{"id":2437,"date":"2022-02-21T09:19:07","date_gmt":"2022-02-21T07:19:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordwiseacademy.co.za\/?page_id=2437"},"modified":"2022-02-21T10:27:58","modified_gmt":"2022-02-21T08:27:58","slug":"ministry-course-module-1-6-the-word-of-god","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wordwiseacademy.co.za\/index.php\/ministry-course-module-1-6-the-word-of-god\/","title":{"rendered":"Ministry Course – Module 1.6 – The Word of God"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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TUTORIAL 1.6<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

INTRODUCTION<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

Author: Pastor Johan du Toit<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Learning Objectives<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

At the end of this lesson, you should be able to:<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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  • Know how to live and depend on the Word of God.<\/li>
  • Judge everything in your life and ministry according to God\u2019s word.<\/li>
  • Understand that the truth promises in the Word of God is unchangeable and the application of the word of God brings, peace and joy.<\/li><\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

    DEFINITIONS<\/h1>\n\n\n\n
    Term<\/th>Definition<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>
    Parable<\/strong><\/td>A simple story used to illustrate a moral or spiritual lesson, as told by Jesus in the Gospels.<\/td><\/tr>
    Seed<\/strong><\/td>The unit of reproduction of a flowering plant, capable of developing into another such plant.<\/td><\/tr>
    Produce<\/strong><\/td>Make or manufacture from components or raw materials.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

    THE SEED OF THE WORD<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

    A. The Potential in the Word<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

    Read the parable of the Sower in Mark 4:1\u201020 a few times attentively.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Mark 4:13 NKJV<\/strong>\r\nAnd He said to them, \u201cDo you not understand this parable? How then will you understand all the parables?\u201d\r<\/pre>\n\n\n\n
    The parable of the Sower is the most important of all the parables, because it holds the key to understanding the Word and how it works in our lives. If we don’t have the revelation knowledge of the parable of the Sower, the rest of the parables will just be stories to us.   Jesus reveals something very important in this parable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
    The theme of this parable is the Sower sowing seed, and the seed he sows is the Word. Seed contains life and everything else that is needed to grow a plant \u2013 including the fruit! Inside that Word that is sown into our lives are all those things that will bless us and cause us to grow and be victorious in this life. It’s all in the seed! As we sow the Word into our lives, it will take root, grow and bring forth fruit that glorifies the Father.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
    Some of the things that we will find in the seed of the Word are peace, joy, healing, salvation, faith, financial blessings, wisdom, good relationships and families, marriages, holiness, fulfilment, excellence, power, a sound mind, righteousness, and so on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
    Joy rises up inside of us when we hear the gospel. The gospel is good news, it tells us that we don’t have to be sick, that we don’t have to be miserable, that we don’t have to be broke. It tells us that we can have good things, and so joy rises up inside of use when we hear the Word of God.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
    The Bible has much to say about relationships, and how to build good ones. If your relationships are in a mess, the best place to go is the Word; that’s where you’ll find the best teaching on relationships.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
    Good families are raised on the basis of the Word of God \u2013 families that are blessed with good children that prosper and that are a blessing both to their parents and to everybody else. It’s all in the Word.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
    Good marriages come forth from the seed of the Word. When we build our marriages on the precepts of the Word, we have happy, blessed marriages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
    There is holiness in the Word. Without holiness no one will see the Lord, no matter how religious he or she may appear! As we apply the Word to our lives, holiness will be produced in them, preparing us to stand in the presence of God.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
    When we sow the Word into our lives, we will begin to walk victorious in this life more and more, and begin to see that we don’t have to be defeated in anything. All we need to do is allow the Word to bring forth that fruit in our lives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
