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You Were Made For Increase

Frank Broom

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Proverbs 4:23 Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.

Jesus talked a lot about the heart of man like in Mark 4 in the parable of the sower where he talked about a sower going out to sow. The seed is the word of God (Mark 4:14) and those seeds bear fruit (Mark 4:20) And these are they which are sown on good ground; such as hear the word, and receive it, and bring forth fruit, some thirtyfold, some sixty, and some an hundred. The ground is the heart of man. So, Jesus said words are seeds. And Proverbs 18:21/Pro. 12:14/Pro. 13:2 talks about the fruit of your lips. Fruit is the product of seeds sown. You don't start with fruit you start with seeds and seeds become fruit. Matt 12:33-35 Either make the tree good, and his fruit good; or else make the tree corrupt, and his fruit corrupt: for the tree is known by his fruit. 34 O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh. 35 A good man out of the good treasure of the heart bringeth forth good things: and an evil man out of the evil treasure bringeth forth evil things. Notice, both the tree and it's fruit comes out of the seed. So, if the tree and it's fruit comes out of the seed and the seed is in you then where does the fruit come from, out of you. The words that you speak out that produce fruit is only the result of words that have been sown into you. Remember, words are seeds. So, if you don't like the fruit you are producing then sow different word seeds that will produce the fruit you want. Because, the tree and it's fruit comes out of the seeds. Everything comes out of the seed. And the only thing that can come out is what's been put in.

That's why Jesus said, "Take heed what you hear" because what you hear is going into your heart. Proverbs 4:20, 21 My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings. 21 Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thine heart. Notice, how you keep something in your heart by keeping it in your eyes and ears. That's why verse 23 says, Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life. You guard your heart by guarding the gates to your heart, your ears and eyes. You have to guard not just what you hear, but also what you see. Notice, 2 Corinthians 3:18 But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord. Notice, you become what you behold. A child that sees the father beat the mother will most likely grow up and beat his wife and so on. Generational curses are a lot of times passed down seeds. Seeds that have been planted from generation to generation. Like, nobody in our family ever goes to college or so in so runs in our family. You keep sowing those seeds and they will continue to produce that fruit. Situations and circumstances can communicate things without speaking. Notice, in Mark 11:14 And Jesus answered and said unto it, No man eat fruit of thee hereafter for ever. And his disciples heard it. That situation communicated something to him. And how you answer is important.

Matthew 6:31-33 Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed? 32 (For after all these things do the Gentiles seek:) for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things. 33 But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you. Notice, he said take no thought saying because understand when you say you're sowing seed. And he said, seek ye first the kingdom of God and his righteousness. Where is the kingdom of God-Luke 17:20,21: And when he was demanded of the Pharisees, when the kingdom of God should come, he answered them and said, The kingdom of God cometh not with observation: 21 Neither shall they say, Lo here! or, lo there! for, behold, the kingdom of God is within you. And Jesus told us how it operates, Mark 4:26-28 And he said, So is the kingdom of God, as if a man should cast seed into the ground; 27 And should sleep, and rise night and day, and the seed should spring and grow up, he knoweth not how.
28 For the earth bringeth forth fruit of herself; first the blade, then the ear, after that the full corn in the ear. Notice, the kingdom of God operates by sowing seed or by words. So, it's your words that produce fruit. And the best seeds or words is God's word. Look at what God says in Isaiah 55:10,11
For as the rain cometh down, and the snow from heaven, and returneth not thither, but watereth the earth, and maketh it bring forth and bud, that it may give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater: 11 So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.

He said his word will not return to him void-without fruit or unable or insufficient to produce effect. And the word returns to him when you speak it. The word always has the power to produce what it says. The word has the ability to override/ overrule the natural, because the word is supernatural.
For instance in the natural we need a man and a women to produce a child, but God said Isa. 7:14 Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel. That goes against the natural system of reproduction. But, did a virgin conceive and bear a son, yes. That's why Jesus said, seek ye first the kingdom of God because the word has the power to override any and all natural circumstances and conditions. Abraham and Sarah for instance in Genesis 17:4,5,15 it says, 4 As for me, behold, my covenant is with thee, and thou shalt be a father of many nations. 5 Neither shall thy name any more be called Abram, but thy name shall be Abraham; for a father of many nations have I made thee. 15 And God said unto Abraham, As for Sarai thy wife, thou shalt not call her name Sarai, but Sarah shall her name be(Abraham means father of a multitude and Sarah means Princess of nations). Now, when God said that Romans 4:19 says, his body was dead and her womb was dead. Notice, they both were in conditions contrary for them to be as God said. So, what did God do He gave them new names or new seeds to sow, since words are seeds. Every man's heart is like soil. Notice, Proverbs 18:21 Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruits. So, your words produce fruit, fruit represents manifestation. Did they become as their names, yes.

But, you have to believe in the word. Romans 4:20 says, He staggered not at the promise of God through unbelief; but was strong in faith, giving glory to God. And Hebrews 11:11 says, Through faith also Sara herself received strength to conceive seed, and was delivered of a child when she was past age, because she judged him faithful who had promised. You have to have faith in the word you hear. 2 Chronicles 20:20 Believe in the Lord your God, so shall ye be established; believe his prophets, so shall ye prosper. But, is not the man it's the word that prospers you. And according to 2 Corinthians 4:13 when you believe you speak, We having the same spirit of faith, according as it is written, I believed, and therefore have I spoken; we also believe, and therefore speak. Joshua 1:8 This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success. You make your way prosperous by the word in your mouth, well the word is seed. And Romans 10:8 says, But what saith it? The word is nigh thee, even in thy mouth, and in thy heart: that is, the word of faith, which we preach. So, God's method of increase is through seed. 1 Corinthians 3:6,7 I have planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase. 7 So then neither is he that planteth any thing, neither he that watereth; but God that giveth the increase. God's ultimate goal is to get the rights words in your heart. Notice what it says in 1 Peter 1:23 Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever.

