• Click on Title and Scroll down to access - Introduction
  • STUDY LESSON 101: REPENTANCE
  • LESSON: 102: FAITH
  • LESSON 103: BAPTISMS
  • LESSON: 104 A, B & C
  • LESSON 105: SALVATION
  • LESSON 106: LIFE & DEATH
  • LESSON: 107 HEAVEN & HELL
  • LESSON: 108 SIN
  • LESSON: 109 TRINITY
  • LESSON:110 GOD THE FATHER
  • LESSON:111 GOD THE SON
  • LESSON: 112 GOD THE HOLY SP[IRIT
  • LESSON:113 MAN (Anthropology)
    • LESSON: 114 ANGELS & SPIRITS
    • LESSON: 114 ANGELS & SPIRITS
  • LESSON:114 DEMNS & 115 SATAN
  • LESSON: 116 ESCHATOLOGY (End Times)
  • APPENDIX A: VICTORY (booklet)
  • APPENDIX B: LOVE STORY
  • APPENDIX C: THE SAMARITAN RESPONSE
  • LEVEL TWO: INTRODUCTION
  • LESSON 201: STEPS TO MATURITY
  • LESSON 202: LORDSHIP OF CHRIST
  • LESSON 203: RENEWING THE MIND
  • LESSON 204: DISCIPLESHIP
  • LESSON 205: GOD'S DWELLING
  • LESSON 206A: PRAYER
  • LESSON 206B: PRAYER
  • LESSON 207: LOVE
  • LESSON 208: Spirit Soul & Body
  • A PRAYER FOR jULY 4TH
  • A SENSE OF FOREBODING
  • ACCOUNTABILITY
  • ALL AUTHORITY
  • AMERICA MUST REPENT
  • ANOTHER LEGALIZED SIN
  • AT THE END OF YOUR ROPE
  • AS IN THE DAYS OF NOAH
  • BEING MADE A VESSEL
  • BEWARE OF FALSE PROPHETS
  • BE CAREFULL WHO YOU LISTEN TO
  • BLIND TO THE TRUTH
  • CALLED OF GOD AND ......
  • CARNAL CHRISTIANS - Part 1
  • CARNAL CHRISTIANS - Part 2
  • CHRISTIAN WARFARE
  • COMPARING CHILDREN
  • CREATED IN HIS IMAGE
  • DARKNESS IN CHURCHES TODAY
  • DARKNESS vs LIGHT
  • DECEPTION
  • DECLARING THE KINGDOM
  • DEPENDENCE ON GOVERNMENT
  • DISCERNING THE WIND
  • DISCERNMENT
  • DIVINE GUIDANCE
  • DRIFTING INTO DARKNESS
  • ETERNAL VALUES
  • EXPERIENCEING HIS PRESENCE
  • FEAR - WHY?
  • GO AND SIN NO MORE
  • GOD STILL PERFORMS MIRACLES
  • GODLESS CHRISTIANITY
  • GOD'S PRESENCE
  • GOD'S SABBATH REST
  • GOD'S TIMING
  • GOD'S WORD IS ETERNAL
  • GOVERNMENT
  • GROWING TO MATURITY
  • HARVEST TIME IS ALMOST OVER
  • HE THAT HATH AN EAR
  • HIS ENEMIES - HIS FOOTSTOOL
  • HOW CLOSE IS CHRIST'S RETURN
  • HOW DISTRACTED ARE YOU
  • HOW TO SHIELD YOURSELF
  • I DREAMED OF TREASURE
  • IDENTIFYING ANTICHRIST
  • IMMORALITY IN THE CHURCH
  • IS THE DEVIL IN HARRY POTTER
  • IT IS TIME FOR GOD TO......
  • JESUS SAID IT WOULD HAPPEN
  • KINGDOMS IN CHAOS
  • KINGDOMS OF THIS WORLD
  • KINGDOM THINKING
  • KNOWLEDGE OF TRUTH
  • KNOW THE POWER
  • LET THE LIGHT SHINE
  • MAINTENANCE
  • MANY REFUSE TO REPENT
  • MYSTERY BABYLON
  • NECESSARY DISCIPLINE OF A CHILD
  • NOT ALL CHRISTIANS ARE BORN AGAIN
  • AN OMINOUS PROCLAMATION
  • ON BEING A WITNESS
  • POOR, BLIND & NAKED
  • PRAY AFTER THIS MANNER
  • PRAYER THAT CHANGES THINGS
