THE KINGDOM AND THE SEED !

THE KINGDOM AND THE SEED ! "And when he was demanded of the Pharisees, when the kingdom of God should come, he answered them and said, The kingdom of God cometh not with observation: Neither shall they say, Lo here ! or,lo there ! For, behold, the kingdom of God is within you." Now let me show it to you in the Scripture. I know you may think, "where in the world did he get that ?" In fact it is not of this world: in Mark, chapter 4. Remember, in this parable Jesus has established that the sower sows the Word of God. In verse 14 the Word was sown in the heart of man. Now look at verse 26 through 28: "And he said, so is the kingdom of God, as if a man should cast seed into the ground; and should sleep, and rise night and day, and the seed should spring and grow up, he knoweth not how. For the earth bringeth forth fruit of herself; first the blade, then the ear, after that before corn in the ear." (Mark 4:26-28). The Kingdom of God is as if a man cast seed into the ground. Jesus said in (Luke 17:21): . . . "Behold, the kingdom of God is within you." Now if you are born again ! This kingdom is within you. God's word is the spiritual power force that operates in that kingdom. The kingdom dwells within your heart. And I am not referring to the blood pump. This kingdom that dwells in your heart is no less powerful than the kingdom that will be set up in the new Jerusalem. In fact, it is of the same kingdom. But it is a spiritual manifestation everything you have need of in this life. It comes through the human spirit. That's what Jesus is saying here. The kingdom of God is as a man casting seed into the ground. When it refers to man it means mankind. In other words, an individual casts seed into the ground. "And (he or she) should sleep, and rise night and day, and the seed should spring and grow up, they knoweth not how. (Mark 4:27). Many precious people do not understand how and why they have gotten themselves in the situations that they are in: it is because of your tongue. Your tongue is as the pen of a ready writer. Notice, he goes to bed, and he gets up. Now, that's not hard to do -- have enough faith to go to bed and get up. But that verse doesn't mean that you just confess the Scriptures, and you won't have to work anymore. If you can't live by faith on your job, you're going to starve without it. Faith is not a way to laziness. The man plants the seed, and he sleeps and rise night and day. In other words, he goes on about his business. The seed springs up and grows up, and he doesn't know how. You don't have to know how it works. Just know it works and do it.