Rooted - Week 4: Harvest

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Rooted - Week 4: Harvest

Big Idea:

God, the master gardener, whose ultimate goal is to produce a great harvest in and through each and every person.

There is a harvest of spiritual fruit that can be developed in the life of the believer.

There is also a harvest of souls that will be a result of God’s work in the individual.

THINK:

If you allow God to work in your life, you can be a part of a spiritual harvest in the world that will have an eternal impact.

FEEL:

God wants to develop spiritual gifts inside of you that will cause you to look more and more like Jesus Christ.

It is those very developments that give you a purpose that is bigger than yourself.

You can partner with God in redeeming the world.

DO:

Exercise and develop the spiritual gifts you find within your life.

Where these gifts can make a positive impact, get involved in ministering to the world around you.

Don’t sit on the sidelines. Get plugged into the work of God.

Prayer:

“God, please work in and through me to make a difference in the world.

I believe you have placed seeds inside me to grow into a beautiful harvest in my life.

Enable me to submit to your work in my life. May you use me to further your Kingdom on earth.”

Main Scriptural Text: Matthew 9:35-38

Supplemental Scriptural Text: Galatians 5:22-23, Galatians 6:8-10, Mark 12:1-9, Philippians 2:12-13, Matthew 7:16-18

Introduction

Showing different types of fruit on the screens and have the congregation vote by multiple choice what kind of fruits they are.

a. Apple b. Strawberry c. Orange

a. Squash b. Papaya c. Pineapple

a. Pineapple b. Durian c. Asian Dogwood

These fruits are a result of the careful work of planting, growing, pruning and harvesting.

Just as this is the desired outcome for any fruit tree or plant,

It is also the desired goal of every believer.

This is the final week of our rooted series, and today we’re going to talk about the harvest.

The harvest is what comes after the planting, the cultivating, the pruning, and everything else necessary to see the literal fruits of your labor.

Main Teaching/Body

Everyone wants the delicious fruit at the time of harvest,

but few are willing to do all that’s necessary along the way.

Let’s take a look at the reality of the harvest fruit.

I. It’s Inside of You

Galatians 5:22–23 NKJV

22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness, self-control. Against such there is no law.

A follower of Jesus is given the spirit of God to dwell inside of them.

The spirit has many different jobs, but one is to produce a harvest of fruits of the spirit.

These fruits are present in the life of every believer, but they must be exercised and honed to become our new nature.

When we walk in the power of the Spirit, our lives produce love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control.

These qualities are evident to those around us and may even move someone to ask, “What’s different about you?”

The key here is to be walking with and in the Spirit. Galatians states that human nature and the Spirit are in conflict with each other.

The fruits of human nature are sexual immorality, impurity, debauchery, idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, jealousy, fits of rage, selfish ambition, dissensions, and factions.

The fruits of a life in the Spirit are love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control.

To live in the Spirit takes courage, wisdom, discernment, and intentionality. It takes energy and pruning to ensure that healthy growth happens in the Spirit.

As I share about the fruits of human nature and fruits of the Spirit I imagine several specific characteristics stuck out to you.

Either positive or negative, I encourage you to make a note of those that caught your attention and ask God to prune or grow the fruit that He wants in your life.

II. We Reap What We Sow

Further on in Galatians we hit another key passage pertaining to the harvest. Galatians 6:8-10 says;

Galatians 6:8–10 NIV

8 Whoever sows to please their flesh, from the flesh will reap destruction; whoever sows to please the Spirit, from the Spirit will reap eternal life. 9 Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up. 10 Therefore, as we have opportunity, let us do good to all people, especially to those who belong to the family of believers.

To say it plainly, if a farmer or gardener plants apple trees they will receive apples.

If they plant a strawberry plant they will receive strawberries.

If we sow evil and sin into our lives and the lives around us, we will reap in return the same.

If we want to receive the things of God within our lives, we must sow to please the spirit.

