Christians Like Plants Daily Need
Light, Heat, And Water
Today let's learn three lessons from plants to help make us better christians. Studying plants will bless us because christians are like plants according to Psalm 1:3. If we daily read and memorize the bible we shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water that bringeth forth his fruit in his season, his leaf also shall not wither, and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.
Since christians are like plants, christians must have the same three things plants need to survive (light, heat, and water). My friend Rebekah Kohl did an experiment with four healthy plants. One plant was placed in a dark room with no light for one month. The second plant was placed in a refrigerator and deprived of heat for one month. The third plant was deprived of water for one month. The fourth plant was given light, heat, and watered for one month. The first three plants slowly died because each of them was deprived of one of the necessary ingredients for plant survival (light, heat, and water). Only the fourth plant lived.
Christians like plants also daily need light, heat, and water to survive. Let's see how the bible explains how christians can daily receive light, heat, and water. There are many bible scriptures that say the Lord Jesus and the Word of God give christians light, heat, and water daily. Therefore daily look to Jesus crucified and the Word of God to be blessed like the plants. Get saved today, repent, stop sinning, confess Jesus to be your God, and believe that Jesus died for you on the cross, was buried, and rose again to receive everlasting life and peace forevermore.
1) Christians Like Plants Need Light To Be Blessed
The Three Sources Of Light For Christians Are
The Lord Jesus, The Word Of God,
And Your Fellow Believers In Jesus At Your Local Church
Christians like plants daily need light to be blessed and survive. Plants are placed in clear greenhouses so they can receive light to survive. Like plants, christians need to receive light from three sources: First, christians receive light from the Lord Jesus according to John 8:12 where Jesus said I am the light of the world; he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life. Jesus also said at John 9:5 As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world.
Every day allow the light of Jesus to bless you with peace and strength by looking to Jesus crucified. Each day say I am crucified with Christ and covered by the blood of Jesus. Tell the devil daily that the blood of Jesus (the same yesterday, today, and forever) has overcome and defeated you, evil must pass over me, and the blood of Jesus has cleansed me of all my sins. Just keep looking at Jesus crucified every day for light to overcome any darkness in this world.
Second, christians receive light from the Word of God according to Psalm 119:105 that says Thy Word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path. Constantly meditate, read, and memorize the bible to receive great peace and strength. Psalm 119:165 promises Great peace have they which love thy law; and nothing shall offend them. Psalm 1 promises that if you memorize and read the bible daily whatever you do will prosper (in other words if you constantly memorize the bible, God will fix every problem in your life and deliver you from all your troubles).
Finally, christians receive light from fellow believers in Jesus at their local church according to Philippians 2:15 that says That ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world. Attend your local church each week to receive light from your fellow believers that shine the light of Jesus to us through preaching, teaching, and counseling. All christians should shine their lights everywhere to bless people because according to Matthew 5:15 Jesus said Ye are the light of the world; A city that is set on a hill cannot be hid.
2) Christians Like Plants Need Heat To Be Blessed
Christians like plants need heat daily to survive. The bible says christians receive heat from the fire of the Word of God according to Jeremiah 23:29 that says Is not my Word like as a fire? saith the Lord and like a hammer that breaketh the rock in pieces. Also Jeremiah said at Jeremiah 20:9 I will not make mention of Him, nor speak any more in His name. But His Word was in mine heart as a burning fire shut up in my bones, and I was weary with forbearing, and I could not stay.
Let the Word of God be your heat source daily so you can be blessed and survive like plants. According to Psalm 119:11 stay warm and proclaim Thy Word (Lord Jesus) have I hid in mine heart that I might not sin against thee. This is why King David said at Psalm 39:3 My heart was hot within me, while I was musing (fervently memorizing God's Word) the fire burned; then spake I with my tongue.
And don't sin because sin will put out the fire of God. Sin makes people wax cold according to Matthew 24:12 that says And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold. Stay on fire for God and deny sin daily. Keep leaping for joy and rejoicing when you are persecuted for Jesus. Shout for joy in the nearest Walmart bathroom when people separate from you and want nothing of you because of Jesus. Determine to stay on fire for Jesus and let nothing wax your life cold.
