11:9-10 - I have always believed these to be the same people that days later are screaming CRUCIFY!. I wonder if they were or if a small number of others were. Maybe, the larger number of people failed to stand up. I guess that would be just as bad as being in the crowd. Do you ever not join in the sin and yet sin by not standing up against it?
11:13-14 - It wasn't the season for figs so what is Jesus teaching here? Be fruitful always???
11:16 - There is a time to stand up and stop being passive.
11:17 - house of prayer - What should we be doing to make The Oasis a house of prayer?
11:23 - Doubt destroys the effectiveness of prayer.
11:25 - And when you stand praying, if you hold anything against anyone, forgive them, SO THAT your Father in heaven may forgive you your sins. - You forgiving others is a CONDITION of you being forgiven. We use the word UNCONDITIONAL so much with regard to the Bible, but it is a man made idea. It is not that God is finicky, but God also does not write a blank check. God has expectations for us when it comes to all things and we need to search those out instead of accepting a nice, but incomplete truth.
Love, Michael
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