  • PRAYING FOR ENDURANCE
  • PRAYING IN THE SPIRIT
  • PREPARE FOR THE LAST DAYS
  • PROOF ISLAM IS OF SATAN
  • PROPHESY GOOD TO US
  • PSALM 91: TRIBULATION PSALM
  • REASON TO WATCH & PRAY
  • RECOGNIZING TRUE MINISTRY
  • REJECTING TRUTH
  • RELEVANCE OF THE LAW
  • RELIGION vs TRUE CHRISTIANITY
  • REPENT MEANS CHANGE
  • RESPONSIBLE LEADERSHIP
  • SATAN'S STRATEGY EXPOSED
  • SELFISHNESS
  • SHALL DO EXPOITS
  • SHEDDING INNOCENT BLOOD
  • SIN AND GODLESSNESS
  • SPIRITUAL DECLINE
  • STRONG DELUSION
  • STUFF
  • SURVEILLAENCE
  • TAKE A STEP BACK
  • THE ENEMY WE DON'T SEE
  • THE BIBLICAL GOD
  • THE CHASTENING OF THE LORD
  • THE CHILDREN OF GOD vs ....
  • THE CHURCH & TRUTH
  • THE COMING OF JESUS
  • THE CONFLICT OF THE AGES
  • THE CURRENCY OF HEAVEN
  • THE GATES OF HELL
  • THE GOSPEL THAT PLEASES
  • THE GREATEST OF THESE
  • THE ABSOLUTE POWER
  • THE HORROR OF ......
  • THE KINGDOM OF GOD IS .....
  • THE LAST DAYS
  • THE MARRIED WIDOW
  • THE ORIGIN OF CREATION
  • THE OTHER CHURCH
  • THE REFORMATION CONTINUES
  • THE RISE OF LAWLESSNESS
  • THE SECULAR CHURCH
  • THE SEVEN CHURCHES
  • THE SIGNIFICANCE OF LOVE
  • THE THREE HOLY SPIRITS
  • THE WALKING DEAD
  • WEAPONS OF OUR WARFARE
  • THE WORKS OF GOD
  • THREATENED WITH DEATH
  • THE TIMING OF EVENTS
  • TO FEAR OR NOT TO FEAR
  • TO HIM THAT OVERCOMETH
  • THE TRAGEDY OF ICABOD
  • TRIED BY FIRE
  • TRUE RICHES
  • TRUTH vs DECEPTION
  • TWO KINDS OF WISDOM
  • TWO NATURES IN CONFLICT
  • TWO KINDS OF ENEMY
  • UNCLEAR PROPHETIC WORDS
  • UNDERSTANDING THE LIBERAL MINDSET
  • WHAT HINDERS GOD
  • WHAT BECAME OF THE NEPHILIM
  • WHAT DOES JESUS HATE
  • WHAT GOD WANTS
  • WHERE IS YOUR TRUST
  • WHY A MINISTER FALLS
  • WHY CHRISTIAN DECLINE
  • WHY BAD THINGS HAPPEN TO GOOD PEOPLE
  • WHY DO THE HEATHEN RAGE?
  • WHY GOD MADE MAN IN HIS IMAGE
  • WHY IS AMERICA IN DECLINE
  • WHY IS THE CHURCH IN DECLINE
  • WHY NO JUDGMENT ON THE WICKED.....YET
  • WHY PEOPLE REJECT TRUTH
  • WHY PEOPLE WORSHIP FALSE GODS
  • WHY PRAY
  • WHY THE CROSS
  • WHY THE LATTER RAIN
  • WHY THE PARABLE OF THE TEN VIRGINS
  • WHY WAS JESUS BAPTIZED
  • WONDER OF THE SEED
  • YOU SHALL RECEIVE POWER
  • YIELDEDNESS
  • YOUTHFUL LUSTS
  • YOUR BEHAVIOR REVEALS .....
  • DO NOT BE DECIEVED
  • WHEN ARE WE CAUGHT UP
  • WHERE IS THE POWER
  • REAL SURVIVAL GEAR
  • UNITY IN CHRIST
  • VISION OF TWO CHURCHES
  • WHAT IS THE ROLE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT
  • WHY SEXUAL PERVERSION EXISTS
  • WHEAT AND THE TARES
  • ON BEING SONS OF GOD
  • WHAT KINGDOM DO YOU DESIRE
  • WHAT IS THE GREAT AWAKENING
  • THE GREAT AWAKENING - Part 2