    Divine, Godly wisdom comes from the Word of God, and it is different from the wisdom that is in the world. James says that the wisdom of the world is demonic. As the devil is the spiritual father of the people of the world, what else could you expect? He is the source of lies and he thrives on the ignorance of people and their carnal insight. Paul tells us that the carnal mind is enmity against God. The wisdom of God makes us successful in all things and leads us into victory and a life of excellence. The only place where you can find God’s wisdom is in His Word, and when you sow that Word into your life it will produce Godly wisdom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
    When we heard for the first time that \u201cthe more you give, the more you receive\u201d, our response was probably to think it was a scam. Our carnal mind is unable to understand it because God’s wisdom so radically differs from the wisdom of the world. That you can receive more of anything by giving it away makes no sense to the unrenewed mind, yet it is the wisdom of God. When you begin to produce the wisdom of God it blesses your life above all expectations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
    There is fulfilment in the Word. God created every one of us for a specific purpose, and we can only taste real fulfilment by doing what God created us to do. Many rich people are depressed and commit suicide because there is no fulfilment in riches. If we do not know why we live, emptiness and meaninglessness dominate our lives. Life only becomes meaningful when we know our reason for living. The Word of God reveals that God has a purpose for every one of us, our very reason for living.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
    The Word of God leads us into a life of excellence. Today, humanity hovers around mediocrity. God gave His best for us and the least we can do is to do our best for Him. God is an excellent God and He is blessed and glorified when we bring out the best of what He put inside of us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
    Daniel was a young man with a spirit of excellence. Although he was and exile in a foreign country and had to compete with the nationals of that country, he rose above them all. People everywhere are drawn to excellence.   We believe in a lifestyle of excellence because we do all the things for the glory of God.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
    In John 17 Jesus says that the same glory that the Father gave to Him, He gave to us. God actually wants us to walk in His glory because He wants us to reveal His glory to the world. The devil tried to steal it from God and was expelled from heaven, but now God freely gives it to us in Christ Jesus. Isn’t that a wonderful thought: the Bible teaches us that He gave us His glory!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
    Through the Word we find that we have power to do the works of God; to trample on the enemy and to defeat him. As long as we sow it into our hearts and hold on to it, we will have power over the works of the enemy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
    The Word shows us that we can have a sound mind. There doesn’t seem to be too much of it these days; if you look at how the people of the world behave, you may wonder where they come from. And then they think that we are strange! There is just no common sense anywhere anymore. But the Bible teaches us that God gave unto us a sound mind, even the mind of Christ, to think the way God does. While everybody is running around not knowing what to do, and is nervous and scared about the future, we just go about our business because we have a sound mind. We are not troubled. Jesus told us not to be troubled because He overcame the world. We are not of this world; we should not be affected by the troubles of this world!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
    The Word produces righteousness in our lives \u2013 right standing with God. It is the ability to come into the presence of God with no guilt or feelings of unworthiness. We may go into His presence because of righteousness! The Bible teaches us that we are the righteousness of God in Christ Jesus. If you don’t have that seed in your life, you will have a problem with righteousness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
    When you look at a seed of something, it may not look like anything very special. Take the seed of an apple: it is very small and has a brown color. We cannot say much more about it; there isn’t much to see, even if broken open. We may be able to count the seeds in an apple, but who can count the apples in a single seed? This is called potential \u2013 there is unlimited potential in every seed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
    The Word of God contains everything we need for a life of blessing and abundance.\u00a0\u00a0 It’s all in the Word!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
