John 1:17 (Amplified) says, "For while the Law was given through Moses, Grace (unearned, undeserved favor) and Spiritual Blessing and Truth came through Jesus Christ."
The Truth, Grace and Blessing that came through Jesus, are for all who will believe in the redemptive power of His Sacrifice. Grace has been granted to everyone who is saved and the same faith in God's Grace that gave us new life and salvation, is also appropriated by the same faith in that Grace.
Salvation has been offered to the whole world, according to John 3:16, but each person must put faith in this salvation. We receive from our Heavenly Father, what we accept by faith. A great hindrance to receiving from our inheritance has been what we believe is or isn't ours through Jesus. Many have expressed faith in their salvation entails, saying such things as, "I don't believe in this confession thing" or "I don't believe in speaking in tongues."
We speak our faith (or lack thereof) by the things we've learned (or haven't learned) through the years. Jesus was beside a lake, teaching people in Mark 4:1-41 (Amplified), when the crowd grew to such a size that He stepped into a small ship to teach them. He taught a Parable that many consider to be His most important, concerning how the Kingdom of Heaven operates. Many just believe "it's just another Parable," but to those who have ears to hear, it was a Revelation of the Laws that govern our new Life in Him.
Verse 11 tells us, "And He said to them, To you has been entrusted the Mystery of the Kingdom of God which are hidden from the ungodly; but for those outside our circle everything become a parable."
Verse 13 continues, "And He said to them, Do you not discern and understand this Parable? How then is it possible for you to discern and understand all the Parables?" In other words, Jesus said that "This Parable is the key to understanding the Mystery of God's Kingdom." We can receive Revelation of this Seed to the opening of the doors of the Kingdom and can understand what has been a Mystery until now.
The Spiritual Laws that govern the Kingdom are upheld and administered by Words or Seeds. The entire planet and the regions of the universe are governed and held in place, by Words. Jesus was "The Word made Flesh," according to John 1:14 (Amplified) which says, "And the Word, Christ, became flesh (Human, Incarnate) and tabernacled (fixed His tent of flesh, lives awhile) among us; and we actually saw His Glory, His Honor, His Majesty; such Glory as an Only Begotten Son receives from His Father, full of Grace, favor, Loving-Kindness and Truth."
Jesus is the Harvest of the Seed or Word, that was sown into Mary's womb. This Seed or Word is a great part of understanding the Mystery and secret counsel of God and His Kingdom. 1Peter 1:23 (Amplified) says, "You have been regenerated (born again) not from a mortal origin (seed, sperm) but from One that is Immortal by the Ever Living and Lasting Word of God."
The Holy Spirit reveals in the above scripture, that the Word and Seed of God are One and the Same. It wasn't just the Word that was spoke into Mary's womb, but was the Seed. This is what Jesus was communicating to the people in Mark 4 and this is the Mystery of the Kingdom of God. The people didn't discern or understand Jesus' Parable and we dismiss it and never adhere to it as being "important. Only the Seed or Word that is sown into good (fertile) soil of the heart, will bring forth a harvest. We've failed to discern and understand that all words are seeds. This doesn't mean only God's Words. All words will produce, if we accept them into our hearts or spirit.
We've heard many teachings about the "Confession of our mouths." We've dismissed much of them as being foolishness and error, but if we discern and understand what Jesus said, then we will see this is the Revelation to the Mystery and secret counsel of God and His Kingdom we're now part of. We will see this is how the Kingdom works.
In Jesus' Parable about the Sower, He taught that the seed are words, saying "The sower sows the Word." In other words, what we hear and understand by God's Word, will produce in the spirits of God's children. Jesus said that the words we speak out of our mouths, are seed that will produce. All words will produce fruit, not just God's Words. Jesus spoke about the actions of good and evil men in Matthew 12:37 (Amplified) saying, "For by your words you will be justified and acquitted, and by your words you will be condemned and sentenced."
If the words that come out of our hearts (spirit) are seeds that produce in our lives, then what we say and what we hear and believe, will produce in our lives and the lives of those we sow seeds into We are both the soil and the sower. Our hearts determine what we produce, from seeds we allow to be sown into it. Whatever seeds (words) we all to be sown into our lives, will result in a harvest in our lives and the lives of others.
We sow seeds in other's lives, that come from the harvest of our hearts. Jesus said in Matthew 12:34 (Amplified) that, "From the abundance of our heart, the mouth speaks." We've misunderstood His Parable and missed out on many things in our lives. And, we've sowed some seeds into the lives of others, that brought forth a harvest that was contrary to the harvest of God's Kingdom.
The Holy Spirit tells us about Jesus' earthly ministry in John 3:34 (Amplified) which says, "For since He Whom God has sent speaks the Words of God (proclaims God's Own Message), God does not give Him His Spirit sparingly or by measure, but boundless is the Gift God makes of His Spirit." Why was the Spirit given without measure? Because Jesus only sowed Good Seed, only spoke God's Word. Jesus spoke Kingdom Seed and it brought forth Kingdom Harvest, which was sons into Glory and Life and health to men.
Jesus Christ was the Fruit or Harvest of the Seed, which was sown into Mary's womb. We are the fruit (harvest) of the Word or Seed that was sown into our hearts. The Seed of the Kingdom,which is God's Word, has brought forth fruit to Him. We're sowers and Kingdom soil (born-again spirits), who have the ability to bring forth fruit. We've been given the mandate to "Go into all the world and preach the Gospel" or "sow the Seeds of the Kingdom by words (seeds)."
