Seed : Sower : Holy Spirit
Matthew 13 : The Parable of the Sower (Mark 4:1-9; Luke 8:4-15)
1The same day went Jesus out of the house, and sat by the sea side. 2And great multitudes were gathered together to him, so that he went into a ship, and sat; and the whole multitude stood on the shore.
3And he spoke many things to them in parables, saying, Behold, a sower went forth to sow;
And when he sowed,
some seeds fell by the way side, and the fowls came and devoured them up:
some fell on stony places, where they had not much earth:
and immediately they sprung up, because they had no deepness of earth:
and when the sun was up, they were scorched;
and because they had no root, they withered away.
and some fell amongthorns;
and the thorns sprung up, and choked them:
but other fell into good ground,
and brought forth fruit, some an hundred times, some sixty times, some thirty times.
9Who has ears to hear, let him hear.
The Purpose of Jesus’ Parables (Mark 4:10-12)
10And the disciples came, and said to him, Why speak you to them in parables? 11He answered and said to them, Because it is given to you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given. 12For whoever has, to him shall be given, and he shall have more abundance: but whoever has not, from him shall be taken away even that he has. 13Therefore speak I to them in parables: because they seeing see not; and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand.
14And in them is fulfilled the prophecy of Esaias, which said,
By hearing you shall hear, and shall not understand;
and seeing you shall see, and shall not perceive:
For this people’s heart is waxed gross,
and their ears are dull of hearing,
and their eyes they have closed;
lest at any time they should
see with their eyes
and hear with their ears,
and should understand with their heart,
and should be converted, and I should heal them. 16But blessed are your eyes, for they see: and your ears, for they hear. 17For truly I say to you, That many prophets and righteous men have desired to see those things which you see, and have not seen them; and to hear those things which you hear, and have not heard them.
The Parable of the Sower Explained (Mark 4:13-20)
Hear you therefore the parable of the sower.
This is he which received seed by the way side:
When any one hears the word of the kingdom,
and understands it not,
then comes the wicked one,
and catches away that which was sown in his heart.
(Luke: lest they should believe and be saved. )
But he that received the seed into stony places, the same is he that hears the word,
and immediately with joy receives it;
yet has he not root in himself,
but endures for a while:
for when tribulation or persecution rises because of the word,
by and by he is offended.
(Luke: in time of temptation fall away. )
He also that received seed among the thorns is he that hears the word;
and the care of this world,
and the deceitfulness of riches, choke the word,
and he becomes unfruitful.
(Luke: bring no fruit to perfection.)
But he that received seed into the good ground is he that hears the word,
and understands it;
which also bears fruit, and brings forth,
some an hundred times, some sixty, some thirty.
(Luke : which in an honest and good heart,
having heard the word, keep it,
and bring forth fruit with patience.)
SEED Structure
- The flowering plant’s unit of reproduction, capable of developing into another such plant.
- It is planted / sown / established in soil (the ground)
- It containsinstructions
- detailed information telling how something should be done, operated, or assembled.
- and food
- necessary to sprout life as a plant.
The SEED
the word
John 1:1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
John 1:14 And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.
INSTRUCTIONS
The Law (10 Commandments)
Food
The Bread of Life
John 6:35, 51 KJV – (35) And Jesus said unto them, I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me shall never hunger; and he that believeth on me shall never thirst. …
(51) I am the living bread which came down from heaven: if any man eat of this bread, he shall live for ever: and the bread that I will give is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.
Matthew 26:26 And as they were eating, Jesus took bread, and blessed [it], and brake [it], and gave [it] to the disciples, and said, Take, eat; this is my body.
John 19 : The Burial of Jesus (Isaiah 53:9-12; Matthew 27:57-61; Mark 15:42-47; Luke 23:50-56)
38And after this Joseph of Arimathaea, being a disciple of Jesus, but secretly for fear of the Jews, sought Pilate that he might take away the body of Jesus: and Pilate gave him leave. He came therefore, and took the body of Jesus. 39And there came also Nicodemus, which at the first came to Jesus by night, and brought a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about an hundred pound weight. 40Then took they the body of Jesus, and wound it in linen clothes with the spices, as the manner of the Jews is to bury.41Now in the place where he was crucified there was a garden; and in the garden a new sepulcher, wherein was never man yet laid. 42There laid they Jesus therefore because of the Jews’ preparation day; for the sepulcher was near at hand.
Seed Germination
THE RADICLE
- The first thing that emerges from the seed during germination.
- It is the embryonic root that grows downward into the soil.
- It allows the seed to suck up the water and send out leaves so it can start photosynthesizing
- which is the process used by plants and other organisms
- to convert light energy into chemical energy
- that can later be released to fuel the organisms activities.
