Broke #2

Mark 4:26-28 "26And he said, So is the kingdom of God, as if a man should cast seed into the ground; 27And should sleep, and rise night and day, and the seed should spring and grow up, he knoweth not how 28For the earth bringeth forth fruit of herself; first the blade, then the ear, after that the full corn in the ear." KJV An example of the seed, the soil, the seed planted, the sprout and the full head of wheat and the harvest. Jesus taught in parables in order that we could understand what He was telling His disciples and that we could understand the mysteries of the kingdom of God. He did not make it hard to understand Mark 4:11 "And he said unto them, Unto you it is given to know the mystery of the kingdom of God: but unto them that are without, all these things are done in parables." KJV Mark 4:13,14 "13And he said unto them, Know ye not this parable? and how then will ye know all parables? 14The sower soweth the word." KJV The seed will not grow until it is planted and there will be no harvest without the planting. Gen 8:22 "While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease." KJV God begins to prove his people by obedience and attitude. As we begin our walk, we sometimes fail and are not obedient, but because of the grace, the mercy and the blood of Jesus we are able to complete our walk. God is looking at the attitude of our heart and gives us time to grow in wanting to please Him. God is looking at our hearts and what we really want to do. Deut 8: 12-14,18 "12Lest when thou hast eaten and art full, and hast built goodly houses, and dwelt therein; 13And when thy herds and thy flocks multiply, and thy silver and thy gold is multiplied, and all that thou hast is multiplied 14Then thine heart be lifted up, and thou forget the LORD thy God, which brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage.18 But thou shalt remember the LORD thy God: for it is he that giveth thee power to get wealth, that he may establish his covenant which he sware unto thy fathers, as it is this day." KJV God's plan for us is that multiplication takes place in our lives. He wants us to prosper. He gives us the ability to get wealth with ideas and good jobs, if our attitudes are right and if we are not "puffed up" thinking that we have done it.