John 1:16-17 (Amplified) says, "For out of His fullness (abundance), we have all received, all had a share and were all 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."
Mankind has inhabited this earth for thousands of years, since God placed him/her in the Garden. The Laws that we now understand, like the Law of Physics and Gravity, are the same Laws that existed since that time too, but we couldn't understand them at that time. I'm certain that people of old, took falls and hit the ground, but never they were unaware the gravity caused them to fall. When man understood this Law, he was aware of the truth that gravity was the force causing people to fall to the ground.
Since that time, man has also become aware of so many Laws, like the Law of Lift and the Law of Thrust. These discoveries have resulted in air travel and even space travel. The Law of Gravity is still in effect, but other Laws supersede it. We find the Law of Sin and Death in God's Word. God's Word also tells us that the Law of the Spirit of Life, which is in Christ Jesus, supersedes this Law. In Romans 8:2-3 (Amplified) Paul writes, "For the Law of the Spirit of Life which is in Christ Jesus (the Law of our new being), has freed me from the Law of Sin and of Death."
When we understand the new Law that is in Christ Jesus, we can understand what Paul goes onto write in Verse 3, saying, "For God has done what the Law could not do, its power being weakened by the flesh (the entire nature of man without the Holy Spirit); Sending His Own Son in the guise of sinful flesh and as an Offering for sin, God condemned sin in the flesh (subdued, overcame, deprived it) of its power over all who accept that Sacrifice."
We have been delivered from the Law of Sin and Death in Jesus, when we accept Him as our Sacrifice for sin. This is like the Laws of Lift and Thrust, that overcome gravity. Before having understanding, we were still earthbound. Now, after understanding these Laws, we can travel across the planet and even to the International Space Station and beyond. The men who discovered these Laws and worked to invent air travel, were laughed at and scorned.
Today, those who've begun to understand the Laws of God's Kingdom are ridiculed, much of the time. These Laws have always been there, but because we didn't understand these Laws, we've been "earthbound." Christians have struggled under the Law of Sin and Death for two-thousand years. We've lived under it's shadow, even after being born-again, even though Jesus set us free from that Law.
We've lived like "mere men," according to Paul, because we haven't understood the Laws that operate God's Kingdom. Many ridicule believers who would rise up on eagle's wings, calling us "fools" and "radical." The Truth of God's Word that came through Jesus Christ, has been veiled by that same lies that have held us in captivity like before we were born-again. These lies have kept us under the same guilt and condemnation, like before we were born-again.
Jesus told the Parable of the Sower in Mark 4, where He liked God's Word as "Seed sown in our hearts." If we don't sow a seed, then we won't receive a harvest. Jesus said that some sowed the Word of God in their hearts and reaped a harvest that was greater than other's harvest.. The ones who didn't have the great harvest became discontent and believed those who received were in a "special place with God." The Truth is though, they didn't reap a harvest, because they never sowed a seed. One can't "wish he/she had a harvest like the one others have received," without sowing a seed. Everything on this planet, begins with a seed. We don't have babies, without a seed. We don't have trees, without seeds. We don't make the Laws of God work, by simply possessing a Bible. We must have a relationship with the Lord and His Seed (His Word). The person who plants a seed, reaps the harvest from that seed.
We understand the Laws of Sowing and Reaping in the natural, but have failed to understand that it is also a Spiritual Law and principal from the Kingdom of God. The more time we spend in God's Word, the more understanding we will receive. The Seed of the Spirit of Life which is in Christ Jesus, must be sown into the soil of our spirit. Simply reading the instructions found on the back of the package of cucumber seeds, won't bring cucumbers in our gardens. They must be planted or sown, in the soil. The soil of man, is the spirit of man and God's Word is the seed that "Will not return to Him void." Don't just read the package label, but take the Seed and sow it in your heart. Your heart (or spirit) knows what to do with the Seed.
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