The STEM
- Hypocotyl
- The part of the stem that grows below the cotyledon and into the roots
- The basis of the plant stem.
- The part of the stem of an embryo plant beneath the stalks of the seed leaves and directly above the root.
- Epicotyl
- The part of the stem that develops above the cotyledon into stem and leaves
- These grow upward in response to light
Cotyledon
- stores food for early growth of embryo when seed germinates
- an embryonic leaf in seed-bearing plants, one or more of which are the first leaves to appear from a germinating seed.
The Root (The basic cause, source, or origin of something. Foundation)
- The part of a plant, generally underground,
- that anchors and supports the plant body,
- absorbs and stores water and nutrients,
- and in some plants is able to perform vegetative reproduction.
- It is the part of a plant that attaches it to the ground
- or to a support, typically underground,
- conveying water and nourishment to the rest of the plant
- via numerous branches and fibers.
The Soil
- Crops need nutrients just like people do.
- Fertile soil will contain all the nutrients for basic plant nutrition.
Old Covenant
New Covenant
The Law was spoken to them by Moses
The Law was written into our hearts and minds
Bound through sprinkled blood of goats and calves
Bound through blood shed of Christ
Contained the promise of inheriting the Promised Land of Canaan.
Contains the promise of Inheriting Eternal Life
Jeremiah 31 : A New Covenant
31Behold, the days come, said the LORD, that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah: 32Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day that I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt; which my covenant they broke, although I was an husband to them, said the LORD: 33But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, said the LORD, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be my people. 34And they shall teach no more every man his neighbor, and every man his brother, saying, Know the LORD: for they shall all know me, from the least of them to the greatest of them, said the LORD: for I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more.
35Thus said the LORD, which gives the sun for a light by day, and the ordinances of the moon and of the stars for a light by night, which divides the sea when the waves thereof roar; The LORD of hosts is his name:
36If those ordinances depart from before me, said the LORD, then the seed of Israel also shall cease from being a nation before me for ever.
37Thus said the LORD; If heaven above can be measured, and the foundations of the earth searched out beneath, I will also cast off all the seed of Israel for all that they have done, said the LORD.
38Behold, the days come, said the LORD, that the city shall be built to the LORD from the tower of Hananeel to the gate of the corner. 39And the measuring line shall yet go forth over against it on the hill Gareb, and shall compass about to Goath. 40And the whole valley of the dead bodies, and of the ashes, and all the fields to the brook of Kidron, to the corner of the horse gate toward the east, shall be holy to the LORD; it shall not be plucked up, nor thrown down any more for ever
Why was a new Covenant needed?
The Law was made weak through the flesh.
The law made nothing perfect, but the bringing in of a better hope did; by the which we draw near to God.
Moses Tabernacle and the Law served as a Shadow of the good things to come, but not the very image.
They served as a temporary placeholder (and an example) of what His son would do for us.
The Shadow
The Very Image
Our flesh contains sin.
A shadow is caused from the interception of light.
Our flesh intercepted the Law and made it weak.
This is Equivalent to :
Behold, a sower went forth to sow; And when he sowed, some seeds fell by the way side, and the fowls came and devoured them up:
The Northern Kingdom (Israel) was divorced by God. Meaning no longer in covenant relationship.
So God sent His only son, “the Word”, that came as sinful flesh, to live the we couldn’t, and condemned sin in the flesh , so the righteousness of the Law might be fulfilled in us.
The Veil in the
But he that received seed into the good ground is he that hears the word,
and understands it;
which also bears fruit, and brings forth,
some an hundred times, some sixty, some thirty.
we are new creatures in Him, and he sends His Holy Spirit to dwell in our heart which provides the seed (“the Word”), the light, and water, needed for the seed to grow and bear fruit.
Sacrificial System
The Perfect Sacrifice Once and For All
Sacrifice and offering and burnt offerings and offering for sin you would not, neither had pleasure therein; which are offered by the law;
9Then said he, See, I come to do your will, O God. He takes away the first, that he may establish the second. 10By the which will we are sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.
The High Priest : Aaron
The New High Priest : Jesus
Made after the law of a carnal commandment
A changeable priesthood by reason of death
Aaron, the High Priest, went through the veil. into the Holiest of Holies once a year with the blood of bulls and calves to offer forgiveness and atonement of sins for himself and the people of Israel once a year.
The Holy Ghost this signifying, that the way into the holiest of all was not yet made manifest, while as the first tabernacle was yet standing:
It served as a representation of how to be reconciled to God: God dwelt in the Holy of Holy’s above the Cherubim on the Ark of the Covenant which shadowed the Mercy Seat
11For the life of the flesh is in the blood:
and I have given it to you on the altar to make an atonement for your souls: for it is the blood that makes an atonement for the soul.Made after the power of endless life
Unchangeable priesthood.