Jesus gave another Parable in Mark 4:23-24 (Amplified) saying, "If any man has ears to hear, let him be listening and let him perceive and comprehend. And He said to them; Be careful what you are hearing. The measure of thought and study you give to the Truth you hear, will be the measure of virtue and knowledge that comes back to you, and more besides will be given to you who hear." Jesus was speaking about "The secret counsels of God" that comes only by "being careful about what we hear and speak."
We can receive bad seed and bring forth a wrong harvest, by speaking or sowing from that harvest. Or, we can be careful what we hear, bring forth good things and sow good seed from that harvest, into the soil of other people's hearts (spirits). Some would make light of what I'm teaching and disregard it. Those who're seeking to grow and be used of the Master will be careful of what seeds (words) they allow to be sown in their hearts.
All words are seeds. God's Word in our hearts, will bring forth fruit and Blessing from God's Kingdom. The words (seeds) of the world and the enemy, will also bring forth fruit into the kingdom of darkness and the misery of satan's harvest. Good or bad seed will grow and produce in the heart of the believer, just as quickly as in the heart of an unsaved person. Adam was instructed to "tend the garden." We're to tend the garden of our hearts.
We live with either good or bad, Blessing or cursing in our own lives, according to the choices we make about what we hear. Jesus said in Mark 4:23-24 (Amplified), "If any man has ears to hear, let him be listening and let him perceive and comprehend." You are the gardener and overseer of what you allow to be sown in your heart. Galatians 6:7 (Amplified) tells us, "Do not be deceived and deluded and misled; God will not allow Himself to be sneered at, scorned or mocked by mere pretensions or professions or by His precepts being set aside; He inevitably deludes himself who attempts to delude God. For whatsoever a man sows, that and only that is what he will reap." Whether we speak and believe God's Word or the world's words, we will reap what we sown and have allowed into our hearts.
James 1:26 (Amplified) says, "If anyone thinks himself to be religious (piously observant of the external duties of the flesh) and does not bridle his tongue but deludes his own heart, this persons religious service is worthless (futile, barren)."
All the external works we might do for faith, will come to no profit and will not produce the things we seek after, if our mouth and heart receives and sows wrong seed. In 2Timothy 2:1-7 (Amplified) Paul writes, "So you, my son, be strong, strengthened inwardly in the Grace and Spiritual Blessing that is to be found in Christ Jesus. And the instructions which you have heard from me along with many witnesses, transmit and entrust as a deposit to reliable and faithful men who will be competent and qualified to teach others also Take with me your share of the hardships and sufferings which you are called to endure as a good first-class soldier of Jesus Christ." Verses 4-8 go on, "No soldier when in service gets entangled in the enterprises of civilian life; his aim is to satisfy and please the one who enlisted him And if anyone enters competitive games, he is not crowned unless he competes lawfully( fairly), according to the rules laid down. It is the hard-working farmer who labors to produce who must be the first partakers of the fruits. Think over these things I am saying, understand them and grasp their application, for the Lord will grant you full insight and understanding in everything."
Keep the thought about farmers who sow seeds and how according to the operating rules laid down "they're to be the first partakers of the fruits" in mind and return to Mark 4:23-24 (Amplified) where Jesus gives the Parable of the Sower, saying, "If any man has ears to hear, let him be listening and let him perceive and comprehend (the Lord will grant the full insight and understanding in everything) And He said to them, Be careful what you are hearing, the measure of thought and study you give to the truth you hear, will be the measure of virtue and knowledge that comes back to you-and more besides will be given to you who hear." 2Timothy 2:6 (Amplified) says, "It is the hard-working farmer who labors to produce who must be the first partaker of the fruits."
You become what you allow yourself to hear, whether good or bad. You can only produce from seed (words) that have been sown in your heart. You can only reap a good harvest, if you compete by the rules that have been laid down. We reap either good or bad harvests, from the words we speak or sow after being saved. If we sow God's Word in our lives, then we will produce Blessing. If we receive and sow the words of the world in our hearts (spirits), then we'll reap them in our lives. The farmer who labors is the first partaker of the fruits.
It doesn't matter whether or not anyone else believes "We can have what we say." As the hardworking farmer, you will be the first to enjoy the harvest of your words, because you're "bringing forth good things from the abundance of your heart." You are responsible for what you allow to be sown in your heart and you're the one who will be the first partaker of the Good Fruit of the Harvest.
Jesus' statement of, "Be careful what you hear," might be the most important one, concerning Kingdom rules. You are the person who tends the heart. In Proverbs 4:23-24 (Amplified) God says, "Keep and guard your heart with all vigilance and above all that you guard, for out of it flow springs of Life. Put away from you false and dishonest speech, and willful and contrary talk put far from you."
We must not just take it for granted, that everything we hear preached is Kingdom Seed, that will bring forth good fruit in our lives. Paul tells us in Romans 10:3 (Amplified), "For being ignorant of the righteousness of God that ascribes which makes one acceptable to Him in word and deed, and seeking to establish a righteousness (a means of salvation of their own, they did not obey or submit themselves to God's righteousness." 2Timothy 2:5 says this about such persons, "He is not crowned unless he competes lawfully according to the rules laid down."
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