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its What's In The Seed That Counts Introduction:
A farmer in 1)
God
Has A Seed a)
Parable
of the Sower in Luke 8; Mark 4 & Matthew 13. i)
Luke
8.11 “The seed
is the word of God” ii)
Matthew
13.13 “the seed “word of His
Kingdom” iii)
1
Peter 1.22 The word will last forever
and is incorruptible b)
How valuable is the seed, the word of God?
i)
The word of God is above that
of man, it reveals that which man did or could not know without divine
revelation, Isaiah
55.8-9 ii)
Proverbs 14.12
men has often done what he thought
was best but ended in tragedy. c)
Dangerous to change the word of God,
Galatians 1.6ff i)
Two different words – for
Gospel meaning of the same kind but not identical. For instance not all fruit is
the same. An apple is a fruit but not all fruit are apples. ii)
2 Timothy 4.1ff
– sound doctrine – sound comes from the word hugiaino
which means “healthy or wholesome” – hygiene comes from this word- the
science of bodily cleanliness. Literally he is saying, good healthy teaching. iii)
Jeremiah 14.14
the prophets were speaking lies and fables iv)
Isaiah and Jeremiah both
warned the people of prophets in whom there is not light, they were to try the
prophets. d)
The
word is what will judge us on the last day,
John 12.48 i)
I can decide to not listen –
Cain, Nadab and Abihu had the word of God but they did not do what God said. ii)
It is what is in the seed that
Counts- the word of God is the seed. 2)
What is in the seed? Life a)
The
kernel is the life of the seed i)
The germ of life God created ii)
Life emerges from the seed,
not kernel not life. b)
Luke 8.11 the
seed is the word of God c)
John 6.63 the Holy Spirit gives life
through the word of God i)
James 1.18
“the word of truth” ii)
That word of Truth must be
planted in the heart of the seeker to create life. 1
Peter 1.22 “born again…through the word of God” iii)
Not separate and apart from
the word but by the word, Ephesians
2.8; 1.13 (1)
Dead in trespasses – made
alive – by grace – through the word—the Gospel of your salvation (2)
The seed, word of God has the
power to give life d)
What is in the seed? Food for
the plant i)
The
kernel of life consumes the rest of the grain. (1)
Planting seed potatoes I
learned the meat of the potato consumed to aid the plant. ii)
God’s
word, 1 Peter 2.2
gives food to the Christian (1)
The priesthood of Christ is
superior to that of the Old Law in Chapter 5. Then the writer says in verse 11
“we have much to say, and hard to explain, since you have become dull of
hearing” (2)
The problem was with their
maturity and ability to comprehend (3)
Goes on the say they needed to
grow up, Hebrews 6.1 (4)
How by studying, learning, and
applying the word of God to our daily lives. e)
What is in the seed? The power
to produce after its own kind i)
Genesis 1
each would produce after its kind, v.
12 (1)
Watermelons come from
watermelon seed (2)
This principle is set and
fixed ii)
Preaching
the word of God in the first century produced Christians, Acts
11.26 (1)
There were no prefixes or
suffixes to describe the type or kind of Christian because a Christian is just
that a Christian. (2)
A Christian is a disciple, a
saint, a believer (3)
They are added to the body of
Christ, Romans
16.16 Conclusion:
We have the seed with us today. It has not changed, it is still the word of God.
No new revisions, additions or subtractions. This is still the word of life,
able to convict the sinner and convert them. The word when studied and applied
will build us up. It produces Christians today just as it did in the Book of
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