Perhaps, our idea of Jesus is that He will ONLY love and will never curse. But, in Matthew 21:19, we read that Jesus "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". In the same chapter, Jesus spoke about the parable of the wicked vinepressers and He said in Matthew 21:43, that, "..the kingdom of God will be taken from you and given to a nation bearing the fruits of it." From these verses, we can see the importance of bearing fruits. Jesus EXPECTS us to bear fruits for Him but He does not leave us alone to do it ourselves. He wants to help us. He invites us to abide in Him and He will abide in us to bear fruit for without Him we can do nothing Read John 15:5-8 https://twitter.com/EstherOngHC
Day 187 - Have Fear of God Read: Psalm 145; Proverbs 6:28-31; Revelation 6; 2 Samuel 15-16 2 Samuel 15 & 16 15:13 A messenger came and told David, “The hearts of the people of Israel are with Absalom.”14 Then David said to all his officials who were with him in Jerusalem, “Come! We must flee, or none of us will escape from Absalom. We must leave immediately, or he will move quickly to overtake us and bring ruin on us and put the city to the sword.” To me, as a parent, it is so sad to note that King David got to run for his life from his own son, Absalom. His own son schemed for 40 years (15:7) to topple his own father - could you believe that? This is our Bible - it will not hide - all the successes and failures of God's people are truthfully reported. Why did King David suffer this? It started with his own sin of adultery with Bathsheba (11:3) Even though God had forgiven him when he sincerely repented by recognising that he sinned against the Lord (12:13), King David nee...
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