One in Messiah Congregation
bearing precious seed
Sow, reap, restore the foundations, paths of God that are thrown down
Jer.6[ 16] Thus saith the LORD, Stand ye in the ways, and see, and ask for the old paths , where is the good way, and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls. But they said, We will not walk therein.
Jer.16[ 19] O LORD, my strength, and my fortress, and my refuge in the day of affliction, the Gentiles shall come unto thee from the ends of the earth, and shall say, Surely our fathers have inherited lies, vanity, and things wherein there is no profit.
Jer.18[ 15] Because my people hath forgotten me, they have burned incense to vanity, and they have caused them to stumble in their ways from the ancient paths , to walk in paths , in a way not cast up;
Isa.1[26] And I will restore thy judges as at the first, and thy counsellers as at the beginning: afterward thou shalt be called, The city of righteousness, the faithful city.
Isa.49[ 6] And he said, It is a light thing that thou shouldest be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the preserved of Israel : I will also give thee ( Messiah ) for a light to the Gentiles, that thou mayest be my salvation unto the end of the earth.
Isa.58[ 12] And they that shall be of thee shall build the old waste places: thou shalt raise up the foundations of many generations ; and thou shalt be called, The repairer of the breach, The restorer of paths to dwell in.
Matt.17[
10] And his disciples asked
him, saying, Why then say the scribes that Elias must first come?[
11] And Jesus answered and said unto
them, Elias truly shall first come, and
restore all things.
[12] But I say
unto you, That Elias is come already, and they knew him not, but have done
unto him whatsoever they listed. Likewise shall also the Son of man suffer
of them.[13] Then the disciples
understood that he spake unto them of John the Baptist.
restorer -
John.6[
63] It is the spirit that quickeneth;
the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak
unto you, they are spirit, and they are life.
1Cor.2[
14] But the natural man receiveth
not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither
can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.
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Isa.55[1
] Ho, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters,
and he that hath no money; come ye, buy, and eat; yea, come, buy wine and milk
without money and without price.[2
] Wherefore do ye spend money for that which is not bread? and
your labour for that which satisfieth not? hearken diligently unto me, and
eat ye that which is good, and let your soul delight itself in fatness.[
3] Incline your ear, and come
unto me: hear, and your soul shall live; and I will make an everlasting covenant
with you, even the sure mercies of David.[4
] Behold, I have given him for a witness to the people,
a leader and commander to the people.[5] Behold, thou
shalt call a nation that thou knowest not, and nations that knew not thee shall
run unto thee because of the LORD thy God, and for the Holy One of Israel;
for he hath glorified thee.[6] Seek ye the LORD while he may be found, call
ye upon him while he is near:[7] Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous
man his thoughts: and let him return unto the LORD, and he will have mercy
upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.
[12] For ye
shall go out with joy, and be led forth with peace: the mountains and the hills
shall break forth before you into singing, and all the trees of the field shall
clap their hands.[13] Instead
of the thorn shall come up the fir tree, and instead of the brier shall come
up the myrtle tree: and it shall be to the LORD for a name, for an everlasting
sign that shall not be cut off.
Sow, Sow, Sow for God. Remember satan is sowing
also!
Exod.23[
10] And six years thou shalt
sow thy land, and shalt gather
in the fruits thereof: [11]
But the seventh year thou shalt let it rest and lie still; that the poor of
thy people may eat: and what they leave the beasts of the field shall eat.
In like manner thou shalt deal with thy vineyard, and with thy oliveyard.
[14] Three times
thou shalt keep a feast unto me in the year.[15
] Thou shalt keep the feast of unleavened bread: (thou
shalt eat unleavened bread seven days, as I commanded thee, in the time appointed
of the month Abib; for in it thou camest out from Egypt: and none shall appear
before me empty:)[16] And the
feast of harvest, the firstfruits of thy labours, which
thou hast sown in the field: and
the feast of ingathering, which is in the end of the year,
when thou hast gathered in thy labours out of the field.
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Lev.19[
19] Ye shall keep my statutes.
Thou shalt not let thy cattle gender with a diverse
kind: thou shalt not sow thy
field with mingled seed: neither shall a garment mingled of linen and woollen
come upon thee.
Lev.25[
3] Six years thou shalt
sow thy field, and six years
thou shalt prune thy vineyard, and gather in the fruit thereof; [
4] But in the seventh year shall be
a sabbath of rest unto the land, a sabbath for the LORD: thou shalt neither
sow thy field, nor prune thy
vineyard.
Isa.5[7]
For the vineyard of the LORD of hosts is the house
of Israel, and the men of Judah his pleasant plant:
and he looked for judgment, but behold oppression; for righteousness, but behold
a cry.
Deut.22
[9] Thou shalt not sow thy vineyard with divers seeds: lest the fruit of
thy seed which thou hast sown, and the fruit of thy vineyard, be defiled.