Jesus, the New High Priest, went through the veil (his flesh) into the Holiest of Holies once and for all with His own blood to offer forgiveness and atonement of sins for all.
He showed the way into the Holiest of all and now we are his Living Stones and the New Temple for Him to dwell in.
For such an high priest became us, who is holy, harmless, undefiled, separate from sinners, and made higher than the heavens;
His righteousness was ascribed to us, and our unrighteousness was ascribed to Him.
The Law is now written on our hearts, bypassing the flesh, and no longer made weak.
The Cross
A seed has to cease becoming a seed (die) in order to bear fruit.
Truly, truly, I say to you, Except a corn of wheat fall into the ground and die, it stays alone: but if it die, it brings forth much fruit.
That flesh was torn on the cross and He gained entrance into the Holy Place once and for all with his own blood to obtain eternal redemption for us.
A seed ceases to become a seed so it can become something new.
Light, food, and water are necessary for growth of a seed / plant and for the production of fruit
LIGHT
John 1:
4 In him was life; and the life was the light of men. 5 And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not. … 7 The same came for a witness, to bear witness of the Light, that all men through him might believe. 8 He was not that Light, but was sent to bear witness of that Light. 9 That was the true Light, which lighteth every man that cometh into the world.
John 3:
19 And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. 20 For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved. 21 But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God.
John 5:
35 He was a burning and a shining light: and ye were willing for a season to rejoice in his light.
John 8:
12 Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.
John 9:
5 As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world.
John 11:
9 Jesus answered, Are there not twelve hours in the day? If any man walk in the day, he stumbleth not, because he seeth the light of this world. 10 But if a man walk in the night, he stumbleth, because there is no light in him.
John 12:
35 Then Jesus said unto them, Yet a little while is the light with you. Walk while ye have the light, lest darkness come upon you: for he that walketh in darkness knoweth not whither he goeth. 36 While ye have light, believe in the light, that ye may be the children of light. These things spake Jesus, and departed, and did hide himself from them. … 46 I am come a light into the world, that whosoever believeth on me should not abide in darkness.
FOOD
- [John 6:31-33, 35, 41, 48, 50-51, 58 KJV] 31 Our fathers did eat manna in the desert; as it is written, He gave them bread from heaven to eat. 32 Then Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Moses gave you not that bread from heaven; but my Father giveth you the true bread from heaven. 33 For the bread of God is he which cometh down from heaven, and giveth life unto the world. … 35 And Jesus said unto them, I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me shall never hunger; and he that believeth on me shall never thirst. … 41 The Jews then murmured at him, because he said, I am the bread which came down from heaven. … 48 I am that bread of life. … 50 This is the bread which cometh down from heaven, that a man may eat thereof, and not die. 51 I am the living bread which came down from heaven: if any man eat of this bread, he shall live for ever: and the bread that I will give is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world. … 58 This is that bread which came down from heaven: not as your fathers did eat manna, and are dead: he that eateth of this bread shall live for ever.
WATER
- [John 4:11, 13-15, 46 KJV] 11 The woman saith unto him, Sir, thou hast nothing to draw with, and the well is deep: from whence then hast thou that living water? … 13 Jesus answered and said unto her, Whosoever drinketh of this water shall thirst again: 14 But whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life. 15 The woman saith unto him, Sir, give me this water, that I thirst not, neither come hither to draw. …
- [John 7:38 KJV] 38 He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water.
GROWTH
- 2 Peter 3:18 But grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. To him be glory both now and for ever. Amen.
- Luke 12:27 Consider the lilies how they grow: they toil not, they spin not; and yet I say unto you, that Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.
- Acts 12:24 But the word of God grew and multiplied.
- Acts 19:20 So mightily grew the word of God and prevailed.
- Ephesians 4:15 But speaking the truth in love, may grow up into him in all things, which is the head, even Christ:
- 1 Peter 2 As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby:
FRUIT
- [1 Corinthians 15:20, 23 KJV]
- 20 But now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the firstfruits of them that slept.
- … 23 But every man in his own order:
- Christ the firstfruits; afterward they that are Christ’s at his coming.
- [James 1:18 KJV] 18 Of his own will begat he us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures.
- [Romans 8:23 KJV] 23 And not only they, but ourselves also, which have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body.
- [Revelation 14:4 KJV] 4 These are they which were not defiled with women; for they are virgins. These are they which follow the Lamb whithersoever he goeth. These were redeemed from among men, being the firstfruits unto God and to the Lamb.
Galatians 5 : Living by the Spirit (Romans 8:9-11)
16This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and you shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh. 17For the flesh lusts against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other: so that you cannot do the things that you would. 18But if you be led of the Spirit, you are not under the law. 19Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, 20Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, jealousies, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies,21Contentions, murders, drunkenness, revelings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.
