Now why would you follow anyone who tells you simply 'not to doubt'? Do christians normally do this? This sounds like somebody who is indoctrinating people, how dare he say do not doubt!What he actually promises after that sentence is that you will get anything you pray for,this is of course a slanderous lie and everybody knows this-why continue to follow him?I really do not understand.
2007-05-10 11:11:17 · 8 answers · asked by thethinker 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Uncle Meat
"Jesus must have hated figs, probably from a bad childhood experience"
Ares sure you don't mean f ags?That seems much more fitting...
2007-05-10 11:21:49 · update #1
hillbilly
You have doubts, and HE said not to doubt, so you have your proof why things aren't just as you want them to be? Believe, then you have peace.
Things are as I want them to be, just defies believe how you trust somone who tells lies. That in itself is the only miracle I am ever likely to experience..
2007-05-10 11:23:15 · update #2
Prays to…Another completely irrelevant response that conveniently forgets to actually answer the question at hand.
2007-05-10 11:28:26 · update #3
You have doubts, and HE said not to doubt, so you have your proof why things aren't just as you want them to be? Believe, then you have peace.
2007-05-10 11:19:29 · answer #1 · answered by hillbilly 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The fig tree event is one of the most mysterious in the gospels. As far as I know it's the only time Jesus used his power to destroy, and on what appeared to be a tree that was following its typical seasonal pattern.
It could have been a metaphor for the judgment on an unbelieving generation. A tree was often used to symbolize a nation. As to whether there should be a judgment, the answer is of course, yes.
Every nation has set up laws to try and arrange a justice system.
As to the act of faith, I think even non-believers (pre-believers?) can attest to the fact of over powering confidence, that allows them and others to overcome seemingly insurmountable obstacles.
We don't call them miracles, because by definition, we think we can't make miracles...
2007-05-10 18:29:51 · answer #2 · answered by Calvin James Hammer 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
i.e. you've read the Word, have a good relationship with God to the point that you know that God will do it.
Faith comes from hearing, and hearing from the Word of God (Romans 10).
Again Mark 4 says the same sort of thing.
Also John 15, but put in terms of a close relationship with Christ.
Faith takes time to develop.
"First the stalk, then the ear, then the full grain in the ear" Mark 4.
Many christian believers' faith are not well developed. There have been people though like Smith Wigglesworth who have had amazing healing ministries; through faith and the anointing.
2007-05-10 18:26:27 · answer #3 · answered by Cader and Glyder scrambler 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I am by no means an authority on the Bible, but my understanding of the withering fig tree, is that it was a symbolic gesture meant to convey Christ's condemnation of those who PROFESS true faith, but do not actually practice it.
Christ came upon a fig tree that had leaves but no figs. Fig trees apparently get there leaves and figs at about the same time...so leaves should have meant figs were there too. When he found there were no figs, he cursed the tree and it withered instantaneously.
The surrounding passages in Matthew all centre around false faith and priests and authorities that supposedly represent faith but have no true faith themselves.
My understanding of the fig tree is that Jesus is saying that if YOU have true faith, those who stand before you professing faith, but having no true substance (the fig tree having leaves, but no edible fruit), will wither in the face of your true spirituality.
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2007-05-10 18:34:25 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Doubt that you have the power, and you cannot do anything.
This is an easier way to figure the lesson here.
You actually have a bad quote, but if the illusion is to what it says at Luke 17:6-10, then this is the lesson. It is a lesson that we must desire Faith. Jesus was talking to the apostles (verse 5), And he teaches them on Living faith, (the mustard seed) and blessings according to faith. He teaches them also of their obligation to God that they not be unprofitable (evil) servants.
2007-05-10 18:24:28 · answer #5 · answered by great gig in the sky 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I agree, I am truly curious as to the fig tree's fate as I have one in my back yard and this year it's not as fruitful as usual.
2007-05-10 18:15:25 · answer #6 · answered by sashali 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Jesus must have hated figs, probably from a bad childhood experience.
2007-05-10 18:16:42 · answer #7 · answered by Uncle Meat 5 · 1⤊ 2⤋
That is what is known in the flim-flam trade as a disclaimer. If you didn't get what you wanted then you didn't have the faith, implying that it didn't work through a fault of your own.
Mea culpa - mea maxea culpa. I don't think.
2007-05-10 18:14:27 · answer #8 · answered by Dharma Nature 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
By the way, what was done to the figin' tree ?
2007-05-10 18:16:27 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