Job.4[
8] Even as I have seen, they
that plow iniquity, and sow
wickedness, reap the same.
Pss.126[
5] They that
sow in tears shall reap in joy.[
6] He that goeth forth and weepeth,
bearing precious seed, shall
doubtless come again with rejoicing, bringing his sheaves with him.
Prov.6[
16] These six things doth the
LORD hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him:[17
] A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed
innocent blood,
Prov.11[
18] The wicked worketh a deceitful
work: but to him that soweth
righteousness shall be a sure reward.
Qoh.11[
4] He that observeth the wind
shall not sow; and he that regardeth
the clouds shall not reap. [5
] As thou knowest not what is the way of the spirit, nor how the
bones do grow in the womb of her that is with child: even so thou knowest not
the works of God who maketh all.[6
] In the morning sow
thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thine hand: for thou
knowest not whether shall prosper, either this or that, or whether they both
shall be alike good.
Isa.32[
20] Blessed are ye that
sow beside all waters, that
send forth thither the feet of the ox and the ass.
Isa.61
[11] For as the earth bringeth forth her bud, and as the garden causeth
the things that are sown in it to spring forth; so the Lord GOD will cause
righteousness and praise to spring forth before all the nations.
Jer.4[
3] For thus saith the LORD to
the men of Judah and Jerusalem, Break up your fallow ground, and
sow not among thorns.[
4] Circumcise yourselves to the LORD,
and take away the foreskins of your heart, ye men of Judah and inhabitants
of Jerusalem: lest my fury come forth like fire, and burn that none can quench
it, because of the evil of your doings.
Hos.10[
12] Sow
to yourselves in righteousness, reap in mercy; break
up your fallow ground: for it is time to seek the LORD, till he come and rain
righteousness upon you.
Matt.13[
3] And he spake many things
unto them in parables, saying, Behold, a sower went
forth to sow;
[4] And when
he sowed, some seeds fell by the way side, and the fowls came and devoured
them up: [5] Some fell upon
stony places, where they had not much earth: and forthwith they sprung up,
because they had no deepness of earth:
[18] Hear ye therefore the parable of the
sower.
[24] Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The
kingdom of heaven is likened unto a man which sowed good seed in his field:
[36] Then Jesus sent the multitude away,
and went into the house: and his disciples came unto him, saying, Declare unto
us the parable of the tares of the field.
John.4[
35] Say not ye, There are yet
four months, and then cometh harvest? behold,
I say unto you, Lift up your eyes, and look
on the fields; for they are white already to harvest
.[36] And he that
reapeth receiveth wages, and gathereth fruit unto life eternal: that both he
that soweth and he that reapeth may rejoice together.
Gal.6[7]
Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall
he also reap. [8
] For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption;
but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting.[
9] And let us not be weary in
well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.[
10] As we have therefore opportunity,
let us do good unto all men, especially unto them who are of the household
of faith.
Jas.3[18]
And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace of them that make peace.
Rev.14[14]
And I looked, and behold a white cloud, and upon the cloud one sat like unto
the Son of man, having on his head a golden crown, and in his hand a sharp
sickle.[15] And another angel came out of the temple, crying with a loud voice
to him that sat on the cloud, Thrust in thy sickle, and reap: for the time
is come for thee to reap; for the harvest of the earth is ripe. [16] And he
that sat on the cloud thrust in his sickle on the earth; and the earth was
reaped.[17] And another angel
came out of the temple which is in heaven, he also having a sharp sickle.[18]
And another angel came out from the altar, which had power over fire; and cried
with a loud cry to him that had the sharp sickle, saying, Thrust in thy sharp
sickle, and gather the clusters of the vine of the earth; for her grapes are
fully ripe.[19] And the angel
thrust in his sickle into the earth, and gathered the vine of the earth, and
cast it into the great winepress of the wrath of God.[
20] And the winepress was trodden without the city,
and blood came out of the winepress, even unto the horse bridles, by the space
of a thousand and six hundred furlongs.
1Cor.15[
33] Be not deceived: evil communications
corrupt good manners.[34] Awake
to righteousness, and sin not; for some have not the knowledge of God: I speak
this to your shame.[35] But
some man will say, How are the dead raised up? and with what body do they come?[
36] Thou
fool, that which thou sowest is not quickened, except it die
:[37] And that
which thou sowest, thou sowest not that body that shall be, but bare grain,
it may chance of wheat, or of some other grain:[38
] But God giveth it a body as it hath pleased him,
and to every seed his own body.[39
] All flesh is not the same flesh: but there is one kind of flesh
of men, another flesh of beasts, another of fishes, and another of birds.[
40] There are also celestial
bodies, and bodies terrestrial: but the glory of the celestial is one, and
the glory of the terrestrial is another.[41
] There is one glory of the sun, and another glory of the
moon, and another glory of the stars: for one star differeth from another star
in glory.