22But THE FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT is
- love,
- joy,
- peace,
- long-suffering,
- gentleness,
- goodness,
- faith,
- Meekness,
- temperance:
against such there is no law. 24And they that are Christ’s have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts. 25If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit. 26Let us not be desirous of vain glory, provoking one another, envying one another.
Since we are dead in Christ, and made alive in Him, we are no longer under Judgement (free from the Law)
We become new creatures in Him.
THE TRIAL OF FAITH
The outcome of the Trial of Faith is Salvation of the Soul.
In a trial, the evidence is presented to the judge. The prosecutor lays forth evidence to accuse someone that a law was broken and deserves to receive the penalty that is stipulated in the law per the offense.
Laws are put in place for the well being of others and yourself, to keep peace and justice. (ie for our own good)
When a verdict is declared (Judgement)
- If found that you have not broken a law,
- you are declared not guilty (Justified | Righteous)
- If found that you have broken/transgress a law (Sinned)
- you are declared guilty and condemned to punishment (Unrighteous)
Moses Law contains:
- The Law of Righteousness & The Law of Sin and Death
- I delight in the Law of God (Righteousness), after the inward man:
- but i see another law in my members,
- warring against the law of my mind
- and bringing me into captivity to the Law of Sin which is in my members.
- With the mind, I myself serve the Law of God, but with the flesh, The Law of Sin
- The sting of death is sin;
- The strength of sin is the Law.
Moses Law defines righteousness and truth and whoever breaks one the least of the commandments, and teaches others to do so, shall be called least in the kingdom of heaven.
No one is righteous because everyone has broken the Law.
The Law has dominion over man as long as he lives.
For as many as are under the works of the Law are under the curse: (Alchemist)
- Cursed in everyone that does not continue in all things written in the book of the law and do them.
We are justified (declared righteous) by faith in Christ, in His Blood that was shed, because the Law states, there is no remission of sin without the shedding of blood.
When we abide in Him, through Faith (a conviction of the truth) :
- We are no longer subject to the wrath stipulated in the Law
- We are not longer under the curse of the Law or Sin
- This does not make the Law void however, it establishes the Law.
- If we were charged with murder, and we were somehow acquitted (Grace/Mercy), this should make me even more gracious and mindful of never doing it again (obedience)
Faith is the Means by which we are Saved.
- Christ is the End of the Law for Righteousness to anyone that believes.
- The Cause: Grace and Mercy (a free gift)
- The Effect : Salvation (saved from the wrath of the Law) by being declared Justified/Righteous through Faith
Moses Law is spiritual; But we are carnal, sold under sin, and subject to the judgement’s stipulated in the law, because we are all guilty.
The Law is not sin, but it gives life to it, by defining what sin is. The Law was added because of transgressions.
Sin does not exist without the Law.
We were alive once without the Law, but when the Law came, sin revived, and we died.
It was meant for life, but since we were sinners, we found it to be death, even though it was not made to kill me,
But sin that it might appear sin, works death in me, by that which is good, that sin might become exceedingly sinful.
It distinguishes right from from wrong because it is truth.
A law does not take effect until transgressed or broken.
- When it is transgressed, it works wrath and debt.
- Since the Law Works Debt, through Transgressions, you are a slave to it.
- ie serving a prison sentence for committing a felony
- Circumcision make you in debt to do the whole law
Christ bought us with a price (redeemed) through His death on the cross. Our debt has been paid.
We are now dead to the law, and alive in him.
We are buried with him by Baptism, and raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, now being Justified in His sight.
We are planted together in the likeness of His death (a seed must die in order to become something new), and we shall be also in the likeness of His resurrection.
The Law of the Spirit of Life, has made us free from the Law of Sin and Death.
What the Law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending His son in the likeness of Sinful flesh for Sin, condemned Sin in the flesh, so that the Righteousness of the Law, might be fulfilled in us, who walk after the Spirit and not the flesh.
God sent him to be a propitiation for sin (where the sacrificial animal (lamb) comes under God’s wrath as it is killed), through faith in his blood. Jesus received God’s wrath on the cross and our faith in him counts the debt and wrath satisfied. We gain pardon and acquittal (forgiveness). He redeemed us from the curse of the Law, being made a curse for us. Not because we deserved it, through adherence to the law, but through our faith in the one who did fulfill all righteousness on our behalf.
We are reconciled to God, and brought back into covenant relationship with him, and can take part in the promises which is our hope.
Our Sins were imputed to Him.
His Righteousness was imputed to us.
He was made to be sin, who knew no sin, that we might be made righteous in Him.
The Lost Sheep (the Northern Kingdom) was divorced by God, and were in bondage to serving the penalties for disobedience. They were no longer in covenant relationship with Him, they had no hope.
