THE WORD AS SEED
The Word as Seed
The sower soweth the word. Mark 4:14
And these are they by the way side, where the word is sown; but when they have heard, Satan cometh immediately, and taketh away the word that was sown in their hearts. Mark 4:15
And these are they likewise which are sown on stony ground; who, when they have heard the word, immediately receive it with gladness; Mark 4:16
And have no root in themselves, and so endure but for a time: afterward, when affliction or persecution ariseth for the word’s sake, immediately they are offended. Mark 4:17
And these are they which are sown among thorns; such as hear the word, Mark 4:18
And the cares of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the lusts of other things entering in, choke the word, and it becometh unfruitful. Mark 4:19
And these are they which are sown on good ground; such as hear the word, and receive it, and bring forth fruit, some thirtyfold, some sixty, and some an hundred. Mark 4:20
Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever. 1Pet. 1:23
But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God. Matt. 4:4
Jesus tells us that the Word is the Seed
Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God. Luke 8:11
If the Word is the Seed then the Seed is alive. The Seed is ripe and ready to produce. The Seed has heaven-potential in it. Whatever is in Heaven is in the Word. The Seed of Heaven is the Word of God. There is life in the Seed. There is healing in the Seed. There is deliverance in the Seed. There is prosperity in the Seed. There is peace in the Seed. There is joy in the Seed. There is victory in the Seed.
When the Word Seed is planted in good ground, watered and protected, it will produce exactly what God produces. There are no restrictions in the Seed… nothing is held back that is good.
For the Lord God is a sun and shield: the Lord will give grace and glory: no good thing will He withhold from them that walk uprightly…
Psa 84:11
The SEED is OK. Nothing is wrong with the Seed. The Seed is perfect and the Seed is complete. The Seed will grow and mature and produce fruit IF the proper conditions are met. God’s Purpose is in the Seed. God’s Will is in the Seed. God’s Power is in the Seed.
Just as all the intricate characteristics of any plant are in the seed of that plant, so are all the intricate plans and purposes for YOU in the Seed of God.
There are two things we need to know:
1. What does God want the Seed to grow?
2. What will it take to for the Seed to grow what God wants it to grow?
FIRST: God wants to grow the Kingdom
He wants the Kingdom of Heaven to grow on earth.
Our Father, Who art in Heaven, hollowed be Thy Name; Thy Kingdom come, Thy Will be done, in EARTH as it is in HEAVEN… Mat 6:9-10
Jesus prayed this prayer. It is a “model” prayer he gave us and should be a pattern for the way we pray. God wants to Grow Heaven on Earth. He wants to grow Heaven’s provisions on earth, He wants to grow Heaven’s qualities on earth and He wants to grown Heaven’s purpose on earth.
This crop will not grow unless it grows in and though people. The people this crop is to grow through is the Church. We (the Church) are God’s hope and dream for His crop production and His ultimate harvest.
SECOND: It will take the Seed (the Word of God) to grow what God wants to grow
The entire purpose and plan of God is contained in His Seed. In order for it to grow and mature and produce, several things have to happen:
1. The Seed has to be SOWN
In the parable of the sower in Mark chapter four there is an interesting word that is translated sow. It is spiro and it is derived from a primitive Greek verb which means “to draw out.”
The Bible concept of sowing is DRAWING OUT or PULLING OUT what God has PUT IN.
Therefore, it does not mean just to scatter or throw out or to cast out, rather the primary meaning is to DRAW OUT or PULL OUT.
In order for the Seed of God to produce, the ground must PULL OUT of it what GOD has PUT IN IT. Paul tells the Philippians to “work out your own salvation…” (2:12b) And this is the idea of “working out” or “pulling out” what God has put in. In order to SOW the SEED the GROUND has an important responsibility. It must PULL OUT what God has put in.
You are the Ground. I am the Ground. We are the Ground. The ground determines the harvest potential of the Seed of God. The ground determines what the Seed will produce. In order to pull the Kingdom of Heaven out of the Seed of God, the ground has an awesome responsibility.
According the parable, there are four kinds of ground. (1) Way side ground. (2) Stony ground. (3) Ground with thorns, and (4) good Ground.
And these are they by the way side, where the word is sown; but when they have heard, Satan cometh immediately, and taketh away the word that was sown in their hearts. Mark 4:15
Way side ground ignores the Seed
It is sown, but it is ignored. Because it is sown and ignored, Satan comes at once and steals it.
How shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation; which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed unto us by them that heard him; Hebr. 2:3
Unfortunately, many people in the Body of Christ are guilty of ignoring the Word… the Seed of God. They often cast it aside. At times they make light of it. Many fail to see the importance of it. Sometimes they allow this Life-Providing, Need-Meeting, Sin-Forgiving, Sickness-Healing, devil-Defeating, SEED to remain unplanted and unproductive. And sadly, some do not really care.
