Tuesday, August 25, 2009

The Hundred Fold Return

I’m gonna warn you right now, this may upset you. That’s ok though, because it’s the Bible. Don’t get mad at me here, I’m just telling you what God said and living it out.

Look in Matthew’s Gospel, the 13th chapter. Jesus is talking here, telling us a very well known parable. The parable of the sower. So, we know what happens. The sower sows on stony ground and it is scorched, and all the other things. I want to focus on the 8th verse. It says, “But other fell into good ground, and brought forth fruit, some an hundredfold, some sixtyfold, some thirtyfold.” Jumping down again to the 23rd verse, we find that Jesus is explaining what happened here with the seed. Take a look at the way the Amplified Bible says it. “As for what was sown on good soil, this is he who hears the Word and grasps and comprehends it; he indeed bears fruit and yields in case a hundred times as much as was sown, in another sixty times as much, and in another thirty.” So, we see that there is a principle in effect here. Jesus said that when seed is sown, some reap thirty, some sixty, and some a hundred fold. Now, the seed here is the Word, but there are also other things that we are shown here. Using a farmer as his example, Jesus shows us that this is not just a principle limited to Word. This is a matter of sowing and reaping. Sowing and reaping.

Check out 2 Corinthians 9:6. It says, “He which soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he which soweth bountifully shall reap also bountifully.” There is no faith required in that statement. It is a simple matter of fact. You give, God will bless. Thirty times what you gave sounds like a real good return on your investment, or your giving, but God says that you can also get sixty or one hundred times what you gave! That’s exciting, isn’t it? Glory to God. When we give, we must give generously to others.

Let me share a story here from my own life, from seeing the hundred fold work. Last November, I was at Brother and Sister Copeland’s “Washington D.C. Victory Campaign” . Man, it was good. I was able to make two of the meetings with my school schedule, and I sowed into both of the offerings while I was there, on top of my normal tithe. One of the nights, and to be honest, I can’t remember which one it was, Brother Copeland took up the offering, and told us to name our seed. So, I wrote down what I was believing for, and I stuck it in my wallet. I didn’t tell anyone about it, just like the man of God said. Well, needless to say, I forgot about it. Today, while I was spending time with the Lord, He reminded me of this. I thought back to it. A few months after the meetings, my life had drastically changed. I had left of school, and was back home looking for a job. I was in debt just about up to my eyeballs, from school and credit cards, and just being stupid with money for the longest time, although I have gotten much better with it. So, come to find out, I was given a check that was nearly ONE HUNDRED times what I had given over those two nights! So, I had already gotten the hundred fold on one of my seeds, and then, a few months after that, the rest of it came in. I used that money to pay down many of my debts. What a blessing of the Lord! You see, He still meets needs through the hundred fold. I received the hundred fold on my seed! I paid off bills I wouldn’t have been able to pay! Glory! Now, you may say, “That doesn’t work, it isn’t true.” Well, it’s in red, so like Jesse Duplantis says, “Either Jesus is lying, or you’re lying. I pick you.”

What people don’t seem to get, is that God wants to bless you! Proverbs 10:22 tells us that the Lord’s Blessing makes us rich, but without the sorrow that world adds to it! Glory to God! Sowing and reaping, seed time and harvest will be with us as long as the earth remains! Time to put it to work! God’s ways goes totally contrary to the world’s way. The world tells us to work and save and hoard our money. God tells us to give it away!

You see, once you give, and help meet someone else’s needs, God shall supply your every need, want, and desire through His riches in glory, by Christ Jesus! You don’t believe me? Philippians 4:19, and Psalm 37:4. Giving, and being cheerful is delighting yourself in the Lord, so you qualify for God giving you the desires of your heart!

Praise God! The Hundred Fold still works. I feel like Isaac must have, who, we are told in Genesis 26:12, sowed in a time of famine, and received the same year a hundred fold! Praise God! There hasn’t been a recession in Heaven, and God is not a respecter of persons. What He did for Isaac, He will do for you! Start asking God where you need to sow. Not only to make it through this tough financial time the world is facing, but to increase in it! That’s what I have done this whole recession! I am in a better position financially than I was a year ago! The world tells you that can't happen! But, we, as Christians, should be rising above all of this mess in the world! Like the children of Israel when they were held captive by the Egyptians, we can boldly tell the world the answer, and show them that while it may be dark in Egypt, there is light in Goshen! We have the answer out of this mess! It’s giving! Sowing and reaping! Thirty, sixty and a hundred fold return! Glory to God!

