1Peter2:2 (Amp) says, "Like newborn babies, you should crave (thirst for, earnestly desire) the pure unadulterated Spiritual milk of the Word, that by it you may be nurtured and grow unto completed salvation." The only way the new creation child of God can grow unto completed salvation, is through God's Word. Many believers only feed on what their pastor preaches on Sunday. A baby who is only fed a snack on Sundays, wouldn't grow very quickly, if at al,l and would probably not grow unto adulthood.
God's Church hasn't reached it's full and greatest purpose, because we haven't been feeding on the Word. Every individual believer has the responsibility to seek out teaching and grow into the person God has created us to be. This isn't a matter of going to Heaven when we leave this planet, but is a matter of doing and living the life He intended for us. Jesus gives "The Parable of the Sower" in Mark 4, where He tells us that the seed that didn't produce anything, is the same seed that produced one hundred fold. The problem doesn't lie in the seed, but in the heart of the believer.
I've heard many say, "The Word doesn't work for everyone, but only for certain people." Anyone can plant a seed and it will grow. A seed doesn't discriminate between people, choosing which sower it will grow for, but only does what it's created to do. A sinner and a saved person can both plant a kernel of corn and expect the seed to grow, because the purpose of a seed is to reproduce.
The Seed of God's Word is incorruptible and will produce exactly what it says it will do, if it's sown into the soil of our heart. The Seed of healing will produce healing, if it's sown into good ground, is watered, nourished and taken proper care of. Jesus speaks about four different types of soil or different people's in His Parable. Some chose not to believe Him, so the Word or Seed didn't produce anything and the "thief came to steal it" from them, without their fighting to preserve it.
Others had the same Seed sown into their hearts, but did nothing to protect and nurture the Seed. These people then complained about not receiving a harvest and stopped believing. Some allowed the world's view of Christianity to enter in and choke out the seed. If we allow weeds or cares to grow in our garden, then the Seed will not grow or produce like it's intended, even though it's good Seed. Paul wrote about this in Rom.12:2 (Amp), saying, "Do not be conformed to this world (age), fashioned after and adapted to it's external (superficial) customs, but be transformed, changed by the entire renewal of your mind, by it's new attitude."
Every farmer knows that the seed must be planted into the soil and then weeded, watered and cared for, in order to produce what he/she desires. The Church might need the faith of a farmer, to develop. This is a simple faith that the seed will produce a harvest. The farmer doesn't worry about what the seed will grow, but believes in the seed he/she planted. Even the world knows that everything produces after kind, just like Gen.1:11 (Amp) says, "And God said, Let the earth put forth tender vegetation; plants yielding seed and fruit trees bearing fruit whose seed is in itself, each according to it's kind, upon the earth. And it was so."
Jesus spoke about this principle, when He referred to God's Word as "Seed," in Mark 4:24 (Amp). Our spirit or heart is the soil and the words we allow to be sown into it, will determine the harvest. Many don't understand that all words are seeds. The words of this age, are seeds which will produce oppression, despair, or even death, in the heart of those who allow these seeds to grow and produce. Thus Jesus said in Verse 24, "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."
We often give more thought and study to things which contradict God's Word or Seed, allowing the truth of the world or this age to determine the harvest we receive. If we are hearing that, "God is the One Who is making you sick and bringing hardship upon you," then we will reap what we sow. We alone determine what seed we allow to be sown into our hearts. You might have heard and accepted that "God's making you sick" as being truth and you're reaping the harvest from this. See what His "Seed Packet or His Word says about planting, watering, caring for, and preparing for a harvest in your life.
God's Word says that, "We've been redeemed from the Curse of the Law," but the Curse is still here on earth. We must keep ourselves from partaking of the Curse, by allowing only the good Seed of God's Word to be planted in our spirit. We cannot allow others to determine our harvest and bring things to bear that we didn't want or intended to grow. Jesus said, "Be careful what you hear," because all words are seeds. We won't read about transgender in the Word, because it only comes from the world. How many though, believe this is Truth? The world system is under the deception of the thief who comes only "in order to steal, kill and destroy." How many believe in the Big Bang Theory and that we evolved from space dust? These are seeds that will produce unbelief in God and His creation and if allowed to grow, will even cause some to not believe in salvation. We must heed what we hear and be careful what we're hearing.
We must go to God's Word and find out what we've been created to be in this new creation being, who is born-again in God's Image and Likeness, by the Seed of Promise, Who is the Last Adam Jesus. We are not what we once were, sinners. but we've been born-again and regenerated from the incorruptible Seed or Sperm, by the Ever Lasting and Living Word of God. Every seed produces after kind and the Seed sown for our new creation, was Jesus Himself and He produced after kind.
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