Christianity and Real Estate... 'The Kingdom of God is Like....' #1

This is the beginning of a series entitled:

"The Kingdom of God is like....."

This will be a series dedicated to what Jesus
said the Kingdom of Heaven is like.

I recently did a series on The Beatitudes,
(What Jesus said we should live our lives like.)

So, without further ado, here is the 1st description
of what the Kingdom of God is like according to Jesus,
the Messiah.

Mathew 13:3-23 

And He spoke many things to them in parables, saying, "Behold, the sower went out to sow; and as he sowed, some seeds fell beside the road, and the birds came and ate them up. "Others fell on the rocky places, where they did not have much soil; and immediately they sprang up, because they had no depth of soil. "But when the sun had risen, they were scorched; and because they had no root, they withered away. "Others fell among the thorns, and the thorns came up and choked them out. "And others fell on the good soil and yielded a crop, some a hundredfold, some sixty, and some thirty. He who has ears, let him hear."

An Explanation

And the disciples came and said to Him, "Why do You speak to them in parables?"

Jesus answered them, "To you it has been granted to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it has not been granted. "For whoever has, to him more shall be given, and he will have an abundance; but whoever does not have, even what he has shall be taken away from him. "Therefore I speak to them in parables; because while seeing they do not see, and while hearing they do not hear, nor do they understand.

"In their case the prophecy of Isaiah is being fulfilled, which says,

         'YOU WILL KEEP ON HEARING, BUT WILL NOT UNDERSTAND;
         YOU WILL KEEP ON SEEING, BUT WILL NOT PERCEIVE; 
         FOR THE HEART OF THIS PEOPLE HAS BECOME DULL,
         WITH THEIR EARS THEY SCARCELY HEAR,
         AND THEY HAVE CLOSED THEIR EYES,
         OTHERWISE THEY WOULD SEE WITH THEIR EYES,
         HEAR WITH THEIR EARS,
         AND UNDERSTAND WITH THEIR HEART AND RETURN,
         AND I WOULD HEAL THEM.'

But blessed are your eyes, because they see; and your ears, because they hear.

"For truly I say to you that many prophets and righteous men desired to see what you see, and did not see it, and to hear what you hear, and did not hear it. "

The Sower Explained

"Hear then the parable of the sower.

• When anyone hears the word of the kingdom and does not understand it,the evil one comes and snatches away what has been sown in his heart. This is the one on whom seed was sown beside the road. "The one on whom seed was sown on the rocky places, this is the man who hears the word and immediately receives it with joy; yet he has no firm root in himself, but is only temporary, and when affliction or persecution arises because of the word, immediately he falls away.
• "And the one on whom seed was sown among the thorns, this is the man who hears the word, and the worry of the world and the deceitfulness of wealth choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful.
• "And the one on whom seed was sown on the good soil, this is the man who hears the word and understands it; who indeed bears fruit and brings forth, some a hundredfold, some sixty, and some thirty."

So, this is pretty straight forward:

• Do you listen to Christians when they explain why they do what they do, or do you just walk away and not listen. (You say you may have a pretty good reason for NOT listening to them, BUT do you think maybe God is try to talk to you through them? We ALL know no one is perfect, but are you using THAT as an excuse to not listen?)
• Have you given up on Christianity because you are suddenly not popular, or maybe you are being persecuted because of it.... DO NOT give up!! There is a REWARD waiting for you in the end!
• Have you wanted "things" or money because you are a Christian now?? Has a Preacher told you will get rich because you are a child of God now? That is THEE worst reason for becoming a Christian. You need to get that stuff out of your heart right now; you will not win ANY worthwhile disciples by promising them riches and material wealth....only by being WISE, understanding and exercising self restraint will you become rich.
• Do you read the word of God and LONG to understand it? Is the time you wait for things to come to pass NOTHING to you.... YOU are going to do WELL in Gods Kingdom!!!

Imagine winning just one person a year to the Lord and disciplining them to believe like you do... then THEY win one disciple a year to the Lord and THAT person becomes like you...... in time a whole ARMY of people are believing and living like YOU......

The beginnings are small and inconspicuous....the END of the workings of this are HUGE!!

 

Don't look at the small beginnings of your walk... look at the LARGE picture......

 

The Lord is coming back with the WINNING TEAM....... will you be on it?

 

This thought provoking post about
Gods Kingdom was brought to you by:

Alexander Harb PSEM®, E-Agent®
Founder of "Christianity and Real Estate"