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Series: June
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Date: 2018-06-17
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Scripture: Mark 4:26-34
Sermon Author - Pastor Aaron Schnell
The Kingdom of God! Sometimes, when we hear this phrase, we make a fundamental mistake. We imagine it's a reference to the future - something that we can hope to experience in the next life. But if we think of God's Kingdom only in that way we are missing the point. Our guest speaker Norine Kostick brings us a sermon that was written by Pastor Aaron Schnell of Saint Matthews Lutheran in Spruce Grove. In this message we are reminded that the Kingdom of God is all around us. We can see it in our beloved family members, in friends and co-workers, and also in encounters with people we have never met before.
Mark 4:26-34
The Parable of the Growing Seed
26 He also said, “This is what the kingdom of God is like. A man scatters seed on the ground. 27 Night and day, whether he sleeps or gets up, the seed sprouts and grows, though he does not know how. 28 All by itself the soil produces grain—first the stalk, then the head, then the full kernel in the head. 29 As soon as the grain is ripe, he puts the sickle to it, because the harvest has come.”
The Parable of the Mustard Seed
30 Again he said, “What shall we say the kingdom of God is like, or what parable shall we use to describe it? 31 It is like a mustard seed, which is the smallest of all seeds on earth. 32 Yet when planted, it grows and becomes the largest of all garden plants, with such big branches that the birds can perch in its shade.”
33 With many similar parables Jesus spoke the word to them, as much as they could understand. 34 He did not say anything to them without using a parable. But when he was alone with his own disciples, he explained everything.
