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PARABLE OF THE GROWING SEED

Text: Mark 4
16 June 2024

THE USE OF PARABLES

The Lord Jesus was a Master at constructing and using Parables as a means of teaching great spiritual truths. One of them was the Parable of the growing seed.

26 And He said, “The kingdom of God is as if a man should scatter seed on the ground, 

27 and should sleep by night and rise by day, and the seed should sprout and grow, he himself does not know how.

28 For the earth yields crops by itself: first the blade, then the head, after that the full grain in the head. 

29 But when the grain ripens, immediately he puts in the sickle, because the harvest has come.”     Mark 4:26-29

  1. An illustration of the Kingdom of God

a) The work of a man who scatters seed

b) He may be called the sower

  1. The sower

a) He does not know if the seeds would grow

b) He does not know how the seeds will grow

  1. The earth itself

a) It is able to nurture the growth of the seed

b) The seed grows well

i)   The blade

ii)  The head

iii) The full grain

iv) The harvest

RELEVANT LESSONS 

There are relevant lessons that we must seek to comprehend. 

  1. The seed is capable of growing
  1. The earth is able to help the seed grow into a full head of grain
  1. Such is the reality of the Kingdom of God in our life

a) If it is real to us, it will grow

b) It will continue to grow till it is full-grown

Let us seek spiritual growth through knowledge and faith. We can become fruitful in our life to the very end.