Darwin Community Church

Sometimes very difficult to know and understand what real faith is. Jesus instructs His disciples regarding faith and prayer and there is much we can learn from it

How do you spot a genuine Christian from a wanna be pretend one? Jesus pronounced a curse on the Fig tree that extended to the Temple which was a place of corruption and hypocrisy. Many of the Jewish people were not worshipping God but simply going through the motions. I wonder if the Church is any better today?

What is it like to be a failure and live like one? To misuse the potential and waste it? In this account of the curse upon the fig tree, it was an illustration to expose the truth that externally the people of Israel for all intents and purposes were serving God but the reality is they were going through the motions and were empty inside and were not producing any fruit.

Jesus Presented himself as King something the people acknowledged with their lips but not their hearts. They had other ideas about what their King should do for them. Jesus didn't fit that expectation and the next day people turned against Him.

In this account Mark demonstrates the Lord as a role model in being a servant to all. In Blind Bartimaeus we see ourselves in a simply situation and condition and God's mercy and grace that changed our lives forever.