Because many are careless, Satan comes and steals their healing, their prosperity, their joy, their strength, their hope and their protection. Absolutely nothing is wrong with the Seed. The problem is always with the ground.
And these are they likewise which are sown on stony ground; who, when they have heard the word, immediately receive it with gladness; Mark 4:16
And have no root in themselves, and so endure but for a time: afterward, when affliction or persecution ariseth for the word’s sake, immediately they are offended. Mark 4:17
Stony ground can’t stand any pressure
The Seed is gladly received, but before it can pull out what God has put in, when pressure and opposition arise, it just gives up and quits. When pressures, temptations, trials and contradictions happen, they forget what is in the Seed and begin to look instead at what is outside the Seed.
They often look at the impossibilities, the obstacles, the sicknesses and the failures of others. Thousands today have quit or compromised because of the pressure and stress Satan has caused in their Christian walk.
God does not create trials and temptations and circumstances and “situations,” rather, they are orchestrated by the devil and their purpose is to make you give up and quit. Stony ground is shallow. Stony ground is “touchy-feely.” Stony ground is immature. Stony ground is self-centered. Stony ground is easily offended. Stony ground is emotion-driven and often lives by feelings, by assumptions and by suppositions.
And these are they which are sown among thorns; such as hear the word, Mark 4:18
And the cares of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the lusts of other things entering in, choke the word, and it becometh unfruitful. Mark 4:19
Ground with thorns is choked on materialism
Before it can pull out what God has put in, it gets hooked on and addicted to the world system. The glitter and glamour of riches and security, the lust of the flesh and the desire for recognition take precedent over pulling out what God has put in.
The Kingdom harvest is choked and stunted and it becomes unfruitful because of the lust of the flesh, the pride of life, and the desire for money and material things.
And these are they which are sown on good ground; such as hear the word, and receive it, and bring forth fruit, some thirtyfold, some sixty, and some an hundred. Mark 4:20
Good ground hears and receives the Seed of God
Hears: (akouo) to hear with understanding;
Receives:(parad-ekhomahee) to receive near; to delight in.
Interestingly, in the case of the stony ground, the word “receive” is lambano which means to take casually.
When you hear with the understanding and delight greatly in the truth of the Seed you are on the way to producing a Kingdom Harvest!
Now, how do you reap your harvest? Reaping your harvest involves five principles:
1. Sowing the Seed.
2. Protecting the Seed that is sown.
3. Watering the Seed that is sown.
4. Waiting for the Seed that is sown to grow.
5. Harvesting what the Seed that is sown produces.
YOU MUST SOW
You will never reap anything if you do not sow something. Something must be sown, if you are ever going to reap. No sowing means no reaping. No reaping means no harvest. No harvest means no life. The first thing we must learn to do is sow.
You have to know to sow. If you do not know you will not sow. If you know you will sow! And what you sow is what you will grow. And what you grow you will reap.
Be not deceived; God is not mocked (ridiculed): for whatsoever a man soweth (draws out) that shall he also reap… Gal 6:7
When you sow the Word, you reap what the Word produces.
Remember what the seed is
The Seed of God is the Word of God. God was the First Sower and He operates by the sowing principle. God sowed the Seed (His Word) and as a result, He reaped a Creation.
God drew out of His Seed the sun, the moon, the stars… all of Creation. God sowed His Word and Created. God sowed His Word and Man came into being.
And God SAID, Let us make man in our image… Gen 1:26
God sowed His Word (Jesus) and reaped a Family. Jesus is the Word. Therefore Jesus is the SEED. And God DREW OUT OF JESUS a New Creation. A Holy Family. A Royal Priesthood. An invincible, undefeatable and unstoppable Church.
How do you sow? What do you sow?
You sow the same way God sows and you sow the same thing God sows.
God sows by saying. And God says His Word. SOWING begins by SAYING. Saying is WORDS. Saying is the fruit of the tongue. You plant your dreams and plan your harvest by what you say (sow) with your mouth!
A man shall be satisfied (filled to satisfaction, have plenty of, have enough, filled to the fullest) with good by the fruit of his mouth… Pro 12:14
A man shall eat good by the fruit of his mouth… Pro 13:2
A fools mouth is his destruction and his lips are the snare of his soul.. Pro 18:7
A man’s belly shall be satisfied with the fruit of his mouth: and with the increase of his lips shall he be filled… Pro 18:20
Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it (death or life) shall eat the fruit thereof… Pro 18:21
Whoso keepeth his mouth and his tongue keepeth his soul from troubles… Pro 21:23
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