The Law made nothing perfect but the bringing in of a better hope it did.
When we begin to understand the completeness of our justification,
- you can rest and rejoice in the ongoing discipline,
- chastening (correction),
- refinement,
- and tribulation of our sanctification (process of being made Holy).
Just as following the Law does not make you justified, neither does discipline, but is an expression of the fact that you have been reconciled to Him.
Since we are Alive in Him we are in debt now to Crucify the Works of the Flesh (the old Man, Adam)
- Adultery
- Fornication
- Uncleanness
- Lasciviousness
- Idolatry
- Hatred
- Variance
- Emulations
- Witchcraft
- Wrath
- Strife
- Seditions
- Heresies
- Envyings
- Murder
- Drunkenness
- Revellings
so we can live and be led by the Spirit.
Forgiveness
Isaiah 37:31 And the remnant that is escaped of the house of Judah shall again take root downward, and bear fruit upward:
The Root
the part of a plant that attaches it to the ground or to a support, typically underground, conveying water and nourishment to the rest of the plant via numerous branches and fibers.
The Root of Jesse
& offspring of David
The Blood Shed from
The Holy Spirit is the Living water that
THE RADICLE = GRACE / MERCY / FORGIVENESS
FOOD / NOURISHMENT (contained in the seed) = MANNA / Wafers of Unleavened Bread / Bread of Life
Food ::
THE ROOT = JESUS (DEATH), THE ROOT OF DAVID
His death on the cross :: the blood that was shed for remission of sins
[Romans 15:12 KJV] 12 And again, Esaias saith, There shall be a root of Jesse, and he that shall rise to reign over the Gentiles; in him shall the Gentiles trust.
[Revelation 5:5 KJV] 5 And one of the elders saith unto me, Weep not: behold, the Lion of the tribe of Juda, the Root of David, hath prevailed to open the book, and to loose the seven seals thereof.
[Revelation 22:16 KJV] 16 I Jesus have sent mine angel to testify unto you these things in the churches. I am the root and the offspring of David, and the bright and morning star.
[Deuteronomy 29:18 KJV] 18 Lest there should be among you man, or woman, or family, or tribe, whose heart turneth away this day from the LORD our God, to go and serve the gods of these nations; lest there should be among you a root that beareth gall and wormwood;
[Hebrews 12:15 KJV] 15 Looking diligently lest any man fail of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you, and thereby many be defiled;
SOIL (the ground in which the seed was sown) = THE HEART
Crops need nutrients just like people do.
Fertile soil will contain all the nutrients for basic plant nutrition.
The heart is a muscular organ in most animals, which pumps blood through the blood vessels of the circulatory system.
Leviticus 17 : Eating of Blood Forbidden
10And whatever man there be of the house of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn among you, that eats any manner of blood; I will even set my face against that soul that eats blood, and will cut him off from among his people.
The heart is a muscular organ in most animals, which pumps blood through the blood vessels of the circulatory system.
11For the life of the flesh is in the blood:
and I have given it to you on the altar to make an atonement for your souls: for it is the blood that makes an atonement for the soul.
Blood is a body fluid in humans and other animals that delivers necessary substances such as nutrients and oxygen to the cells and transports metabolic waste products away from those same cells.[1]
Blood performs many important functions within the body, including:
Supply of oxygen to tissues (bound to hemoglobin, which is carried in red cells)
Supply of nutrients such as glucose, amino acids, and fatty acids (dissolved in the blood or bound to plasma proteins (e.g., blood lipids))
Removal of waste such as carbon dioxide, urea, and lactic acid
Immunological functions, including circulation of white blood cells, and detection of foreign material by antibodies
Coagulation, the response to a broken blood vessel, the conversion of blood from a liquid to a semisolid gel to stop bleeding
Messenger functions, including the transport of hormones and the signaling of tissue damage
Regulation of core body temperature
Hydraulic functions
Blood accounts for 7% of the human body weight
Blood provides the body with oxygen and nutrients, as well as assists in the removal of metabolic wastes.[2]
Metabolic Waste = SIN
Crops need nutrients just like people do.
Fertile soil will contain all the nutrients for basic plant nutrition.
Fertile Soil (A Clean Heart) provides all nutrition we need for the rest of the body.
When we accept Him into our hearts, his Holy Spirit provides fertile soil to bear fruit.
The Holy Spirit works to mortify the deeds of the flesh (produced by sin which lives in our body through adam’s transgression) by our faith in the one who conquered sin and deaths reign, by fulfilling what was required and satisfying the requirements/obligations of the penalty of sins, which was His death on the cross, and the shedding of innocent blood (propitiation), which offered atonement (covering) of sins, which allows for forgiveness of sins recurring debt. (We were brought with a price)
The Righteousness of His blood that was shed for remission of sins, has been ascribed to our hearts.
