Big Things Come In Small Packages
Ed Young
Matthew 13:31-32
I hope you have your Bibles open this morning to the gospel according to Matthew.
We look at two brief but very important parables on this children's Sunday. Matthew
13, verse 31 following - 13:31 following;
"And Jesus presented another parable to them saying, 'The kingdom of heaven
is like a mustard seed, which a man took and sowed in his field. And this is
smaller than all other seeds, but when it is full grown it is larger than the garden
plants and becomes a tree so that the birds of the air come and nest in its
branches.' And Jesus spoke another parable to them. 'The kingdom of heaven
is like leaven which a woman took and hid in three pecks of meal until it was
all leavened.' And all these things Jesus spoke to the multitudes in parables.
And He did not speak to them without a parable.
Let's pray together.
Father, we ask that you will speak to us through these parables today. May the
application come from Thee and may we leave this place putting that truth into
our lives. Oh, Lord, You speak. Let me get out of the way so that Thy word
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and Thy message and Thy truth alone may be heard. And may we apply that
truth right where we live. For we make this prayer through Jesus our living,
loving Lord. Amen.
I've got a question today. Is there anything happening in this world at this moment
in history that would lead us to believe what we pray in the Lord's Prayer is coming
true? On earth as it is in heaven. Do you believe that this earth is becoming more like
heaven every day in which we live? Is there any sign that the kingdom is coming?
The kingdom of God - His rule and His reign is happening in the climate, in the
atmosphere in which we live in this hour. I dare say the answer would be No! You
read the Bible and we discover that his early apostles and his early disciples expected
Jesus to bring the kingdom to pass. That is the rule of God. That is the superiority
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Ed Young
Matthew 13:31-32
I hope you have your Bibles open this morning to the gospel according to Matthew.
We look at two brief but very important parables on this children's Sunday. Matthew
13, verse 31 following - 13:31 following;
"And Jesus presented another parable to them saying, 'The kingdom of heaven
is like a mustard seed, which a man took and sowed in his field. And this is
smaller than all other seeds, but when it is full grown it is larger than the garden
plants and becomes a tree so that the birds of the air come and nest in its
branches.' And Jesus spoke another parable to them. 'The kingdom of heaven
is like leaven which a woman took and hid in three pecks of meal until it was
all leavened.' And all these things Jesus spoke to the multitudes in parables.
And He did not speak to them without a parable.
Let's pray together.
Father, we ask that you will speak to us through these parables today. May the
application come from Thee and may we leave this place putting that truth into
our lives. Oh, Lord, You speak. Let me get out of the way so that Thy word
-2-
and Thy message and Thy truth alone may be heard. And may we apply that
truth right where we live. For we make this prayer through Jesus our living,
loving Lord. Amen.
I've got a question today. Is there anything happening in this world at this moment
in history that would lead us to believe what we pray in the Lord's Prayer is coming
true? On earth as it is in heaven. Do you believe that this earth is becoming more like
heaven every day in which we live? Is there any sign that the kingdom is coming?
The kingdom of God - His rule and His reign is happening in the climate, in the
atmosphere in which we live in this hour. I dare say the answer would be No! You
read the Bible and we discover that his early apostles and his early disciples expected
Jesus to bring the kingdom to pass. That is the rule of God. That is the superiority
...
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