8/18/2023 0 Comments Mustard tree bible![]() ![]() The brother told the reporter that we do not like to be advertised. Recently, a reporter from a newspaper contacted one of the brothers, wanting to give us some advertisement and publicity. Therefore, we do not use propaganda and advertisements. During the past years we have been growing slowly because we do not like to have a big work. Although it has been rather slow, it is nevertheless the normal growth. In 1972 we had close to 2200, more than three times the number in 1969. When we conducted the training on the Psalms in 1969, we had seven hundred attendants. We thank the Lord that the move of His recovery in this country has been growing gradually throughout the years. To desire to be great is very dangerous because it can break the law of life. What does this mean? Many Christians are ambitious to be great. The mustard herb became a great tree by breaking the life law and growing out of proportion. This should not be a mere doctrine to us we must have the practical application. The branches have become the lodging place of demons. Many evil spirits lodge in Christendom today. Earlier in the same chapter, the Lord Jesus told us the interpretation of the birds, saying that they were the Devil and his angels. But this herb grew out of proportion and became a great tree with many evil birds lodging in its branches. According to its nature, a mustard herb is small and good for food. The shape, nature, and form were changed it broke the law of life and grew out of proportion. The mustard herb, however, grew into a great tree. According to its law of life, the peach sprout will grow into a peach tree and will bring forth peaches. This is impossible, for within the peach sprout is the peach life, and within the peach life are the peach essence and the peach law which regulate its development. We do not need to be concerned that the peach tree might grow into another kind of tree and not produce peaches. ![]() We have the confidence that if a peach sprout grows, it will become a peach tree, it will attain the height of a normal peach tree, and it will bring forth peaches. With every kind of life there is the life essence, the life power, the life shape, and the life law. This is growth out of proportion and growth which breaks the regulation of the life law. However, in this parable we see something that grows not according to its kind-an herb becomes a tree. Therefore, an herb should be after its kind, and a tree should be after its kind. For example, a peach tree should bring forth after its kind, and an apple tree should bring forth after its kind. According to Genesis 1, all the vegetables are to reproduce each after its kind, and the animals each after its kind. Although it may not be readily apparent, this also is damage caused by Satan. The Lord Jesus said that the mustard seed is the smallest of the seeds, yet it grows into a great tree. Now we come to the parable of the mustard seed (13:31-32). ![]()
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