Tuesday, June 16, 2009

The Kingdom of God

 26He also said, "This is what the kingdom of God is like. A man scatters seed on the ground.27Night and day, whether he sleeps or gets up, the seed sprouts and grows, though he does not know how. 28All by itself the soil produces grain—first the stalk, then the head, then the full kernel in the head. 29As soon as the grain is ripe, he puts the sickle to it, because the harvest has come."30Again he said, "What shall we say the kingdom of God is like, or what parable shall we use to describe it? 31It is like a mustard seed, which is the smallest seed you plant in the ground. 32Yet when planted, it grows and becomes the largest of all garden plants, with such big branches that the birds of the air can perch in its shade."


Jesus is the sower and the seed.  Jesus plants and the kingdom of God grows by his Word. Christ' s body and blood are planted and they sprout creating a great harvest of believers.  Jesus does this all for us in our baptism that we may be a part of the harvest of the kingdom of God.   

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