What is the biblical meaning of seed sowing? A seed carries within itself new life. Paradoxically, it has to be buried before it can bring forth that new life; as a result, seeds and those who sow them are often used metaphorically in the Bible to convey ideas. Who originally said you...
Jesus presents this parable with Himself as the farmer (Matthew 13:37) seeking to grow a crop. Everything, as far as farmer Jesus is concerned, depends upon the harvest. All the soils get the same farmer's sowing, the same seed, the same growing season, the same rainfall, and so on...
Sainthood isn't limited to those recognized by a group of religious leaders. It's granted by God Himself to any common, salt-of-the-earth person who simply trusts Christ (1 Corinthians 1:2). Words matter. And sowing confusion about good, biblical words like "saint" is not from God. "...
So when Jesus describes an enemy sowing bad seeds in the owner’s field, His audience would have likely snickered a little bit. No enemy would work so hard to ruin a crop. If an enemy really wanted to ruin someone’s crop, there were better and easier ways to do it. But the enemy...
Lamsa Bible And he said to them, Take heed what you hear; with what measure you measure it will be measured to you; and increase especially to them who hear. Aramaic Bible in Plain English And he said to them, “Take heed what you hear; that measure in which you are measuring is me...
You fool! What you sow is not brought to life unless it dies.New Revised Standard VersionFool! What you sow does not come to life unless it dies. Translations from AramaicLamsa BibleThou fool, the seed which you sow, is not quickened, except it die.Aramaic Bible in Plain EnglishFool!
I’ve seen the years of plowing and sowing; your harvest is here! These next coming days you will see the fruit of your labor. Yet, it is not time to rest. Enjoy your reward but continue doing what you’re doing and the harvest will remain a blessing to you. Congratulations on your...
Your family and friends, and pastor may never say a word either, so you think you’re doing just fine, when you’re really not. Although I’ve never graduated from a Bible school or seminary, and sadly, I have no degree, I was home-schooled in the ministry by my father and pastor...
“Patience is necessary, and one cannot reap immediately where one has sown.”– Soren Kierkegaard “With every deed you are sowing a seed, though the harvest you may not see.”– Ella Wheeler Wilcox “What we plant in the soil of contemplation, we shall reap in the harvest of action.”...
37 And as for what you sow—you are not sowing the body that will be, but only a seed, perhaps of wheat or another grain. 38 But God gives it a body as he wants,b and to each of the seeds its own body. 39 Not all fleshc is the same flesh; there is one flesh for humans,...