We should willingly and readily sow love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness and self-control into all aspects of our lives.

It is not easy, but we cannot get tired and weary of doing good because it has an impact on the world around us.

Weariness sets in when we try to do things in our own power.

Think back for a moment to last week when we talked about remaining attached to the vine. Jesus says in:

John 15:5 NKJV

5 “I am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit; for without Me you can do nothing.

“If a man remains in me and I in him, he will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing.”

If you want to reap healthy fruit you need to sow healthy fruit.

And the best way to do that is to stay connected to Christ and to walk in the power of the Spirit.

III. Fresh Fruit

It isn’t hard to distinguish between fresh fruit and rotten fruit. In Matthew 7:16-18 Jesus says,

Matthew 7:16–18 NIV

16 By their fruit you will recognize them. Do people pick grapes from thornbushes, or figs from thistles? 17 Likewise, every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit. 18 A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, and a bad tree cannot bear good fruit.

The point here being that people around you will recognize and respond to the fruit of your life.

Fresh fruit is delicious and inviting while rotten fruit stinks and no one wants to have it.

Rotten fruit isn’t hard to recognize.

The same is true about the fruit in the life of a believer.

This point only emphasizes that it’s imperative that a believer remains connected to the vine and exerts the necessary effort to remain healthy.

IV. Work In His Power

Salvation is a process that begins with a profession of faith, but doesn’t end until we expire.

The good news is that the work that is to be done in us is not accomplished in our own power.

The power we are given by God is the fuel we need to act and live out the good purposes of God.

God plants the seed by His power and our acceptance,

He grows it by His power and our cooperation and in time,

He harvests by His power and our partnership.

Philippians 2:13 NIV

13 for it is God who works in you to will and to act in order to fulfill his good purpose.

continue to work out your salvation with fear and trembling, for it is God who works in you to will and to act in order to fulfill his good purpose.”

V. It’s All Around You

The opportunities for good and evil are all around us.

The Gospel of Matthew describes the dilemma this way;

Matthew 9:35–38 NIV

35 Jesus went through all the towns and villages, teaching in their synagogues, proclaiming the good news of the kingdom and healing every disease and sickness. 36 When he saw the crowds, he had compassion on them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd. 37 Then he said to his disciples, “The harvest is plentiful but the workers are few. 38 Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into his harvest field.”

I’ll say it again, everyone wants the delicious fruit at the time of harvest, but few are willing to do all that’s necessary along the way.

We do our part and God will do his. We have a role to play in all of this, and along the way we have unwavering trust that it’s all possible through Christ and the empowerment of the Holy Spirit.

Conclusion

Throughout this series we’ve talked about some of the weighty realities of following Christ.

Where have you seen yourself described?

Have you just recently been planted?

Are you currently in a season of growth and health?

Are you in a season of pruning?

Are you experiencing the richness of the harvest?

All of these seasons have their place in the life of a believer.

This is a process with a very real, eternal destination.

As we wrap up our time here I want to invite you into a time of response and reflection.

Are there areas of life that you need to seek forgiveness and help over?

Are you ready to profess your faith and make a lifelong commitment to Christ?

Are you ready to step into the fields of harvest and commit to a deeper level of training and discipleship?

Wherever you find yourself today, please know that God sees you.

He knows the journey you’ve taken and the trials you’ve had along the way. By His grace and empowerment you can have a life of abundant fruit that you see a ten, twenty, maybe a hundred fold return on.

Let’s pray together.

Salvation:

The Word of God says in:

John 3:16 NKJV

16 For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.

Romans 10:13 NKJV

13 For “whoever calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved.”

If you’d would like to receive Jesus today, please pray this prayer with all of us:

Lord I believe that Jesus is the son of God, and that He died On the cross for my sins and His resurrection from the dead gives me eternal life. I ask forgiveness of my sins, and I accept Jesus as my Lord and Savior. Amen.

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