Our Sins were ascribed to Him.
All blood cells come from blood stem cells (progenitor cells).
When blood cells become old or damaged and die, progenitor cells produce new blood cells to take their place.
Although some blood progenitor cells are in the blood, most reside in the bone marrow.
john 12 : Jesus Predicts His Death
20And there were certain Greeks among them that came up to worship at the feast: 21The same came therefore to Philip, which was of Bethsaida of Galilee, and desired him, saying, Sir, we would see Jesus. 22Philip comes and tells Andrew: and again Andrew and Philip tell Jesus. 23And Jesus answered them, saying, The hour is come, that the Son of man should be glorified. 24Truly, truly, I say to you, Except a corn of wheat fall into the ground and die, it stays alone: but if it die, it brings forth much fruit. 25He that loves his life shall lose it; and he that hates his life in this world shall keep it to life eternal. 26If any man serve me, let him follow me; and where I am, there shall also my servant be: if any man serve me, him will my Father honor.
Matthew 13 : The Parable of the Weeds (Ezekiel 17:1-10)
24Another parable put he forth to them, saying,
The kingdom of heaven is likened to a man which sowed good seed in his field:
25But while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat, and went his way.
26But when the blade was sprung up, and brought forth fruit, then appeared the tares also.
27So the servants of the householder came and said to him,
Sir, did not you sow good seed in your field?
from where then has it tares?
28He said to them, An enemy has done this.
The servants said to him, Will you then that we go and gather them up?
29But he said, No; lest while you gather up the tares, you root up also the wheat with them.
30Let both grow together until the harvest:
and in the time of harvest I will say to the reapers,
Gather you together first the tares,
and bind them in bundles to burn them:
but gather the wheat into my barn.
The Parable of the Mustard Seed Mark 4:30-34; Luke 13:18-19)
31Another parable put he forth to them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is like to a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and sowed in his field: 32Which indeed is the least of all seeds: but when it is grown, it is the greatest among herbs, and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the air come and lodge in the branches thereof.
The Parable of the Leaven (Judges 20:18-23; 2 Samuel 2:12-32; 2 Chronicles 13:4-19; Luke 13:20-21)
33Another parable spoke he to them;
The kingdom of heaven is like to leaven,
which a woman took,
and hid in three measures of meal,
till the whole was leavened.
I will Open My Mouth in Parables (Psalm 78:1-72)
34All these things spoke Jesus to the multitude in parables; and without a parable spoke he not to them: 35That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying, I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things which have been kept secret from the foundation of the world.
The Parable of the Weeds Explained (Zephaniah 1:1-6)
36Then Jesus sent the multitude away, and went into the house:
and his disciples came to him, saying,
Declare to us the parable of the tares of the field.
37He answered and said to them,
He that sows the good seed is the Son of man;
38The field is the world;
the good seed are the children of the kingdom;
but the tares are the children of the wicked one;
39The enemy that sowed them is the devil;
the harvest is the end of the world;
and the reapers are the angels.
40As therefore the tares are gathered and burned in the fire; so shall it be in the end of this world.
41The Son of man shall send forth his angels, and they shall gather out of his kingdom all things that offend, and them which do iniquity;
42And shall cast them into a furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth.
43Then shall the righteous shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. Who has ears to hear, let him hear.
In common language usage, “fruit” normally means the fleshy seed-associated structures of a plant that are sweet or sour, and edible in the raw state, such as apples, bananas, grapes, lemons, oranges, and strawberries. On the other hand, in botanical usage, “fruit” includes many structures that are not commonly called “fruits”, such as bean pods, corn kernels, tomatoes, and wheat grains.[2][3] The section of a fungus that produces spores is also called a fruiting body.[4]
[h2232] זָרַע zâraʻ, zaw-rah’; 56 in 54 to sow, scatter seed
- a primitive root; to sow;
- figuratively, to disseminate, plant, fructify:
- —bear, conceive seed, set with sow(-er), yield.
Genesis 1:
(11) And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding[H2232] seed, [and] the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed [is] in itself, upon the earth: and it was so. (12) And the earth brought forth grass, [and] herb yielding[H2232] seed after his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed [was] in itself, after his kind: and God saw that [it was] good. …
(29) And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing[H2232] seed, which [is] upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which [is] the fruit of a tree yielding[H2232] seed; to you it shall be for meat.
Genesis 26:
(12) Then Isaac sowed[H2232] in that land, and received in the same year an hundredfold: and the LORD blessed him.
Genesis 47:
(23) Then Joseph said unto the people, Behold, I have bought you this day and your land for Pharaoh: lo, [here is] seed for you, and ye shall sow[H2232] the land.
