The Call of the Kingdom

Scripture Focus-  Mark 4:26-29

 Jesus often spoke in parables and used common illustrations to make His point. In a parable, the various aspects have symbolic meaning.

Kingdom= God's rule and reign over all things, present/future

Seed= The Good News of Jesus

Scattering= Proclaiming the Good News

Crop= God's family

Harvest= The end of the age, the culmination of the kingdom

Sickle= The ingathering of the harvest, judgment

5 principles regarding the call of the kingdom:

Principle #1- The call of the kingdom is for every follower of Jesus.

Principle #2- The call of the kingdom is to take the Gospel down the street and around the world.

Principle 3#- The call of the kingdom is to sow the seed of the Gospel.

Principle #4- The call of the kingdom is empowered by the Holy Spirit.

Principle #5- The call of the kingdom is urgent.

The hour is late, the time is now, to answer the call of the kingdom.