TRIBULATION AND PERSECUTION ARISES BECAUSE OF THE WORD  4/12/11

QUICKENED SCRIPTURE:  As I read the following scripture it became very clear that tribulation and persecution arise because of the Word.  When we hear His Word, the demonic arises to hinder it from fruitfulness.

Matt 13:18-23

"Therefore hear the parable of the sower:  19 When anyone hears the word of the kingdom, and does not understand it, then the wicked one comes and snatches away what was sown in his heart. This is he who received seed by the wayside.  20 But he who received the seed on stony places, this is he who hears the word and immediately receives it with joy;  21 yet he has no root in himself, but endures only for a while. For when tribulation or persecution arises because of the word, immediately he stumbles.  22 Now he who received seed among the thorns is he who hears the word, and the cares of this world and the deceitfulness of riches choke the word, and he becomes unfruitful.  23 But he who received seed on the good ground is he who hears the word and understands it, who indeed bears fruit and produces: some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty."

NT:1223 BECAUSE OF

dia (dee-ah'); a primary preposition denoting the channel of an act; through (in very wide applications, local, causal, or occasional):

KJV - after, always, among, at, to avoid, because of (that), briefly, by, for (cause). ..fore, from, in, by occasion of, of, by reason of, for sake, that, thereby, therefore,  though, through (-out), to, wherefore, with (-in). In composition it retains the same general import.

WORD TO PONDER:  TRIBULATION ARISES BECAUSE OF THE WORD 4/12/11

When My Word goes forth, it is like throwing a giant boulder into still water.  This alerts the demonic world of what is coming and they rise up to steal that Word.  It is their primary purpose to bring confusion, stumbling and discouragement to choke out the Word from becoming fruitful.  Nevertheless, My Word goes forth and prospers 30, 60 and 100 fold and will never return to Me void.  Take heed that your life be one of those who bear the fruition of My Word.

Keep the soil of your heart nurtured to receive My Word.  Walk in My ways of righteous living and then the demons in the air will not devour the seed before it is planted.  Keep your heart free from the stones of unforgiveness and being offended, for a hard heart keeps your intimacy with Me shallow, without depth.  Remove the offenses and commit to endure during the tribulations that come because of that Word.  Remove the cares of making a way in the world so they do not choke out My promises.  As you keep the garden of your hearts tilled and weeded, you will overcome that which hinders My Word from being fruitful.  When your heart is good ground, you will hear, understand and bring forth 30, 60 and 100 fold fruit of My promises.

Matt 13:3-9 NKJV

Then He spoke many things to them in parables, saying: "Behold, a sower went out to sow.  4 And as he sowed, some seed fell by the wayside; and the birds came and devoured them.  5 Some fell on stony places, where they did not have much earth; and they immediately sprang up because they had no depth of earth.  6 But when the sun was up they were scorched, and because they had no root they withered away.  7 And some fell among thorns, and the thorns sprang up and choked them.  8 But others fell on good ground and yielded a crop: some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.  9 He who has ears to hear, let him hear!"