And In Them

“And in them is fulfilled the prophecy of Esaias, which saith, By hearing ye shall hear, and shall not understand; and seeing ye shall see, and shall not perceive: For this people's heart is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes they have closed; lest at any time they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and should understand with their heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them.”

‭‭Matthew‬ ‭13:14-15‬ ‭KJV‬‬

“Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except a corn of wheat fall into the ground and die, it abideth alone: but if it die, it bringeth forth much fruit.” John‬ ‭12:24‬ ‭KJV‬‬

"If the grain (corn) rots it becomes a perversion and you fall into error!" (Bob Phillips 'Ascending The Mountain of Glory') 

I was listening to that sermon the other day, and those words hit me hard! Read it again.

"If the grain/corn (Word) rots it becomes a perversion and you fall into error!" 

He was saying - we hear lots of Word, yet if we are not obedient to it - it rots! The rottenness becomes a perversion (is corrupted seed) and we fall into error! Compromise of the Truth is error! 

We hear but not obey. We hear it again, and still do not obey, we justify our disobedience. We finally cease to hear at all and and the enemy can then sow bad seed and we will accept!

Rotting seed is not seed that dies! 

There is a difference! Rotting seed is useless; does not even resemble its original form; only good for destruction.

“Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God. Those by the way side are they that hear; then cometh the devil, and taketh away the word out of their hearts, lest they should believe and be saved. They on the rock are they, which, when they hear, receive the word with joy; and these have no root, which for a while believe, and in time of temptation fall away. And that which fell among thorns are they, which, when they have heard, go forth, and are choked with cares and riches and pleasures of this life, and bring no fruit to perfection. But that on the good ground are they, which in an honest and good heart, having heard the word, keep it, and bring forth fruit with patience.” Luke‬ ‭8:11-15‬ ‭KJV‬‬

“Sow to yourselves in righteousness, reap in mercy; break up your fallow ground: for it is time to seek the Lord, till he come and rain righteousness upon you.” Hosea‬ ‭10:12‬ ‭KJV‬‬

The storms come to break us of the hardness of our hearts! We have a choice to humble ourself before God and through repentance change our course, or continue with an unbending back and a stiff neck, trying to be strong and in control! 

The storms WILL continue and He WILL break you, for only He can be God! 

"They may start as a Category 1, take down a few trees. Or it may take a Category 5 with complete destruction, to turn us around!" (Emily Shropshire from 'When It Pours - Jesus Reigns')

“And whosoever shall exalt himself shall be abased; and he that shall humble himself shall be exalted.”

‭‭Matthew‬ ‭23:12‬ ‭KJV‬‬

Father, please forgive the hardness of our hearts! We repent of our pride! We ask LORD that you open our eyes, open our ears, and change our hearts! Bring us to repentance! We lay down our pride and humbly ask that you continue the work You began in us!  We cast down our idols and we tear down our high places! We vacate the throne and ask that You take Your proper place, for You alone are God, and we are not! Amen.

“But the mercy of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting upon them that fear him, and his righteousness unto children's children; To such as keep his covenant, and to those that remember his commandments to do them.” Psalms‬ ‭103:17-18‬ ‭KJV‬‬

Even so - MARANATHA! 

From 9/22/15