“THE PROMISED SEED” Galatians 3:15-22

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“THE PROMISED SEED” Galatians 3:15-22

“THE PROMISED SEED” Galatians 3:15-22

Sermon Notes:   “THE PROMISED SEED” Galatians 3:15-22         Oct 4, 2020

What do we place our faith in? Our faith must be in the PROMISED SEED.

  1. God made an unchanging PROMISE to Abraham …  Genesis 22:18; God had discussed this “seed” earlier, Genesis 13:15; 15:5
    1. Abraham … understood the word “SEED” in the general sense – Abraham fathered SEVERAL children: Genesis 16-25
    2. God developed the nation of Israel in Egypt. Gen.37-Ex.4
    3. … spoken of BEFORE God promised Abraham.
      1. Genesis 3 … the FALL of Adam & Eve into sin…, the curse upon the serpent (vs. 15)
      2. … “her seed” = a MIRACLE,     Genesis 38:9
      3. … prophesy reveals the SEED to be a MAN.
    4. … 1000 years later through Ethan. Psalm 89:3-4
  2. God KEPT His Promise … sent the Seed.
    1. 16 & 22 … the Seed Is JESUS CHRIST.
    2. Matthew & Luke record the fulfillment of the prophecies…
      1. God chose a VIRGIN teenager …
      2. Gabriel prepared her for t/ miraculous birth…
      3. Gabriel prepared JOSEPH … to raise this child.
      4. This baby was miraculously made by God and was God.
    3. John presents Jesus as the WORD of God (Jn. 1:1-14)
    4. The Sower and the Soils (Mat.13; Mk. 4; Lk. 8). The GOOD SEED is the word of God = Jesus.                      Jesus is the Seed of God and He Has Come.
  3. What Are You DOING WITH God’s Promised Seed?
    1. Mark 4:1-20; … the varying degrees of RECEPTIVENESS.
    2. God’s blessings come through the Seed, JESUS CHRIST. Galatians 5:22, 26-29

Seed will do nothing if it is not spread to the soil.

God gave us the Seed. Increase in sharing Him with others.