  • TWO HIGHWAYS OF LIFE
  • PRAYING FOR THOSE IN AUTHORITY
  • WHY CHRISTIANS SHOULD BE INVOLVED IN POLITICS
  • WAS JESUS LATE?
  • WHY THE IMPORTANCE OF FAITH
  • WHY DID JESUS COME
  • WHY IS THE CHURCH IN DECLINE
  • WHY CHANGE IS COMING
  • CLARIFYING THE GREAT AWAKENING
  • YOU WILL FACE THE JUDGE
  • FAILURE OF THE PRIESTHOOD
  • WHAT DOES "LORD" MEAN
  • THE ULTIMATE LOSS
  • THE WAY YOU THINK
  • WHAT IS REALITY AND TRUTH
  • THERE IS A PRICE TO PAY
  • WHY IS PATIENCE IMPORTANT
  • WHERE WAS GOD WHEN ......
  • WHY MANY WON'T BE SAVED
  • SECTARIANISM IN THE CHURCH
  • WHY SO MUCH DARKNESS
  • INCREDIBLE DECEPTION
  • THE VALUE OF SALT
  • WHY THE PARABLE OF WHEAT AND TARES
  • WHO IS IN CONTROL
  • We Are Wonderfully Made By God
  • STUDY OF DIVINE POWER
  • TOTAL REDEMPTION
  • THE HARVEST IS RIPE
  • THE PENALTY OF UNBELIEF
  • WHAT PRECEDS THE RETURN OF CHRIST
  • WHO WILL NOT BE ALLOWED IN HEAVEN
  • THE ERROR IN THE GRACE MESSAGEE
  • FINAL CLEANSING OF THE TEMPLE
  • HAS AMERICAN BECOME WORSE
  • WHY CELEBRATE PENTECOST
  • WE HAVE BEEN INFILTRATED
  • IS A FAMINE COMING?
  • THE KINGDOM OF GOD IS .....
  • DEALING WITH LEFTIST PROGRESSIVES
  • MAN'S KINGDOMS vs GOD'S
  • MOTIVATION TO PRAY
  • PRIDE - WHAT GOD HATES
  • SEEING IS BELIEVING - OR IS IT?
  • WHY THE DISCIPLES HAD GREAT SUCCESS
  • REVIVAL vs ENTERTAINMENT
  • FACING DEATH
  • AFFLICTION
  • THE CONSEQUENCE OF BITTERNESS
  • THE REALITY OF HELL
  • TIME OF TRAVAIL
  • IN HIS IMAGE
  • BELIEVERS ARE SONS OF GOD
  • EXPOSING A FALSE DOCTRINE
  • EXPOSING A FALSE DOCTRINE - PART 2
  • THE POWERLESS CHURCH
  • WHAT IS ATONEMENT
  • UNGODLY COUNSEL - BEWARE
  • BEWARE FALSE PROPHETS & MINISTERS
  • THE GREAT DISCONNECT
  • WE HAVE A SERIOUS FUEL SHORTAGE
  • WHY SO MUCH CORRUPTION IN GOVERNMENT
  • PROOF OF A DIVINE CREATOR
  • THE DANGEROUS PROSPERITY DOCTRINE
  • SPIRITUAL WOLVES
  • OUR WORLDLY STRUGGLES
  • UNEXPECTED AND UNPREPARED
  • WHAT GOD IS
  • EVERTHING IS BEING SHAKEN
  • NO EXPIRATION DATE
  • WHY JUDGMENT BEGINS AT THE HOUSE OF GOD
  • WALKING IN THE SPIRIT
  • THE STATE OF THE UNION
  • HOW AWESOME IS GOD
  • SELF PRESERVATION
  • A HOUSE DIVIDED
  • WICKED vs SINNERS
  • PREPARED FOR THE LAST DAYS
  • WHAT'S LACKING IN CHURRCH LEADERSHIP
  • WHAT A PRIVILEGE
  • WHAT GOD HAS PROVIDED
  • GOD'S LOVE RESTORES WHAT WAS LOST
  • WHY TRIALS AND TESTINGS
  • SIGNS OF THE TIMES
  • SPIRITUAL WARFARE
  • WALKING IN VICTORY
  • HAS THE EZEKIEL 38 WAR BEGUN
  • ON BEING A SERVANT
  • UNPREPARED FOR THE DAY OF THE LORD
  • BOOK - THE OTHER CHURCH
  • LUST IS A HUMAN PROBLEM
  • THE POWER OF GOD
  • WHAT CAUSES APOSTASY
