SEEDTIME AND FRUITFULNESS 2-5-23 VIDEO JOEL
The first Word the Father spoke to Noah after the flood were about seed time and harvest. and fruitfulness. Fruitfulness means to add or muliply what is already there. To multiply that which was already there. Jesus is the tree of life we are called to bear fruit. Jesus is the vine we are the branches. We have gifts of the Holy Spirit and also fruit. The presence of the Holy Spirit in us produces good fruit over our lives. We sow seeds to produce a harvest. We are expecting a mighty harvest in these days of souls. In order to see the harvest, we must sow seeds. Listen to this, the harvest depends on us and the seeds we plant.
Gen 2:9 And out of the ground the Lord God made to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight or to be desired — good (suitable, pleasant) for food; the tree of life also in the center of the garden, and the tree of the knowledge of [the difference between] good and evil and blessing and calamity. AMP
Genesis 2:16-17 oh, and Yahweh God commanded him, you may freely eat of every fruit of the garden. But you must not eat of the tree that gives the knowledge of good and evil for when you eat from it you will most certainly die” TPT
Gen 8:21 God smelled the sweet fragrance and thought to himself, “I’ll never again curse the ground because of people. I know they have this bent toward evil from an early age, but I’ll never again kill off everything living as I’ve just done.
22 For as long as Earth lasts, planting and harvest, cold and heat, Summer and winter, day and night will never stop.” MSG
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Gen 8:21-22 And when Yahweh smelled the sweet fragrance of Noah’s offerings, his heart was stirred, and he said, never again will I curse the earth, because of the people, even though the imagination of their hearts are evil from childhood, nor will I ever again destroy every living creatures I’ve done I promise this. As long as earth exist, there will always be seasons of planting and harvest, cold and heat summer and winter day and night. TPT
Gen 9:1 AND GOD pronounced a blessing upon Noah and his sons and said to them, Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth. AMP
Gen 17:6 And I will make you exceedingly fruitful and I will make nations of you, and kings will come from you. AMP
Ezek 36:11 I’ll make this place teem with life — human and animal. The country will burst into life, life, and more life, your towns and villages full of people just as in the old days. I’ll treat you better than I ever have. And you’ll realize that I am God. MSG
Gen 22:17 In blessing I will bless you and in multiplying I will multiply your descendants like the stars of the heavens and like the sand on the seashore. And your Seed (Heir) will possess the gate of His enemies,
18 And in your Seed [Christ] shall all the nations of the earth be blessed and [by Him] bless themselves, because you have heard and obeyed My voice. AMP
JN 15:1 I am the authentic vine! My Father is the farmer.
2 Every offshoot in me that does not bear fruit, he lifts up from the ground and fastens it to the stake and every fruit bearing part he dresses in order to maximize its yield.
3 Your personal pruning and dressing already happened in our conversation; The word made flesh in my person and language is how the Father prepares and sets you up for fruit bearing.
4 Our seamless union, you in me and I in you, is pictured in the vine: the shoot cannot bear fruit outside of this union. In its abiding in the vine, fruit happens naturally – as with your abiding in me.
5 I am the vine and you are the branches; it is the one who understands this mutual union that naturally bears much fruit – which is impossible to happen apart from me.
6 Every area of human life that does not continue to be entwined in this place of seamlessness in me, was already cast forth where it has withered away and is gathered to be burned as firewood. MIRROR
Rom 7:4 Likewise, my brethren, you have undergone death as to the Law through the [crucified] body of Christ, so that now you may belong to Another, to Him Who was raised from the dead in order that we may bear fruit for God. AMP
Isa 53:10 Yet it pleased the Lord to bruise Him; He has put Him to grief. When You make His soul an offering for sin, He shall see His seed, He shall prolong His days,
And the pleasure of the Lord shall prosper in His hand. NKJV
GAL 3:19 So what is the use of the law then? The law was doing you a favor, in that it was positioned as a mirror-measuring rod as an intermediary arrangement to make people aware of the extent of their out of sync-ness with the life of their design and at the same time point them to the promise of a Redeemer, the Messianic seed! It was given by celestial messengers to Moses. MIRROR
GAL 3:29 Since Christ is the seed of promise, it is only in our realizing our union with him [in the incarnation] that we are equally related to Abraham and heirs of the promise. Faith and not flesh relates us to Abraham. MIRROR
John 12:24 I assure you, most solemnly I tell you, Unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains [just one grain; it never becomes more but lives] by itself alone. But if it dies, it produces many others and yields a rich harvest. AMP
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John 12:25 Anyone who loves his life loses it, but anyone who hates his life in this world will keep it to life eternal. [Whoever has no love for, no concern for, no regard for his life here on earth, but despises it, preserves his life forever and ever.] AMP
GAL 5:22 Your spirit effortlessly bears the rich harvest of love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, integrity, gentleness and self control; all these individually reveal the irresistible attraction of the inner-life of our design.
