Mark 4:30~32 'Jesus sowed on the earth becomes the seed that shall grow'....Short Sermon

Mark 4:30~32 'Jesus sowed on the earth becomes the seed that shall grow'....Short Sermon


* Spirit or trend of thought(-ism) is a product of the times. It is not inadvertently formed.

It is said that the kingdom of Heaven has begun by Jesus' coming down on the earth. That is, to emphasize the 'presentness of the Kingdom of Heaven' is a product of 'rationalism.'
The word of heaven that Jesus sowed produced seedlings among people. Through the efforts of his disciples and other Christians, the seeds of Heaven have borne fruit as 60-or-100-times-or-more expanded kingdoms. (See Mark 4:8)

The interpretation by rationalism is, the expansion of heaven as well will produce a good result like the seeds that grow into grains through human endeavor and will.
In the meantime, there are rather often cases that man’s wisdom brings any destructive result. (Consider what Genesis 3,4,11 mean.)

Through the cream war in Europe(1854~1856, one that gave motive to the Worldwide Red Cross Movement), through the 'World War I' 1914~1918, and through the 'World War II' 1939~1945, they began to reflect on 'rationalism's opinion that puts importance on man’s reason, or man’s power.

They saw that the man's power and man's wisdom that had been pursued by man resulted not in goodness, but in 'destructiveness.' So people began to reconsider the thinking that the word that Jesus sowed on the earth becomes the seed that shall grow still greater(4:30~32) and more expansive.

From 'Even At Night You Sleeps,' Text P.256-257

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