    B. Understanding the Parable of the Sower<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
    Mark 4:15 NKJV <\/strong>\r\nAnd these are the ones by the wayside where the Word is sown. When they hear, Satan comes immediately and takes away the Word that was sown in their heats. \r<\/pre>\n\n\n\n
    As the Word goes out and there is something that you need to hear, the devil works hard to distract your attention in various ways so that he can steal that seed that is being sown into your heart. He doesn’t want you to benefit from it. He tries to rob you of the seed \u2013 and all its potential. Immediately he comes, even while the Word goes out, to prevent the seed from taking root in your life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
    Mark 4:16,17 NKJV<\/strong> \r\nThese likewise are the ones sown on stony ground who, when they hear the Word, immediately receive it with gladness; and they have no root in themselves, and so endure only for a time. Afterward, when tribulation or persecution arises for the Word's sake, immediately they stumble. \r<\/pre>\n\n\n\n
    When someone who is broke hears a teaching on financial blessing, they receive it into their hearts with gladness. The gospel is good news!\u00a0\u00a0 But on Monday, when the bank statement comes, all the good news is wiped out by the bad news. Persecution for the Word’s sake comes when the Word that is planted in one’s heart is challenged. It was received well, but had no chance to take root because that person did not have the depth of heart to hold on to it; he did not meditate on that truth to allow it to sink deep into his heart. He endured only for a limited time. There are many people who fall into this category, who have no root in themselves and so have no endurance. Afterward, when tribulation and persecution arise for the Word’s sake, they stumble immediately. They heard the good news, but the devil came and persecuted them, raised circumstances against them, and uprooted that seed. \u201cI don\u2019t believe that stuff, it doesn’t work for me.\u201d they say. Well, you don’t gain anything by that kind of attitude towards the Word!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
    Mark 4:18,19 NKJV<\/strong>\r\nNow these are the ones sown among thorns; they are the ones who hear the Word, and the cares of the world, the deceitfulness of riches and the desires for other things entering in choke the Word, and it becomes unfruitful.\r<\/pre>\n\n\n\n
    The cares of this life, the deceitfulness of riches and the desire for other things choke the Word so that it becomes unfruitful. When we allow other things to dominate our minds, they will choke the Word and render it fruitless.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
    Mark 4:20 NKJV <\/strong>\r\nBut these are the ones sown on good ground, those who hear the Word, accept it, and bear fruit: some thirtyfold, some sixty and some a hundred. \r<\/pre>\n\n\n\n
    Matthew 13:23 NKJV <\/strong>\r\nBut he who received the seed on good ground is he who hears the Word and understands it, who indeed bears fruit and produces: some a hundredfold, some sixty and some thirty.  \r<\/pre>\n\n\n\n
    When you hear the Word, accept it as coming from God and put in some effort to understand it. You will produce fruit and yield a crop according to your faith and dedication in holding on to the truth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
    But this teaching doesn’t stop here, it goes on through verses 21\u201034 or Mark 4.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
    It says that a lamp is not to be put under a basket or under a bed, but to be set on a lampstand. Verse 22 says that there is nothing hidden that will not be revealed.   There is nothing hidden in the Word that will not be revealed \u2013 there is nothing in the seed of the Word that will not be produced.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
    The Word is a light that shines the darkness of ignorance out of our lives; it brings revelation of God’s will. There are many good things hidden in the Word that you cannot see in the natural.\u00a0\u00a0 Hidden in that dry, brownish apple seed are a lot of things that are not visible. If you look at the Word from the outside, all you see is letters, stories, history and all kinds of reports and other writings \u2013 a dead thing. But when the Holy Spirit brings revelation, it becomes like a lamp that is put on a stand. Light goes on and you begin to see all kinds of things in the Word, revelation knowledge floods your soul and the hidden things come to light in your heart. God does not hide these life\u2010giving truths from us, He hides them for us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
    Mark 4:22 NKJV <\/strong>\r\nFor there is nothing hidden which will not be revealed, nor has anything been kept secret but that it should come to light. \r<\/pre>\n\n\n\n
    Proverbs 25:2 NKJV <\/strong>\r\nIt is the glory of God to conceal a matter, but the glory of kings is to search out a matter.\r<\/pre>\n\n\n\n
