the Jewish people had faced this before too. When they 125 00:08:06,520 --> 00:08:09,300 Speaker 1: continued to sin and rebel against God in the days 126 00:08:09,360 --> 00:08:12,860 Speaker 1: of Moses, in Exodus 32 verse 10, God said, I'm 127 00:08:12,880 --> 00:08:16,440 Speaker 1: going to start again Abraham's family over with you, Moses. 128 00:08:17,240 --> 00:08:20,180 Speaker 1: But Moses interceded and convinced him not to do this. 129 00:08:21,140 --> 00:08:24,040 Speaker 1: But this is not God's desire. It's not his nature 130 00:08:24,100 --> 00:08:26,820 Speaker 1: to just get rid of something and start all over. 131 00:08:26,820 --> 00:08:31,200 Speaker 1: 2 Chronicles 16 verse 9 lets us know, that the 132 00:08:31,340 --> 00:08:33,479 Speaker 1: eyes of the Lord are searching all over the earth, 133 00:08:34,140 --> 00:08:37,339 Speaker 1: looking for someone he can bless, looking for someone who's 134 00:08:37,400 --> 00:08:41,020 Speaker 1: completely committed to him. And in that verse, we see 135 00:08:41,040 --> 00:08:43,229 Speaker 1: that what prompted him to say that is his people 136 00:08:43,270 --> 00:08:46,370 Speaker 1: were not being faithful, and yet he was still looking. 137 00:08:46,850 --> 00:08:49,970 Speaker 1: So his nature is to keep looking and hoping one 138 00:08:50,010 --> 00:08:52,010 Speaker 1: of us or some of us are going to be 139 00:08:52,070 --> 00:08:56,449 Speaker 1: faithful or that what he created is going to be faithful. Well, 140 00:08:56,510 --> 00:09:00,030 Speaker 1: in our story, back to our parable here, the vineyard keeper, 141 00:09:00,429 --> 00:09:07,010 Speaker 1: intercedes urgently. In verse 8, the gardener answered, Sir, give 142 00:09:07,050 --> 00:09:09,690 Speaker 1: it one more chance. Leave it for another year, and 143 00:09:09,730 --> 00:09:13,170 Speaker 1: I'll give it special attention and plenty of fertilizer. And 144 00:09:13,210 --> 00:09:16,410 Speaker 1: if we get figs next year, fine. If not, then 145 00:09:16,429 --> 00:09:20,390 Speaker 1: you cut it down. Don't cut it down, he said. 146 00:09:20,790 --> 00:09:22,420 Speaker 1: Give me one more year to work on it, he said. 147 00:09:22,440 --> 00:09:25,850 Speaker 1: I'll prune it. I'll dig around the roots. I'll fertilize it, 148 00:09:26,000 --> 00:09:28,500 Speaker 1: he says. In my study, I found out this is 149 00:09:28,800 --> 00:09:31,480 Speaker 1: a real procedure that they use. I don't know if 150 00:09:31,520 --> 00:09:33,880 Speaker 1: it's for all plants and all trees, but they certainly 151 00:09:33,940 --> 00:09:36,319 Speaker 1: use it for fig trees. They dig around the roots, 152 00:09:36,860 --> 00:09:40,000 Speaker 1: dig it deep, and they put fertilizer in there and 153 00:09:40,420 --> 00:09:43,800 Speaker 1: hope that it produces fruit the next year. So that's 154 00:09:43,840 --> 00:09:46,370 Speaker 1: what he's saying. Let's try it. And if we get 155 00:09:46,420 --> 00:09:50,450 Speaker 1: figs next year, fine. If not, cut it down. Well, 156 00:09:50,470 --> 00:09:53,390 Speaker 1: they're hoping for the result. They're hoping for the fruit 157 00:09:53,570 --> 00:09:56,980 Speaker 1: to let the master enjoy it. But if not, The 158 00:09:57,040 --> 00:10:00,860 Speaker 1: answer is clear. Cut it down. It's intentionally left open 159 00:10:01,120 --> 00:10:03,920 Speaker 1: in this parable. We don't know what was the result 160 00:10:04,280 --> 00:10:07,230 Speaker 1: of this fig tree. It's just kind of hanging there. 161 00:10:07,950 --> 00:10:11,189 Speaker 1: In truth, the people he was talking to still had 162 00:10:11,290 --> 00:10:15,610 Speaker 1: time to react and respond because this was about them. 163 00:10:16,090 --> 00:10:22,530 Speaker 1: Will they produce fruit? One of my favorite books of 164 00:10:22,570 --> 00:10:25,429 Speaker 1: the Bible is Titus. I have many favorite books of 165 00:10:25,450 --> 00:10:27,930 Speaker 1: the Bible, and you probably do too. But Titus is 166 00:10:27,970 --> 00:10:31,589 Speaker 1: a very interesting one. It's a very simple book, very clear-cut, 167 00:10:32,010 --> 00:10:35,110 Speaker 1: a leader speaking to a young pastor, this is what 168 00:10:35,150 --> 00:10:37,729 Speaker 1: I want you to do, and don't forget the point 169 00:10:37,870 --> 00:10:40,770 Speaker 1: of what we are doing. And he speaks about things 170 00:10:40,790 --> 00:10:44,089 Speaker 1: that are useless and things that are useful. In Titus 1, 171 00:10:44,070 --> 00:10:48,370 Speaker 1: verse 15, He says that everything is pure to those 