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This is what we have heard:
And he said, "The kingdom of God is as if a man should scatter seed on the ground. -Mark 4:26
He sleeps and rises night and day, and the seed sprouts and grows; he knows not how. -Mark 4:27
The earth produces by itself, first the blade, then the ear, then the full grain in the ear. -Mark 4:28
But when the grain is ripe, at once he puts in the sickle, because the harvest has come." -Mark 4:29
It was not common that our Lord spoke as if, so by this we understand He is not referring to Himself as man in the parable.
When paraphrase for clarity:
God is working as if man should spread the word on the ground of hearts.
Those who plant and water and the word spring and multiply in knowledge of God he knows not how.
For the inhabitants of the earth will be multiplied with the knowledge of the glory of the LORD, first they spring, then awaken, then mature to bear fruit.
But when those hear the word matured, at once the Son of Man puts in the sickle, because the harvest of the inhabitants of the earth has come."
From this parable, we know that God is working to cause the word to grow in the hearts of the inhabitants of the earth.
As we have also heard :
I planted, Apollos watered, but God gave the growth. -1 Corinthians 3:6
So neither he who plants nor he who waters is anything, but only God who gives the growth. -1 Corinthians 3:7
He who plants and he who waters are one, and each will receive his wages according to his labor. -1 Corinthians 3:8
For we are God's fellow workers. You are God's field, God's building. -1 Corinthians 3:9
What growth that God has caused ? This is what we have heard:
But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him be the glory both now and to the day of eternity. Amen. -2 Peter 3:18
Why ? This is what we have heard:
Like newborn infants, long for the pure spiritual milk, that by it you may grow up into salvation' -1 Peter 2:2
Then who are those considered mature ? This is what we have heard in Hebrew 5:11-14.
Those who hear the word, ought to be teacher teaching the basic principles of the oracles of God, being skilled in the word of righteousness and have their powers of discernment trained by constant practice to distinguish good from evil.
All over the world this gospel is bearing fruit and growing, just as it has been doing among us since the day we heard it and understood God's grace in all its truth.
Let God’s work be shown to us,His servants, and His glorious power to our children.
To His name we give glory.
Hallelujah.
Amen
And he said, "The kingdom of God is as if a man should scatter seed on the ground. -Mark 4:26
He sleeps and rises night and day, and the seed sprouts and grows; he knows not how. -Mark 4:27
The earth produces by itself, first the blade, then the ear, then the full grain in the ear. -Mark 4:28
But when the grain is ripe, at once he puts in the sickle, because the harvest has come." -Mark 4:29
It was not common that our Lord spoke as if, so by this we understand He is not referring to Himself as man in the parable.
When paraphrase for clarity:
God is working as if man should spread the word on the ground of hearts.
Those who plant and water and the word spring and multiply in knowledge of God he knows not how.
For the inhabitants of the earth will be multiplied with the knowledge of the glory of the LORD, first they spring, then awaken, then mature to bear fruit.
But when those hear the word matured, at once the Son of Man puts in the sickle, because the harvest of the inhabitants of the earth has come."
From this parable, we know that God is working to cause the word to grow in the hearts of the inhabitants of the earth.
As we have also heard :
I planted, Apollos watered, but God gave the growth. -1 Corinthians 3:6
So neither he who plants nor he who waters is anything, but only God who gives the growth. -1 Corinthians 3:7
He who plants and he who waters are one, and each will receive his wages according to his labor. -1 Corinthians 3:8
For we are God's fellow workers. You are God's field, God's building. -1 Corinthians 3:9
What growth that God has caused ? This is what we have heard:
But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him be the glory both now and to the day of eternity. Amen. -2 Peter 3:18
Why ? This is what we have heard:
Like newborn infants, long for the pure spiritual milk, that by it you may grow up into salvation' -1 Peter 2:2
Then who are those considered mature ? This is what we have heard in Hebrew 5:11-14.
Those who hear the word, ought to be teacher teaching the basic principles of the oracles of God, being skilled in the word of righteousness and have their powers of discernment trained by constant practice to distinguish good from evil.
All over the world this gospel is bearing fruit and growing, just as it has been doing among us since the day we heard it and understood God's grace in all its truth.
Let God’s work be shown to us,His servants, and His glorious power to our children.
To His name we give glory.
Hallelujah.
Amen