as it is written, giving to the poor that His righteousness, enduring for all time that, now, supplying a harvest to the sower also bread, to extent of food supplying and multiplying that your harvest and increasing the harvest of your righteousness.*
We see the Greek words σπόρος (sporos which means sowing, time to sow; produce, harvest, offspring) and σπείρω (speirō which means I sow, sow) so God supplies a harvest to the sower. The word harvest also means fruit, as the parable of sowing tells us the plant grows up enduring the weeds to bear fruit or harvest. What is sown? my money? the goal is the fruit of righteousness, so only if you think money is seeking first His righteousness. Growth is in knowing Christ and we know from other scriptures in the New covenant in His blood, that which is sown is of an imperishable seed, it is the word of God, which is food that increases a harvest unto life. Sowing and reaping is about the harvest of righteousness, thus we seek first His kingdom and righteousness. The food sown is that which endures unto everlasting life, to the extent of all time.
Do not labor for food that perishes but for food that endures to the extent of eternal life, whom the Son of Man gives you, for him God the Father set his seal.*
The harvest of His righteousness, endures for all time thus the food that supplies and multiplies this harvest is food which endures for all time.* The seed that is sown is the imperishable word of God, obviously it doesn't perish as this seed endures forever. He who has ears let him hear, the seed of the kingdom of God that produces a harvest of thirty, sixty, and hundredfold is the word of God.* True sowing and reaping is to sow into the spiritual not of earthly origin which produces corruption but sowing spiritual food that reaps life.* When the devil doesn't snatch the seed away and when roots are grown deep and the plant grows up to endure the weeds it then matures to bear fruit. What kind of fruit? what was the purpose of the growth of the seed, the word of God? it exists imperishable, bringing eternal life and a harvest of righteousness. This is our calling to life, and to freedom, to become holy as He is, and to conformity into the image of Christ. The discipline of God states it is so that we share in his character and he exists righteous therefore we are called to bear fruit or be instruments or vessels of His righteousness. It is the devils work to plant weeds, to choke out growth, to introduce doctrines and traditions, of deceitful scheming, that causes children to be tossed to and fro, never growing up into maturity.
In all because the service of ministry exists not only supplying need for the saints but also overflowing through many cheerful hearts to God.*
The service of ministry exists for what purpose? supplying need for the saints. What need? Elsewhere the work of ministry Paul writes is that we grow up in knowledge of Him, into full measure of the statue of His image.* How great is the harvest in knowing Him. This is the food we need to grow up. To have a cheerful heart to God reflects the receiving of blessings from God in regards to maturity. Becoming like Him in character, this glorifies the Father in that we bear fruit of the image of His Son, and this maturity produces a greater joy in us, a joy that is complete. And more so James writes when endurance does its work it produces maturity which outcome is wholeness, lacking in nothing. Oh what a cheerful heart it is to have received such supply of my need. This need of my soul unto salvation, so I say it is well with my soul. And more because the Spirit is life through righteousness, and our joy is made compete when we bear fruit of righteousness there is from this fruit a harvest of life. Peter confessed of this needed food that brings a harvest, the words of Jesus that exists eternal life. And is this not the food that Jesus referred to when saying to Peter, feed my sheep, who is the Church? Oh what joy can be expressed when the service of ministry exists supplying the need of this precious gift to the saints.
Therefore to go before, intimately admonishing the brothers so that coming to you also preparing the blessing, you existing this, existing prepared like as a gift and not like as coerced.*
Paul has been teaching, investing in the church of Corinth, and he has been in their presence before and is coming again bringing brothers from Macedonia with him. Paul has been boasting about the Corinthians believers to the Macedonians. Paul boasts in Christ and in the example he has given in it not being about money, thus he bears his own load, of working with his hands, not living off others, as to not cause them to stumble but to save as many as possible. He had a godly jealousy for them promising them in purity, like as a pure bride, to Christ, also afraid for them, like as the Galatia church had been bewitched, they would also be lead astray from the simplicity of the gospel in purity that is in Christ.* In this Church he is boasting about such a harvest of righteousness. In his previous letter we see the focus on purity of the Corinthians, even to the point were he tells them to cast out the man who fails to repent from living in sexual immorality. Like any teacher of God who patiently invests into others making disciples of Christ teaching them the teachings of Christ, he is in anticipation awaiting fruit of maturity, to receive a harvest of righteousness from them and is sending a party ahead so they exist prepared like as a gift and not like as coerced. What is the blessings Paul anticipates to receive? "preparing the blessing, you existing this, existing prepared like as a gift." Truly the gift is His church becoming like Him, prepared like as gifts offered to Him, those producing a harvest of righteousness. So we pray for such a harvest.
