The Kingdom of God grows

Sunday 22nd September 2024

Mark 4:26-34
The Kingdom of God grows

Mark 4:26-34
The Parable of the Growing Seed
26  He also said, “This is what the kingdom of God is like.  A man scatters seed on the
ground.   27  Night and day, whether he sleeps or gets up, the seed sp
routs and grows, though he does not know how.   28  All by itself the soil produces
grain—first the stalk, then the head, then the full kernel in the head.  29  As soon as the
grain is ripe, he puts the sickle to it, because the harvest has come.”
The Parable of the Mustard Seed
30  Again he said, “What shall we say the kingdom of God is like, or what parable shall
we use to describe it?  31  It is like a mustard seed, which is the smallest of all seeds
on earth.  32  Yet when planted, it grows and becomes the largest of all garden plants,
with such big branches that the birds can perch in its shade.”
33  With many similar parables Jesus spoke the word to them, as much as they could
understand.   34  He did not say anything to them without using a parable.  But when he
was alone with his own disciples, he explained everything.
2 Timothy 4: 1-3
 In the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who will judge the living and the
dead, and in view of his appearing and his kingdom, I give you this
charge:  2  Preach the word; be prepared in season and out of season; correct,
rebuke and encourage—with great patience and careful instruction.  3  For the time
will come when people will not put up with sound doctrine.  Instead, to suit their own
desires, they will gather around them a great number of teachers to say what their
itching ears want to hear.

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Croydon Baptist Church (Western Cape)
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Thank you for your faithfulness!