Exodus 23:
(10) And six years thou shalt sow[H2232] thy land, and shalt gather in the fruits thereof: …
(16) And the feast of harvest, the firstfruits of thy labours, which thou hast sown[H2232] in the field: and the feast of ingathering, [which is] in the end of the year, when thou hast gathered in thy labours out of the field.
Leviticus 11:
(37) And if [any part] of their carcase fall upon any sowing seed which is to be sown,[H2232] it [shall be] clean.
Leviticus 12:
(2) Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, If a woman have conceived seed,[H2232] and born a man child: then she shall be unclean seven days; according to the days of the separation for her infirmity shall she be unclean.
Leviticus 19:
(19) Ye shall keep my statutes. Thou shalt not let thy cattle gender with a diverse kind: thou shalt not sow[H2232] thy field with mingled seed: neither shall a garment mingled of linen and woollen come upon thee.
Leviticus 25:
(3) Six years thou shalt sow[H2232] thy field, and six years thou shalt prune thy vineyard, and gather in the fruit thereof; (4) But in the seventh year shall be a sabbath of rest unto the land, a sabbath for the LORD: thou shalt neither sow[H2232] thy field, nor prune thy vineyard. … (11) A jubile shall that fiftieth year be unto you: ye shall not sow,[H2232] neither reap that which groweth of itself in it, nor gather [the grapes] in it of thy vine undressed. … (20) And if ye shall say, What shall we eat the seventh year? behold, we shall not sow,[H2232] nor gather in our increase: … (22) And ye shall sow[H2232] the eighth year, and eat [yet] of old fruit until the ninth year; until her fruits come in ye shall eat [of] the old [store].
Leviticus 26:
(16) I also will do this unto you; I will even appoint over you terror, consumption, and the burning ague, that shall consume the eyes, and cause sorrow of heart: and ye shall sow[H2232] your seed in vain, for your enemies shall eat it.
Numbers 5:
(28) And if the woman be not defiled, but be clean; then she shall be free, and shall conceive[H2232] seed.
Deuteronomy 11:
(10) For the land, whither thou goest in to possess it, [is] not as the land of Egypt, from whence ye came out, where thou sowedst[H2232] thy seed, and wateredst [it] with thy foot, as a garden of herbs:
Deuteronomy 21:
(4) And the elders of that city shall bring down the heifer unto a rough valley, which is neither eared nor sown,[H2232] and shall strike off the heifer’s neck there in the valley:
Deuteronomy 22:
(9) Thou shalt not sow[H2232] thy vineyard with divers seeds: lest the fruit of thy seed which thou hast sown,[H2232] and the fruit of thy vineyard, be defiled.
Deuteronomy 29:
(23) [And that] the whole land thereof [is] brimstone, and salt, [and] burning, [that] it is not sown,[H2232] nor beareth, nor any grass groweth therein, like the overthrow of Sodom, and Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboim, which the LORD overthrew in his anger, and in his wrath:
Judges 6:3 KJV – (3) And [so] it was, when Israel had sown,[H2232] that the Midianites came up, and the Amalekites, and the children of the east, even they came up against them;
Judges 9:
(45) And Abimelech fought against the city all that day; and he took the city, and slew the people that [was] therein, and beat down the city, and sowed[H2232] it with salt.
2 Kings 19:
(29) And this [shall be] a sign unto thee, Ye shall eat this year such things as grow of themselves, and in the second year that which springeth of the same; and in the third year sow[H2232] ye, and reap, and plant vineyards, and eat the fruits thereof.
Job 4:
(8) Even as I have seen, they that plow iniquity, and sow[H2232] wickedness, reap the same.
Job 31:
(8) [Then] let me sow,[H2232] and let another eat; yea, let my offspring be rooted out.
Psalm 97:
(11) Light is sown[H2232] for the righteous, and gladness for the upright in heart.
Psalm 107:
(37) And sow[H2232] the fields, and plant vineyards, which may yield fruits of increase.
Psalm 126:
(5) They that sow[H2232] in tears shall reap in joy.
Proverbs 11:
(18) The wicked worketh a deceitful work: but to him that soweth[H2232] righteousness [shall be] a sure reward.
Proverbs 22:
(8) He that soweth[H2232] iniquity shall reap vanity: and the rod of his anger shall fail.
Ecclesiastes 11:
(4) He that observeth the wind shall not sow;[H2232] and he that regardeth the clouds shall not reap. … (6) In the morning sow[H2232] thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thine hand: for thou knowest not whether shall prosper, either this or that, or whether they both [shall be] alike good.
