~ The Faith seed ~ By: Jo Smith 12/11/2005
Ga 3:16 Now to Abraham and his seed were the promises made. He saith not, and to seeds, as of many; but as of one, And to thy seed, which is Christ. 3:18 For if the inheritance be of the law, it is no more of promise: but God gave it to Abraham by promise. 3:19 Wherefore then serveth the law? It was added because of transgressions, till the seed should come to whom the promise was made; and it was ordained by angels in the hand of a mediator.
Ga 3:22 But the scripture hath concluded all under sin, that the promise by faith of Jesus Christ might be given to them that believe. 3:26 For ye are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus. 3:27 For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ. 3:28 There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus. 3:29 And if ye be Christ's, then are ye Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise.
It says if we are Christ's then are we the SEED of Abraham. He said this promise was to the seed; not as to seeds. That one SEED (Christ) came all the way down from Abraham to Jesus then to us. So it was Christ all the way.
That spiritual seed Christ, was in Abraham! Abraham was just a man with the Seed in him just as Jesus was just a man with the Seed in him. See, the CHRIST was in Jesus. It was that promised Holy Seed. This seed was given to us all by FAITH. Without Faith, you will never possess this Seed. If you never possess this seed, then you are not the child of Abraham, and therefore not the Child of God.
Jesus was the root and the offspring of David. This is how he was the root. He was that seed Christ in Abraham. See it says that the children of Israel with Moses all followed that same Rock and that Rock was CHRIST. So see then that this Seed, Christ was with them then. He was all the way down through time, the same Seed. We are all of that ONE BREAD.
The reason it was just one seed is because it had life in itself which never dies. Life always bring forth a seed with life in itself. He is the ROOT AND THE OFFSPRING. See the Root is that seed inside us we have Root in ourselves which is Christ the Seed. It all ties together just as a mustard seed. The offspring will be the manchild born at the resurrection. Until then, we all who belong to Christ have that seed inside ourselves. It is growing and maturing to be born at the resurrection. The manchild which will be born at that time is this seed reaching maturity and becoming that full Tree. That Tree is the Son of God.
It all started with that seed in Abraham. Then that seed came into Isaac. And from there it traveled all down the line of His Seed (children) until it came into us. It is not the natural children or seed. It is that one spiritual seed, Christ. So the same seed which was Christ in Jesus is Christ in me. That root which was placed into me at my Baptism is this seed which will grow into a full tree. It is purely by FAITH. This promise is received only by Faith. The law is not of Faith, and this is why the people of law are not heirs of this promise. This seed growing in us, Christ, will grow into eternal life. This faith tree will never die.
But only those who come in by faith and refuse law will ever have the seed which grows into eternal life, for the promise was only to the children of faith. It was never given to the children of law, for they are the bondchildren. The bondchildren are not heirs with the freechildren. Jesus spoke of those who have not ROOT in himself; so he NOT ENDURE. So without this seed of faith, you will not endure even though you make a start. You must be BAPTIZED into Christ to have this seed of life.
This faith seed from Abraham is the means by which Abraham was the 'father' of the righteous. Only those who have this seed Faith will ever be righteous.......AMEN.