The Nature of God's Kingdom Pt. 2

Matthew

Jan 21

Pastor Steve Hardy

The Mustard Seed

31 He presented another parable to them, saying, “The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed, which a person took and sowed in his field; 32 and this is smaller than all the other seeds, but when it is fully grown, it is larger than the garden plants and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the sky come and nest in its branches.”

The Leaven

33 He spoke another parable to them: “The kingdom of heaven is like [a]leaven, which a woman took and hid in three [b]sata of flour until it was all leavened.”

34 All these things Jesus spoke to the crowds in parables, and He did not speak anything to them without a parable. 35 This was so that what was spoken through the prophet would be [c]fulfilled:

“I will open My mouth in parables;

I will proclaim things hidden since the foundation of the world.”

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Pastor Steven Hardy was born and raised around Salem, Oregon, attending both the University of Oregon and Western Oregon University, later graduating from Moody Bible. Institute in Chicago, Illinois. He and Beth, who is from upstate New York, met at Moody and were married in 1980, a year after graduation. Beth completed her Elementary.Education degree at Grace College in Indiana, and taught 3rd grade 17 years before retiring in 2021.