Mustard Seed Kingdom - book of matthew - Lesson #46

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Sermon Notes

Date of Sermon: March 3, 2018

Summary: Jesus’ kingdom will start small, but grow large.

Key Verse:  “"It is the smallest of all seeds, but when it has grown it is larger than all the garden plants and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the air come and make nests in its branches."   Matthew 13:25

Bible Reading:  31 He put another parable before them, saying, “The kingdom of heaven is like a grain of mustard seed that a man took and sowed in his field.32 It is the smallest of all seeds, but when it has grown it is larger than all the garden plants and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the air come and make nests in its branches.”33 He told them another parable. “The kingdom of heaven is like leaven that a woman took and hid in three measures of flour, till it was all leavened.” 34 All these things Jesus said to the crowds in parables; indeed, he said nothing to them without a parable. 35 This was to fulfill what was spoken by the prophet:
“I will open my mouth in parables;
 I will utter what has been hidden since the foundation of the world.”
  - Matthew 13:31-35

Message Outline:

1. A Kingdom Small But Influential  (verses 31-33)
   1. A planted mustard seed (verse 31)
   2. Big as a tree  (verse 32)
   3. Small but influential  (verse 33)
2. A Kingdom Predicted in the Old Testament  (verses 34-35)
   1. Speaking in parables (verse 34)
   2. Now a new kingdom, but one predicted of old (verse 35)

​Important Takeaway:  Heaven is for everyone, but offered through us.  We are to be the influences that grow the kingdom.

 Reflection Questions:  

• Are you growing with God or away from God?
• What kind of influence do you have with those around you?  For God or against? 

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