  • MAN: GOD'S BELOVED MASTERPIECE
  • WHAT LIES AHEAD FOR AMERICA
  • WHAT HINDERS GOD'S POWER
  • APOSTASY
  • WHAT TIME IS IT?
  • WHO OR WHAT IS BABYLON
    • THE TWO SIDES OF GOD
  • WHY SATAN PRODUCED GIANTS
  • WHY ALL THE CORRUPTION
  • THE AWSOME RESPONSIBILITY OF A PASTOR
  • THE DESTRUCTIVE SIN OF COVETOUSNESS
  • COMPARE KING DAVID & JESUS
  • WHAT REALLY HAPPENED IN THE GARDEN
  • THE CHASTENING OF THE LORD
  • HEAVEN IS NOT FOR SINNERS
  • AN APPOINTED DAY
  • SPIRITUAL WARFARE WILL INTENSIFY
  • JESUS TELLS OF SOWING SEED
  • BLIND TO THE TRUTH
  • BLIND TO THE TRUTH - part 2
  • HOW SHALL THE BELIEVER LIVE?
  • WHAT GOD SAYS ABOUT "WOKE" AMERICA
  • IGNORANCE OF DEMONIC ACTIVITY
  • THE END IS NEAR
  • WILL HISTORY REPEAT ITSELF?
  • WHAT IT COSTS TO LIVE AS A CHRISTIAN
  • THE CHASTENING OF THE LORD
  • REAL TREASURE
  • PREPAREING THE WAY OF THE LORD
  • PREPARING THE WAY OF THE LORD - Part 2
  • COMMUNION - THE LORD'S SUPPER
  • LIFE CONSISTS OF TWO COMPONENTS
  • LOVE: FOUNDATION OF THE KINGDOM
  • MISPLACED TRUST
  • CELEBRATING PENTECOST TODAY
  • ENDURING FATIH
  • DON'T READ THE BIBLE......
  • IF MY PEOPLE......
  • HUMAN NATURE ISN'T HUMAN
  • LIGHT AND LOVE
  • World In Upheaval
  • IS YOUR FAITH GETTING WORN OUT?
  • TO SERVE OR BE SEREVED
  • TO SERVE OR BE SERVED - Part 2
  • WHAT WILL IT TAKE
  • WARNING ABOUT REVIVAL
  • PERILOUS TIMES ARE HERE
  • LIFE - PHYSICAL vs SPIRITUAL
  • LIVING FOR CHRIST IN A HOSTILE CULTURE
  • ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION - AN OPPORTUNITY
  • CORRECTING OUR WORLDLY LOVE
  • UNBELIEF AMONG CHRISTIANS
  • WONDERING WHAT'S GOING ON
  • INTIMACY WITH CHRIST
  • LEARNING TO STAND IN THE EVIL DAY
  • THE CHURCH IN THE LAST DAYS
  • GOD HEARS A DESPERATE CRY
  • BABYLON IS FALLEN
  • TECHNOLOGY - The Modern Tower of Babel
  • THE CONSEQUENCE OF FALSE MINISTERS
  • THE IMPORTANCE OF LOVE
  • GREAT EXPECTATION
  • SOWING THE GOSPEL AS SEED
  • WHAT YOU THOUGHT IMPOSSIBLE - INS'T
  • DECEPTION IS GOING EXTREME
  • GOD KNOWS IT ALL
  • INSIGHTS ON THE BOOK OF JOB
  • WILL YOUR LOVE BE TESTED
  • GOVERNMENT IN DARKNESS
  • APPROACHING HARVEST TIME
  • INSTRUCT YOUR CHILDREN
  • Apostasy - PART 2
  • THE IMPORTANCE OF PATIENCE
  • THE POWER OF GOD'S WORD
  • BACK TO THE WAY IT WAS
  • THE UNRECOGNIZED CHRIST
  • TRANSGENDERISM - A DEATH SENTENCE
  • REBUILDING JERUSALEM'S TEMPLE
  • WHAT IS A LIVING SACRIFICE
  • THE CHURCH OF THE ITCHING EAR
  • THE DEVIL'S MISTAKES
  • BACK TO THE WAY IT WAS - Part 2
  • THE CONSEQUENCE OF IDOLATRY
  • EMBRACING TRIBULATION
  • CALLED TO SEPARATION
  • CONSEQUENCES OF ENVY AND STRIFE
  • WHY GOD SENT JESUS

