Sermon by Bruce McCallum 18 January 2015

1. ‘ALL BY ITSELF’

3. • Lillies of the field
• Seed that grows by itself
• Growth of the mustard seed
• Seed that grows in the different soils
• Tree and its fruit
• Laws of sowing and reaping

5. Mark 4:26-29 (NIV)
26 He also said, "This is what the kingdom of God is
like. A man scatters seed on the ground. 7 Night and
day, whether he sleeps or gets up, the seed sprouts
and grows, though he does not know how. 28 All by
itself the soil produces grain--first the stalk, then the
head, then the full kernel in the head. 29 As soon as
the grain is ripe, he puts the sickle to it, because the
harvest has come."

6. 1. You are a seed sower
(a man scatters seed on the ground)
2. Sleep and Rest
(night and day, whether he sleeps or gets up)
3. Sow and Harvest
(as soon as the grain is ripe, he pus the sickle to it, because the
harvest has come)
4. Believe in ‘all by itself’

7. 1. You are a seed sower
‘… a man scatters seed on the ground…’

8. 2. Sleep and Rise
“… night and day, whether he sleeps or gets up…”

10. Matthew 6:28 (NIV)
28 "And why do you worry about clothes? Seehow
the lilies of the field grow. They do not labour or spin.

11. 3. Scatter and Harvest
‘ … as soon as the grain is ripe, he pus the sickle to it,
because the harvest has come …’

12. 1 Corinthians 3:6 (NIV)
6 I planted the seed, Apollos watered it, but God made
it grow.

13. 1. You are a seed sower
(a man scatters seed on the ground)
2. Sleep and Rest
(night and day, whether he sleeps or gets up)
3. Sow and Harvest
(as soon as the grain is ripe, he pus the sickle to it, because the
harvest has come)
4. Believe in ‘all by itself’

14. “They thought they could bury us, but
they forgot we were seeds”
Mexican Proverb