An image that the Bible gives us concerning the Word of God is the seed. Jesus Christ Himself gave us some parables in this regard especially during His teachings on the kingdom of God. He spoke to a community that could relate to the agricultural terms he used in this parable. In this lesson, we will sit back and examine the essential nature of a seed, and the benefits that we can derive from acknowledging God’s Word as such.

The Word As A Seed Pt 1

Introduction
•	The teaching on hell is not to inspire fear in us
•	Jesus taught on hell more times than anyone did in Scripture
•	Hell is one of only two eternal destinations

Reality of Hell
•	Hell is real just as God is real
•	Hell is real just as the Scripture is true
•	Hell is a geographical space just as Heaven exists

Characteristics of Hell
•	A place of outer darkness (Matthew 8:12)
•	A place where the worm never dies (Matthew 9:48)
•	A place of unquenchable fire (Matthew 25:41)
•	No vacation for the inhabitants of hell

Lessons from the first Passage (Luke 16:19 – 31)
•	It is not a parable
•	A tale of real living people
•	Jesus opened a doorway of eternity for his listeners to peep into
•	Lazarus didn’t go to heaven because of his poverty
•	Neither did the rich man go to heaven because of his riches
•	In hell, his senses (hearing, feelings, mouth, memory, sight, thirst) were very active
•	The people we know who did not die in the Lord are still alive in hell
•	The preaching of the gospel is for the living and not the dead
Lessons from the second Passage (2 Corinthians 5:11 – 20)
•	The fear of the Lord persuades us to share the Gospel (vs11)
•	The love of God compels us (vs 14)
•	Now we don’t live unto ourselves, we live unto God (vs15)
•	We have been assigned the ministry of reconciliation (vs 18-19)
•	We have been assigned as ambassadors of Christ (vs20)
•	Our lives determine whether onlookers will be attracted to our country of sending
Conclusion
•	We have to preach the Gospel
•	God does not enjoy the death of sinners
•	It is our duty to rescue those who are on their way to hell (Jude 1:22-23)

Amoako Kyei-Mensah