Unfruitfulness
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· 77 viewsA lack of fruitfulness, whether material or spiritual, which is often seen as a sign of God’s disfavour or anger.
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Unfruitfulness as a moral or spiritual condition
Unfruitfulness as a moral or spiritual condition
And seeing a fig tree by the road, He came to it and found nothing on it but leaves, and said to it, “Let no fruit grow on you ever again.” Immediately the fig tree withered away.
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Reasons for unfruitfulness
Reasons for unfruitfulness
Disobedience
Disobedience
‘And after all this, if you do not obey Me, then I will punish you seven times more for your sins.
I will break the pride of your power; I will make your heavens like iron and your earth like bronze.
And your strength shall be spent in vain; for your land shall not yield its produce, nor shall the trees of the land yield their fruit.
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A continuing preoccupation with the world
A continuing preoccupation with the world
Now he who received seed among the thorns is he who hears the word, and the cares of this world and the deceitfulness of riches choke the word, and he becomes unfruitful.
A broken relationship with Jesus Christ
A broken relationship with Jesus Christ
Abide in Me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in Me.
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Some results of unfruitfulness
Some results of unfruitfulness
Unfruitfulness condemned
Unfruitfulness condemned
Now let me sing to my Well-beloved A song of my Beloved regarding His vineyard: My Well-beloved has a vineyard On a very fruitful hill.
He dug it up and cleared out its stones, And planted it with the choicest vine. He built a tower in its midst, And also made a winepress in it; So He expected it to bring forth good grapes, But it brought forth wild grapes.
“And now, O inhabitants of Jerusalem and men of Judah, Judge, please, between Me and My vineyard.
What more could have been done to My vineyard That I have not done in it? Why then, when I expected it to bring forth good grapes, Did it bring forth wild grapes?
And now, please let Me tell you what I will do to My vineyard: I will take away its hedge, and it shall be burned; And break down its wall, and it shall be trampled down.
I will lay it waste; It shall not be pruned or dug, But there shall come up briers and thorns. I will also command the clouds That they rain no rain on it.”
For the vineyard of the Lord of hosts is the house of Israel, And the men of Judah are His pleasant plant. He looked for justice, but behold, oppression; For righteousness, but behold, a cry for help.
Unfruitfulness leads to rejection
Unfruitfulness leads to rejection
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Unfruitfulness retrieved
Unfruitfulness retrieved
The parable holds out the possibility of restoration.
Discipline with a view to renewed fruitfulness
Discipline with a view to renewed fruitfulness
Every branch in Me that does not bear fruit He takes away; and every branch that bears fruit He prunes, that it may bear more fruit.