THE PARABLE OF THE SEED GROWING SECRETLY Mark 4:26-29

Get Started. It's Free
or sign up with your email address
THE PARABLE OF THE SEED GROWING SECRETLY Mark 4:26-29 by Mind Map: THE PARABLE OF THE SEED GROWING SECRETLY Mark 4:26-29

1. Message Video

2. ἄνθρωπος

2.1. We are all sowing

2.2. Good bad like it or not

2.3. Some people sow weeds

2.3.1. Pretend to sow

3. A farmer

3.1. Specific word for farmer γεωργός

3.1.1. John 15:1 (NLT) 1 “I am the true grapevine, and my Father is the gardener.

3.1.2. James 5:7 (NLT) 7 Dear brothers and sisters, be patient as you wait for the Lord’s return. Consider the farmers who patiently wait for the rains in the fall and in the spring. They eagerly look for the valuable harvest to ripen.

3.1.3. The word here is more generic than a farmer that farms for a living.

4. The focal point is

4.1. Not the farmer

4.1.1. After letting the light of Jesus shine our job is done. They have to lean in (have good soil) God brings the growth.

4.1.2. 1 Corinthians 3:6 (NLT) 6 I planted the seed in your hearts, and Apollos watered it, but it was God who made it grow.

4.2. Not the soil

4.3. It is the mystery of growth that comes from God alone

4.4. Time that it takes

4.4.1. Mark 4:28 (NLT) 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.

4.4.1.1. The appointed order of development may not be

4.4.1.1.1. Hurried

4.4.1.1.2. Skipped

4.4.1.1.3. Delayed

4.5. The harvest that comes

4.5.1. Wheat and weeds in Matthew 13:24

4.5.2. Curiously, the usual Greek word for ripen is not used. Instead, the fruit is said literally “to deliver itself,” “to hand itself over” (paradidomi)

4.5.3. Joel 3:13: “Swing the sickle, for the harvest is ripe. Come, trample the grapes, for the winepress is full and the vats overflow—so great is their wickedness!” (see Jer. 51:33; Rev. 14:15).

4.5.3.1. The context in Joel is one of judgment on the inordinate wickedness of the Gentiles who are about to be judged. They stand in the valley of decision, and the Day of the Lord is near.

4.5.3.2. Will they lean in. Will they have good soil. Will they bear fruit or be a weed.

4.5.4. Because God does the growing

4.5.4.1. We do not need to

4.5.4.1.1. Badger

4.5.4.1.2. Dictate

4.5.4.1.3. Cajole

4.5.4.1.4. Or force people to believe. In fact, there is nothing we can do to force someone to believe.

4.5.4.1.5. Threats, brides, and shame spoil the true faith that comes from the Holy Spirit and a drawing by God to himself.

5. Regrets from when I have tried to do God's job

5.1. The cross is offensive, I should not be.

5.2. Tell truth with humility and grace.

5.3. Matthew 7:2 (NLT) 2 For you will be treated as you treat others. The standard you use in judging is the standard by which you will be judged.

6. Only in Marks Gospel

6.1. And only 4 verses

6.2. Part of Kingdom of God Parables

6.2.1. Sower Mark 4:3

6.2.2. Growth of the seed Mark 4:26

6.2.3. The mustard seed Mark 4:30

6.2.4. Sower Mark 4:3

6.2.5. Wheat and the weeds Matthew 13:24-30

6.2.6. I am taken back by how much time Jesus points our attention to the coming judgement and reward that happens in eternity.

7. Mk 4:26-29

7.1. Mark 4:26 (NLT) 26 Jesus also said, “The Kingdom of God is like a farmer who scatters seed on the ground.

7.2. Mark 4:27 (NLT) 27 Night and day, while he’s asleep or awake, the seed sprouts and grows, but he does not understand how it happens.

7.3. Mark 4:28 (NLT) 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.

7.4. Mark 4:29 (NLT) 29 And as soon as the grain is ready, the farmer comes and harvests it with a sickle, for the harvest time has come.”

8. QR