Who started the process of giving and receiving?
“These are the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created, in the day that the LORD God made the earth and the heavens.” Genesis 2:4-5
Wonderful thought, the heavens and the earth were not created in a series of six single 24 hour days. Yet, scriptures describes these things as created in the day, meaning it was, “a time for the foundations of the earth to be laid.”
Genesis 2:4, “These are the generations of the heaven and the earth in the day that the LORD God made the earth and the heavens.”
There was not a man
“And every plant of the field before it was in the earth, and every herb of the field before it grew: for the LORD God had not caused it to rain on the earth, and there was not a man to till the ground.”
So God created a man from the dust of the field and breathed the breath of life into nostrils and man became a living soul.
God said to the first man, Be fruitful, multiply, replenish the earth, subdue it have dominion over everything that has life in it. He said, I have given you every seed upon all the face of the earth and every trees bearing fruit!
If you think seed doesn’t matter, wrong! God uses seed on many different levels. For example, He told the Serpent, the seed of the woman shall bruise your head. He gave Abraham a seed that becomes a nation that birth the Messiah. Then He uses the seed to given the gift of eternal life to whosoever believes
“If ye be Christ, then are you Abraham’s seed and heirs according to the promises.”
God uses fruit trees! The first sacrifice was the fruit of a fruit tree. The first gift of eternal life came from a fruit tree. Jesus was crucified on a tree. The Tree of Life is in the midst of the paradise of God.
“And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat.”
Partnership
Partnership as it relates to God, is probably the most elusive principle of creation. The system of the earth is based on partnership. This concept flows from Genesis through to Revelation. We understand partnership in bits and pieces.
God has been the greatest victim of theft. Man has never fully render to God his due fruits of the partnership. However, God stills holds people responsible for their share of the harvest of the earth.
God asked the question will a man rob God? You have robbed me even this whole nation. You are cursed with are curse!
Parable of the Wine Press (Matthew 21:33-46 KJV)
The parable pf the wine press illustrates the principles of failed partnership. Jesus told the story of a householder who planted a vineyard. He placed a fence around it and rigged a wine press in it. He build a tower in it. He put the responsibility of managing the vineyard into his employees. Last of all he took a long trip to a far country.
When it came time for the harvest to come in, he sent his servants to the managers of the vineyard to collect its fruits. The Managers beat up one servant, stoned one and killed another. The Householder continued to sent messages to collect the fruits of vineyard. The managers continued to treat each messages the same way.
Finally the Householder decided to send his Son, thinking the managers would respect his son more than his messengers. The managers decided to kill the son and take ownership of the vineyard.
Jesus asked the question of his audience, “When the lord therefore of the vineyard cometh, what will he do unto those husbandmen?” His audience responded,
“They say unto him, He will miserably destroy those wicked men, and will let out his vineyard unto other husbandmen, which shall render him the fruits in their seasons.” Matthew 21:41
Partnership has always been about man rendering God the fruits of partnership. Yet, man took the fruits that were due God and consumed them upon his own desires. Genesis 6:2, “…They took them wives of all which they chose.”
“But this people hath a revolting and a rebellious heart; they are revolted and gone. Neither say they in their heart, Let us now fear the LORD our God, that giveth rain, both the former and latter, in his season: he reserveth unto us the appointed weeks of the harvest.” Jeremiah 5:23-24
Jesus quoted scripture,
“Jesus saith unto them, Did ye never read in the scriptures, The stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of the corner: this is the Lord’s doing, and it is marvellous in our eyes?”
Jesus said,
“Therefore say I unto you, The kingdom of God shall be taken from you, and given to a nation bringing forth the fruit thereof.”
The parable is about rendering to God his due fruits. People think this parable just applies to the Pharisees. No, it applies to followers of Jesus Christ as well.
The Parable of the talents! (Matthew 25:14-30)
Jesus tells a parable about three servants of a householder. For clarity let change the titles of subjects of this parable. Let make the man traveling to a far country, the president of a company. Lets make the servants employees. The president of this company is about to tell a long business trip. He called his chief employees together and committed the companies resources into their hands.
The first employee was given five pieces of gold. The second employee was give two pieces of gold. The third employee was given one piece of gold. After a long period of time, the president of the company calls his employees to give an account of their stewardship.
The first employee came to the president and said, ‘You committed to me five pieces of gold, I have gained five more.’ The president of the company said, well done good and faithful have you been, I will make you ruler over many things, come let’s celebrate together.
The second employee came to the president and said, You committed to me two pieces of gold, I have gained two more. The president said, well done good and faithful have you been, I will make you ruler over many things, come let’s celebrate together.
The third employee came to the president and said, You gave me one piece of gold and I was afraid of losing it. I knew you as a hard man reaping where you have not sown. So I took the companies resources and buried them in a hole in the backyard, here is your one piece of goal. The president said, You wicked and slothful employee, you should have put my money in the bank at lease I could have gained the interest. Take the talent from him and give it to the employee which gained the most of the resources entrusted to him.
The principle of accountability
“For unto every one that hath shall be given, and he shall have abundance: but from him that hath not shall be taken away even that which he hath. And cast ye the unprofitable servant into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.”
