JESUS CHRIST THE SEED IN US

JESUS CHRIST THE SEED IN US

Everything is in the SEED. Jesus came into this world as the SEED that gave life to the world. Our Lord Jesus is especially represented by three Old Testament characters: Adam, Abraham and David, Jesus Christ is the Seed of the Woman, the Seed of Abraham and the Seed of David. – Gen. 3:15; Matt. 1:1

Thus we see His pain, His power, and His Promise as He relates to us racially (the Word made flesh) redemptive and royally.  The outline of the whole bible is the Word of God – the Seed.

1.   The Seed Comes – O.T.          - Genesis 13:15

2.   The Seed Dies  - Gospel         - John 12:24

3.   The Seed Lives – Acts             - Acts 2:24

4.   The Seed Speaks – Epistles     - Heb. 1:2-4

5.   The Seed Reigns – Rev.           –Rev. 11:15

Luke 8:11 ESV -  l Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God.

2 Corinthians 9:10 ESV

He who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food will supply and multiply your seed for sowing and increase the harvest of your righteousness

1.   1)  The Seed Comes – O.T.  - Genesis 13:15 NIV

And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and hers; he will crush your head, and you will strike his heel.”

Through the O.T. from Genesis to Malachi, the message is clear: the Seed is coming! The Messiah was to be the Seed of the Woman who would destroy the works of the devil. To Moses, He was the mighty Prophet; to Isaiah, the Servant of Jehovah; to Malachi, the Messenger of the Covenant. The one message of the Old Testament is that the Seed is coming!

2.   2) The Seed Dies  - Gospel  - John 12:24 NIV

24 Very truly I tell you, unless a kernel of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains only a single seed. But if it dies, it produces many seeds.

It says here the seed dies – as Jesus dies for the world and as it dies, and as a single seed it produces many seeds. (sons of God)

The Seed came but He came to die! Matthew, Mark, Luke and John all attest to His death.  The Father planted the Son in the earth, that He might reap a family of sons in the image of the Firstborn (Rom. 8:29). This mighty harvest is the Church, the joy and expectation that was set before the Saviour.  In the Gospel the Seed dies!

3.  3)  The Seed Lives –  Book of Acts   - Acts 2:24  New International Version

24 But God raised him from the dead, freeing him from the agony of death, because it was impossible for death to keep its hold on him.

In the early Church, the Seed lives! The resurrection of the Lord Jesus was the keynote of the apostles’ doctrine.  The life of the risen Christ was the first concern of God for His infant Church. The baby had structure, but those bones were soft. Most importantly, the baby was alive, and its life was His life. So in the book of Acts, the Seed lives!  Jesus lives and resurrected in the presence of His disciples.

The Resurrection of Jesus is not a just a Historical event. Resurrection is a living person, Jesus himself – He said, “I am the Resurrection and life.” Resurrection is a daily living reality – Jesus himself is resurrected in us. In Him we live and breathe. Our identity is in the power of the Resurrection of Jesus Christ.

4.   4) The Seed Speaks – Epistles     - Heb. 1:2-4  NIV

In the past God spoke to our ancestors through the prophets at many times and in various ways, 2 but in these last days he has spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed heir of all things, and through whom also he made the universe.

From Romans to Jude, the Seed speaks!  Men such as Peter, Paul and John were among the apostles who gave us the letters of the New Testament. In them, we can hear the heart of Jesus, the Chief Apostle.  Out of the abundance of His heart, He has spoken to us.  Throughout the book of epistles, the Seed speaks!

5.   5) The Seed Reigns – Revelation        – Rev. 11:15

15 Then the seventh angel sounded: And there were loud voices in heaven, saying, “The kingdoms of this world have become the kingdoms of our Lord and of His Christ, and He shall reign forever and ever!”

In the Old Testament the Seed is coming. In the Gospel, the Seed dies. In the book of Acts, the Seed lives. In the epistles, the Seed speaks. And in the Revelation, the Seed reigns! So He comes, He dies, He lives, He speaks, He reigns!

He has come, He is here, alive and well on planet earth. He is in His holy Temple, for God has sent forth the Spirit of His Son into our hearts. - Gal.4:6

Most people are waiting to do something great in the Kingdom of God. They talk about it, dream about it, wish for it. But still nothing happens in a man’s life until he moves from and old Covenant spirit to a New Covenant spirit, from a mind-set that is future tense to one that acknowledges the God of the Now.

Now is the time we are reigning with Him – Jesus. We reign in this life with Him not future.