The Parable of the Growing Seed
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The farmer is a Christian.  The seed is the Gospel of Jesus Christ. This is the biblical Gospel: God is loving and just, man is sinful and separated from God, Jesus died to assume the wrath of God for sinful man and was resurrected, man must respond in faith (not intellectual assent but trust, surrender) to what Christ has done.

The soil is the heart of the lost.  When the farmer sows the seed he sleeps.  He can rest in the power of the seed producing life in the soil by itself, and he doesn't fully understand how it happens - it just does.

When the seed has produced full maturity, then the harvest comes.  

Application: We are to share the Gospel with others but we cannot manufacture or manipulate a response of faith in them. We simply plant the seed and trust God for the results.  Because the Gospel is the power of God unto salvation (Rom 1:16) and not our powers of persuasion, we can rest in that.  We don't have to lose sleep over our ability to "sell" the Gospel, we rest in the supernatural power of the Gospel to transform lives.

When a person is "ripe" then that person can be "harvested." If fruit is ripe, you don't have to yank on it. When a person is ripe to respond to the gospel, you don't have to yank on them to make a decision. The power of the seed of the Gospel will spring forth to full maturity.


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By: Troy Walliser
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GROWING SEED
We plant the seed by going out spreading GOD'S Word  telling whomever we meet about the goodness of GOD.  And GOD will nuture it until it grows into something beautiful and wonderful.


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By: vanessa smith
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What role, if any, do people play in growing the field of God`s Kingdom?
People play the role of planters or farmers. they plant the word of god in other people`s hearts, when they share the word of God with them. After sharing the word, it seems like the job is out of their power- They do not know what happens, but eventually, the earth, God, gives power and life to the seed, and at the end, when the fruit is ready ''At the end of our lives, God gathers us to our rest-As parents, we have a job to do-begetting children-but once they are out of our wombs, growth, development, knowledge of God, is the work of God, and in the short span of our lives on earth, we are under the faithful care of our God, until we are ready to depart, and he gathers us to our Fathers.



By: Agatha Maingi
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What role, if any, do people play in growing the field of God`s Kingdom?
The role christians play here is to proclaim the gospel to he whole human race ''marc 16-15'' to gain souls for kingdom of God.



By: Rachel DAKOUO
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What role, if any, do people play in growing the field of God`s Kingdom?
As believers in Christ, we can grow and walk in Christ spending time knowing the word, patient time to take root, grow and come to harvest and spread our knowledge of the salvation and love of Christ.



By: Dee
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What role, if any, do people play in growing the field of God`s Kingdom?
The role of '' Christians'' - people is to bear the fruits of the Holy Spirit '' Galasians 5 Vs 16'' . Christians has the role to grow in spiritual maturity. They should get prepared for the harvest and spiritual warfare. Christians ought to make every effort to win others into the kingdom of God. Not only that but also offer their bodies as a living sacrifice , holy and acceptable to God. Romans 12 Vs 1


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By: Christopher Banda
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What role, if any, do people play in growing the field of God`s Kingdom?
They are the seeds that God planted.



By: Alex Santiago
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What role, if any, do people play in growing the field of God`s Kingdom?
We are God`s people...



By: Sab
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What role, if any, do people play in growing the field of God`s Kingdom?
A big role because the ppl are God`s tool.



By: Arman Akkus
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What role, if any, do people play in growing the field of God`s Kingdom?
We have to plant the seeds ''Word'' in the minds of the people. Some do the watering and nuturting as the seed grows and God brings the increase. This seed can then be used to further spead the message of the kingdom of god when its mature ''ripe''. Thus the kingdom increases.



By: richard persaud
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The Parable of the Growing Seed

He said, "The Kingdom of God is as if a man should cast seed on the earth, and should sleep and rise night and day, and the seed should spring up and grow, he doesn't know how. For the earth bears fruit: first the blade, then the ear, then the full grain in the ear. But when the fruit is ripe, immediately he puts forth the sickle, because the harvest has come."

Mark 4:26-29
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