Do not labor for food that perishes but for food that endures to the extent of eternal life, whom the Son of Man gives you, for him God the Father set his seal.*
The harvest of His righteousness, endures for all time thus the food that supplies and multiplies this harvest is food which endures for all time.* The seed that is sown is the imperishable word of God, obviously it doesn't perish as this seed endures forever. He who has ears let him hear, the seed of the kingdom of God that produces a harvest of thirty, sixty, and hundredfold is the word of God.* True sowing and reaping is to sow into the spiritual not of earthly origin which produces corruption but sowing spiritual food that reaps life.* When the devil doesn't snatch the seed away and when roots are grown deep and the plant grows up to endure the weeds it then matures to bear fruit. What kind of fruit? what was the purpose of the growth of the seed, the word of God? it exists imperishable, bringing eternal life and a harvest of righteousness. This is our calling to life, and to freedom, to become holy as He is, and to conformity into the image of Christ. The discipline of God states it is so that we share in his character and he exists righteous therefore we are called to bear fruit or be instruments or vessels of His righteousness. It is the devils work to plant weeds, to choke out growth, to introduce doctrines and traditions, of deceitful scheming, that causes children to be tossed to and fro, never growing up into maturity.
In all because the service of ministry exists not only supplying need for the saints but also overflowing through many cheerful hearts to God.*
The service of ministry exists for what purpose? supplying need for the saints. What need? Elsewhere the work of ministry Paul writes is that we grow up in knowledge of Him, into full measure of the statue of His image.* How great is the harvest in knowing Him. This is the food we need to grow up. To have a cheerful heart to God reflects the receiving of blessings from God in regards to maturity. Becoming like Him in character, this glorifies the Father in that we bear fruit of the image of His Son, and this maturity produces a greater joy in us, a joy that is complete. And more so James writes when endurance does its work it produces maturity which outcome is wholeness, lacking in nothing. Oh what a cheerful heart it is to have received such supply of my need. This need of my soul unto salvation, so I say it is well with my soul. And more because the Spirit is life through righteousness, and our joy is made compete when we bear fruit of righteousness there is from this fruit a harvest of life. Peter confessed of this needed food that brings a harvest, the words of Jesus that exists eternal life. And is this not the food that Jesus referred to when saying to Peter, feed my sheep, who is the Church? Oh what joy can be expressed when the service of ministry exists supplying the need of this precious gift to the saints.
Therefore to go before, intimately admonishing the brothers so that coming to you also preparing the blessing, you existing this, existing prepared like as a gift and not like as coerced.*
Paul has been teaching, investing in the church of Corinth, and he has been in their presence before and is coming again bringing brothers from Macedonia with him. Paul has been boasting about the Corinthians believers to the Macedonians. Paul boasts in Christ and in the example he has given in it not being about money, thus he bears his own load, of working with his hands, not living off others, as to not cause them to stumble but to save as many as possible. He had a godly jealousy for them promising them in purity, like as a pure bride, to Christ, also afraid for them, like as the Galatia church had been bewitched, they would also be lead astray from the simplicity of the gospel in purity that is in Christ.* In this Church he is boasting about such a harvest of righteousness. In his previous letter we see the focus on purity of the Corinthians, even to the point were he tells them to cast out the man who fails to repent from living in sexual immorality. Like any teacher of God who patiently invests into others making disciples of Christ teaching them the teachings of Christ, he is in anticipation awaiting fruit of maturity, to receive a harvest of righteousness from them and is sending a party ahead so they exist prepared like as a gift and not like as coerced. What is the blessings Paul anticipates to receive? "preparing the blessing, you existing this, existing prepared like as a gift." Truly the gift is His church becoming like Him, prepared like as gifts offered to Him, those producing a harvest of righteousness. So we pray for such a harvest.