[42]
So also is the resurrection of the dead
. It is sown in corruption; it is raised in incorruption:[
43] It is sown in dishonour;
it is raised in glory: it is sown in weakness; it is raised in power:[
44] It is sown a natural body;
it is raised a spiritual body. There is a natural body, and there is a spiritual
body.[45] And so it is written,
The first man Adam was made a living soul; the last Adam was made a quickening
spirit.[46] Howbeit that was
not first which is spiritual, but that which is natural; and afterward that
which is spiritual.[47] The
first man is of the earth, earthy: the second man is the Lord from heaven.[
48] As is the earthy, such are
they also that are earthy: and as is the heavenly, such are they also that
are heavenly.[49] And as we
have borne the image of the earthy, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly.[
50] Now this I say, brethren,
that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; neither doth corruption
inherit incorruption.[51] Behold,
I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed,[
52] In a moment, in the twinkling
of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall
be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.[53
] For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and
this mortal must put on immortality.[54
] So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and
this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the
saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory.[
55] O death, where is thy sting? O
grave, where is thy victory?[56
] The sting of death is sin; and the strength of sin is the law.[
57] But thanks be to God, which
giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.[
58] Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast,
unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know
that your labour is not in vain in the Lord.
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grim reaper ?
adj - not to be placated or appeased or moved by entreaty,
Unrelenting; rigid.
Heb.9[
27] And as
it is appointed unto men
once to die, but after this the judgment:
Shalom
[8] For my thoughts are not your
thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the LORD.[9] For as the heavens
are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts
than your thoughts.[10] For as the rain cometh down,
and the snow from heaven, and returneth not thither, but watereth the earth,
and maketh it bring forth and bud, that it may give seed to the sower, and
bread to the eater:[11] So shall
my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void,
but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing
whereto I sent it.
[12] Six days thou shalt do
thy work, and on the seventh day thou shalt rest: that thine ox and thine ass
may rest, and the son of thy handmaid, and the stranger, may be refreshed.
[18] An heart that deviseth
wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief,[
19] A false witness that speaketh lies,
and he that soweth discord among
brethren.
[6] And when the sun was up,
they were scorched; and because they had no root, they withered away.
[7] And some fell among thorns;
and the thorns sprung up, and choked them:
[8] But other fell into good
ground, and brought forth fruit, some an hundredfold, some sixtyfold, some
thirtyfold.
[9] Who hath ears to hear, let
him hear.
[19]
When any one heareth the word of the kingdom, and understandeth it not, then
cometh the wicked one, and catcheth away that which was sown in his heart.
This is he which received seed by the way side.
[20] But he that received the
seed into stony places, the same is he that heareth the word, and anon with
joy receiveth it;
[21] Yet hath he not root in
himself, but dureth for a while: for when tribulation or persecution ariseth
because of the word, by and by he is offended.
[22] He also that received seed
among the thorns is he that heareth the word; and the care of this world, and
the deceitfulness of riches, choke the word, and he becometh unfruitful.
[23] But he that received seed
into the good ground is he that heareth the word, and understandeth it; which
also beareth fruit, and bringeth forth, some an hundredfold, some sixty, some
thirty.
[25]
But while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat, and went
his way.
[26] But when the blade was
sprung up, and brought forth fruit, then appeared the tares also.
[27] So the servants of the
householder came and said unto him, Sir, didst not thou sow good seed in thy
field? from whence then hath it tares?
[28] He said unto them, An enemy
hath done this. The servants said unto him, Wilt thou then that we go and gather
them up?
[29] But he said, Nay; lest
while ye gather up the tares, ye root up also the wheat with them.
[30] Let both grow together
until the harvest: and in the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather
ye together first the tares, and bind them in bundles to burn them: but gather
the wheat into my barn.
[31] Another parable put he
forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is like to a grain of mustard
seed, which a man took, and sowed in his field:
[32] Which indeed is the least
of all seeds: but when it is grown, it is the greatest among herbs, and becometh
a tree, so that the birds of the air come and lodge in the branches thereof.
[33] Another parable spake he
unto them; The kingdom of heaven is like unto leaven, which a woman took, and
hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened.
[37]
He answered and said unto them, He that soweth the good seed is the Son of
man;
[38] The field is the world;
the good seed are the children of the kingdom; but the tares are the children
of the wicked one;
[39] The enemy that sowed them
is the devil; the harvest is the end of the world; and the reapers are the
angels.
[40] As therefore the tares
are gathered and burned in the fire; so shall it be in the end of this world.
[41] The Son of man shall send
forth his angels, and they shall gather out of his kingdom all things that
offend, and them which do iniquity;
[42] And shall cast them into
a furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth.
[43] Then shall the righteous
shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. Who hath ears to hear,
let him hear.
[37] And herein is that saying
true, One soweth, and another reapeth.
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