Our paragraph topic is: (Jesus curses a fig tree) Part 2.
The Earth Made Fruitful: Genesis: Chapter1, verse: 9-12.
Then God said, "Let the waters below the heavens be gathered into one place and let the dry land appear." And so it was. God called the dry land earth and the assembled waters Seas. And God saw that it was good. Then God said, "Let the earth bring forth vegetation: seed-bearing plants and all kinds of fruit trees that bear fruit containing their seed." And so it was. The earth brought forth vegetation, every kind of seed-bearing plant and all kinds of trees that bear fruit containing seed. God saw that it was good.
And that was how it was in the beginning. Everything had a purpose and there was a purpose for everything. The earth brought forth vegetation with fruit and the fruit had seeds that bore fruit. And there was nothing that was without a purpose. For God said it was good. And yet there were trees of a different kind that came to be. Trees that did not bear fruit but only leaves. And seeing a tree by the wayside, he came up to it, and found nothing on it but leaves.
Was this tree not according to the purpose of God? Did it not serve a purpose in his plan? How did it come to be that this tree did not have fruit and seeds in fruit? Christ came upon it. He felt hungry and a need to feed himself. But the tree of nothing had no fruit. It had nothing to give to the Son of God, the Lord of the universe. What purpose did it serve? Of what good was it to be in existence?
All creation has a purpose, be it good or bad. We acknowledge the good that is within us and we accept the evil that can come from us. Yet there is more than that. We are spiritual beings held within a clay shell. We have a purpose, to recognize that which has given us life, to rejoice in the knowledge of who we are, and to know that there is one above that gave us the life that we own.
The choice is ours to see, ours to believe, ours to know, ours to accept. Some will and some will not. Some will accept their human reasoning as a hindrance to allowing themselves to believe. It is that step beyond reasoning that allows those who believe to see, to know, and to understand that they are more than just the physical. It is that step beyond reasoning that allows us to open the door of the physical and see the spiritual that is within us, the light of life. And with that giant step beyond reasoning one begins to transform into the living spirit.
It is the light within that transforms. It is the light within that grows. It is the light within that shines through the physical and transforms the world. Death cannot hold it. Time cannot define it. Chaos cannot move it. Love is the force that gives it life. For within the spirit is the love of God our Father and the passion of Jesus Christ our savior and nothing can separate us from that love. We have a purpose. We belong. We are loved. We are at peace.
Read the sign of the times! Read the Highlighted New Testament Bible and lift the scales from your eyes that you may see, that you may know, that you may find the truth of who you are in Christ. Read it as though you would read a good book, from cover to cover, and see for yourself. Do not study it in parts reading one passage nd then skipping to another, but read it for understanding. Read it for knowledge. Read it for faith. Read it that your eyes may be opened, that your ears may hear, that your heart may be filled with the light of Christ . The Holy Spirit awaits you. Christ seeks to know you. Open the door and let him in.
The Earth Made Fruitful: Genesis: Chapter1, verse: 9-12.
Then God said, "Let the waters below the heavens be gathered into one place and let the dry land appear." And so it was. God called the dry land earth and the assembled waters Seas. And God saw that it was good. Then God said, "Let the earth bring forth vegetation: seed-bearing plants and all kinds of fruit trees that bear fruit containing their seed." And so it was. The earth brought forth vegetation, every kind of seed-bearing plant and all kinds of trees that bear fruit containing seed. God saw that it was good.
And that was how it was in the beginning. Everything had a purpose and there was a purpose for everything. The earth brought forth vegetation with fruit and the fruit had seeds that bore fruit. And there was nothing that was without a purpose. For God said it was good. And yet there were trees of a different kind that came to be. Trees that did not bear fruit but only leaves. And seeing a tree by the wayside, he came up to it, and found nothing on it but leaves.
Was this tree not according to the purpose of God? Did it not serve a purpose in his plan? How did it come to be that this tree did not have fruit and seeds in fruit? Christ came upon it. He felt hungry and a need to feed himself. But the tree of nothing had no fruit. It had nothing to give to the Son of God, the Lord of the universe. What purpose did it serve? Of what good was it to be in existence?
All creation has a purpose, be it good or bad. We acknowledge the good that is within us and we accept the evil that can come from us. Yet there is more than that. We are spiritual beings held within a clay shell. We have a purpose, to recognize that which has given us life, to rejoice in the knowledge of who we are, and to know that there is one above that gave us the life that we own.
The choice is ours to see, ours to believe, ours to know, ours to accept. Some will and some will not. Some will accept their human reasoning as a hindrance to allowing themselves to believe. It is that step beyond reasoning that allows those who believe to see, to know, and to understand that they are more than just the physical. It is that step beyond reasoning that allows us to open the door of the physical and see the spiritual that is within us, the light of life. And with that giant step beyond reasoning one begins to transform into the living spirit.
It is the light within that transforms. It is the light within that grows. It is the light within that shines through the physical and transforms the world. Death cannot hold it. Time cannot define it. Chaos cannot move it. Love is the force that gives it life. For within the spirit is the love of God our Father and the passion of Jesus Christ our savior and nothing can separate us from that love. We have a purpose. We belong. We are loved. We are at peace.
Read the sign of the times! Read the Highlighted New Testament Bible and lift the scales from your eyes that you may see, that you may know, that you may find the truth of who you are in Christ. Read it as though you would read a good book, from cover to cover, and see for yourself. Do not study it in parts reading one passage nd then skipping to another, but read it for understanding. Read it for knowledge. Read it for faith. Read it that your eyes may be opened, that your ears may hear, that your heart may be filled with the light of Christ . The Holy Spirit awaits you. Christ seeks to know you. Open the door and let him in.
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