Many people are in a dark place simply because they didn’t take advance of seed time and harvest. They ate their seed. They neglected their fruit trees. They slept during harvest times. They were not conscious of the process.
God reserves the harvest! In other word, there is a harvest of increase in your future, simply because that is ow the system was designed to function. Sow seed, plant water and be patient unto God gives rain and increase.
God said, “Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat.” Seed is for provision. Seed is pro (for) the vision. God’s vision!
You can’t limit seed to physical food. Seed will/can benefit you in every area of your life.
The power of sowing seed
In Second Corinthians 9:6-15, the apostle Paul encourages the Corinthian Church concerning making provision for the ministry to the saints. He said,
“But this I say, He which soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he which soweth bountifully shall reap also bountifully. Every man as he purposeth in his heart, so let him give; not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver. And God is able to make all grace abound toward you; that ye, always having all sufficiency in all things, may abound to every good work.” 2 Corinthians 9:6-8 (KJV)
If you sown little, you will reap on the same scale. If you sow abundantly, you will reap abundantly. I learned this early in ministry. I learned this valuable principle. I deliberately found as many serving opportunities and started pouring into these field.
I served as a chaplain in the Wayne County Jail, Dickerson Detention Facility, the Detroit Rescue Mission and the Detroit Police Department of which I receive no salary. I also prayed with a group churches called the Detroit Regional House of Prayer as well as pastoring a church.
In my serving I recognized seasons of blessings. I was able to share these lessons with people I ministered to in prison and the homeless shelter. I enjoyed the grace of God in so many ways. The season that I am walking in today, as debt free, came out of those seasons of sowing into others.
Another amazing benefit is the level of your authority and dominion increases as well. What I mean by that, I master money instead of money mastering me. I experience the blessings of God in my body, marriage, home and finances. Why? Not because I am a good person. I have learned the principles of the Garden of Eden and I applied them to my daily life.
(As it is written, He hath dispersed abroad; he hath given to the poor: his righteousness remaineth for ever. Now he that ministereth seed to the sower both minister bread for your food, and multiply your seed sown, and increase the fruit of your righteousness;).”
God gives seed to everybody, to the poor
He is righteous always and all the time. He is good to all. He opens his hands and desires the desires of every living thing
-He ministers seed to you
-He multiplies the seed you sow
-He increase the fruits of your righteousness. When God increase the fruit of your works, simply means what you harvest becomes so much that your barnes will break out with abundant increase. He increases it to the point that there is an overflow of abundance. Remember, Satan didn’t create prosperity. God created prosperity as a way of manifesting his glory. All things were made by him and they were created for his pleasure (Revelation 4:11).
The Sower Sows the Word
Matthew 13:2-11 & 14, Mark 4:1-20; Luke 8:4-15
The parable of “the sower sows the word” is based on the same principles of all the other revelations regarding rendering to God his due fruits. Jesus came to reveal mysteries of creation that had been hidden or lost from the beginning of time.
“All these things spake Jesus unto the multitude in parables; and without a parable spake he not unto them: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying, I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things which have been kept secret from the foundation of the world.”
Jesus spoke the mysteries in parables. His disciples asked him, why speak in parables? Jesus spoke in parables because the people continually rejected God. There was a pattern in the nation of people continuously rejecting God’s counsel so the prophesy of Isaiah 6:9 was fulfilled in that generation. The prophesy was
“By hearing ye shall hear, and shall not understand; and seeing ye shall see, and shall not perceive.”
People receive the blessings of God as they are able to hear, receive and keep the Word God ministered to them. Jesus said,
“He answered and said unto them, Because it is given unto you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given. For whosoever hath, to him shall be given, and he shall have more abundance: but whosever hath not, from him shall be taken away even that he hath.”
Of the four groups of people who hears the Word of the Kingdom of God:
- The group who hears the word by the wayside
- The group who receives the word into stony places
- The group who receives the word among thorns
- The group who receives the Word in good ground
There is loss of growth in the first 3 groups. The last group who hears, receives, and keeps the word of God in their hearts, reaps a harvest of 30, 60, and a 100 fold more than what was sown. What is the Word of the kingdom? It is the Word of Life, the message of life which was manifested in the life and ministry of Jesus according to 1 John 1:1-5. Jesus healed all who came to him in faith! Jesus said to Martha and Mary concerning their brother Lazarus who had died, “I am the resurrection and the life.”
“One sow and another waters but God gives the increase!”
“And he gave gifts unto men”
The Message of the Ten virgins
Five were foolish and five were wise. Both groups fell asleep while waiting on the marriage feast to start. When the cry came forth, “The bridegroom cometh.” All ten woke up, the five foolish didn’t have oil to light their lamps and asked oil of the five wise virgins. The five wise virgins counseled them to go to the market place and purchase oil. While the five foolish virgin were gone to the market place to buy oil; the bridegroom show up and takes the five wise virgins into the marriage feast. When the five foolish virgins show up, knock on the door and say, “Lord, Lord open up.”
“But he answered and said, Verily I say unto you, I know you not.”
Again the principle is, understand the purpose for seed! Work it, Apply it. Reap harvests intentionally! Become a master of seed time and harvest!
Grace & peace!
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