    Deuteronomy 29:29<\/strong>\r\nThe secret things belong to the Lord our God, but those things which are revealed belong to us and to our children forever, that we may do all the words of this law. \r<\/pre>\n\n\n\n
    If you can see healing in the Word, it belongs to you; it is not hidden any more, like a lamp that is under a bed, but on a stand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
    \u201c…and our children forever, that we may do…\u201d The Word is a do\u2010book: \u201cthat we may do all the words of the law.\u201d You do healing as you produce it from the seed of the Word!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
    Mark 4:23 NKJV <\/strong>\r\n\u201cIf anyone has ears to hear, let him hear.\u201d \r<\/pre>\n\n\n\n
    He’s not talking about our natural ears of flesh here, but our spiritual ears \u2013 the ears of the heart \u2013 to hear the voice of the Holy Spirit speaking to us. He gives us spiritual understanding and insight because we have to understand what the intents of the Spirit were when He inspired men of old to write the Bible.  There’s a message between the lines!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
    Most communications have an explicit message and an implicit message. The explicit message is what we hear in the words that come to our ears; the implicit message is what we hear between the lines, and it may be totally different from the explicit message!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
    Mark 4:24 NKJV <\/strong>\r\nThe He said to them, \u201cTake heed what you hear. With the same measure you use, it will be measured to you; and to you who hear, more will be given.\u201d \r<\/pre>\n\n\n\n
    Luke 8:18 NKJV <\/strong>\r\n\u201cTherefore take heed how you hear.  For whoever has, to him more will be given; and whoever does not have, even what he seems to have will be taken from him.\u201d \r<\/pre>\n\n\n\n
    What we hear and how we hear! What we hear determines what kind fo fruit we will bear. Misery, hardship, problems, etc…; when we allow the world to speak into our lives, this is what we will produce! The world’s lies, carnal wisdom, sin and confusion will certainly produce some fruit in our lives if we let them. Take heed what you hear! If we listen to religious stories and traditions, we will become religious and weak Christians.   If, on the other hand, you hear the Word of truth, it will produce all the Godly fruit we so desire. Don’t make trash cans of your ears; be careful with what you allow to go into them!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
    The Word also tells us to take heed how we hear. Because many of us hear only thirty or sixty-fold, we fail to produce a hundred\u2010fold; for with the same measure, we use to hear the Word, our harvest will be measured.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
    Mark 4:24 AMP <\/strong>\r\nAnd He said to them, \u201cBe careful what you are hearing. The measure [of thought and study] you give [to the truth you hear] will be the measure [of virtue and knowledge] that comes back to you \u2010 and more [besides] will be given to you who hear.\u201d \r<\/pre>\n\n\n\n
    He is speaking about hearing with our spiritual ears. Something else that we find in a seed is life, but that life is not visible to the natural eye; we can only see the fruit of it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
    Mark 4:25 NKJV <\/strong>\r\nFor whoever has, to him more will be given; but to whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken away from him. \r<\/pre>\n\n\n\n
    Understand the spiritual significance of what God gave us in His Word. He does not work in mysterious ways; He simply performs His Word (See Jer. 1:12).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
    Mark 4:26\u201027 NKJV <\/strong>\r\nAnd He said, \u201cThe kingdom of God is as if a man should scatter see on the ground, and should sleep by night and rise by day, and the seed should sprout and grow, he himself does not know how.\u201d \r<\/pre>\n\n\n\n
    We do not know how it works; we don’t understand why, if we give away money, we have more. We don’t know how, but it works because it’s the Word that produces the fruit according to God’s design.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
    Mark 4:28 NKJV<\/strong>\r\nFor the earth yields crops by itself: first the blade, then the head, after that the full grain in the head.\r<\/pre>\n\n\n\n
    There is a growth process that needs to take place. It begins small and, as you water it with faith, confidence grows, and eventually the fruit is produced.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
    We produce wealth by the Word.<\/span><\/p>
    We produce health by the Word.<\/p>
    We produce peace in our hearts by the Word.<\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
    We produce those things by applying the principles of the Word of God that is in our hearts. Don’t ask God for everything \u2013 produce it by faith in the Word. Put that seed inside your heart and produce the thing that you need. Seed produces and multiplies itself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
