7 Dates With Jesus Part 4 First Fruits

Today is the day of First Fruits, which is a reminder that Jesus was raised from the dead and presented himself as the First Fruits from the dead to God.
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Here is a summary of the First Fruits video.

First Fruits is very similar to Easter. It is a reminder that on the 3rd day the rock was rolled away and Jesus was raised from the dead. Then he presented himself to God as the First Fruits from the dead. God then took the Spirit of Jesus and sowed it as a seed into our hearts.

Before God planted this seed in our hearts, he gave us a new heart. We used to have hearts of stone, but God rolled away our hearts of stone and gave us a new heart of flesh, with his laws written on our hearts. 

God rolling away our hearts of stone is a picture of him rolling away guilt, condemnation, and shame from our past. He rolled it all away and made our hearts new. 

Our hearts are like soil. When the rock is rolled away our hearts are prepared to have the God's seed planted in us. In the natural world a small seed contains everything needed to make a tree, fruit, and seed for more trees. An entire orchard is hidden in a small seed. 

The seed that God planted in you contains some amazing things and is meant to reproduce Jesus. Here is what God put in you...

• Everything you need for life and godliness is in you 2 Peter 1:3
• The same power that raised Jesus from the dead is in you Romans 8:11
• The kingdom of God is within you Luke 17:21
• Christ is in you, the hope of glory Colossians 1:27
• In Christ are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge Colossians 2:3
• You have treasure in your earthen vessel 2 Corinthians 4:7

If you study the parables of Jesus you will see the message he was preaching was that the kingdom of God is like a mustard seed, like leaven, or like treasure in a field. All of these point to God putting treasure in your heart.

First God rolls away our hearts of stone and makes us good soil, and then he put treasure in our hearts. 

All of this was planted as a seed, which means that it will take some time to produce fruit. The fruit of the Spirit: Love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, gentleness, self control, and faith were all planted in you in seed form. 

This should change the way you pray. It is not about getting faith or patience from God. It is asking God for help cultivating what he put in you.