[Sermon Note]
Preached by Pastor Prince
Take it as what the Lord done for us. By His stripe we are healed.
1 Corinthians 11:30
For this reason many are weak and sick among you, and many sleep.
1 Peter 1:2-3
elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, in sanctification of the Spirit, for obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ:
Grace to you and peace be multiplied.
A Heavenly Inheritance
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to His abundant mercy has begotten us again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,
God breathed. The same life is in us.
Isaiah 55:9-10
“For as the heavens are higher than the earth,
So are My ways higher than your ways,
And My thoughts than your thoughts.
“For as the rain comes down, and the snow from heaven,
And do not return there,
But water the earth,
And make it bring forth and bud,
That it may give seed to the sower
And bread to the eater,
Isaiah 55:11
So shall My word be that goes forth from My mouth;
It shall not return to Me void,
But it shall accomplish what I please,
And it shall prosper in the thing for which I sent it.
If you are sick in your body, listen to scripture on healing
You are receiving God’s Word you are receiving prosperity.
God send His Word to me, God sent us prosperity
You shall go out with joy and be led out in peace!
You are a blessing everywhere you go when you are filled with the Word of God.
Parable
He wanted people who are hungry to receive
Matthew 13:1-12
On the same day Jesus went out of the house and sat by the sea. And great multitudes were gathered together to Him, so that He got into a boat and sat; and the whole multitude stood on the shore.
Then He spoke many things to them in parables, saying: “Behold, a sower went out to sow. And as he sowed, some seed fell by the wayside; and the birds came and devoured them. Some fell on stony places, where they did not have much earth; and they immediately sprang up because they had no depth of earth. But when the sun was up they were scorched, and because they had no root they withered away. And some fell among thorns, and the thorns sprang up and choked them. But others fell on good ground and yielded a crop: some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty. He who has ears to hear, let him hear!”
The Purpose of Parables
(Mark 4:10–12; Luke 8:9, 10)
And the disciples came and said to Him, “Why do You speak to them in parables?”
He answered and said to them, “Because it has been given to you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it has not been given. For whoever has, to him more will be given, and he will have abundance; but whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken away from him.
There are 4 types of hearts here.
- Hear the Word and immediately receive with joy. But no roots. When persecution happen because of the Word, he lets it go because there is no root.
- Receive seed on good ground (heart) he receives and understands it. Bear fruits. We are hungry for the Word of God and want God’s Word expound to us. Spend time in the Word of God and find the nourish of the Lord.
- Seed by the wayside. People who are hearing but get distracted with other things. They expect the seed to fall on wayside. They are hearing but not understanding. Hearing but not listening. Your hearing is vital. We need to be in the centre.
- What you hear, with the same measure. If you listen to God’s Word 100% attention, you get 100%. The warfare is getting into God’s Word. The devil is afraid you will get into God’s Word. Take heed HOW you hear. The same measure will be measured back to you. 100% and you get FULL harvest.
Mark 4:23-25
If anyone has ears to hear, let him hear.”
Then He said to them, “Take heed what you hear. With the same measure you use, it will be measured to you; and to you who hear, more will be given. For whoever has, to him more will be given; but whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken away from him.”
Take heed what you hear.
Luke 8:18
Therefore take heed how you hear. For whoever has, to him more will be given; and whoever does not have, even what he seems to have will be taken from him.”
Hearing heart.
Mark 4:24
Then He said to them, “Take heed what you hear. With the same measure you use, it will be measured to you; and to you who hear, more will be given.
MORE will be given to you.
Mark 4:25
For whoever has, to him more will be given; but whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken away from him.”
The devil will take away.
Matthew 18:23
Therefore the kingdom of heaven is like a certain king who wanted to settle accounts with his servants.
John 10:10
The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.
Of all things, the thief come to steal God’s Word out of our heart. The devil knows if he takes away the Word, all other harvests are taken away.
Those who understand, he is not able to take away the Word.
What causes one to have good harvest of the ground
Mark 4:26-29
The Parable of the Growing Seed
And He said, “The kingdom of God is as if a man should scatter seed on the ground, and should sleep by night and rise by day, and the seed should sprout and grow, he himself does not know how. For the earth yields crops by itself: first the blade, then the head, after that the full grain in the head. But when the grain ripens, immediately he puts in the sickle, because the harvest has come.”
He himself does not know how.
As you are listening to God’s Word, you are actually listening in your inner hear.
Many received by hearing from outside.
Priories God’s Word.
Psalms 1:3
He shall be like a tree
Planted by the rivers of water,
That brings forth its fruit in its season,
Whose leaf also shall not wither;
And whatever he does shall prosper.
When you meditate you hear the Word again and again
Make sure you are listening, have a good heart towards the Word, and the harvest will come and you yourself will not know how.
When God talked about the seed in the beginning, he said whose seed is in itself.
All the seeds are in itself according to its kind.
Genesis 1:11-13
Then God said, “Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb that yields seed, and the fruit tree that yields fruit according to its kind, whose seed is in itself, on the earth”; and it was so. And the earth brought forth grass, the herb that yields seed according to its kind, and the tree that yields fruit, whose seed is in itself according to its kind. And God saw that it was good. So the evening and the morning were the third day.
Let the earth brings forth grass. Let the dry land appear. Let plants appear. All the fruit trees bearing seeds in itself.
God foresaw Jesus resurrected on the 3rd day.
All the fruit trees are reproduction of the very first seed when God first spoke.