Isaiah 17:
(10) Because thou hast forgotten the God of thy salvation, and hast not been mindful of the rock of thy strength, therefore shalt thou plant pleasant plants, and shalt set[H2232] it with strange slips:
Isaiah 28:24 KJV – (24) Doth the plowman plow all day to sow?[H2232] doth he open and break the clods of his ground?
Isaiah 30:
(23) Then shall he give the rain of thy seed, that thou shalt sow[H2232] the ground withal; and bread of the increase of the earth, and it shall be fat and plenteous: in that day shall thy cattle feed in large pastures.
Isaiah 32:
(20) Blessed [are] ye that sow[H2232] beside all waters, that send forth [thither] the feet of the ox and the ass.
Isaiah 37:
(30) And this [shall be] a sign unto thee, Ye shall eat [this] year such as groweth of itself; and the second year that which springeth of the same: and in the third year sow[H2232] ye, and reap, and plant vineyards, and eat the fruit thereof.
Isaiah 40:
(24) Yea, they shall not be planted; yea, they shall not be sown:[H2232] yea, their stock shall not take root in the earth: and he shall also blow upon them, and they shall wither, and the whirlwind shall take them away as stubble.
Isaiah 55:
(10) For as the rain cometh down, and the snow from heaven, and returneth not thither, but watereth the earth, and maketh it bring forth and bud, that it may give seed to the sower,[H2232] and bread to the eater:
Jeremiah 2:
(2) Go and cry in the ears of Jerusalem, saying, Thus saith the LORD; I remember thee, the kindness of thy youth, the love of thine espousals, when thou wentest after me in the wilderness, in a land [that was] not sown.[H2232]
Jeremiah 4:
(3) For thus saith the LORD to the men of Judah and Jerusalem, Break up your fallow ground, and sow[H2232] not among thorns.
Jeremiah 12:
(13) They have sown[H2232] wheat, but shall reap thorns: they have put themselves to pain, [but] shall not profit: and they shall be ashamed of your revenues because of the fierce anger of the LORD.
Jeremiah 31:
(27) Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will sow[H2232] the house of Israel and the house of Judah with the seed of man, and with the seed of beast.
Jeremiah 35:
(7) Neither shall ye build house, nor sow[H2232] seed, nor plant vineyard, nor have [any]: but all your days ye shall dwell in tents; that ye may live many days in the land where ye [be] strangers.
Jeremiah 50:
(16) Cut off the sower[H2232] from Babylon, and him that handleth the sickle in the time of harvest: for fear of the oppressing sword they shall turn every one to his people, and they shall flee every one to his own land.
Ezekiel 36:
(9) For, behold, I [am] for you, and I will turn unto you, and ye shall be tilled and sown:[H2232]
Hosea 2:
(23) And I will sow[H2232] her unto me in the earth; and I will have mercy upon her that had not obtained mercy; and I will say to [them which were] not my people, Thou [art] my people; and they shall say, [Thou art] my God.
Hosea 8:
(7) For they have sown[H2232] the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind: it hath no stalk: the bud shall yield no meal: if so be it yield, the strangers shall swallow it up.
Hosea 10:
(12) Sow[H2232] to yourselves in righteousness, reap in mercy; break up your fallow ground: for [it is] time to seek the LORD, till he come and rain righteousness upon you.
Micah 6:
(15) Thou shalt sow,[H2232] but thou shalt not reap; thou shalt tread the olives, but thou shalt not anoint thee with oil; and sweet wine, but shalt not drink wine.
Nahum 1:
(14) And the LORD hath given a commandment concerning thee, [that] no more of thy name be sown:[H2232] out of the house of thy gods will I cut off the graven image and the molten image: I will make thy grave; for thou art vile.
Haggai 1:
(6) Ye have sown[H2232] much, and bring in little; ye eat, but ye have not enough; ye drink, but ye are not filled with drink; ye clothe you, but there is none warm; and he that earneth wages earneth wages [to put it] into a bag with holes.
Zechariah 10:
(9) And I will sow[H2232] them among the people: and they shall remember me in far countries; and they shall live with their children, and turn again.
[h2233] זֶרַע zeraʻ, zeh’-rah; 229 in 205 seed, sowing, offspring
- from H2232;
- seed;
- figuratively, fruit, plant, sowing-time, posterity:
- —× carnally, child, fruitful, seed(-time), sowing-time.
The ARK of the Covenant
Contained 4 articles:
- Law of God :: derives its name which were 2 tablets of stone on which were inscribed the 10 commandments written by the finger of God
- COPY OF LAWSwritten by Moses
- GOLDEN POT OF MANNA
- ROD OF AARONthat miraculously budded and grew ripe almonds over the course of one night
The Chest The Heart
A chest (rib cage) with 4 articles ::
our heart with 4 chambers
24 elders (rib cage) surrounding the throne
24 ribs protecting the heart