17 comments:

  1. Great Post!

    I myself have been delivered from the curse of poisen ivy! I professed the scriptures over my problem and now two times small outbreaks have been dried up. Not 6 months ago before I started geting active in these principles (I attend this years voice of victory In Fort Worth Texas) I was covered in poisen ivy, I used to get it really bad, but now that I started walking in my athority I am healed!

    It is great to hear that you have recieved 100 fold yourself! Many like to say the Copelands take and their followers never experiance the same results! How sad. God's word works!

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  2. Praise God for this post! I have also received the 100 fold return on past seed sown, and am looking forward to continuing to receive the 100 fold return on future seed sown.

    I happened on this post while I was listening to Bro. Copeland's cd The Laws of Prosperity. This is not by chance that I found this post right when I needed it.

    God is SOOOOOOOOOOOOO Good!!!!! Bless you!

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  3. Thanks for your post. I am believing for supernatural increase. Praise God

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  4. This was a good read! I really enjoyed your testimony as I am also waiting on a seed I sowed for the 100 fold. The devil sees that its coming supernaturally & is desperate to seek to kill steal & destroy but he is defeated in Jesus name! Thank you for sharing!

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  5. This is very uplifting material, you are in the right place, may that 100 fold come to you forever

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  6. Awesome post ! So the people that have a problem with prospering should sell all they have and just stay home and fiddle there thumbs .

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  7. Thank you for posting this! This is the encouragement I need in this time. May this verse be your blessing. Isaiah 50:4" The Lord GOD has given Me The tongue of the learned, That I should know how to speak A word in season to him who is weary. He awakens Me morning by morning, He awakens My ear To hear as the learned.

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  8. his whispers lead me all day long.....

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  9. Glory be to God! He's amazingly good to His children and ABSOLUTELY faithful!

    The truth is abound and unstoppable and I believe that it is alive in more people than the enemy would like us to know!!

    Thank you Jesus! :)

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  10. thank u for explain the law of sowing and reaping 30,60 and 100 fold. I'm always been a tither and give offering but never like give my seed a name.so for now on I will name my seed and expect a miracle.

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  11. Thank you so much for this clear explanation of the principle of sowing and reaping! Reading the account in Mark 4 left me with some questions......that is until your blog (found quickly on a search engine) reminded me of the connection between Mark 4 (and Matthew 13), Genesis 8:22, 2 Corinthians 9:6 etc. The whole counsel of God! This blog, in itself, is sowing into others' lives. May our God and Father bless you! I must add that I have seen extraordinary demonstrations of this principle in my life, even though I had not fully grasped its entire meaning.

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  12. http://www.letusreason.org/Biblexp69.htm

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  13. http://www.letusreason.org/Biblexp69.htm

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  14. It's times for all Christians to rise up and start changing this world through the power of His World. This is a Mathematical Equation that will expand our Wealth 10 30 60 100 Fold forever.

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  15. It's times for all Christians to rise up and start changing this world through the power of His World. This is a Mathematical Equation that will expand our Wealth 10 30 60 100 Fold forever.

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  16. Based upon simple mathematics the concept of a hundredfold return is a complete impossibility. Bro Hagin's book the Midas Touch elaborates much on this. Apostle Fred Price deals with this extensively in his mini book the truth about giving.
    What I wonder is where did this check appear from? Often times Christian have income generated via tax returns, refunds, other business dealings, sales from property, inheritances, things the believer or unbeliever, giver or non giver can experience.
    We cling to testimonies that seed faith works but in reality, for the majority, it is rare to actually find a believer who received some windfall finances. Creflo Dollar referred to it as a jackpot mentality.
    We give because we desire to fund the work of the Gospel. Seed faith concepts turn our giving into a give to get venture. It is void of love and right motive because the main reason we give and keep giving is to finally receive the promised jackpot the minister teaches about. We give so much we become invested highly in seed faith.
    I am no novice. I was in WOF Prosperity circles since the 1990s. I witnessed so many Christians giving their car away, their paychecks away, their clothing away, their watches away, and many to this day are still broke and can't afford to pay their own bills.
    We should give to further and advance God's work. We should utilize wisdom and God's gifting to increase in this life. God supplies our needs, but one thing to note, those who proclaim they received a windfall on their giving only reference receiving such provision periodically. Not each and every time they gave. What has occurred is a working of a financial miracle majority of the time.
    Glad the Lord blessed you but don't make it a doctrine.

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  17. A minister I know preaches that the 30-60-100 fold return Cannot refer to money because the subject, or topic, here is "spiritual fruit". I believe it can and does apply to money. What should my answer be to this minister ?

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