The Roads Church

Kingdom - basilĕia - Royalty, rule or realm; area ruled by a king

- Root - basis - To walk; the foot; the bottom of something or foundational, principal component of something

Mysteries - mustēriŏn - That which has not been known before but which has been revealed to an in-group or restricted constituency

Given - didōmi - To grant someone the opportunity or occasion to do something

Know - ginōskō - To come to know, acquire understanding or comprehension; progression

Kingdom of Heaven - The foundational, principal component of heaven; the system or culture of heaven

Kingdom Culture

- Culture - Webster - The set of shared attitudes, values, goals, and practices of a society, institution or organization.

Sow - spĕirō - To place or scatter seeds in-ground for future growth

Doing something now that you will not see the benefit of until LATER!

The kingdom of heaven is not a kingdom driven by “need” but rather it is a kingdom that is driven by “seed!”

Ground - gē - Soil, region, ground, land, world; top layer of the earth in which plants can grow.

Good - kalŏs - Advantageous, fitting, suitable for a specified thing

Received seed - spĕirō - To scatter, sow seed on the ground for future growth.

Hears - akŏuō - To receive news or information; become aware of

Characteristics of Good Ground = Person who hears the word and:
1) Understandsit - Wayside

Understands - suniēmi - To comprehend, put together in the mind the nature or meaning ofUnderstands - suniēmi - To comprehend, put together in the mind the nature or meaning of

Characteristics of Good Ground = Person who hears the word and:
1) Understands it
2) Indeed bears fruit - Stony Places

Bears fruit - karpŏphŏrĕō - To be fertile, produce or cause results, to yield


Root - rhiza - The fundamental part of the plant that absorbs nutrients from its surroundings

Characteristics of Good Ground = Person who hears the word and:
1) Understands it - Wayside
2) Indeed bears fruit - Stony Places
3) Produces - Among the Thorns

Produces - pŏiĕō - To make or do; to yield; harvest

Among - ĕpi - A position within an area “determined” by other objects and distributed among them

1st “by” - ĕk - Origin; proceeding from our out of - “What”

2nd “by” - dia - Channel of an act, through; means by which something is possible - “How”


Choked - apŏpnigō - To cause the death of plants by other plants crowding them out, overwhelm or overshadowing them, to inhibit the action, function or development of something.

How do we create good soil in every area of our lives? - Hear the Word and:

1) Understand it - Meditate on it
2) Bear fruit - Rooted in our life to have endurance
3) Produce - Get rid of the other things that could choke out what God wants to do in my life.