The Mustard Seed
July 9, 2022

Parables Reveal:
The Secrets of The King
The Parable of the Workers in the Vineyard
The Parable of the Lost Son

The Secrets of Kingdom Principles
The Parable of the Mustard Seed
The Parable of the Leaven
The Parable of the Hidden Treasure
The Parable of the Pearl of Great Price

The Secrets of Kingdom People
The Parable of the Good Samaritan
The Parable of the Persistent Widow

Seed and The Sower
The First Heart – The Enemy Steals The Seed
Second Heart – Shallow Heart, Persecution
Third Heart – Cares of this world, Deceitfulness of Riches, Love for other things
Fourth Heart – Bear Fruit

Wheat and Tares
Wheat – God’s People
The Enemy Sows Tares Among the Wheat

Parable Of The Mustard Seed and Leaven
Matthew 13:31-33
31 Another parable He put forth to them, saying: “The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed, which a man took and sowed in his field, which indeed is the least of all the seeds; but when it is grown it is greater than the herbs and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the air come and nest in its branches.” 33 Another parable He spoke to them: “The kingdom of heaven is like leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures of meal till it was all leavened.”

2 Interpretations:
Kingdom Growth
Or
Kingdom Hindrance

Kingdom Growth
The Seed – Is The Gospel
Field – Is The World
Mustard Seed – Smallest, Insignificant
The Mustard Tree Grows – The Kingdom
Birds (Unclean Nations) Come and Dwell In Its Branches

Kingdom Hindrances
The Seed – Is The Gospel
Field – Is The World
Mustard Seed – Smallest, Insignificant
The Mustard Tree Grows – The Kingdom
The Birds – Demonic Activity
The Birds Hide In The Branches – False Christianity
Leaven – Sin That Gets In

All Great Things Start Small

God Sends His 1 Son
1=12=70=120=3000=Roman Empire
The World

All Great Literature Starts Small
1 Letter = 26 Letters = Paragraphs = Books

All Music In The World Is Made of 1 of 12 Notes

Zech 4:10
Do not despise this small beginning, for the eyes of the Lord rejoice to see the work begin, to see the plumb line in the hand of Zerubbabel.

1 Peter 1:23
having been born again, not of corruptible seed but incorruptible, through the word of God which lives and abides forever,

It’s Not How Small The Seed Is, It’s About The Greatness In The Seed

I Want To Be Great In……
Then Start Small, Where You’re At

Everything Starts Inside and Moves Outside
God Changes Us From The Inside Out

The Christian Faith Is The Only “Religion” Relationship
that Starts From The Inside And Works Its Way Out

Philippians 1:6
being confident of this very thing, that He who has begun a good work in you will complete it until the day of Jesus Christ;

Romans 1:16
For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ, for it is the power of God to salvation for everyone who believes, for the Jew first and also for the Greek.