The fruit of repentance is an absolute with the Lord. No repentance no salvation. No fruit toward God then judgment. This parable is a powerful lesson that privileges cause responsibility. The parallel of the fig tree The privileges of the fig tree The problem of the fig tree The pleading on behalf of the fig tree The final pronouncement of the fig tree - "cut it down".
Ordained to the Gospel ministry in 1981 after studying at The Whitefield College of the Bible in Northern Ireland, Pastor Ian Goligher has been pastor of the Free Presbyterian Church in Cloverdale, B.C. Canada, since pioneering the church there in 1984. He preaches daily on radio KARI...