    Mark 4:30\u20103, NKJV<\/strong> \r\nThe He said, \u201cto what shall we liken the Kingdom of God, or to what parable shall we picture it? It is like a mustard seed which, when it is sown on the ground, is smaller than all the seeds on earth...\u201d \r<\/pre>\n\n\n\n
    Don’t start out searching for big things; don’t wait for a huge amount of faith to come \u2013 small faith can move big mountains!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
    The seed may look like something insignificant, but when it is sown it becomes greater than all the herbs and shoots out large branches so that the birds of the air may nest in its shade. It may just be a small thing that is sown into your heart but, if you allow it grow, if you receive that seed with a \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0hundred-fold hearing, it will produce a hundred-fold fruit even though it started so small.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
    I Corinthians 2:9<\/strong>\r\nBut as it is written: \u201cEye has not seen, nor ear heard, nor have entered into the heart of man the things which God has prepared for those who love Him.\u201d \r<\/pre>\n\n\n\n
    Often God give things to us in seed form, and all we need to do is put that seed into the fertile ground of our hearts and allow it to grow: first the blade, then the head, then the full harvest. Then we may go with the sickle and bring the harvest in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
    It is powerful; it is awesome what God can put into a tiny little seed, and what He can bring out of it. He says here in verse 26 that the kingdom of God is as if a man should scatter seed on the ground. That is just the way God is \u2013 the fruit begins with the scattering when the Word is sown in your heart. The harvest will come because the power to produce it is in the seed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
    Although it may seem small, there is mighty power that has been made available to us in the Word. Jesus said if we could understand this parable, all the others will open up to us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
    We may never be able to fully realize what He gave us in the Word, but, thank God, as we begin to sow and reap our confidence will grow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
    BEARING FRUIT<\/h1>\n\n\n\n
    The Word went out over many years; we are so full of the Word, and now the time has come to produce some fruit to the glory of God. It is time to change from being seed\u2010minded to being harvest\u2010 minded. The goal is not the sowing but the reaping.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
    The anointing is the power that is in the Word that causes itself to come to pass.<\/p> 
    \u2010Kenneth Copeland-<\/p><\/cite><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
    God gave the Israelites three feasts that they had to attend: Passover, Pentecost and the Feast of the Harvest (Tabernacles), and these celebrations have many prophetic meanings for the time we live in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
    The last one in the year is the feast of the harvest, a feast of joy. God actually told them to joyful (Lev. 23:40) when they bring in the harvest; and that is where we are right now on God’s calendar \u2013 harvest time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
    The harvest is coming in, with all kinds of fruits \u2013 souls are coming into the kingdom, we reap the fruit of divine health, revelation comes to help us receive the fruit of divine wealth. Things are becoming clear, and God said if it is revealed to you, it belongs to you. God told the Israelites to be full of joy because the harvest is plentiful.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
    The secret things belong to the Lord, but those things that are revealed belong to us. Let us embrace the harvest, let us open our hearts and receive the promise.   Let’s look past the natural world and begin to see the harvest that is being prepared for us, and become reapers to the glory of God!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
    Let us continue to renew our minds and become life\u2010minded, Spirit\u2010minded, success\u2010conscious!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
    Matthew 13:23 NKJV <\/strong>\r\n\u201cBut 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 and some thirty.\u201d  \r<\/pre>\n\n\n\n
    We know that the seed in this parable is the Word of God. Now, what do we use that seed for?   To eat, or to produce? We receive the seed of the Word to produce. That seed is planted inside of us so that we may produce a crop of good fruit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
    You don’t receive anything when you put seed into the ground. Christians are sometimes so need conscious \u2013 always wanting to receive from God. But God is producing minded. When we put seed into the ground, we produce something. When the seed of the Word is put into our hearts, it has the potential to produce whatever is in that seed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
    Romans 1:16\u201017 NKJV <\/strong>\r\nFor 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. For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from to faith to faith; as it is written, \u201cThe just shall live by faith.\u201d \r<\/pre>\n\n\n\n
    In the Word is everything you will ever need. Any seed has amazing, limitless potential. In the same way the seed of the Word is filled with God’s good will for us. You may not be able to see it, but it is there. All we need to do is to plant that seed by accepting it as God’s creative Word, and begin to produce those things by faith. You produce the healing you need; you produce the finances you need; you produce peace in your life, you produce whatever you need \u2013 it’s in the seed. Now that is why we don’t continue running to God like little babies \u2010the just shall live by faith!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
    We make a fundamental mistake in our faith walk by always running to God, not knowing or believing that He gave us all things in Christ Jesus, and it’s in the Word! Babies always need help, but when they grow up they do some things their parents used to do for them. He who received seed on the good ground is he who hears the Word and understands it. Understanding is a sign of maturity. Let that seed produce and bring forth that which was put there by God.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
    When God created everything, He didn’t use material from somewhere else, He spoke it into being. \u201cIn<\/p>\n\n\n\n
    the beginning was the Word!\u201d Everything we see around us in creation came out of the Word, and so God set the example for us. In the same way, the Word brings us healing, prosperity, salvation to our loved ones, peace and safety and whatever else we need.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
    If we are only into receiving from God we are always depend on miracles. Thank God for miracles, but God’s desire is for His children to mature beyond that and walk the faith\u2010walk.   Jesus said that man shall not live by bread alone, but by every Word that proceeds from the mouth of God, and that’s how we are supposed to live. So many Christians are disillusioned because they try to live from miracle to miracle, and never build their faith to a place where they can live by it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
    Jesus said that a tree is known by its fruit, so we will also be known by the fruit we bear. The Lord continuously inspects our fruit to see what kind of a tree we are; to see if we produce anything with the faith and seed, we have. Faith without works is dead! Because we were called into His vineyard, we need to produce fruit beyond our own personal needs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
    If we are only concerned to receive for ourselves, we can get to a place where our needs are met and we live quite comfortably, as many do. We get lazy and forget about those around us who need help from God.\u00a0 That was never God’s intention for us!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
    John 5:7 NKJV<\/strong>\r\n\u201cIf you abide in Me, and My words abide in you, you will ask what you desire, and it shall be done for you.\u201d\r<\/pre>\n\n\n\n
    John 15:16 NKJV <\/strong>\r\n\u201cYou did not choose Me, but I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit, and that your fruit should remain, that whatever you ask the Father in My name He may give you.\u201c \r<\/pre>\n\n\n\n
    The asking has to do with bearing fruit to the glory of the Father. We cannot go and ask anything we desire, as we might understand from verse 7, but only according to the will of the Lord Jesus \u2013 not our carnal desires.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
    James 4:3 NKJV<\/strong> \r\nYou ask and do not receive, because you ask amiss, that you may spend it on your pleasures. \r<\/pre>\n\n\n\n
    Some preach prosperity and ask for nice cars, houses, etc… for themselves but they never receive because it was not what God meant, a selfish, carnal desire. God is not going to satisfy our flesh! If we are into fleshly desires the Word will not work for us. The Bible says the carnal mind is enmity against God (Rom 8:6\u20108).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
    The Word goes out to produce fruit to the glory of the Father. It is those things that God wants to see on the earth; He is busy establishing His covenant through us. Jesus said that the Father is glorified when we bear much fruit, and so we will be His disciples.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
