THE CULTIVATED AND UNCULTIVATED HEART
No seed will grow where it has not been sown, so is the
theory of life. If you desire any seed to grow, then you must cultivate a piece
of land and plant the seed. After a period it shoots out, and then you continue
to nurture it by carrying out some post-planting activities such as weeding,
use of insecticides, application of fertilizer, watering, pruning and a lot
more activities will be carried out on the plot where this plant is to be
grown.
Here the topic states: “ the cultivated and uncultivated
heart” not land, but as we go on we shall discuss some things that relates
heart cultivation to land cultivation.
The heart of man is like a virgin land; when we are born to
earth we tend to grow weed which are unwanted plant just like any virgin land
will do, so also the heart of the man will begin to harbor some character that
are unwanted, these are the seeds it has gathered overtime, and all this seed
did not just come there in a day. As such a land may be consumed with fire at
any time, so also the heart that is uncultivated will be cast into hell fire
one day. The bible has this to say …the earth also and the works therein shall
be burned up (2 Peter 3:10 KJV)
After knowing this we ought to be wise today and cultivate
the ground of our heart, take away the seed of sin, the unwanted pest of self
and Satan. We have to make our heart ready by cultivating our heart and sowing
the seed that will be harvested into heaven, because there will be a harvesting
day in which the saint will be harvested into heaven but the weed will be
gathered into hell fire.
Like one will look on a land and find it bushy, the fellow
will pick up his working implement or farm machinery and clear the bush, he
will destroy all the pest that may be using the place as an hide-out, and the
place will be made ready for planting operation.
In like manner, you must look into your life and see the
bush of sin in you, those sin came because you failed to cultivate your heart
or you cultivate your heart and left it to itself so you backslid and sin came
back into your life.
When you examine your life and you see the great amount of
sin in your life, you may be feel like your sin is too great, so also the
farmer may think the bush is too much, but all you need is to summon courage,
and have faith in God that he can save and forgive your sin , then pick up this
tools one by one:
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Acknowledge that you are a sinner
=Accept
that Christ died for your sin and shed his blood for your redemption from sin,
and know that his blood can wash you and make you clean from sin.
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Admit that you cannot save yourself, but Jesus is able to save you no matter
how sinful you are
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Confess all those sin that you commit; mention those sin one by one, maybe
lying, stealing, fornication, uncleanness, idolatry, hatred, etc. you know the
sin you commit, ask God for pardon, let him wash away all your sins with the
blood of Jesus, let him make you pure and clean. Let him write your name in the
book of life. Thank him for forgiving you your sins.
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Confess that Jesus has taken away your sin, confess that you are his child,
confess that his blood has taken away your sin, confess that your name is
written in the book of life
AFTER THE CULTIVATION OF THE HEART
When a land is cultivated and left to itself the land will
begin to bring forth weed and if not weeded the land will become bushy, or even
become a thick forest.
But if the land is cleared and ridges are made and the
desire seed are put into the ridges, soon the seed will begin to shoot forth to become a plant, then
you will begin to nurture the plant by watering, weeding, setting of edges
round the farm plot, and many other activities that will help the plant to
grow, to the stage of harvesting.
In the same vein a sinner that
repents of his sin and obtains salvation and left to carry on decision on his
own may go back and get seed of sin sown into his life, because sin is like a
weed it has it seed readily flying all around, so once it finds a cultivated
(convenient) uncultivated land (heart) it falls there and begins to grow into a
bush (sinner) again
Having known all these, we have
to be wise, know where to get the appropriate seed that will make us harvested
into heaven at last, carry out all the operation that will help our heart to
grow the harvestable seed of our soul to meet Jesus when he comes for his
saints (harvest)
HOW TO NURTURE THE SEED OF SALVATION IN THE HEART
= WEED-OFF
ALL SUGGESTION OF SIN: the heart of man always have the tendency to sin always,
because the seed of sin is flying all around but the only way we can be free
from this is by weeding them off immediately we discover its appearance, that
is why the Bible encourages us to “Abstain from all appearances of evil (1
Thessalonians
5:22 kjv)” also 1 Corinthians
6:18 say flee fornication. This is showing that the some object of sin may come
your way but the thing you have to do is to weed if off with prayer, and some
time all it will require is to take away your eyes, or even run away, it may
just entail taking your stand against sin. Do what is appropriate at the
appropriate time.
= Monitor your growth level
from the bible: the bible is like a mirror, it is the standard on which you
should place your life, it should be the one directing what you do in all
situations. Everyday ensure you study the Bible, and while you study the bible
ensure you study the bible in this following ways:
Purposefully; read the bible to
get something tangible, a promise, a correction, admonition, direction.
Prayerfully; when you read the
bible, pray that god should reveal his mind to you.
Meditatively, to get the
purpose of God’s word where you are reading
= Come together with other: the
bible exhort us (not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together… Hebrews
10:25 kjv) ensure you join a bible believing church where they preach the total
truth of the word of God
= Keep the edge around you:
after salvation the life of a person becomes secure in God, however once you
allow sin into your life it means the edge around you has been broken and God’s
protection will be removed from you. The way to do this is by:
Prayer: pray daily, against all
the strategy of the tempter, that God should give you victory over every
temptation of the tempter. pray for the grace of god for each day
Teach others: when you teach
others about Christ, you will be creating a wall of defence for yourself so
that you will not be able to go into sin, since you will also want to avoid
what you tell others to avoid.
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