Vision for Mission: Nurturing an Apostolic Heart

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Vi s i on for Mi s s i on: Nur tur i ng an Apos to l i c Hear t

The Laws of Sowing and Reaping, continued

For with the measure you use it will be measured back to you.

2. This is nearly a self-evident fact; no one sows hoping to only get in return the exact amount that the sowed in the first place. 3. Investment on return is expected in the spiritual realm, note the parable of the Talents, cf. Matt. 25.14ff.; Matt. 25.26-27 – But his master answered him, “You wicked and slothful servant! You knew that I reap where I have not sowed and gather where I scattered no seed? [27] Then you ought to have invested my money with the bankers, and at my coming I should have received what was my own with interest.” 4. The harvest comes in varying quantities, Matt. 13.23 – As for what was sown on good soil, this is the one who hears the word and understands it. He indeed bears fruit and yields, in one case a hundredfold, in another sixty, and in another thirty.

C. The application of the principle to our personal discipline and testimony

1. The more we sow the more we reap.

2. The quantity of our harvest is based both on the proportion of our sowing and the desire underlying our sowing.

3. The more you want, the harder you must work.