It is amazing how seed reproduce itself.
A 2000 year old seed started sprouting again after been planted!
Psalms 92:14
They shall still bear fruit in old age;
They shall be fresh and flourishing,
Psalms 92:14
They shall still bear fruit in old age;
They shall be fresh and flourishing,
Forever green!
This is the power of resurrection!
A watch cannot compare with the tiniest plant.
An apple tree does not reproduce into a grape tree. All the seeds reproduce of its own kind.
No one on earth can reproduce life. They are playing around with what is there. They cannot produce life. Only God gives life.
The life is in the seed.
Leviticus 11:37
And if a part of any such carcass falls on any planting seed which is to be sown, it remains clean.
Carcass is a picture of death and corruption.
Death and corruption cannot overpower life. That life swallows up death!
When you have God’s Word in your life, death and corruption cannot swallow you!
Life is greater ! Far greater and superior to death! Death and corruption cannot stop life reproducing itself.
If you are struggling in anyway, there is an area of lack.
Spend time in the Word. Especially the Word pertaining to this area.
When the Word of God drops into your heart, you will manifest the harvest in your life.
Mark 4:35-41
On the same day, when evening had come, He said to them, “Let us cross over to the other side.” Now when they had left the multitude, they took Him along in the boat as He was. And other little boats were also with Him. And a great windstorm arose, and the waves beat into the boat, so that it was already filling. But He was in the stern, asleep on a pillow. And they awoke Him and said to Him, “Teacher, do You not care that we are perishing?”
Then He arose and rebuked the wind, and said to the sea, “Peace, be still!” And the wind ceased and there was a great calm. But He said to them, “Why are you so fearful? How is it that you have no faith?” And they feared exceedingly, and said to one another, “Who can this be, that even the wind and the sea obey Him!”
Cross over to the other side.
Over – not under
To the other side
Same measure you give is the same measure you receive.
Great (mega) windstorm
He was in the stern (back part of the boat), asleep in the midst of the mega storm.
Because He just said it. He said lets cross over to the other side.
When He said it He knows it will happen and He went to sleep.
Trouble is arising because of the Word.
He wants to steal your joy, peace and faith.
The disciples were not meditating on the Word, – “lets cross over to the other side.”
When He said lets cross OVER and not UNDER
These are experienced fishermen. This is some storm to be afraid of in the natural.
The word UNDERSTAND Is suniemi – means putting 2 and 2 together
That is wisdom.
God gives us all the suniemi.
Mark 4:35-41
Wind and Wave Obey Jesus
(Matt. 8:23–27; Luke 8:22–25)
On the same day, when evening had come, He said to them, “Let us cross over to the other side.” Now when they had left the multitude, they took Him along in the boat as He was. And other little boats were also with Him. And a great windstorm arose, and the waves beat into the boat, so that it was already filling. But He was in the stern, asleep on a pillow. And they awoke Him and said to Him, “Teacher, do You not care that we are perishing?”
Then He arose and rebuked the wind, and said to the sea, “Peace, be still!” And the wind ceased and there was a great calm. But He said to them, “Why are you so fearful? How is it that you have no faith?” And they feared exceedingly, and said to one another, “Who can this be, that even the wind and the sea obey Him!”
Mega calm !
It was the cry of His disciples who awoke Jesus. It was not the storm that woke Him up.
It is a response of love.
It is important to guard our ear-gate and heart-gate.
It is ok to have a general news but not to be absorbed over the same news again and again.
The fruit that come out of absorbing the world news is puzzled and no peace.
Be careful. Take heed what you hear.
When the devil rob you of your time through social media, he has successfully rob you of the Word.
Even with your children, they might not seem to have heart for the things of God. When they are younger they don’t let you know they are receiving.
The man sow the seeds and go to sleep and how the seeds raise up, you do not know how.
Jesus said “it is written”
The devil let out the word beloved.
“If” is doubt.
It is not “if” the Lord protects us. It is written, the Lord protects us!
Let God’s Word has the power. Just quote the Word to your children. Don’t make it a long sermon when you share with your children.
Christian parenting-
First is play with them
Second is pray with them
Everything you want in your life comes by the Word of God you receive in your life.
Mark 4:26-29
The Parable of the Growing Seed
And He said, “The kingdom of God is as if a man should scatter seed on the ground, and should sleep by night and rise by day, and the seed should sprout and grow, he himself does not know how. For the earth yields crops by itself: first the blade, then the head, after that the full grain in the head. But when the grain ripens, immediately he puts in the sickle, because the harvest has come.”
Mark 4:35-41
On the same day, when evening had come, He said to them, “Let us cross over to the other side.” Now when they had left the multitude, they took Him along in the boat as He was. And other little boats were also with Him. And a great windstorm arose, and the waves beat into the boat, so that it was already filling. But He was in the stern, asleep on a pillow. And they awoke Him and said to Him, “Teacher, do You not care that we are perishing?”
Then He arose and rebuked the wind, and said to the sea, “Peace, be still!” And the wind ceased and there was a great calm. But He said to them, “Why are you so fearful? How is it that you have no faith?” And they feared exceedingly (mega fear), and said to one another, “Who can this be, that even the wind and the sea obey Him!”
Mega fear
He is on high over the covid 19 virus.
He gives us His wisdom in bite-size. Like the snow and rain that comes down
Amos 8:11
Behold, the days come, saith the Lord GOD, that I will send a famine in the land,
not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of the LORD:
Psalms 1:3
And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither;
and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.
