John 1:16-17 (Amplified) says, "For out of His fullness (abundance), we have all received (all had a share and were supplied with) one Grace after another and Spiritual Blessing upon Spiritual Blessing and even favor upon favor and Gift heaped upon Gift. For while the Law was given through Moses, Grace (unearned, undeserved favor) and Spiritual Blessing and Truth came through Jesus Christ."
Through Jesus, we have all received, have all been given a share in and have all been supplied with God's Grace. There was no difference in the Grace of God through Jesus, that every person has been supplied with. Through Jesus, we've all been given the same Gift, Blessing, Grace and fullness of God. Some would take God at His Word and enter into these Promises, while others would see the circumstances and wouldn't enter into them. Jesus said in Mark 4:24 (Amplified), "Be careful what you are hearing." Jesus said this because, "Faith comes by hearing," according to Romans 10:17 (Amplified).
God told Moses to send forth twelve men to spy out the Promised Land, which He had already given them. When they returned, two said in Numbers 13-14, "We are well able to take the Land, ten said, Yes the fruit and all that God said are there, but, there are giants in the Land." The people didn't heed the words to Joshua and Caleb who said, "We are well able to take the Land." They weren't heeding or being careful about what they heard and allowed the opinion of others to rob them from the Blessing that God had given. Two million people lost out on the Promises, because they didn't listen to God's Words. They instead, walked in fear and unbelief.
Today's Church hasn't heeded what we've heard and walked in the Promises in God's Word, but have followed the fear of others who said, "There are giants in the Land." Some have disregarded the report of giants and have entered in. Others have chosen to attack the messengers who brought them the Word of Truth. It's exciting and desirable to hear about healings, authority, Blessing, Grace, prosperity and The Fruit of the Land, but when running into opposition from the enemy, we forget that God already gave these to us and He will see to our success.
John 1:16-17 (Amplified) tells us that we have all received Grace, Blessing, favor and Gifts by God's unearned, undeserved favor and Truth, in Jesus. God didn't give these things to just a few people, but we have all been given and supplied with these precious Promises. Some have heeded the voice of those who can only see the giants, while other heeded and heard the voice of those who saw God's Promise. This is for those who have ears to hear.
Mark 4:11 (Amplified) says, "To you has been entrusted the Mystery of the Kingdom of God; that is the secret counsels of God which are hidden from the ungodly, but for those outside of our circle, everything becomes a Parable." The Mystery and secret counsel of God, concerns Words (seeds) and how we hear and receive the Seed of God's Words in our spirits. The Mystery of the Kingdom of God has to do with the Laws governing the Universe. As God's children, we're to understand and heed what we hear and what we say.
We can limit or loose the ability of the Holy Spirit and the angels, by what we hear and speak, according to Jesus' teaching in Matthew 18:18 (Amplified) where He said, "Truly I tell you, whatever you forbid and declare to be improper and unlawful on earth, must be what is already forbidden in Heaven, and whatever you permit and declare proper and lawful on earth must be what is already permitted in Heaven."
We cannot change the Laws of Heaven and Heaven won't change it's Laws for us. What God has said remains Truth and unchangeable, even to us. This is one of the Mysteries of the Kingdom and when we understand the principle of the Mystery, then we possess the ability to receive Seed (Words) that bring forth 30-60-100 told returns of either the good of deliverance or lack. We bring forth what we've heeded and sown in our lives. Jesus gives the Parable of the Sower in Matthew 12:35 (Amplified) saying, "A good man from his inner good treasure brings forth good things, and the evil man out of the inner evil storehouse brings forth evil things."
Numbers 13:32 (Amplified) tells us, "So [the spies] brought the Israelites an evil report of the Land which they had scouted out, saying, The Land through which we went to spy out is a Land that devours its inhabitants. And all the people that we saw in it are men of great stature." God's Word says this was an "Evil report." Those who heeded it and received it as Seed, brought forth a harvest of destruction in their lives. Today's Church has been given a choice to either "Heed what we hear" and allow the Truth to manifest a good harvest, or allow wrong seed and evil reports to take root in our spirit, which will bring forth defeat. If we heed the evil report, then we will never receive, "The fullness of His abundance and supply" found in John 1:16 (Amplified). Heeding the evil reports will put giants between us and God's Promises to us.
Everyone has been commissioned by the Father, to "tend the Garden," just like Adam was. The Seed we allow to be planted in our spirit, will produce the harvest we will receive. That is a Kingdom Law. This Mystery of the Kingdom, is a Seed and Harvest principle that always works. This Mystery is what our entire existence is based on. God sent His Son (His Seed, His Word) and according to 1Peter 1:23 (Amplified), "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." This is the Mystery of the Kingdom Seed principle, for those who have ears to hear. Jesus told His followers in Mark 16:15-16 (Amplified), "Go into all the world and preach and publish openly the Good News (the Gospel), to every creature of the whole human race. He who believes (who adheres to and trusts in and relies on) the Gospel and Him Whom it sets forth and is baptized will be saved from the penalty of eternal death; but he who does not believe (who does not adhere to and trust in and rely on) the Gospel and Him Whom it sets forth will be condemned."
Jesus says in Mark 4:24 (Amplified), "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 give to you who hear." We are responsible to tend the garden of our spirit and to be careful what we hear. The Israelites from Numbers 13-14 allowed the evil report or wrong seed to be sown in their hearts, resulting in their destruction. There are many seeds being sown in today's world. The seeds (words) the enemy is sowing are opinions from natural man, just like the words of the spies who only saw the giants. Satan is sowing seeds of ungodly rejection and unbelief in Christ Jesus and these seeds are bringing forth terrorism and fear. The opinions (word seeds) of natural man are growing a harvest of complacency, which renders man to feeling overwhelmed and futile. Some in the Church are bringing forth evil reports too, bringing forth a harvest of Christians who see themselves as "grasshoppers in the sight of the giants."
You are the gardener of your own heart and you must still the seeds (words) the world is broadcasting. When Jesus caused the wind to be still, the storm stopped. We must begin speaking to the winds of words and begin to be careful what we hear. Then, many storms in our lives will cease and calm will follow. Most of the storms in our lives, come from our not being careful what we hear, which brings forth a harvest we didn't intend to grow. 1Timothy 2:5-6 (Amplified) says, "If anyone enters competitive games, he is not crowned unless he competes lawfully (according to the rules laid down) It is the hard working farmer who labors to produce who must be the first partaker of the fruits."
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