Hebrews 6:7

Hebrews 6:7

The  blessing of God

This verse is a parable that is written to try to throw more light on the meaning of verses 4-6. It is suggesting that there are “believers” who have received the seed of God’s Word and who have the potential to produce a crop. The gentle rain of God’s Spirit has watered the fertile ground but, nothing happens! No crop grows, no life appears, the soil is barren and lifeless, it cannot fulfil a useful purpose. However, if the opposite is true and abundant life is evident, it is a sign that God’s blessing is on the land. This is evidenced in Israel in recent years where a barren wilderness wasteland has turned into a land flowing with milk and honey. Is that because the Jews are better farmers than their predecessors or work harder or have learned new tricks for productive agriculture? No! it is because the Lord God has given them His blessing. Sadly, the majority do not recognise this. In the same way, the Lord may have blessed individuals and churches so that they appear to be productive and fertile in sharing the Gospel and teaching the Word. But, it is still possible for such individuals and congregations to take the credit for themselves, to spurn the blessing of the Lord and to see their efforts fade to nothing. If that happens there is no going back.

Jesus taught a great deal about this as an explanation of the Parable of the Sower. Let’s give careful thought to His clarification in Matthew 13, His last words were, ”But the seed falling on good soil refers to someone who hears the Word and understands it. This is the one who produces a crop, yielding a hundred, sixty or thirty times what was sown.” V23. 

 

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