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2 Corinthians 9:10 - God, Seed And Harvest Time
Contributed by William R. Nabaza on Sep 12, 2011 (message contributor)
Summary: 2 Corinthians 9:10 Now He who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food will also supply and increase your store of seed and will enlarge the harvest of your righteousness.
TITLE: GOD, Seed And Harvest Time
Now He who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food will also supply and increase your store of seed and will enlarge the harvest of your righteousness.
Parallel Verse:
10 As the rain and the snow come down from heaven, and do not return to it without watering the earth and making it bud and flourish, so that it yields seed for the sower and bread for the eater,
11 so is my word that goes out from my mouth: It will not return to me empty, but will accomplish what I desire and achieve the purpose for which I sent it.
INTRODUCTION:
3 Points
I. God is the Supplier Of Seed
II. Who's The sower?
III. The Harvest
DISCUSSION:
We'll talk more about GOD compared to the sower and the harvest!
I. God is the Supplier Of Seed
- We have overlapping roles and symbolism, so don't be confused.
GOD IS ACTIVELY INVOLVED IN OUR DAILY LIVES.
GOD THE FATHER,GOD THE SON AND GOD THE HOLY SPIRIT IS ACTIVELY INVOLVED IN OUR DAILY LIVES.
A. God's Role In The Seed:
1. God the Father is both the Supplier and the Gardener (One Who Makes The Seeds Grow)
I am the true vine, and my Father is the gardener.
so is my word that goes out from my mouth: It will not return to me empty, but will accomplish what I desire and achieve the purpose for which I sent it.
2. God, the Son is both the sower/farmer/Seed that sows the Seed.
Farmer:
He answered, “The one who sowed the good seed is the Son of Man.
Sower:
The farmer sows the word.
The Seed Is God's Word, Jesus Is the Living Word
The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth.
3. God, the Holy Spirit Is The Water.
or I will pour water on the thirsty land, and streams on the dry ground; I will pour out my Spirit on your offspring, and my blessing on your descendants.
There are other, many symbols of the Holy Spirit such as :
dove
and the Holy Spirit descended on him in bodily form like a dove. And a voice came from heaven: “You are my Son, whom I love; with you I am well pleased.”
fire
They saw what seemed to be tongues of fire that separated and came to rest on each of them.
All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit enabled them.
GOD IS ACTIVELY INVOLVED IN OUR DAILY LIVES.
GOD THE FATHER,GOD THE SON AND GOD THE HOLY SPIRIT IS ACTIVELY INVOLVED IN OUR DAILY LIVES.
THE DIVINE TRINITY IS ACTIVELY INVOLVED IN OUR DAILY LIVES.
GOD THE FATHER PLANTED THE SEED, THE SEED IS GOD, THE SON AND GOD, THE FATHER WATERED GOD, THE SON WITH THE LIVING WATER, GOD, THE HOLY SPIRIT!
God is Spirit, and his worshipers must worship in the Spirit and in truth.”
HOW CAN A SPIRIT GIVE BIRTH TO PHYSICAL? HOW CAN THE TRINITY OR DIVINE GODHEAD GIVE EXISTENCE TO PHYSICAL THINGS?
B. The Seed
Seed - Greek word: sperma means something sown, implication offspring, a remnant kept over for planting, issue, seed.
Accurate tagalog: punla, o binhi
The Seed Can Be the Word Of God, Seed can be seed money or the offering
Now He who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food will also supply and increase your store of seed and will enlarge the harvest of your righteousness.
Seed is the offering, seed money, ourselves or the Word. First it's the Word, then the Word reproduced another seed, which is the money
2Co 9:6 Remember this: The one who plants few seeds will have a small harvest. But the one who plants a lot will have a big harvest. (ERV)
Romans 4:17 As the Scriptures say, "I have made you a father of many nations." This is true before God, the one Abraham believed--the God who gives life to the dead and speaks of things that don't yet exist as if they are real. (ERV)
HOW CAN A SPIRIT GIVE BIRTH TO PHYSICAL? HOW CAN THE TRINITY OR DIVINE GODHEAD GIVE EXISTENCE TO PHYSICAL THINGS?
Rom 4:17 as the scripture says, "I have made you father of many nations." So the promise is good in the sight of God, in whom Abraham believed---the God who brings the dead to life and whose command brings into being what did not exist. (GNB)
