Sermon Tone Analysis

We've been *ministering on* the subject of *Knowing God Intimately*.

*As we do press on to know Him in a greater way*, *His ways will become our ways*.

We should be *taking on His character*, and *become more and more in His likeness*.

*I.*

*HOSEA 10:12*

              *A.*

There are 2 *kinds* of *Christian lives*: the *follow*, *and* the *plowed*.

*1.*

*Follow ground is **uncultivated*, *unused, idle, and dormant*.

*a.*

It's *possible* that *it was plowed* at *one time*, *but* because it *remained untended*, it *hardened and became crusted* until *finally* it *needed to be broken up again* in order *to receive seed*.

*2.*

In the *same way*, the *follow life Christian* is *content with* whatever *fruit he may have produced* in the *past*.

*a.*

He is *tolerant of those* that are *seeking God 1st*.

*But* he is *unmotivated*.

*i.*

He always complains about how things are and how things should be, but does nothing to make thing better.

*b.*

This is the person that has *lost his passion for the presence of God* in his life.

*i.*

He *looks back w~/ satisfaction at* t *glory* that *once was*.

*ii.*

Yet, he *lost* that *something on the inside* of him *that causes* him to *go on and press on with* the things of *God*.

*B.*

The *plowed life* is the life that *has remained prepared for* the fresh *activity of the Holy Spirit*.

*1.*

They are *not content w~/ inactivity*, they *want to continue going on in the things of God*.

*a.* *He sees* that *he is to be* a *habitation of seeds*.

*2.*

*God's Word is seed*.

And *w~/ the HS cultivating our lives*, that *cultivation produces* the *proper environment* *for* that *seed to grow*.

*a.*

All of *God's Words contain* the *power necessary to cause them* to *bear fruit* in your life.

*b.*

But *they need* the *proper environment* *and cultivation* to grow, *which is brought by the HS*.

*3.* *When you plant a flower seed* in the ground, *the color of its bloom*, *the size of the pedal*, *everything about that flower* is *contained* *in* that *seed*.

*a.*

It's the *same thing w~/ God's Word*.

*i.*

The *seed might be*, “By Jesus stripes you are healed.”

(*1PE 2:24: MAT 8:17; ISA 53:5*)

                                                      *ii.*

*Within that seed contains* the *full manifestation of that seed*.

*II.*

*Only the life that is plowed and cultivated* *w~/* the *HS* *and* the *presence of God* is *eligible to see* the *miraculous groweth of God's seed*.

(His *Word* that is *full of* His *promises and commandments*.)

*A.* *Diligently seeking Him is the open door* *to breaking* *up* the *hardened*, *unusable* *ground* in your life.

*1.*

Listen to what the *Moffatt’s translation says* of our text, (*HOSEA 10:12*)  “...Break up your fallow ground, by seeking knowledge of the eternal.

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                                          *a.*

*The way* you *break up* that *fallow*, *uncultivated*, *unproductive* *land* is by *getting to know the Father*.

*2.*

The word “*Seeking*” from the *Moffatt's *translation or from the *KJV* “*Seek the Lord*.”

The *Strong's* concordance says it means “*specifically to worship*”

                                          *a.*

If you *want to break up* that *unproductive ground* in your life, *spend time in God's presence*, *especially worshipping Him*.

*B.* Turn w~/ me to *PSA 42:1–**2**.*

*1.*

*There is a longing and a yearning* of your *inner man to know God and His ways more intimately*.

*2.*

(*PSA 63:1–2* Says from the *AMP*) “Oh God, you are my God; earnestly will I seek you, my inner self thirsts for you, my flesh longs and is faint for you, in a dry and weary land, where no water is; (2) So I have looked upon you in the sanctuary, to see Your power and Your glory.”

*a.*

¿*How far are you willing to go to quench the thirst that is w~/in you*?

                                  *b.*

*Those who are willing to seek God till He comes and rains righteousness upon them will experience the outpouring of the Holy Spirit in a new dimension*.

*c.*

*The more deeply you yearn for God to pour Himself through you*, *the more deeply He will cultivate you*.

*i.*

*Fruitfulness is always preceded by cultivation*.

*Seek Him until you experience the rain*.

*ii.*

*Then you'll truly be able to give testimony to what it says in* (*MATT 6:33*) “But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.”

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