All By Itself
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The document discusses Jesus' parable of the growing seed from Mark 4:26-29. In the parable, Jesus compares the kingdom of God to a man who scatters seed on the ground. The seed then sprouts and grows on its own, first producing stalk, then head, then the full kernel, without the man knowing how it grows. Jesus' message is that believers should scatter the seed of God's word and have faith that it will grow, even without fully understanding how.
All By Itself
- 3. • Lillies of the field • Seed that grows by itself • Growth of the mustard seed • Seed that grows in the different soils • Tree and its fruit • Laws of sowing and reaping
- 5. Mark 4:26-29 (NIV) 26 He also said, "This is what the kingdom of God is like. A man scatters seed on the ground. 7 Night and day, whether he sleeps or gets up, the seed sprouts and grows, though he does not know how. 28 All by itself the soil produces grain--first the stalk, then the head, then the full kernel in the head. 29 As soon as the grain is ripe, he puts the sickle to it, because the harvest has come."
- 6. 1. You are a seed sower (a man scatters seed on the ground) 2. Sleep and Rest (night and day, whether he sleeps or gets up) 3. Sow and Harvest (as soon as the grain is ripe, he pus the sickle to it, because the harvest has come) 4. Believe in ‘all by itself’
- 7. 1. You are a seed sower ‘… a man scatters seed on the ground…’
- 8. 2. Sleep and Rise “… night and day, whether he sleeps or gets up…”
- 10. Matthew 6:28 (NIV) 28 "And why do you worry about clothes? Seehow the lilies of the field grow. They do not labour or spin.
- 11. 3. Scatter and Harvest ‘ … as soon as the grain is ripe, he pus the sickle to it, because the harvest has come …’
- 12. 1 Corinthians 3:6 (NIV) 6 I planted the seed, Apollos watered it, but God made it grow.
- 13. 1. You are a seed sower (a man scatters seed on the ground) 2. Sleep and Rest (night and day, whether he sleeps or gets up) 3. Sow and Harvest (as soon as the grain is ripe, he pus the sickle to it, because the harvest has come) 4. Believe in ‘all by itself’
- 14. “They thought they could bury us, but they forgot we were seeds” Mexican Proverb