Sunday July 8 2018

Kingdom Building Basics

Parable of the Growing Seed

Mark 4:26-29 NLT  
26 Jesus also said, “The Kingdom of God is like a farmer who scatters seed on the ground. 27 Night and day, while he’s asleep or awake, the seed sprouts and grows, but he does not understand how it happens. 28 The earth produces the crops on its own. First a leaf blade pushes through, then the heads of wheat are formed, and finally the grain ripens. 29 And as soon as the grain is ready, the farmer comes and harvests it with a sickle, for the harvest time has come.
 (We must do our work and continue to scatter or plant the seeds and let God work the miracles!)

An analogy of Two Seas!

Sea of Galilee - Living Water
The Sea of Galilee, it is the lowest freshwater lake on Earth and the second-lowest lake in the world (after the Dead Sea a saltwater lake.The lake is fed partly by underground springs although its main source is the Jordan River which flows through it from north to south. 

The Dead Sea
The Dead Sea or Sea of Salt; is a Salt Lake bordered by Jordan to the east and Israel and Palestine to the west. Its surface and shores are below sea level. It is 9.6 times as salty as the ocean and one of the worlds saltiest bodies of water. This salinity makes for a harsh environment in which plants and animals cannot flourish, hence its name. The Dead Sea! The Dead Seawater is so salty it makes swimming similar to floating. The Jordan River is the only major water source flowing into the Dead Sea, although there are small perennial springs under and around the Dead Sea, forming pools and quicksand pits along the edges. There are no outlet streams. The quick evaporation of water from the small sea, makes it so salty!
Today's Verse
2 Corinthians 3:16-18
But whenever anyone turns to the Lord, the veil is taken away. Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom. And we all, who with unveiled faces contemplate the Lord's glory, are being transformed into his image with ever increasing glory,
which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit.