22-01-2007
Studying the origin of the two Seeds
(Underlining
is my observations)
- Genesis 3:15
“[a] nd I will put enmity between thee and the woman,
and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise they head;
and thou shalt bruise his heel.”
Question?
Whose seed is the LORD referring to?
- Malachi 2:15
“And did not he made one? Yet had he the residue of
the Spirit. And wherefore one? That he might seek a godly seed.”
Question?
If there is a “godly seed”, does that mean that there
might be an “ungodly seed”?
Why is HE “seeking” a godly seed?
Meaning that they are hard to find?
- Matthew 13:37-39
“He answered and said unto them, He that soweth
the good seed is the Son of man; the field is the world; the good
seed are the children of the Kingdom; but the
tares are the children of the wicked one: the
enemy that sowed them is the devil; the harvest is
the end of the world; and the reapers are the angles.”
Observance:
Reading with Gen. 3:15, where the two seeds are being
mentioned, here you can see more clearly the difference between the two.
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What we have here is the “Children
of the Kingdom and the Children of the wicked one,
which is “the devil.”
- Matthew 13:24-25; 29-30
“Another parable put he forth unto them saying. The
Kingdom of Heaven is likened unto a man which soweth good
seed in his field; but while men slept, his enemy come and
soweth tares among the wheat, and went his way.”
“But he said, Nay; lest while ye gather up the tares,
ye root up also the wheat with them. Let both grow together until
the harvest; and in the time of the 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.”
Observance:
Here you will see the two type of seeds, which are been
sown; a good seed and a ‘bad’ seed. Both are been sown
in the “Kingdom of Heaven.”
Question?
If both seeds were sown in the “Kingdom of heaven”,
why didn’t the “good seed” notice the ‘bad’ seed sown by the enemy?
But what did the LORD say?
He said that if you want to take out the “tares” you
might root up also the wheat. Therefore let them, both grow together until
the HARVEST (End of the world – Matthew 13:39).
It is also clear as in verse 26, that you will only
notice the ‘tare’ after they brought forth fruit.
What is amazing
from the passage is that the good seed and bad seed sown are not reflecting
on any tribes, nations, denominations, families,
or even close friends!
They have been sown between mankind, and only when they
are fully grown, will you be able to identify the tare from the wheat,
by means of their fruit.
Their fruit are the only way to identify the tares,
and the following Scripture proof it.
- Matthew 7:16
“Ye shall know them by their fruit. Do
men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles?”
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Here the LORD specifically mentioned
that you will know them by their fruit.
- 1 John 3:9-12
“Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin; for his
seed remaineth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God.”
“In this the children of God are manifest,
and the children of the devil: whosoever doeth not
righteousness is not of God, neither he that loveth not his brother.”
“For this is the message that ye heard from the beginning,
that we should love one another. Not as Cain, who was of that wicked
one, and slew his brother.
And wherefore slew he him? Because his own works were
evil, and his brother’s righteous.”
Question?
Who is the “wicked one” that is referred to in
1 John 3:12? Cross-reference reveal the ‘wicked one’ in Matthew
13:38-39, and you will see that the Scriptures refer to the devil.
Observance:
From all these Scriptures, it becomes clear that we
have currently two seeds in the earth; the children of God and the children
of the devil!
The Father deemed it necessary to point out that HE
is not a respecter of person and therefore HE doesn’t make distinguish between
male or female, father and son, mother or daughter, etc.
- Matthew 12:34-35
“O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak
good things? For out the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.
A good man out of the good treasure of the heart bringeth forth good
things: and an evil man out of the evil treasure bringeth
forth evil things.”
Question?
Referring to Matthew 7:16, what “fruit” is the LORD
talking about?
- Galatians 5:22
“But the fruit of the Spirit is love,
joy, peace, long-suffering, (patient) gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness,
(humbleness) temperance (self-control): against such there is no law.”
- Galatians 5:19-21
“Now
the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these;
Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, Idolatry, witchcraft,
hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies,
envyings,
murders,
drunkenness, revelings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as
I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things
shall not inherit the kingdom
of God.”
Observance:
What
we have here is:
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The Fruit of the Spirit,
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The works of the flesh
The
Holy Spirit produces Fruit, whilst the flesh produces Works.
Ø
The Fruit of the Holy Spirit is heavenly,
spiritual, unseen, and produces after its own kind.
Ø
The Works of the Flesh is earthly, natural,
can be seen, and produces after it own kind.
PS:
Therefore, let us which are sons of God, children of Light; Set-apart unto
the Father, walk in the Spirit. Galatians 5:25 states
that “If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit.
Let us not be desirous of vainglory, provoking one another, envying one
another.”
Your
brother in Christ Jesus
Steven
Braun
Pretoria
South Africa