讀經Scripture Reading

約 翰 福 音 John 12:24

24 我實實在在的告訴你們、一粒麥子不落在地裏死了、仍舊是一粒．若是死了、就結出許多子粒來。

24 I tell you the truth, unless a kernel of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains only a single seed. But if it dies, it produces many seeds.

馬 太 福 音 Matthew 13:31-33

31他又設個比喻對他們說、天國好像一粒芥菜種、有人拿去種在田裏。

32這原是百種裏最小的．等到長起來、卻比各樣的菜都大、且成了樹、天上的飛鳥來宿在他的枝上。

33他又對他們講個比喻說、天國好像麵酵、有婦人拿來、藏在三斗麵裏、直等全團都發起來。

馬 太 福 音 Matthew 13:31-3331 He told them another parable: "The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed, which a man took and planted in his field.

32 Though it is the smallest of all your seeds, yet when it grows, it is the largest of garden plants and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the air come and perch in its branches.“

33 He told them still another parable: "The kingdom of heaven is like yeast that a woman took and mixed into a large amount of flour until it worked all through the dough."

馬 可 福 音 Mark 4:26-29

26 又說神的國、如同人把種撒在地上、27 黑夜睡覺、白日起來、這種就發芽漸

長、那人卻不曉得如何這樣。28 地生五穀是出於自然的．先發苗、後

長穗、再後穗上結成飽滿的子粒。29 穀既熟了、就用鐮刀去割、因為收成

的時候到了。

馬 可 福 音 Mark 4:26-29

26 He also said, "This is what the kingdom of God is like. A man scatters seed on the ground.

27 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."

彼 得 前 书 1 Peter 1:23

23 你们蒙了重生、不是由于能坏的种子、乃是由于不能坏的种子、是借着　神活泼常存的道 . 23 For you have been born again, not of perishable seed, but of imperishable, through the living and enduring word of God.

今日證道 Sermon

“The Power of the Seed"

Bro. Wendell Wyatt

Power of the Seed

John 12:24

Oldest Useful Seed

Judean Date Palm Recovered from excavation at Herod the

Great’s palace Approximately 2000 years old Seed germinated in 2005

Principle of the Seed

John 12:24 I tell you the truth, unless a kernel of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains only a single seed. But if it dies, it produces many seeds.

Before planting, seed remains alone Once planted and seed dies, then it bears

fruit (multiplies)

Spiritual Seed

Kingdom expansion Mt 13:31-33 31 He told them another parable: "The kingdom

of heaven is like a mustard seed, which a man took and planted in his field.

32 Though it is the smallest of all your seeds, yet when it grows, it is the largest of garden plants and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the air come and perch in its branches."

Spiritual Seed

Mt 13:33 He told them still another parable: "The kingdom of heaven is like yeast that a woman took and mixed into a large amount of flour until it worked all through the dough."

Spiritual Seed

Mark 4:26 He also said, "This is what the kingdom of God is like. A man scatters seed on the ground.

27 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."

Spiritual Seed

1 Peter 1:23 For you have been born again, not of perishable seed, but of imperishable, through the living and enduring word of God.

God the Father “planted” Jesus in the earth as a seed.

We Sow the Seed

1 Cor 3:6 I planted the seed, Apollos watered it, but God made it grow.

7 So neither he who plants nor he who waters is anything, but only God, who makes things grow.

We Sow the Seed

2 Cor 9:6 Remember this: Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows generously will also reap generously.

We Sow the Seed

James 3:18 Peacemakers who sow in peace raise a harvest of righteousness.

Galatians 6:9 Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.

My pastoral “job description”

What Seed Can You Sow?