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Pray that God’s Word would come alive as it is presented; that the words that would be spoken would be blessed and anointed by the Holy Spirit.
Don’t you love the time of year where we get to enjoy God’s bounty?
All things from God’s bounty seem to be bigger, better and more readily available.
I love when you can enjoy great items from a farmers markets and know it was freshly grown and the taste is amazing!!!
When you think about it how it all begins, it is completely amazing to me.
How a tiny seed can grow into something as delicious as a watermelon.
Quite the difference in the size but without the seeds the watermelon is not possible.
Today, I want us to focus our attention on the following:
1. Purpose of the church
2. Purpose of the mustard seed
3. Purpose of Evangelism
Let’s take a look at our text.
Purpose of the church
The church is here to:
plant the seed
tend it
sew it
harvest it all for the Glory of God.
I know you have heard me say before that our church is a lighthouse in this community and it is truth.
It is a place where:
seeds are sown and planted
where we come for food and water
where we learn to pass on what we have learned to those inside and outside of the church.
Jesus takes time to teach us and tell us that God’s kingdom is a spiritual kingdom, not an earthly kingdom.
God’s earthly kingdom is found in the hearts of God’s people.
God establishes His kingdom in the hearts of people through the planting of his word in our hearts.
Just as a seed has some mysterious and wonderful power to grow and produce a wonderful harvest in fields and gardens.
God’s word has the mysterious and wonderful power to grow in the hearts of people.
And those people in turn produce a harvest for the Lord.
Ask any farmer or gardener and they will quickly tell you that the person who sows the seed has nothing to do with the power, through which the seed grows.
You see the importance of getting into the word of God?
Take a look at 1 Cor.
3:7
The good news however is that the seed, which has just sprouted, and the seed that has reached maturity have an equal place in God’s kingdom.
God plants the seeds of faith, not us.
So those who are young in their faith those whose faith has matured still receive the gift of salvation and eternal life.
That gift is given to you and to me freely through the Holy Spirit.
Again remember what Paul tells us in
We share our faith and live by it and others see it and receive it and the kingdom of God grows.
It grows within the hearts of all men in which the Holy Spirit successfully plants the Word.
Once the seed is planted it prospers, even though His word may remain hidden at times, it is silently growing.
Take heart mother, father, sister, brother, husband, and wife.
Your loved ones hear His Word and seeds are planted and will grow and take root.
He is at work in your loved ones!
God promised that in His word spoken through Isaiah,
I have seen in the past few years especially through attending Kids Rock camp.
I was reminded in thinking about our times there of what happens when the church is at work fulfilling its purpose.
I saw hundreds of kids desiring God in all of His fullness to speak to them.
They were crying out to receive more and more of God.
I got to see firsthand what happens when the seed of God is planted in the hearts of only little seeds (little children).
It results in a great desire for God!
I have seen children at the altar hours after the service was over crying out and asking Jesus for more of Him, to baptise them in the Holy Spirit, give me everything you want for me God! Powerful!!!!
It was a demonstration of a budding harvest of followers of Christ.
This brings me to my second point:
Purpose of the Mustard see
We live in a time where bigger seems to be better.
But we need to take the lesson the mustard seed to heart.
It may be small but it has great potential!
We live in a time where the church is portrayed as small, weak, and not relevant to the needs of the times.
I am here to remind our church today that more than ever before we need to remember the parable of the mustard seed and the power that is at our disposal when we put it to use!
More than ever we need to take up the challenge presented here.
We are people who like convenience we don’t like to wait for things.
We want it to be our way right away!
Today we are spoiled with our canned, bottled, and packaged fooda.
But in Jesus’ day almost everyone had their own garden.
An integral part of the garden in Jesus’ day was the mustard plant.
The mustard plant was well known for it’s:
Corrective power in disease
Efficacy against venom
It’s fiery vigor – it was the one spice that poor people used as a condiment
Pungent taste that represents the quickening, stimulating power of the gospel.
Yes, for such a small beginning, there comes a greater potential than what is expected given the face value of the sower of the seed.
Truly the mustard seed beginning of One man and His disciples has become “greater than all herbs.”
Jesus + 12 + 70 + 500 + 3000 at Pentecost.
Then we see the gospel spread all over the world.
God used the original 12 unlettered and unlearned men to start global evangelism.
He can use us too if we are willing to become the seed.
We should never think of ourselves as being too small to make a difference.
We should not limit ourselves, and what God wants to do in and through us because of fear or pride.
It may seem at first that we have no effect, but if we continue to sow the smallest of seeds and repeat the process faithfully, soon we see the effects of our small beginnings being repeated as the results become larger.
We are at a pivitol time in our church.
We have a fresh start and fresh vision.
We need to take a moment and celebrate the small stuff!
We need to focus on the mustard seeds that are being planted as a result of being faithful to God.
We need to continue to the word yes but look at the little things that have been working together to make a big difference.
Things may not look the same but that does not mean that God is not in it.
I believe that God is leading us and guiding us as we have prayed for him to do so.
There have been and will be those who question that or even ask me to go in a different direction.
But I ask you as your pastor that I have asked God for direction and guidance.
Please don’t disrespect that!
We are called to support our leaders, to trust and pray for them.
We honor our leadership, our pastor by supporting them, praying for them.
It is the duty of members of the church to defend and support pastors and leaders.
It is easy to speak against those in leadership because we do not see the whole picture clearly.
Not all the details can be made known but if we truly believe these are the persons God has put in place to lead us why would we speak against them?
Why would we not support them?
If we believe scripture to be the guide to lead us then this is part of God’s Word that we need to remember and follow also.
Hell’s hit list has pastors and church leaders on it.
Therefore, it is our job and duty to defend and stand with our pastors and leaders and to not let them be treated as a door mat or punching bag.
Small group ministry is where we are fostering healthy discussion and challenges in God’s word for the adults in our church/community.
We are doing a great study on Tuesdays.
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