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THE MUSTARD SEED: ITS SIGNIFICANCE
LORD’S DAY, APRIL 12
Matthew 13:31-32
Memory verse: Matthew 13:32
“…but when it is grown,
it is the greatest among herbs…”
THE MUSTARD SEED: ITS SIGNIFICANCE
John 1:29 says, “…John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world.” How can Jesus be the Saviour of the world if the world has not heard of what He did on the cross at Calvary? The Parable of the Mustard Seed assures us that God has accomplished this through the Gospel seed. It is a short and simple message of Jesus Christ, the Son of God and Son of Man, who lived, suffered and died for the sins of the world, and rose again for the justification of the sins of all who truly believe. Man has sown many seeds based on his own ideas, as seen in the empires of many great nations of the past and present, but all of them are like tiny bushes in size and longevity. Past empires planted their seed of man’s evil goals, aims and philosophies, like the Assyrians, Babylonians, Persians, Greeks and Romans, but they were like stunted bushes that shone for a brief moment before they were all destroyed.
But the Kingdom of Heaven begins with the Gospel seed. The Gospel has spread from Jerusalem, Judaea, Samaria to the uttermost part of the world as Christ had prophesied. Today, the world knows about Christ. It is a spiritual kingdom on earth today for the Kingdom of Heaven begins in the heart of every believer. There is no land area called the Kingdom of Heaven on earth. Because the citizens of heaven are here serving, worshipping and witnessing for Christ, this parable is called the Kingdom of Heaven. Are these not the activities that are also done in heaven?
Innumerable millions of sinners have come to know Christ as their Lord and Saviour since the Day of Pentecost of Acts 2. Salvation is of the Lord. When the Gospel according to Scriptures is preached, the Holy Spirit takes the Gospel seed and works a marvellous work of convicting sinners of their sins and their need for the Saviour. The growth is visibly seen by the world and not just by believers. Just because the Christianity of today has turned apostate does not mean that the teaching of the Parable of the Mustard Seed has not come to pass. It has come to pass and covers the face of the earth for it to become a global apostate Christianity!
THOUGHT: Am I a citizen of the Kingdom of Heaven?
PRAYER: Heavenly Father, help me to make sure of my salvation.