                                                      THE  WONDER  OF  THE  SEED

                                                                                                                                                                                   by W. G. Guy
 
          Jesus illustrated some of his teachings by using the agricultural process of sowing seeds in order to produce crops.   Although the actual biological process differs among various seed types the basic principal, stated simple terms, is as follows:  a seed, be it a kernel, nut or other type, has within it a small part that is the heart or life force of the seed.  If you have eaten peanuts perhaps you noticed this small heart of the nut at one end between the two halves of each nut.  Perhaps while eating corn you noticed each kernel has at the one end a small light colored heart.  Maybe you have eaten wheat germ on cereal; that germ is the heart of a grain of wheat.
 
         At maturity, it is time for the plant to reproduce itself; it does so by producing a seed, or seed-pod that is usually what is eaten because these seed pods are a good source of nutrition or food.  We know some of these seed-pods as grains of wheat or oats, nuts, berries, fruit or an ear of corn, etc.  If not eaten, these pods will dry out or burst thus releasing the seeds contained within to fall to the ground.  While on the ground for a time the majority of the seed actually dies as it gives its life to this little heart which then begins to grow.  This new growth bursts forth from the seed body putting out a tiny stem that reaches for nutrient from the soil.  As it penetrates the soil this tiny stem becomes a shoot with which to bring in nutrients that allow the seedling to grow.  This shoot becomes a root that also anchors the plant firmly in the ground.
 
          The new plant grows to be just like the one that the seed came from.  The seed is the plant's means of reproducing itself.  As the new plant grows to maturity it too produces seed-pods and repeats the same process.  What is important to notice is that one seed produces a plant that has many times more seeds and is able to reproduce many more plants.  Now lets' see how this process applies to what Jesus had to say about the seed:
 
John 12:24 - "Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except a corn of wheat fall into the ground and die, it abideth alone: but if it die, it bringeth forth much fruit."  
 
          Jesus was referring to himself as being a type of seed.  He was telling the people his time had come to offer himself up as the atonement for our sins on the cross.  He had to die in order to bring God's kind of life (zoe) to man.
 
John 12:23 - And Jesus answered them,  saying, The hour is come, that the Son of man should be glorified."
 
