Luke 13:6-9 - A Call to Bear Fruit

Pastor Mike Impact Ministries · Apr 8, 2025 · 4m

Jesusbegins, “A certain man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard; and he cameseeking fruit on it, and found none. Then he said to the vinedresser, ‘Behold,these three years I come seeking fruit on this fig tree, and find none. Cut itdown; why does it cumber the ground?’” In Jewish law (Leviticus19:23-25), a new tree’s fruit wasn’t eaten for three years, the fourth year’scrop went to God, and the owner enjoyed it from the fifth year on. This ownerhad waited seven years—far beyond the norm—yet the tree remained barren.Frustrated, he orders it cut down, tired of it wasting good soil.

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