I'm just dying to grow!

"But he who received seed on the good ground is he who hears the word and understands it, who indeed bears fruit and produces: some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty." Matthew 13:23

I love this verse because it is so encouraging to know that if you abide in Christ you will not only grow but bear fruit. The thing I don't like is that most pastors only tell us that and don't explain. I love hearing the Christian language, but lets start teaching people what it actually means.

In this verse we see that if a seed, which represents us, is on good ground then we will produce fruit! It is so cool to see God use the seed as an example of us growing. Why is it so cool? Well, a seed, in order for it to grow, must first die! What an awesome picture Jesus gives us here in this passage of Scripture.

If you want to know how to grow in Christ and bear much fruit, then you must die! What does this mean? Well let's get practical. If you want to grow in Christ you must die to your fleshly desires (these are the desires that are opposite of what God wants for you). As you are dying to your fleshly desires, the great thing is you will be growing spiritually! This is the concept Jesus is drawing for us here. If you die to yourself, then what are you doing? Quit simply, you are living for God and others and that is how you grow! Thank God He made it so simple!

If you are a teacher of the Word please don't fall into the temptation of just using Christian language (i.e. Grow in the Lord or give it all to God) without any explaination. We need to learn to practice how to live properly, not how to sound spiritual. Simply teach the Word and watch God bless, because after all it is His Words.

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