Mark Kittrell shares an encouraging story from Bangladesh about Chinese factory workers coming to Christ through a Bible study, demonstrating how God's kingdom process works through sowing, growing, and reaping.
Scripture Text
Mark 4:26-29
Main Points or Ideas
- Actively sowing - The kingdom of God requires scattering the seed of God's Word, which has supernatural properties and power. Our responsibility is to get the seed and soil together through evangelism and witness.
- Patiently growing - Once the seed is sown, we must let God do His work in the growing process. We cannot speed it up or delay it - it's built into the DNA of the seed and ordained by God's sovereignty.
- Joyfully reaping - The culmination includes both celebration for those who enter the kingdom and judgment for those who reject Christ as King. Every knee will bow and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord
Conclusion
God has established an unstoppable process for His kingdom through the gospel, and our role is to actively scatter the seed, patiently trust God's work in the growing process, and anticipate the joyful harvest when Christ's kingdom is fully established.
