What it Means to Be A Christian

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What it Means to Be A Christian

• The Christian is
• A Farmer

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Matt. 131-9, 18-23

• The Parable of the Sower
• Not all will accept the gospel being sown
• But we need to broadcast the seed anyway

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2 Timothy 26

• The hardworking farmer
• Endurance, diligent effort
• He is first to partake of produce - Experience
  teaching - Patience (Jas. 57-8) - Stronger
  in faith

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1 Corinthians 35-9

• Planting and watering
• We need to sow the seed and leave the results to
  God.
• Mark 426-27
• Planted seed reaches maturity

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John 434-38

• The fields are white to harvest
• You never know where or who is ripe for harvest
• We dont know the condition of hearts until
  we try

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Matthew 1513-14

• Every plant God has not planted will be uprooted
• The only seed we need to sow is Gods word! Both
  in our hearts and in others
• Matthew 1341
• 1 Cor. 21-2

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Galatians 69

• You reap what you sow
• A rule that doesnt just apply to teaching
  others!
• Prov. 228
• Prov. 1118
• James 318

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2 Corinthians 96

• He who sows sparingly
• We reap in proportion to how much we sow
• cf. Matt. 2514-30
• Matt. 1042

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John 151-8

• We are branches in Christ
• We must produce fruit or we will be cut off (we
  are accountable)

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• Harvest is coming Matt. 1324-30, 39
• We will give account Rom. 1410-12John 528-29

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• When that day comes
• What fruit will we present to Him?