A LESSON IN FAITH
It was probably on Tuesday of the last week that Jesus spent with His apostles, that Peter called attention to the result of a divine curse.
The Barren Fig Tree.
A day or so before this, Jesus had gone out of His way to get some figs from a tree that stood some distance off. When he found that the tree bore no fruit He said it should never bear fruit again.
On this Tuesday morning as the disciples were passing by, "they saw the fig tree dried up from the roots."
"And Peter calling to remembrance said unto Him, Master, behold the fig tree which Thou cursedst is withered away."
Power of Faith.
Jesus answered: "Have faith in God. For verily I say unto you, that whosoever shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that those things which he saith shall come to pass; he shall have whatsoever he saith."[[7]]
On that same day, Peter was undoubtedly with the Twelve on the Mount of Olives when they asked Jesus "privately" about the destruction of the Temple.[[8]]
Keep Commandments.
To Peter and to all He said: "Watch ye therefore, and pray always, and keep my commandments, that ye may be counted worthy to escape all these things which shall come to pass and to stand before the Son of Man when He shall come clothed in the glory of His Father."