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

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

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

Kingdom Culture - Set of attitudes, values, goals and practices of the kingdom of heaven

Repent - mĕtanŏĕō - To change one’s way of life as the result of a complete change of thought and attitude with regard to sin (what’s wrong) and righteousness (what is right)

At hand - ĕggizō - Come or bring near, approach

Like- hŏmŏiŏs — Resembling or similar; having the same or some of the same characteristics

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!”

"His field" - Two applications - General and specific

General - The World - The kingdom (system, foundational principles) of heaven in the earth

Specific - Our lives - I sow seed in my personal “field” and grow the kingdom (principles) of heaven in my life

3 ways the kingdom is like a seed:

1) SOWS - BEGINNING
2) GROWS - PROCESS

3 ways the kingdom is like a seed:

1) SOWS - BEGINNING
2) GROWS - PROCESS
3) BECOMES - ENDING

Grown- auxanō -To increase by natural process

Becomes - ginŏmai - To cause to be; come to exist