    People who only pray to ask of God don’t have a relationship with Him, they just need Him to given them things. They have never learned to put the Word inside of them, as Jesus told us in verse 7, and they’ve never come to the place where the Word of God really abides in them. It is the Word that will produce the fruit, and it only abides in us when we plant it there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
    Jesus says in that parable that many received the Word with gladness. There is gladness when needy people hear someone speak about healing, but often, the first-time symptoms appear in their body, they forget all about it because it was not really planted. It was just lying somewhere on the surface of their minds, and they fail to produce that fruit. As mature children of God, we have to come to a place,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
    as Jesus said, where we understand the will of the Father. When we understand the Word, we’ll know that healing is not only for us, but also to glorify the Father. That the financial blessing that’s in the Word for us is not for us to live selfishly, but to glorify the Father and to establish His covenant on the earth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
    Conditions:<\/h5>\n\n\n\n
    \u201cIf you abide in Me and My words abide in you…\u201d There are condition to be met before we can bear fruit. If we plant seed in the soil, we need to meet certain conditions before it will grow. If a seed is planted in the desert, it will not bear fruit because the conditions are not met.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
    Years ago, we heard of seeds that were found in a clay pot in a pyramid in Egypt. Hidden inside those seeds was the potential of abundant life, but it was not given the opportunity to grow. Inside those seeds was fruit, but because the conditions were not met, they couldn’t produce anything. Just imagine the fruit that those seeds could have produced over those thousands of years with the potential of multiplication! But they could not, simply because the conditions were not met. That is what our potential loss is when we fail to meet the conditions for fruit bearing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
    The Branches Bear the Fruit:<\/h5>\n\n\n\n
    John 15:4 NKJV <\/strong>\r\n\u201cAbide in Me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in Me.\u201d \r<\/pre>\n\n\n\n
    We are the fruit\u2010bearing part of Jesus; He is the vine and we are the branches. If we always go to Him and ask of Him, then He is the one we are actually expecting to produce the fruit. But He is the vine \u2013 it is we, the branches, that are supposed to bear His fruit!   Without Him, we can do nothing \u2013 we do the ‘doing’!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
    Our generation will produce the harvest to His glory. Remember how Isaiah prophesied and said that the glory will be upon us \u2013 that is when the branches of the fruit tree are heavy with the fruit. It is beautiful to see a fruit tree that is full of blossoms, but that is only a promise of what is to come. We will come to that place where we will be heavy with fruit. And the people will see the fruit; the glory shall be seen on us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
    ATTRIBUTES OF GOD’S WORD<\/h1>\n\n\n\n
    1. God Created All Things by His Word<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
    Hebrews 11:3 NKJV <\/strong>\r\nBy faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the Word of God, so that the things which are seen were not made of things which are visible. \r<\/pre>\n\n\n\n
    All things were created by His Word \u2013 all things came into being out of nothing when God spoke. Jesus operated on this principle during His ministry on the earth; He spoke healing to the sick and life to the dead. He spoke a Word and demons left.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
    When the devil tempted Him in the desert, He simply spoke the Word, and he left Him. The devil knew the power of God’s Word!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
    2. God Upholds All Things by His Word<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
    Hebrews 1:3 NKJV<\/strong>\r\n...upholding all things by the Word of His power... \r<\/pre>\n\n\n\n
    Since all things were created by the Word of God, He also upholds all things by His Word. All things are sustained by His Word. His Word will also uphold us if we live by it and put our faith in it. This is how God designed us to live. His Word supplies us with the life\u2010giving principles that are designed to prosper all areas of our lives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
    God will never go beyond His Word by blessing us if we break His principles. Prayer will not move the hand of God beyond the Word. Prayer may reveal to us what to do and how to obey the Word, but it will never be answered contrary to the Word.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
    If we want to live well, we have to live according to the Word. If we want to see our prayers answered, we have to pray according to the Word.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
