This scripture is not often used as a sermon reference.

You what you sow is not made alive unless it dies and that which you sow you sow not the body that will be but bare grain. 1 Cor 15:36-37.

They first have to become seeds of death before they can become seeds of life.

Our bodies, physical corruptible bodies, will finally be sown in death, yet they’ll be raised to incorruptible life. They’ll be sown in dishonor but raised to glory; sown a natural body and then raised a spiritual one.

But until that Day, the day of the resurrection of the dead, we are faced with taking up our cross, daily dying to self, the self centered life. Only then will our lives in Messiah come alive today, that we may reap tomorrow the harvest of new life in Him.

It’s sad to say but many believers are slow and often reluctant to give up our lives for Him; though we desire and long to walk as He and His disciples/apostles walked in the ways of salvation, power, miracles and peace. However, we are somewhat unwilling to give up our lifestyles, to sacrifice them for the sake of living His.

We allow strings of our past to remain attached as we try to build our new life inside the old structure. Doing this, results in us placing and restricting Messiah to a corner we have kept for Him; and then we choose a convenient time when it suits us, in our schedule, to consult Him for what we need. This should not be..

As long as we keep Him confined in one area of the life we have constructed for ourselves we’ll never be made alive in Him.

Learning Hebrew and discovering meanings to words and phrases is wonderful but unless we get the foundational life of obedience and total commitment to The Father, according to His ways, commandments and ordinances, which are His directions for living a holy life set apart for Him; all else is not important in comparison. We must keep our priorities in godly order, or we will miss the mark of the prize of the high calling.

It doesn’t matter how much we sow in prayer and hope, asking the Lord to free us from troubles, to destroy our enemies and bring change to our situation….’ What we sow will not be made alive unless it dies’.

It’s not until we are willing to die daily to who we used to be – especially to the parts of the old us and the old life we’d really like to keep – the life in Messiah of fruitfulness will always be out of reach.

If we are to live in Messiah we must sow ourselves in death into that grave, we are to leave everything . Unless a grain of wheat falls to the ground and dies’…

If we die with Him, we’ll be raised with Him,

identified with his death and

the fellowship of His sufferings.

Many don’t like that line in the scripture Phil. 3:10

identified with his death and

the fellowship of His sufferings;

because we are really wanting to hear pleasant words of comfort, wealth, blessings and a life of ease and prosperity without problems. A life of ease and luxury is not what Messiah promised us and so, we are looking for the wrong lifestyle. We are to leave everything of the old life both good and bad, to walk away from it, just as the disciples did.

‘Sowing not the body that will be but bare grain’.

What we compromise to keep we will inevitably lose. And furthermore, we don’t yet know what we will become, or who we really are. 1 John 3:2.

The body that will be,  grows from the seeds sown in nakedness – no facades, no baggage, no compromise and no expectations; except that we will be quickened, made alive in Messiah. What kind of fruit will we bear and what kind of harvest will we reap? As long as we remain ‘alive to ourselves’, what kind of life will it be, or can it be …’unless it dies? ‘

So many believers simply add Jesus/Yeshua to their already existing lives and fit everything neatly into a ‘Christian package’; with church attendance and prayer meetings, bible studies and volunteer good works. It’s a preformed, denominational calendar of weekly events. Nowhere in the new or old testament is there such a format. Our heavenly Fathers Appointed times, His Moedim, are clear. Western Christianity formed mostly from Roman Catholic influence, has developed its own religious traditions, doctrines and agendas; this is not in line with a New Testament Messianic lifestyle. We are to live ‘in the world‘ but ‘we are not of it’ John 17:14-16. We are to leave the world and it ways and lifestyles behind, just as they left Egypt, which is a type of the world. But we don’t, we just seem to incorporate Christianity into how we live and absorb it into our life routines. That’s not what we are called to do/become. Jesus/Yeshua Himself said in Luke 14:26-33. whosoever does not hate….. cannot be My disciple. The influences of the systems of the world are demonic in their foundations. Tempting Messiah he said: I will give You authority over all these kingdoms and all their glory, he said. For it has been relinquished to me, and I can give it to anyone I wish. Luke 4:6.  Clearly they belong to the devil for the time being, until they become the kingdoms of our God and His Christ.. Rev. 11:15.

Make no mistake, these kingdoms and governmental systems are influencing and exercising control over our lives more and more. We must not be of this world, even though we are obliged to obey some of its rules and regulations. Our Heavenly Fathers’ Kingdom of the Heavens is within us and we must allow every attribute of Kingdom living to penetrate our lives, and show forth outwardly that which is growing within from the godly seed that was sown in our hearts. 1Peter 2:9.

Remember the word disciple/talmid, cannot be separated from discipline, obedience in walking the walk/halak. This walk is daily dying to self will, self centered choices and self aggrandizement; and indeed every selfish introspective lust and desire of our rebellious flesh. We are given time, a whole lifetime, to prepare our hearts and lives and we are encouraged and cautioned to be ready…let’s not put off until tomorrow what we can put right today.

These posts may seem repetitive and that’s because His word is unchangeable, it’s the same yesterday, today and forever. Hebrews 13:8. It is established in and for eternity. Psalm 119:89. Don’t let the enemy of our souls distract us from what we know is truth, wherein is freedom granted by His merciful grace. The clock is ticking and we may not have the time we think we have.

Shalom, shalom mishpachah/family

and cheverim/friends!

It’s all about Life and Relationship,

NOT Religion.

You are greatly loved and precious in His sight.

NOT SURE?

YOU CAN BE..

SAY THE FOLLOWING FROM YOUR HEART RIGHT NOW…

Heavenly Father I come to you in the Name of Jesus/Yeshua asking for forgiveness of my sins for which I am truly sorry. I repent of them all and turn away from my past.

I believe with my heart and confess with my mouth that Jesus/Yeshua is your Son and that He died on the cross at calvary to pay the price for my sin, so that I might be forgiven and have eternal life in the kingdom of Heaven. Father I believe that Jesus/Yeshua rose from the dead and I ask you to come into my life right now and be my personal Savior and Lord and I will worship you all the days of my life. Because your word is truth I say that I am now forgiven and born again and by faith I am washed clean with the blood of Jesus/Yeshua. Thank you that you have accepted me into your family in Jesus’/Yeshua’s name. Amen