Christians are like plants and need heat to survive. If I took a plant and deprived it of heat by placing it in a refrigerator all month, the plant would die. It would still die if I took it out of the refrigerator each day and watered it and gave it a little light but put the plant back every night into the refrigerator with no heat.
Like plants, christians need to daily remain by their heat source (the Word of God). If someone stops reading their bible for weeks and months they will wax cold, wither away, and perish. It's just the natural tendency of anything to cool down; If I turn off my space heater during a cold day, soon my house will cool down. Therefore, stay warm daily and keep reading and memorizing your bible, while you keep attending your local church to hear God's Word.
Don't get cold or lukewarm; Instead of being cold as ice, stay hot and on fire for Jesus. Keep witnessing and winning souls to our Lord Jesus. Keep sharing your faith and testimony with everyone. Keep praying for everyone with a mustard seed of faith and rejoice when all your prayers are answered. Don't just talk to people in your church only on Sunday. Show kindness to everyone in your church all week.
Stay hot and on fire for Jesus by sending uplifting postcards and notes of kindness to all your brothers and sisters in Jesus all week long. Make encouraging phone calls to your brothers and sisters in the Lord always. Tell everyone I'm praying for you and asking Jesus to bless you; Tell them is there anything I can do to bless you. Can I take you to Cracker Barrel and bless you with a meal? When we fellowship and rejoice with our brothers and sisters in Jesus, we will stay on fire for God with strength, peace, and joy. We are the branches of God and if we rub our branches together during fellowship we'll get a Holy Ghost fire and keep warm.
Have compassion and be concerned about people, making a difference. Jude 22 tells us And of some have compassion, making a difference: And others save with fear, pulling them out of the fire, hating even the garment spotted by the flesh. And I pray in Jesus name everyone will obey 1 Peter 4:8 And above all things have fervent (defined as red hot) charity among yourselves: for charity shall cover the multitude of sins. In other words, contribute to the heat of your local church and to everyone around you, so people can grow and be blessed like plants. Decide to obey 1 Peter 1:22 Seeing ye have purified your souls to obeying the truth through the Spirit unto unfeigned love of the brethren, see that ye love one another with a pure heart fervently (defined as staying red hot on fire for our Lord Jesus).
3) Christians Like Plants Need Water To Be Blessed
Christians like plants daily need water to be blessed and survive. Notice how plants use water and light to create food for survival by photosynthesis. First plants use chlorophyll (a green pigment) to absorb sunlight to convert water from their roots and carbon dioxide from the air into sugar (food for growth) and oxygen. Wow, notice that God made plants to convert light into oxygen so people can breath and survive. Thank you Lord Jesus for your plants that allow us to breath oxygen and live on this earth.
Like plants, christians need to daily receive their water source (the Word Of God) stated at Ephesians 5:26 That He (Jesus) might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the Word. And if we daily read and memorize the bible, like plants we will receive food and strength to live. Notice that the bible also says that the Word of God is our necessary food to survive. Job 23:12 says Neither have I gone back from the commandment of His lips; I have esteemeed the words of His mouth more than my necessary food. And Jeremiah 15:16 tells us Thy words were found and I did eat them; and thy Word was unto me the joy and rejoicing of mine heart; for I am called by thy name, O Lord God of hosts.
And finally note that another source of water for survival is our Lord Jesus. Just look daily to Jesus crucified saying I am crucified with Christ and covered by the blood of Jesus to overcome the devil and survive like the plants. Jesus told us that He was our water source at John 4:13 saying Whosoever drinketh of this water (from Jacob's well) shall thirst again; But whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst, but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life. Plants need water every day to survive. Christians also need to look every day to Jesus crucified to survive. Thank you Lord Jesus for the well of water you've made available to all people that springs up into everlasting life.
I pray in Jesus name that this little bible study blesses multitudes all over this earth with peace and great joy. Feel free to email Brother Bob anytime at rz9tlm@gmail.com or write to Brother Bob Malkin, 2233 Pinetree Lane, Apt. N., Reynoldsburg, Ohio 43068. (614) 604-7133. Till we all meet again soon to lift up our Lord Jesus, everyone have a blessed day in Jesus name.
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