Whats In Your Garden?

INTRO:Jesus is the door, to which the Heavenly Kingdom is accessed. But sadly many Christians open that wonderful door, but never enter in, they stay casual. Jesus gives us keys to access the heavenly realm

PRAY!!!!

2 Realms: The Seen (Physical World) And The Unseen (Spirit World) And God created The Heavens and the earth, and never intended for earth to operate without Heaven. Think of Eden.

Adam lost his authority to govern because of sin, but the cross caused His Kingdom to over throw the other and we know that the cross took Satan and his demons by absolute surprise, because look at this:

1 Corinthians 2:8“None of the rulers of this age understood this, for if they had, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.”

Jesus! took back the authority from Satan, who took it from Adam when he believed the devil instead of trusting God

Do you as a follower of Jesus realize that everything we will ever need is already provided for us? The answer to every problem, already solved and waiting for us. God sees our life as a finished canvas. That why He says:

Psalm 37:23–24 “The steps of a man are established by the Lord, when he delights in his way; though he fall, he shall not be cast headlong, for the Lord upholds his hand.”

They have already been established, do you all understand that

The work of Jesus and the cross ARE FINISHED!

The bible tells us Jesus is SEATED at the right hand of the father. Sitting is a posture of completion and rest. He is seated because He’s already given us everything we will ever need!

Mark 16:19 - He was taken up into heaven and sat down at the right hand of God.

Being at the right hand of God is a position of authority

1 Peter 3:22 “who has gone into heaven and is at the right hand of God, with angels, authorities, and powers having been subjected to him.”

Matthew 28:18 “And Jesus came and said to them, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me.”

Did you catch that? Jesus has all authority in both realms, Heaven and Earth, both the seen and the unseen!

Paul says something that at first seems a bit confusing???

2 Corinthians 4:18 “as we look not to the things that are seen but to the things that are unseen. For the things that are seen are transient, but the things that are unseen are eternal.”

What???

What Paul is saying is our focus needs to be on the spirit/Unseen realm

Ephesians 1:3 “Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places,”

I don't believe most Christians understand they have everything, every answer, every blessing they will ever need already them, but they're in the unseen world, and they don't even know they’re there. That’s why Jesus on the cross said” It is finished!

John 19:30 “When Jesus had received the sour wine, he said, “It is finished,” and he bowed his head and gave up his spirit.”

It Is Finished! is tetelestai, an accounting term that means “paid in full.” When Jesus uttered those words, He was declaring the debt owed to His Father was wiped away completely and forever.

A whole new world is available to you, the unseen or heavenly realm.

Let me give you a few examples of what I’m talking about.

Folks will ask for prayer for their anxiety, but watch this, cause we already have access to “Perfect peace” you just have to take it.

Isaiah 26:3 “You keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on you, because he trusts in you.”

Whose mind is stayed on you. But most are not meditating on His word.

Psalm 119:15 “I will meditate on your precepts and fix my eyes on your ways.”

And to take it 1 step farther

Philippians 4:8 “Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things.”

If only we would do that....we would have peace and calm

Are you praying for success in life, well its already there, take it!

Proverbs 3:5-6 Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths.”

Have you been praying for a financial breakthrough?

Malachi 3:10 “Bring the full tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house. And thereby put me to the test, says the Lord of hosts, if I will not open the windows of heaven for you and pour down for you a blessing until there is no more need.”

Luke 6:38 “give, and it will be given to you. Good measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over, will be put into your lap. For with the measure you use it will be measured back to you.””

Be a giver, That’s the key!

There are these blessings all ready for the taking, but we don't access them, many times because we dont seek them out. Remember what Jesus said?

Matthew 7:7–8 ““Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks it will be opened.”

Now lets get to our scripture verse.

English Standard Version Chapter 4

4 Again he began to teach beside the sea. And a very large crowd gathered about him, so that he got into a boat and sat in it on the sea, and the whole crowd was beside the sea on the land. 2 And he was teaching them many things in parables, and in his teaching he said to them: 3 “Listen! Behold, a sower went out to sow. 4 And as he sowed, some seed fell along the path, and the birds came and devoured it. 5 Other seed fell on rocky ground, where it did not have much soil, and immediately it sprang up, since it had no depth of soil. 6 And when the sun rose, it was scorched, and since it had no root, it withered away. 7 Other seed fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up and choked it, and it yielded no grain. 8 And other seeds fell into good soil and produced grain, growing up and increasing and yielding thirtyfold and sixtyfold and a hundredfold.” 9 And he said, “He who has ears to hear, let him hear.”

