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· 10 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 wayside, he went to it and found nothing on it but only leaves. And he said to it, “May no fruit ever come from you again!” And the fig tree withered at once.
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Reasons for unfruitfulness
Reasons for unfruitfulness
Disobedience
Disobedience
And if in spite of this you will not listen to me, then I will discipline you again sevenfold for your sins, and I will break the pride of your power, and 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 increase, and the trees of the land shall not yield their fruit.
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A continuing preoccupation with the world
A continuing preoccupation with the world
As for what was sown among thorns, this is the one who hears the word, but the cares of the world and the deceitfulness of riches choke the word, and it proves 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 by 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
Let me sing for my beloved
my love song concerning his vineyard:
My beloved had a vineyard
on a very fertile hill.
He dug it and cleared it of stones,
and planted it with choice vines;
he built a watchtower in the midst of it,
and hewed out a wine vat in it;
and he looked for it to yield grapes,
but it yielded wild grapes.
And now, O inhabitants of Jerusalem
and men of Judah,
judge between me and my vineyard.
What more was there to do for my vineyard,
that I have not done in it?
When I looked for it to yield grapes,
why did it yield wild grapes?
And now I will tell you
what I will do to my vineyard.
I will remove its hedge,
and it shall be devoured;
I will break down its wall,
and it shall be trampled down.
I will make it a waste;
it shall not be pruned or hoed,
and briers and thorns shall grow up;
I will also command the clouds
that they rain no rain upon it.
For the vineyard of the Lord of hosts
is the house of Israel,
and the men of Judah
are his pleasant planting;
and he looked for justice,
but behold, bloodshed;
for righteousness,
but behold, an outcry!
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 does bear fruit he prunes, that it may bear more fruit.