So, something had to be planted in you for you to be born again. And how was it planted, by you hearing something. That's why Romans 10:17 says, So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God. Well, according to 1 Corinthians 3:6,7 hearing is called planting and watering. Why is God's ultimate goal to get the right words in you, because of what He spoke. In Genesis 1:28 And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth. The first thing He said to man was "Be Fruitful" and people have thought that means have babies and it could mean that, but it's not limited to that. You have to remember man is spirit also and not just flesh. Be Fruitful means increase, grow, bring forth. That's why the word relates the heart of man to ground, because God spoke the same thing to both, "Bring Forth." Now, we know on the natural side that if you put a rose seed in the ground and tend to it, water it at some point there will be a physical, manifested representation of what was put in the ground. In Mark 4:22 Jesus said, For there is nothing hid(inwardly), which shall not be manifested(visible). That whole chapter is about sowing seed. What he's saying is you can't hide what's been planted in your heart, because at some point there will be a physical, manifested representation of it and people will see it. You know what's been planted in the ground by what comes out of the ground. If you put something in something will come out. The same thing with the heart of a man if you put something in something will come out.

That's why Jesus said in Luke 6:45 A good man out of the good treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is good; and an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is evil: for of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaketh. Every seed produces after it's kind. Notice, what the word calls Jesus in John 1:14 the word made flesh. Jesus was a living, breathing, flesh, blood, and bone manifestation of words. Words given by God, but spoken by man. In 1 John 1:1,2 it reads-That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon, and our hands have handled, of the Word of life; 2 (For the life was manifested, and we have seen it, and bear witness, and shew unto you that eternal life, which was with the Father, and was manifested unto us;) What life was with the Father from the beginning, the word. John 1:1-3: In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 The same was in the beginning with God. 3 All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made. So, the life of the word of God was clothed in flesh. But, for the life of the word to be made flesh/manifested it had to be put in seed form and planted in man. All the old testament prophets that spoke of him had that word seed in them. And when that angel came to Mary that was his goal to get the word planted in her heart. That's why he kept talking to her until he knew it was planted. How did he know when it was planted, when she said, "Be it unto me according to your word." Notice, once she said that he took off, mission complete.

Now, in the natural what is a seed-a seed is the substance of a thing. That seed that you can hold in your hand if you put it in the ground it will become the thing itself. The seed/substance of the thing has to go in the ground for the thing to come out. If you put the seed/substance of the thing in the earth at some point the earth will release it and you will see it. Now, on the spiritual side what is faith-Hebrews 11:1 says, it is the substance of things hoped for. So, just like a seed is the substance of something on the natural side, faith is the substance of something on the spiritual side. And that substance when planted in the ground of your heart can become the thing itself. The substance of the thing has to go in the ground of your heart for the thing to come out. That's what Jesus was talking about in Luke 6:45 A good man out of the good treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is good; and an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is evil: for of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaketh. That's why Jesus told the woman with the issue of blood, "Your faith has made you whole." The substance of the thing she had inside when spoken became the thing outside/manifested/seen. And if you notice, the same thing with the centurion that said to Jesus, "Speak the word only and my servant shall be healed." And what did Jesus tell him, "As you have believed so be it done unto you." Again the substance of the thing he had inside when spoken became the thing outside/manifested/ seen.

A only planted word didn't manifest Jesus, a word planted and spoken manifested Jesus. But, when the word is in you properly you will speak it. Because the heart and tongue work together and whatever you are filled with will come out. That's what Jesus said, Matt. 12 :34 for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh. Your tongue can't help but speak what your heart is full of. And that word is what will manifest just like Jesus did. God put in the creation the ability to reproduce after it's kind. We're use to seeing this in the natural, now we have to get use to working it on the spiritual side. Everything brings forth like what it comes from does. Notice, when God created the plants and animals He spoke to the creation to bring them forth. But, when He made man he came out of God the creator. And man was made to function like God Genesis 1:26-28: And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. 27 So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them. 28 And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.

Well, how does God bring forth by speaking. Now, understand something has to be in you to bring forth. If you just speaking without the substance of the thing in you there's nothing to bring forth. All you are doing is just speaking and not releasing. There's no substance in your words. That's why the disciples couldn't cast out that devil in Matthew 17. And they asked Jesus why they could not cast him out and he told them, "Because of your unbelief." In other words all you were doing is speaking and not releasing, there was no substance in your words because the substance of the thing was not in you when you spoke. So, there was nothing to bring forth. Words are containers, whatever you speak them out of is in them. You can speak words out of hate and hate is in them. For example Hebrews 12:15 Looking diligently lest any man fail of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you, and thereby many be defiled. Notice, the root of bitterness, a root comes by seeds sown (Example of complaining about your mate). God speaks out of faith so faith is in them. If there was no faith in them you couldn't get faith out of them. So, when his word is in you his faith is in you. And Jesus is the one who said Mark 11:22,23-And Jesus answering saith unto them, Have faith in God. (Other translations says, "Have the faith of God.") For verily I say unto you, That whosoever shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that those things which he saith shall come to pass; he shall have whatsoever he saith.

You really have to watch what goes into your heart because what goes in is what will come out.

1 Timothy 2:4 Who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth. 2 Peter 3:9 The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance. It's very easy just pray: Dear God- I know I have sinned and I now turn from them and I invite Jesus to come into my heart (Revelation 3:20). He died for my sins and you have raised him from the dead and I now confess that Jesus is my Lord and Savior (Romans 10:9,10). I thank you for saving me, Amen
 
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