1Peter 1:23 (Amp) says, "You have been regenerated (born-again), not from a mortal origin (seed or sperm) but from One that is Immortal (by the Ever Living and Lasting Word of God)."
We all know that everything starts with a seed. Gen.1:12 (Amp) says, "The earth brought forth vegetation; plants yielding seed according to their own kinds and trees bearing fruit in which was their seed, each according to it's kind. And God saw that it was good, suitable, admirable and He approved it." God didn't need to continually create the vegetation, animals or mankind, because He made them to with a reproductive seed. The last thing God created since Genesis, can be found in 2Cor.5:17 (Amp), which says, "Therefore if any person is ingrafted in Christ (the Messiah), he is a new creation (a new creature altogether); the old previous moral and spiritual condition has passed away. Behold, the fresh and new has come."
We, along with everything around us, came from seed. The Law of Genesis was God's gift. Seeds though, take time to mature into what the seed dictates. It takes time for an acorn to grow into an Oak tree, but if placed into good soil and allowed to grow, then it will become a mighty tree.
We are new creation children of God, who were born-again and created by the Seed of God's Word. From the time the Seed of salvation was conceived in a person's spirit or heart, the new creation was born. 1Peter 2:2 (Amp) calls the new creation child of God, "a baby." The Seed produced exactly what it was intended to produce, but like everything that comes from a seed, it starts small. Thus, Peter says, "Like new born babies you should crave (thirst for, earnestly desire) the pure unadulterated Spiritual milk (the Word) that by it you may be nurtured and grow unto completed salvation."
We don't always understand that certain things God reveals to us, come in the form of a seed. Instead of nurturing the seed and allowing it to grow, mature and develop into the vision He has revealed, we try making it happen. The milk and meat of God's Word that is planted in the spirit of a new creation person, will cause this seed to "come into the FULL CORN of the ear," Mark 4, where Jesus gave "The Parable of the Sower." Jesus said that "The sower sows the seed," which is the Seed of God's Word, into the soil, which is the heart or spirit of a person. It takes time and care for the Seed to bring forth the Life of the new creation spirit man/woman. Like natural seeds, the Word can and will do everything God says it will do. We can speed up the time of maturity, by spending time in prayer, reading God's Word and by listening to the Holy Spirit.
We sometimes hear the Seed of the Word and try walking in things that haven't matured into the corn on the stalks, which leads us to become discouraged. We can't allow the world or others to discourage us and we can't dig up the Seed before the harvest. Remember that doing things in the Spirit of God, goes against nearly everything we've learned in this natural world. It takes time for the seeds we plant in our garden every spring to grow into a harvest. This is true in the Spirit Seed of God's Word too.
Peter refers to the new creation believers as "babies" in God's Kingdom. There's nothing wrong with a baby, he/she just needs time to develop into adulthood. The baby is strong, healthy and very much alive in the Kingdom, but he/she is still a babe. Like Jesus, the baby will grow into adulthood and become a useful citizen in God's Kingdom. In Luke 2:44-52 (Amp), Jesus was separated from His parents. They searched for Jesus for three days and found Him in the Temple, where He was learning and asking questions of the teachers. Jesus went with Mary and Joseph, like an obedient child does. Verse 52 tells us that, "Jesus increased in Wisdom, in broad and full understanding and in stature and years, and in favor with God and man."
Before beginning His earthly ministry, Jesus had to allow the Seed to grow and mature. If this was true for Jesus, then surely it's true for us. We need to ask questions, learn and grow in spirit. Most children have the ability to drive a vehicle, but isn't mature enough to navigate the vehicle with wisdom. We have the ability to walk with God in our new creation spirit, but it takes time to grow and mature into completed salvation. The Seed is planted, sprouts and grows a stalk, then the ear of corn comes, just like Mark 4 tells us.
No one would plant a garden and expect a harvest the next day. No one would dig up the seed, in order to find out why it didn't produce after one day, We're confident that after planting, weeding, and watering the seed, it will produce a harvest. We must allow the Seed of God's Word to grow too, after sowing it in our hearts and watering it with prayer and fellowship with the Holy Spirit. 1Cor.3:9 (Amp) says, "For we are fellow workmen, joint promoters, laborers together with God and for God; You are God's garden and vineyard and field under cultivation; you are God's building."
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