172 00:10:48,380 --> 00:10:50,610 Speaker 1: who hearts are pure, but nothing is pure to those 173 00:10:50,650 --> 00:10:54,090 Speaker 1: who are corrupt and unbelieving because their minds and consciences 174 00:10:54,150 --> 00:10:57,309 Speaker 1: are corrupted. Such people claim they know God, but they 175 00:10:57,370 --> 00:11:02,120 Speaker 1: deny him by the way they live. They're detestable and disobedient, 176 00:11:02,600 --> 00:11:08,660 Speaker 1: worthless for doing anything good. Wow. Denying him by the 177 00:11:08,720 --> 00:11:12,780 Speaker 1: way they live means they are also detestable and disobedient, 178 00:11:12,880 --> 00:11:19,179 Speaker 1: worthless for doing anything good. That's dangerous. But we can 179 00:11:19,200 --> 00:11:23,040 Speaker 1: be useful by God's grace. And in chapter 2, we 180 00:11:23,080 --> 00:11:25,179 Speaker 1: know that the grace of God, verse 11, the grace 181 00:11:25,220 --> 00:11:28,250 Speaker 1: of God has been revealed, bringing salvation to all people. 182 00:11:28,690 --> 00:11:30,829 Speaker 1: And it goes on to explain that. I hate to 183 00:11:30,870 --> 00:11:33,089 Speaker 1: skip over it, but it goes on to say in 184 00:11:33,110 --> 00:11:36,650 Speaker 1: verse 14, he gave his life to free us from 185 00:11:36,809 --> 00:11:40,600 Speaker 1: every kind of sin, to cleanse us and make us 186 00:11:40,630 --> 00:11:44,840 Speaker 1: his very own people. Listen to this, totally committed to 187 00:11:44,940 --> 00:11:49,560 Speaker 1: doing good. good deeds, totally committed to doing good work. 188 00:11:50,580 --> 00:11:53,929 Speaker 1: Titus is very, very clear. This is what we are 189 00:11:54,030 --> 00:11:57,309 Speaker 1: all after. In fact, we get to chapter 3. It's 190 00:11:57,350 --> 00:12:01,309 Speaker 1: almost all about that, that we should be obedient, always 191 00:12:01,429 --> 00:12:05,320 Speaker 1: ready to do what is good. In verse 8, it's 192 00:12:05,360 --> 00:12:07,630 Speaker 1: a trustworthy saying, and I want you to insist on it. 193 00:12:07,920 --> 00:12:10,600 Speaker 1: Teach your people so that all who trust in God 194 00:12:10,640 --> 00:12:15,200 Speaker 1: will devote themselves to doing good. It's good and beneficial 195 00:12:15,260 --> 00:12:18,939 Speaker 1: for everyone, he says. And then in the last spot, 196 00:12:19,300 --> 00:12:22,140 Speaker 1: in 3 verse 14, he says this, Our people must 197 00:12:22,220 --> 00:12:25,400 Speaker 1: learn to do good by meeting the urgent needs of others, 198 00:12:25,540 --> 00:12:28,949 Speaker 1: and then they will not be unproductive. Boy, the last 199 00:12:28,990 --> 00:12:30,750 Speaker 1: thing I would want to hear the Lord say is 200 00:12:31,830 --> 00:12:35,950 Speaker 1: you are unproductive. In fact, we often quote, Well done, 201 00:12:36,010 --> 00:12:39,349 Speaker 1: my good and faithful servant. We want to be productive, 202 00:12:39,790 --> 00:12:42,590 Speaker 1: don't we? And in the book of John chapter 15 says, 203 00:12:43,780 --> 00:12:47,000 Speaker 1: We know the wonderful passage that Jesus would speak of. 204 00:12:49,590 --> 00:12:52,750 Speaker 1: I'm the vine, you're the branches. Remain in me and 205 00:12:52,790 --> 00:12:57,790 Speaker 1: I'll remain in you and you'll produce much fruit. Apart 206 00:12:57,830 --> 00:13:01,589 Speaker 1: from me, you can't do anything. Anyone who does not 207 00:13:01,650 --> 00:13:04,110 Speaker 1: remain in me is thrown away like a useless branch 208 00:13:04,150 --> 00:13:07,109 Speaker 1: and withers. Such branches are gathered into a pile to 209 00:13:07,150 --> 00:13:09,319 Speaker 1: be burned. But if you remain in me and my 210 00:13:09,380 --> 00:13:12,660 Speaker 1: words in you, you may ask for anything you want 211 00:13:12,740 --> 00:13:15,860 Speaker 1: and it will be granted. And when you produce much fruit, 212 00:13:16,020 --> 00:13:19,640 Speaker 1: you are my true disciples. And it brings great glory 213 00:13:19,760 --> 00:13:26,089 Speaker 1: to my Father. So don't take up soil. You're receiving 214 00:13:26,150 --> 00:13:29,189 Speaker 1: the grace of God. In fact, you're receiving all of 215 00:13:29,270 --> 00:13:32,829 Speaker 1: God himself. Let him produce in you the fruit of 216 00:13:32,850 --> 00:13:36,449 Speaker 1: the Spirit, the fruit that blesses others. a fruit that 217 00:13:36,490 --> 00:13:39,390 Speaker 1: invites others to eat from the kingdom and find life 218 00:13:39,470 --> 00:13:44,280 Speaker 1: just like you have. 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