23 Legalism can neither match nor contradict this. There is no law against love! MIRROR ▼▼▼
Gal 5:22 But what happens when we live God’s way? He brings gifts into our lives, much the same way that fruit appears in an orchard — things like affection for others, exuberance about life, serenity. We develop a willingness to stick with things, a sense of compassion in the heart, and a conviction that a basic holiness permeates things and people. We find ourselves involved in loyal commitments,
23 not needing to force our way in life, able to marshal and direct our energies wisely. Legalism is helpless in bringing this about; it only gets in the way. MSG
JAMES 3:18 Seed always predicts the harvest. Righteousness inspires the kind deeds of those who embrace peace; these are like seeds sown into fertile soil. MIRROR
GAL 6:7 Show-business does not deceive God! Do not be led astray and then pull your nose up at God, as if it was God who let you down. The harvest always reveals the seed.
8 The flesh cannot compete with the spirit; just like with Adam, the fruit of the do it yourself tree still produces death, while faith produces the spirit fruit of the life of the ages, the God-kind of life.
9 Every good deed has a predictable harvest. Let’s not get discouraged in the in-between times. MIRROR
1 Peter 1:23 You have been regenerated (born again), not from a mortal origin (seed, sperm), but from one that is immortal by the ever living and lasting Word of God. AMP
1 John 3:9 No one born (begotten) of God [deliberately, knowingly, and habitually] practices sin, for God’s nature abides in him [His principle of life, the divine sperm, remains permanently within him]; and he cannot practice sinning because he is born (begotten) of God. AMP
Matt 13:4 As he scattered the seed, some of it fell on the road, and birds ate it.
5 Some fell in the gravel; it sprouted quickly but didn’t put down roots,
6 so when the sun came up it withered just as quickly.
7 Some fell in the weeds; as it came up, it was strangled by the weeds.
8 Some fell on good earth, and produced a harvest beyond his wildest dreams. MSG ▼
LUKE 8:15 But the seed in the good soil are those who hear in such a way, that the word finds a consistent and beautiful resonance in their hearts. They are the ones who continue to bear fruit in steadfast resolve. MIRROR ▼
MATT 13:36 37 He answered and said unto them, He that soweth the good seed is the Son of man;
38 The field is the world; the good seed are the children of the kingdom; but the tares are the children of the wicked one; KJV
1 COR 3:6 I have planted, by bringing the gospel to you in the first place, then Apollos watered the seed in his ministry to you; but God causes the Christ life to ignite and expand in you.
7 If all we succeeded to do was to attach you to us as individuals, then we have failed you; the one who plants is not more important than the one who waters; it is not about us, it is about you realizing God’s work within you.
8 Our individual assignment does not place the one above the other; we have exactly the same mission; how we succeed or fail in that is to our own account. MIRROR
Ps 126:5 They who sow in tears shall reap in joy and singing.
6 He who goes forth bearing seed and weeping [at needing his precious supply of grain for sowing] shall doubtless come again with rejoicing, bringing his sheaves with him. AMP
Ps 126:5 So those who planted their crops in despair will shout hurrahs at the harvest,
6 So those who went off with heavy hearts will come home laughing, with armloads of blessing. MSG
Hos 10:12 Sow righteousness, reap love. It’s time to till the ready earth, it’s time to dig in with God, Until he arrives with righteousness ripe for harvest. MSG
2 COR 9:10 The inventor of seed and bread is also the one who supplies and multiplies your resources and increases the harvest of your righteousness! MIR
James 5:7 Meanwhile, friends, wait patiently for the Master’s Arrival. You see farmers do this all the time, waiting for their valuable crops to mature, patiently letting the rain do its slow but sure work.
8 Be patient like that. Stay steady and strong. The Master could arrive at any time. MSG
Matt 9:37 “What a huge harvest!” he said to his disciples. “How few workers!
38 On your knees and pray for harvest hands!” MSG
Ps 67:6 The earth has yielded its harvest [in evidence of God’s approval]; God, even our own God, will bless us.
7 God will bless us, and all the ends of the earth shall reverently fear Him. AMP
Proverbs 11:30 But a life lived loving God bears lasting fruit, for the one who is truly wise wins souls. TPT
REV 14:15 Another celestial messenger appeared out of the most holy place of the temple and with a loud voice addressed the One seated upon the cloud, saying, “Thrust forth your pruning hook, your hour has come – this is your moment to reap for the earth’s harvest is ready.” MIRROR