If a tree is good, If it’s beneficent, if it’s worthwhile, if it’s useful, its fruit will be good Its fruit will be worth while. If a tree is bad, rotten, putrid, corrupt, worthless, useless, its fruit will be bad, its fruit will be the same. What if our only task was to reveal the Kingdom to those who don’t see it yet, and gather as many people as we can. - Pastor Ryan Martinez

If we’re not actively looking for the Kingdom, it will escape our notice. Because it’s here, now… We just must open our eyes and our hearts to it. And when we find it, anything short selling out and giving yourself completely to the cause of the Kingdom keeps the Kingdom of God hidden. Remember, it’s our job to reveal the Kingdom to those who haven’t seen it yet, and when we’re not all in for the Kingdom, it remains hidden. But when we go all-in, and relentlessly search for and pursue the Kingdom, we WILL find it and enjoy all the benefits that come with it. - Pastor Ryan Martinez

Jesus is trying to drive home a point. I think we all have noticed from examining 5 parables of the Kingdom of God to this point that the Point Jesus is trying to make is that God’s Kingdom is here, now. There’s no waiting. It’s here. It’s always been here. It’s all around you. The Kingdom is inside of you. There’s nothing, there’s no one who can stop it. It doesn’t matter what you do or say… It doesn’t matter what I do or say… The Kingdom of God will advance! - Pastor Ryan Martinez

If you are trusting in Jesus, then you have been sown into God’s all-powerful, unassailable, eternal, left-handed Kingdom. If you are not trusting in Jesus, could it be possible that you are a weed? Notice I didn’t say If you’re attending church. I didn’t say if you are serving. Notice, I didn’t say if you give financially to the church you are sown into the Kingdom of God. If you TRUST is in Jesus, you are sewn into his Kingdom. - Pastor Ryan Martinez

Are we going to be the type of people that bear the fruit of the Kingdom? Or are we going to be the kind of people who oppose the Kingdom? Are we going to put the lamp on the lamp stand to show people who Jesus really is? Or are we going to hide him under the bed? - Pastor Ryan Martinez

The parable of the Sower sets a goal for us. But it’s not about amassing good deeds… It’s about experiencing the fullness of life as the Word bestows it upon us… which is fitting because this parable is told to us by the Word himself. His ultimate concern is that you and I be reconciled to the Father that we might one day be brought home to His Father’s house. He wants us to be whole… and the parable of the Sower says he will make us whole… If we don’t get in His way. - Pastor Ryan Martinez

Parables are a crucial part of the teachings of Jesus, but they were often very difficult to understand. Regularly, Jesus would teach crowds and people would walk away wildly confused, and perhaps frustrated and discouraged. = Pastor Ryan Martinez

What if you really could rescue people from the Kingdom of Darkness by showing them the Heavenly Father through your acts of service? You and I are called to servanthood. It’s in our DNA, it’s who we are. You want to see your family thrive? Serve. Become the least. You want to see the church grow? Serve. Become the last. You want to see lost people come to find hope in Jesus? Serve. Make yourself the lowest; because serving reveals the Father to the Orphan. - Pastor Ryan Martinez

What does it look like to be equipped to do the works of the ministry of the Church? Love is the most effective way to spread the Gospel. Loving people shows the Good News and meets the need first. Knowing what the Word of God means we can clearly communicate the Gospel; Know God – Make Him Known. We can all love and serve, we all have a role to perform. - Pastor Ryan Martinez

Think about what it would be like if we took this calling to serve our family seriously. What could God do in our families if we made the choice to make our families our first ministry? If we start taking the call to serve our family seriously I believe it will knit your family closer together. Instead of struggling just to hold the family together, you could actually thrive and grow as a family. Instead of each member of the family looking out for themselves each of you is looking to the interest of everyone else in the family. And when that happens, when each member is trying to serve everyone else, everyone’s needs are met and no one is being selfish about it. - Pastor Ryan Martinez