I was not overly excited about writing THE HUSBANDMAN: THE CAREGIVER. However, it gave me a VERY clear picture of who produces spiritual fruit in our lives, the purpose of spiritual fruit, and the powerful witness of spiritual fruit. Believers can NEVER boast in themselves about ANYTHING spiritual, because God and God alone is the source of it ALL. Believers like to think that the blessings, gifts, and spiritual fruit is something they have earned, or deserved, or somehow become worthy of, but they haven’t and didn’t. These blessings, gifts, and spiritual fruit comes from trusting in, depending upon, and cooperating with God, the indwelling Holy Spirit. The indwelling Holy Spirit works “IN” and “THROUGH” believers to DISPLAY his powers. Even Jesus said it was the Father, that dwelleth “IN” him that did the works. The bible distinctly says believers are merely the branches and NOT the vine.
Genre: RELIGION / GeneralI DON'T KNOW
PREFACE
THE HUSBANDMAN
GOD, THE FATHER.
“... I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman...” (JOHN 15:1 KJV).
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The term “husbandman” means a lot of things in both the old and new testaments. We will be looking at husbandman through its definition as farmer, worker of the land, or a producer of crops.
In light of these terms, a husbandman does husbandry or manages the production, development, and fruition of crops.
Adam was the first to be called this kind of husbandman and was to work the land in the garden of Eden. “...The Lord God took the man (Adam) and put him in the Garden of Eden to work it and take care of it...” (Genesis 2:15 NIV).
To work the land meant that one of the duties of Adam was to take care of the crops. Adam was blessed and given special dominion skills, from God, to do this kind of work. “...God blessed them and said to them, “...Be fruitful and increase in number; fill the earth and subdue it ...RULE OVER (have dominion over).... Then God said, “I give you every seed-bearing plant on the face of the whole earth and every tree that has fruit with seed in it. They will be yours for food ...And it was so...” (Genesis 1:28-31 KJV).