The Purpose of the Parables

10 And when he was alone, those around him with the twelve asked him about the parables. 11 And he said to them, “To you has been given the secret of the kingdom of God, but for those outside everything is in parables, 12 so that

“ ‘they may indeed see but not perceive,

and may indeed hear but not understand,

lest they should turn and be forgiven.’ ”

13 And he said to them, “Do you not understand this parable? How then will you understand all the parables? 14 The sower sows the word. 15 And these are the ones along the path, where the word is sown: when they hear, Satan immediately comes and takes away the word that is sown in them. 16 And these are the ones sown on rocky ground: the ones who, when they hear the word, immediately receive it with joy. 17 And they have no root in themselves, but endure for a while; then, when tribulation or persecution arises on account of the word, immediately they fall away. 18 And others are the ones sown among thorns. They are those who hear the word, 19 but the cares of the world and the deceitfulness of riches and the desires for other things enter in and choke the word, and it proves unfruitful. 20 But those that were sown on the good soil are the ones who hear the word and accept it and bear fruit, thirtyfold and sixtyfold and a hundredfold.”

A Parable is a curtain and the odds are about 25%, who are “seekers”, are going to hear it, accept it and bear fruit

So when Jesus later in the day, took the disciples aside, they ask Him why does He talk in code to the masses, but will explain in simple terms to them

Mark 4:10–11 “And when he was alone, those around him with the twelve asked him about the parables. And he said to them, “To you has been given the secret of the kingdom of God, but for those outside everything is in parables,”

Because Jesus knew that most all where there for the “healing line and the free loaves and fishes..

And He wasn't going to cast His pearls before the swine. But He knew the disciples were hungry, they had all given up their lives. They were “seekers”

In almost every answered prayer, God doesn’t give you the finished product up front, what He gives you is a seed.

If we pray for a 40ft Mighty Oak tree, what He will give you is an acorn. But your prayer has been answered, because the 40 ft Mighty oak is in that acorn!

4 Takeaways:

We Are To Work God’s Heavenly Garden

Genesis 2:8 “And the Lord God planted a garden in Eden, in the east, and there he put the man whom he had formed.”

2. We Are To Plant Seeds Of Life

Mark 4:3 ““Listen! Behold, a sower went out to sow.”

Good seed is sown through the reading and the preaching of the word of God and the prayers of others. The seed is now embedded in the good soil as faith prevents erosion

3. We Are To Work Our Garden

2 Timothy 2:15 “Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth.”

The “Word Of Truth” = The Seed!

Next, a growth stimulant is applied. We call this love and compassion which is at the heart of God’s grace.

Jesus provides the essential elements for growth; he gives us his Word (the Bible) for fertilizer, other believers for sunshine, and the Holy Spirit for water. When our roots begin to receive this new water, sunshine, and fertilizer

4. We Are To Guard Our Garden

Your Garden IS YOUR HEART!

Proverbs 4:23 “Keep your heart with all vigilance, for from it flow the springs of life.”

Continual weeding is done as we daily seek God, repent for new sins and ask for forgiveness. Weed inhibitors are applied when we rebuke Satan by the power of the name of Jesus Christ

We can allow for undesirable seeds to also hit the soil. The soil doesn't care, its job is to push the DNA of the seed to the top. We have to be careful what we listen to, watch, the environments we frequent, they all can plant seeds in our garden

We are to just keep broadcasting the seed, but it’s God job to give the growth.

1 Corinthians 3:6 “I planted, Apollos watered, but God gave the growth.”

IN CLOSING!

Become a master gardener!

Eventually, as we mature, we begin to produce good fruit and the cycle of new gardens and regeneration is spread to those about us. We are called to share the blessings of God and the good news of Christ as new seeds are planted.

And God is in the middle of it all!

PRAY!!!!!