20 MYSTERIES REVEALED TO THE SOWER

Intro

Concept vs Context

Context Brings Clarity

Revelation has to Bring on Revelation

You can Amen it ALL Day LONG if it’s not CHANGING YOU! It’s JUST entertainment!

I want to make a declaration today… Christianity is not a MARKET!

It’s not a demographic.

I’m a sower

I’M A SOWER

i’M A sowere

Mark 4:11 NASB95

And He was saying to them, “To you has been given the mystery of the kingdom of God, but those who are outside get everything in parables,

MARK 4:11

TOO OFTEN WE RELATE PROMISES OF GOD TO EVERY CHRISTIAN

SOME PROMISES HAVE QUALIFIERS

I’LL NEVER LOOK MORE LIKE GOD THAN WHEN I AM SOWING

Mark 4:3 NASB95

“Listen to this! Behold, the sower went out to sow;

John 3:16 NASB95

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

Giving is God’s Character

I’m a sower

YOU GROW WHAT YOU SOW

Galatians 6:7 NASB95

Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for whatever a man sows, this he will also reap.

HE SUPPLIES SEED TO THE SOWER

HE SUPPLIES SEED TO THE SOWER

HE SUPPLIES SEED TO THE SOWER

2 Corinthians 9:10 NASB95

Now He who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food will supply and multiply your seed for sowing and increase the harvest of your righteousness;

2 cORINTHAINS 9:10

MY GIFT WILL MAKE ROOM FOR ME

Proverbs 18:16 NASB95

A man’s gift makes room for him And brings him before great men.

Galatians 6:7 NASB95

Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for whatever a man sows, this he will also reap.

YOU KEEP TRYING TO FIT IT.

mattan

IT’S WORTH MORE IN GOD’S HANDS - IT’S WORTHLESS IN MY HANDS

THE PROMISE NEVER LOOKS LIKE THE PRODUCE

THE PROMISE NEVER LOOKS LIKE THE PRODUCE

THE PROMISE NEVER LOOKS LIKE THE PRODUCE

The REDWOOD SEED

The REDWOOD TREE

THE PERSPECTIVE WILL NOT LET YOU SEE THE WHOLE TREE

DON’T FOCUS ON THE PEOPLE… FOCUS ON THE TREE

MY SEEDS WILL OUT LIVE ME

MY SEEDS WILL OUT LIVE ME

God is too BIG to BLESS YOU!

He’s messy with his BLESSING!

The enormity of God’s blessing will bring blessing to people who didn’t earn it…

your still bless cause your grandma was blessed

GOD INVESTS IN THE SOWER

GOD INVESTS IN THE SOWER

Genesis 26:12–14 NASB95

Now Isaac sowed in that land and reaped in the same year a hundredfold. And the Lord blessed him, and the man became rich, and continued to grow richer until he became very wealthy; for he had possessions of flocks and herds and a great household, so that the Philistines envied him.

HE DOESN’T JUST SUPPLY HE MULTIPLES

2 Corinthians 9:10 NASB95

Now He who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food will supply and multiply your seed for sowing and increase the harvest of your righteousness;

2 CORINTHIANS 9:8-

1 Corinthians 9:11 NASB95

If we sowed spiritual things in you, is it too much if we reap material things from you?

1 COR 9:11

GOD’S BLESSING IS FREE - GOD’S INVESTMENT MAY COST YOU EVERYTHING

Matthew 19:29 NASB95

“And everyone who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or children or farms for My name’s sake, will receive many times as much, and will inherit eternal life.

BE CAREFUL OF SEED ENVY

John 4:35 NASB95

“Do you not say, ‘There are yet four months, and then comes the harvest’? Behold, I say to you, lift up your eyes and look on the fields, that they are white for harvest.

EVERYONE DOES WANT TO SEE YOU SUCCESSFUL!

Diversity of SEED is a DAM against DISAPPOINTMENT!

The reason you are so mad is because you sowed so much sooo SOON!

The reason you are so mad is because you sowed so much in one place!

You gave soooo much!

You can’t control the GROUND!

IF YOU CAN’T RECOGNIZE IT YOU CAN’T REAP IT

Mark 4:3 NASB95

“Listen to this! Behold, the sower went out to sow;

John 3:16 NASB95

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

Giving is God’s Character

I’m a sower

IF YOU CAN’T RECOGNIZE IT YOU CAN’T REAP IT

Lift up your eyes and look on the fields, that they are white for harvest.

IF YOU CAN’T SEE IT YOU CAN’T RECEIVE IT

THE HARVEST IS HERE

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THE HARVEST IS HERE

John 4:35 NASB95

“Do you not say, ‘There are yet four months, and then comes the harvest’? Behold, I say to you, lift up your eyes and look on the fields, that they are white for harvest.

SEED = SACRIFICE

Something has to DIE for another thing to LIVE!

You can’t KEEP and REAP!

You are going to have to GIVE something if you want to GET SOMETHING!

1 Corinthians 15:36 NASB95

You fool! That which you sow does not come to life unless it dies;

1 Cor 15:36

WHEAT AND WEEDS LOOK ALIKE

Matthew 13:24–30 NASB95

Jesus presented another parable to them, saying, “The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a man who sowed good seed in his field. “But while his men were sleeping, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat, and went away. “But when the wheat sprouted and bore grain, then the tares became evident also. “The slaves of the landowner came and said to him, ‘Sir, did you not sow good seed in your field? How then does it have tares?’ “And he said to them, ‘An enemy has done this!’ The slaves said to him, ‘Do you want us, then, to go and gather them up?’ “But he said, ‘No; for while you are gathering up the tares, you may uproot the wheat with them. ‘Allow both to grow together until the harvest; and in the time of the harvest I will say to the reapers, “First gather up the tares and bind them in bundles to burn them up; but gather the wheat into my barn.” ’ ”

mATT 13:24-

WHILE I WAS SOWING SEEDS THE ENEMY WAS SOWING WEEDS!

WHEAT AND WEEDS LOOK ALIKE UNTIL THEY MATURE!

THE SOWER SOWS THE WORD

Mark 4:13–14 NASB95

And He said to them, “Do you not understand this parable? How will you understand all the parables? “The sower sows the word.

mARK 4:13

THE BIBLE IS THE KEY TO ALL FRUITFULNESS

GOD IS NOT FAIR

IT’S THE WORD:

IT’S NOT ABOUT ME

Psalm 119:105 NASB95

Your word is a lamp to my feet And a light to my path.

19:105

GOD IS NOT FAIR

Mark 4:8 NASB95

“Other seeds fell into the good soil, and as they grew up and increased, they yielded a crop and produced thirty, sixty, and a hundredfold.”

30/60/90

NUMBER 1 WAS ALMOST TRUE

Psalm 126:5 KJV 1900

They that sow in tears shall reap in joy.