          In so doing, he would bring salvation to all who accepted him.  Thus he would reproduce his righteous eternal life (zoe) in each person who receives him.
 
James 1:18 - "Of his own will begat he us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of first-fruits of his creatures."     
 
          Those who accept him and trust in him would be as the fertile ground that seed is sown into.
 
Romans 8:29 - "For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren."
 
          In James 1:18 we are told that "he begat us with the word of truth", and as such, Jesus referred to his word as being seed also.  His word has spiritual reproductive power that brings forth his (zoe) life in us.
 
1 John 1:1 - "That which was from the beginning, which we have heard (the word), which we have seen with out eyes, which we have looked upon, and our hands have handled, of the Word of life."
 
John 1:1 & 4 - "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.  In him was life; and the life was the light of men."
 
          Jesus gave an illustration of how the Word of God is like seed; and like seed it must have the right conditions in order to grow and produce fruit.  In his illustration, he shows various obstacles to growing to maturity and producing fruit, (Matthew 13:3-9):  he then explains his illustration to his disciples.
 
Matthew 13:18-23 - "Hear ye therefore the parable of the sower.  When any one heareth the word of the kingdom, and understandeth it not, then cometh the wicked one, and catcheth away that which was sown in his heart.  This is he which received seed by the way side.  But he that receiveth the seed into stony places, the same is he that heareth the word, and anon with joy receiveth it; yet hath he not root in himself, but dureth for a while: for when tribulation or persecution ariseth because of the word, by and by he is offended.  He also that receiveth seed among the thorns is he that heareth the word; and the care of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, choke the word, and he becometh unfruitful.  But he that received seed into good ground is he that heareth the word, and understandeth it; which also beareth fruit, and bringeth forth, some an hundred fold, some sixty, some thirty."
 
          Just what is it that is produced by this precious seed, the Word of God?  It is the likeness of Christ!  This seed has special reproductive qualities - spiritual qualities. It contains all of his character and nature, which is the eternal life (zoe)  force of God the Father.  Just as in natural plants, where some produce more or bigger fruit than others, different believers in various environments produce various amounts of Christ's likeness in them. 
 
          Some attain to 100% of his likeness.  Some produce 60% of his likeness, and some may only produce 30% of his likeness or image.  At this point Jesus does not seem to mind that there are differing amounts of his image produced by the seed; the objective is to produce fruit.  Later we will see that God, the Father, works on us in order to increase the amount of Christ's likeness, or fruit, produced in us.
 
          All that Jesus Christ is was contained in the Word of God (the seed) - refer back to John 1:1 & 4 and 1John 1:1 to see this again.  The Word of God is seed, and when received in ideal conditions it produces the likeness of Jesus Christ - his character and nature, which is compared to light whereas our sinful carnal nature is referred to as darkness. 
 
          Many simply reject this seed; not understanding its significance:
 
John 1:5 - "And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not."
 
          This field in which we grow, here on this earth, is a hostile environment and governed by the enemy, called the god of this world - Satan.  Jesus explains this as the parable of the tares:
 
Matthew 13:37-40 - "He answered and said unto them, He that soweth the good seed is the Son of man; the field is the world; the good seed are the children of the kingdom; but the tares are the children of the wicjed one; the enemy that sowed them is the devil; the harvest is the end of the world; and the reapers are the angels.  As therefore the tares are gathered and burned in the fire; so shall it be in the end of this world."
 
          However, the biggest obstacle we face in producing his fruit is or own selfish carnal nature called the "old man".  This is the big "I, ME and MINE" that we all have.  It is called "flesh" in many passages, but we can best understand it as the "self".  It is the "I want";  the "I will",  and the "I AM" in each of us.  This old nature is the opposite of Christ's nature.  It is his nature that is the fruit that must come forth in us, therefore the old selfish nature must die.  So we need to realize that what applies to Jesus also applies to those who are now growing up into his image and likeness.  In a way, we too have become as seed:
 
John 12:25 - "He that loveth his (self) life shall lose it; and he that hateth his (self) life in this world shall keep it unto (zoe) life eternal."
 