    I John 3:22 NKJV <\/strong>\r\nAnd whatever we ask we receive from Him, because we keep His commandments and do those things that are pleasing in His sight. \r<\/pre>\n\n\n\n
    Read Deuteronomy 8:1\u20103 and 10\u201018, and Isaiah 48:17\u201018<\/strong><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
    God speak as our Redeemer \u2013 God teaches us to profit by giving us His commandments! The Word leads us to a life of blessing; we cannot prosper apart from the Word.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
    3. The Word Never Changes<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
    Psalm 119:89 NKJV <\/strong>\r\nForever, O Lord, Your Word is settled in heaven. \r<\/pre>\n\n\n\n
    Isaiah 40:8 NKJV <\/strong>\r\nThe grass withers, the flower fades, but the Word of our God stands forever. \r<\/pre>\n\n\n\n
    God never changes His mind on His promises; His Word stands forever, powerful as the day He spoke it. All of it will come to pass. We may miss it in our lives when we don’t obey the Word, but it will still be true.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
    Psalm 138:2 NKJV <\/strong>\r\nFor You have magnified Your Word above all Your name. \r<\/pre>\n\n\n\n
    4. The Word of God Gives Us Understanding<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
    Read Psalm 119:97\u2010104<\/strong><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
    Proverbs 2:6 NKJV <\/strong>\r\nFor the Lord gives wisdom, from His mouth come knowledge and understanding. \r<\/pre>\n\n\n\n
    Ephesians 5:15\u201017 NKJV <\/strong>\r\nSee then that you walk circumspectly, not as fools but as wise, redeeming the time, because the days are evil.  Therefore, do not be unwise, but understand what the will of the Lord is. \r<\/pre>\n\n\n\n
    Read Proverbs 4:20\u201022. <\/strong><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
    Note that it is Wisdom speaking here \u2013 the wisdom of God is life and health to our flesh.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
    5. The Word of God is Life<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
    John 6:63 NKJV<\/strong>\r\n\u201cIt is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh profits nothing. The words that I speak to you are spirit, and they are life.\u201d\r<\/pre>\n\n\n\n
    John 6:68 NKJV<\/strong>\r\nBut Simon Peter answered Him, \u201cLord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life.\u201d\r<\/pre>\n\n\n\n
    Read John 1:1\u20104<\/strong><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
    6. The Word of God is Light<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
    John 1:4\u20105,9 NKJV<\/strong>\r\nIn Him was life, and the life was the light of men. And the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend (overcome) it...That was the true Light which gives light to every man coming into the world.\r<\/pre>\n\n\n\n
    Ignorance is darkness, light is knowledge! Knowledge of the truth will expel the darkness of ignorance from our lives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
    Psalm 119:105 NKJV <\/strong>\r\nYour Word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path. \r<\/pre>\n\n\n\n
    7. The Word of God  is Healing<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
    Psalm 107:20 NKJV <\/strong>\r\nHe sent His Word and healed them, and delivered them from their destructions. \r<\/pre>\n\n\n\n
    8. The Word of God is His Will<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
    The Word of God reveals His will for us. He will never lead us to do anything contrary to His Word. We may have our own opinions about the Word of God’s will for our lives, but God will only back up His will. God told the prophet in Jeremiah 1:12 that He was ready to perform His Word. He is not obliged to do anything else; our prayers cannot change His mind; our tears cannot change His mind \u2013 the best we can do is obey His Word.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
    Jesus came to the earth as the Word made flesh, and showed us how to live to please the Father. He never operated independently from the Word, although He was the Son of God, and God Himself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
    John 14:10\u201011 NKJV <\/strong>\r\nDo you not believe that I am in the Father, and the Father in Me? The words that I speak to you I do not speak on My own authority; but the Father who dwells in Me does the works. Believe Me that I am in the Father and the Father in Me, or else believe Me for the sake of the works themselves. \r<\/pre>\n\n\n\n
    Just as it was the case with Jesus, we cannot live independently from the Word of God. God gave His Word to uphold us, and it happens by obeying and doing the Word, by living according to His principles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
    BIBLIOGRAPHY<\/h1>\n\n\n\n
    Nelson, T. (1982). The New King James Version Bible.<\/em> Thomas Nelson.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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