And he (Jesus) said, The kingdom of God is as if a man should scatter seed ("the word"; 4:24) on the ground. He sleeps and rises night and day, and the seed sprouts and grows; he knows not how. The earth produces by itself (Mark 4:26-28a).
Note here that as the man "sleeps and rises", the fruit from the earth grows "by itself" (in the original language, "automate," lit., "automatically). In other words, the "seed" does the work. Our role as a church isn't to be the kingdom but rather to be the witnesses, custodians, and instruments of the kingdom. The "weapon" (and only weapon) in our arsenal is the Word of God, centered on the Gospel of Christ (the true and effective "sower").
Let's be people of the "seed."
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