Title (II) Parable of the Sower (Matthew 13:1~9)
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The parable of the sowing of the seed is a parable that teaches the saints who have received the merits of Jesus Christ's redemption and have been regenerated as children of God the principles of building the temple of the body and achieving the sanctification and salvation of the body through parables of the farmer's farming.
“God, the farmer of salvation” (John 15:1-8)
① God the Holy Trinity is a farmer who produces and nurtures the people of Heaven, the holy children of God. ② As he said, “I am the true vine and my father is a farmer”, Jesus the Son did the independent work in the farming of true people, and God the Father did the work of cooperation, and God the Holy Spirit did and is doing the work of completion. . ③ In other words, God the Father cooperates in salvation farming by means of grace, creation, and providence, God the Son completes salvation for those who are saved through grace and death through the cross, death, and ascension, and God the Holy Spirit brings salvation to God the Father and God the Son. He puts on the royal clothes and puts on the created ones to complete the work. ④ Therefore, the main occupation of the Holy Trinity is to be a farmer of the true people (the people of the kingdom of heaven). ⑤ This world is a farm where true people farm.
“Salvation through God the Farmer” (Ephesians 1:3-10; 2:8-9)
① The salvation given by God, the farmer, is to create God’s children, God’s bride, and God’s people who will live together with the Holy God forever in the Kingdom of God, where the spiritual and material worlds are unified in the future by applying the grace of regeneration, sanctification, and glory to salvation. . ② The children of cows are the children of men Just as the children of men are human beings, the children of God, the bride of God, the people of God are the same divine status as God. ③ Therefore, the salvation that God gives is to transcend the human level and make human beings of God with divine status. ④ It is impossible for human beings to do this by their own strength. ⑤ No matter how much grass, cows, or humans study and practice a lot, they can only live as grass, cows, or humans with their own power and end up as grass, cows, and humans. ⑥ Such grass becomes the flesh and blood of oxen or human when an ox is eaten by a human. ⑦ Humans also receive the Word of God, the seed of God, are eaten by the Word, and are regenerated (1 Peter 1:23). The body is sanctified and the glory is achieved. .
“Salvation achieved through mutual cooperation between God the farmer and the saints” (Philippians 2:12)
① The sanctification of the body in which the regenerated new person grows into a powerful person like Christ The temple construction of the body cannot be done unilaterally by God alone because there is a regenerated new person with free will. ② God and the personal subject of free will It is salvation through personal fellowship and cooperation with a new person. ③ Therefore, a new person who has been regenerated must use their free will to receive the word of God, the seed of sanctification and salvation, and strive to sanctify the function and possessions of mind and body by the word and bear the fruits of sanctification and salvation. ④ To make good soil by plowing a path-like heart-field from which seeds are taken away with repentance, removing and throwing out the stones of self-centered evil that is like a stone-field that deprives growth, and making good soil, and throwing away the concerns about food, clothing, and shelter first, which is like a thorn-like heart that loses fruit. Become a fertile ground for seeking his kingdom and his righteousness. ⑤ Let the seed of the word we receive have the kingship and multiply well and bear much fruit.
“Let’s become good soil, and let us reap a fruit a hundredfold and sixtyfold.”
① To become good soil, we must continue to live a repentant life. We must fence with the Word of God in the Old and New Testaments to prevent the seeds of sin from entering the same heart as the good soil so that only the seeds of God's Word are planted. ② The seeds of God's Word have the kingship , stubbornness, knowledge, experience, and malignity must be controlled at will, so that the seeds of the word can be eaten as food to reproduce, grow and bear fruit. ③ At this time, 100 times, that is, the word of God completely swallows you up, and you have a relationship of righteous people according to the word, so you become a complete winner in human relationships ④ 60 times, that is, a complete victory over the world over the devil ⑤ 30 times, that is, your relationship with God The right relationship will be established in the world and one will become a complete winner in the relationship with God. ⑥ Jesus received the kingship of kings and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God (Philippians 2:5-11). ⑦ Let us become like this too.