          Dying to self, the flesh, is essential to producing the fruit of righteousness.  Trying to preserve self and its interests hinder spiritual growth to maturity.  Being self-serving only produces more self and is easily recognized by those around you.  But if you cease trying to do your own thing and seeking your own selfish pursuits, in essence, loosing "your" life, then his life is able to begin showing in you.
 
Luke 14:33 - "So likewise, whosoever he be of you that forsaketh not all that he hath, he cannot be my disciple."
 
Ephesians 4:24 - "And that ye put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness."
 
Galatians 5:24 - "And they that are Christ's have crucified the flesh (self) with the affections and lusts."
 
Luke 9:23-24 - "And he said unto them all, If any man come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross (symbol of death) daily, and follow me.  For what is a man advantaged, if he gain the whole world, and lose himself, or be cast away?"   
 
          How does the old nature of SELF die? We have to be willing to lay it down permanently.  However death to self does not come easily and requires daily determination and purpose to deal with the fleshly outer man.
 
2 Corinthians 4:16 - "For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day."
 
          Then allow what is in the seed, that which produces the inner man, to begin to grow in us.
 
Galatians 2:20 -  "I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me."
 
          God the Father helps deal with these old selfish and self centered issues in our lives as we grow to maturity.
 
John 15:1-2 - "I am the vine, and my Father is the husbandman.  Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away: and every branch that beareth fruit, he purgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruit. 
 
          In addition to receiving the blessings of spiritual sunshine, rain and nutrients,  God also prunes us by exposing us to trials, tribulations and difficulties in order to reveal what is really in us: his nature or our own.  Do we respond to this pruning his way or our way.
 
Romans 8:28 - And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are called according to his purpose."
 
          The life of this spiritual seed, the living word of God, is the life that is in the vine (Christ).  His life begins to flow through his people, referred to as branches, and it is his life (zoe) that produces the fruit that our Heavenly Father is looking for - his character and nature, (also known as the fruit of the Spirit - Galatians 5:22-23).
 
John 15:3-6 - "Now are ye clean through the word (seed) which I have spoken unto you.    Abide in me, and I in you, as the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine;  no more can ye, except ye abide in me.  I am the vine, ye are the branches:  He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing.  If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered; and men gather them, and cast them into the fire, and they are burned."
 
          The beauty of this reproductive process is that in the fruit produced by him through the branches is more seed to be sown.  That new seed can reproduce even more images of Him as that fruit is seen and received by others via means of evangelism, teaching and discipleship – a form of sowing that seed.  
 
          The seed (the Word) is the best there is; the question is, what kind of soil are you and will you allow the husbandman to cultivate, nurture and prune you.  Will the seed produce the character and nature of Christ in you?
 
Colossians 1:27 - "To whom God would make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; which is Christ in you, the hope of glory."
 
Galatians 4:19 - "My little children, of whom I travail in birth again until Christ be formed in you."
 
         Conclusion:  The precious seed is the Word of God; Jesus is the same Word that took on human form.  In the Word/Seed (Jesus) is ALL that God is and what will be produced and harvested when matured and ready.  The Seed/Word reproduces Christ in us;  transforming us into the image of Christ, God's Son, so that WE become the Sons of God, joint heirs with Christ. 
 
          Just as God intended man to be in the beginning of this world, so shall it be at the end of this world; all resulting from His SEED when planted in us - if we are good and futile ground allowing His life to flourish in us.
 
          Here is some more to think about in terms of this heavenly seed:  God planted this same Seed/Word in a woman 2000 years ago.  It produced the same thing - JESUS, who is the express image and likeness of God the Father.  This same seed works when planted in us - if we receive it, allow the master gardener (our Heavenly Father) to cultivate, nurture and prune us.  It produces the harvest He is patiently waiting and looking for.  Then we shall be harvested and assembled together with him in His storehouse to abide with him eternally.

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