February 2, 2021 First Tuesday Messages

First Tuesday 2021 | The Harvest

From Matthew 13

4 BIG FACTS about Harvests:

1.They were times of .

📖 Isaiah 9:3 (ESV) You will enlarge the nation of Israel, and its people will rejoice. They will rejoice before you as people rejoice at the harvest and like warriors dividing the plunder.

2. They involved the .

📖 Proverbs 10:5 (NLT) A wise youth harvests in the summer, but one who sleeps during harvest is a disgrace.

3. They happened at different for different .

4. They require an of God.

📖 Acts 2:1-4 (ESV) When the day of Pentecost arrived, they were all together in one place. 2 And suddenly there came from heaven a sound like a mighty rushing wind, and it filled the entire house where they were sitting. 3 And divided tongues as of fire appeared to them and rested on each one of them. 4 And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit gave them utterance.

The HARVEST is the JOY of working TOGETHER in God’s POWER to SPREAD God’s MESSAGE to those He is SAVING in His TIME.

📖 Matthew 13:1-2 (ESV) That same day Jesus went out of the house and sat beside the sea. 2 And great crowds gathered about him, so that he got into a boat and sat down. And the whole crowd stood on the beach. And he told them many things in parables, saying: “A sower went out to sow. 4 And as he sowed, some seeds fell along the path, and the birds came and devoured them. 5 Other seeds fell on rocky ground, where they did not have much soil, and immediately they sprang up, since they had no depth of soil, 6 but when the sun rose they were scorched. And since they had no root, they withered away. 7 Other seeds fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up and choked them. 8 Other seeds fell on good soil and produced grain, some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.”

📖 Matthew 13:9 (ESV) He who has ears, let him hear.”

📖 Mark 4:10 (ESV) And when he was alone, those around him with the twelve asked him about the parables.

📖 Matthew 13:10-14 (ESV) Then the disciples came and said to him, “Why do you speak to them in parables?” 11 And he answered them, “To you it has been given to know the secrets of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it has not been given. 12 For to the one who has, more will be given, and he will have an abundance, but from the one who has not, even what he has will be taken away. 13 This is why I speak to them in parables, because seeing they do not see, and hearing they do not hear, nor do they understand. 14 Indeed, in their case the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled that says: “ ‘ “You will indeed hear but never understand, and you will indeed see but never perceive.”

📖 Matthew 13:18-23 (ESV) “Hear then the parable of the sower: 19 When anyone hears the word of the kingdom and does not understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what has been sown in his heart. This is what was sown along the path. 20 As for what was sown on rocky ground, this is the one who hears the word and immediately receives it with joy, 21 yet he has no root in himself, but endures for a while, and when tribulation or persecution arises on account of the word, immediately he falls away. 22 As for what was sown among thorns, this is the one who hears the word, but the cares of the world and the deceitfulness of riches choke the word, and it proves unfruitful. 23 As for what was sown on good soil, this is the one who hears the word and understands it. He indeed bears fruit and yields, in one case a hundredfold, in another sixty, and in another thirty.”

The ENEMIES of the HARVEST:

Enemy #1:

📖 Matthew 13:19 (ESV) “the evil one comes and snatches away what has been sown in his heart.”

Attack Strategy: PREACH and PRAY.

📖 1 John 4:4 (ESV) Little children, you are from God and have overcome them, for he who is in you is greater than he who is in the world.

Enemy #2: .

📖 Matthew 13:21 (ESV) when tribulation or persecution arises on account of the word, immediately he falls away.

Attack Strategy: TEACH and DISCIPLE one another.

Enemy #3: .

📖 Matthew 13:22 (ESV) the cares of the world and the deceitfulness of riches choke the word, and it proves unfruitful.

Attack Strategy: GIVE and INVEST in the Kingdom.

📖 Philippians 4:18–19 (ESV) I have received full payment, and more. I am well supplied, having received from Epaphroditus the gifts you sent, a fragrant offering, a sacrifice acceptable and pleasing to God. 19 And my God will supply every need of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus.

📖 Matthew 13:23 (ESV) As for what was sown on good soil, this is the one who hears the word and understands it. He indeed bears fruit and yields, in one case a hundredfold, in another sixty, and in another thirty.”