The Crown of Rejoicing is about winning souls, but how do we do that? Jesus Christ plainly referred to the Word of God as the "seed" which is planted in people (Luke 8:11): "The seed is the word of God." He used this metaphor to point out the relationship between humanity's reception in time and God's Word from eternity. While Jesus talked about 4 different types of reaction in the parable of the sower, the entire parable was used to inspire one common reaction that believers ought to take toward sowing the word in others: absolute, unwavering faith that after you sow the seed of God's Word in anyone, it will produce a reaction from them by the power of God's Holy Spirit. That is the topic of this article: placing our faith in God's Word to produce in others. Firstly, many places in Scripture reveal the same category of power from God's Word. Of that, we may place our faith. And when we do, that faith will invigorate our efforts to sow in every person. Let's look at a few examples. One of the most prominent examples, as well as the most elaborate, comes out of the Book of Hebrews (4:12-13). For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of spirit, of joints and of marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart. And no creature is hidden from his sight, but all are naked and exposed to the eyes of him to whom we must give account. The Holy Spirit has communicated several critical ideas that inform our faith in the work of God's Word, the power of God to which people are exposed: 1. God's Word holds humanity accountable, 2. God's Word discerns the thoughts and intents of the heart, and 3. God's Word is a living, active force that humanity cannot avoid, thwart, or hide from. Firstly, it is by the Word of God that people know they will give an account of themselves. This is not just speaking of the Scriptures that overtly communicate about judgment day, either. This aspect speaks of any part of the Word of God shared by a believer, because regardless of which truth you share, the unbeliever must hold in their conscience whether they accept or reject it. They decide whether they will retain it in their knowledge of God or turn to other sources. Paul's letter to the Romans, chapter 1, covers this concept well. For believers, the Word of God begins the sanctifying work of the Spirit in their lives (1 Thess 2:13). But unbelievers rejecting the Word of God only go from bad to worse (2 Tim 3:13). Even believers are not immune from deception's crafty schemes, which can lead them in a downward spiral, finally becoming enemies of the cross (Phil 3:18-19).

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When you share the gospel with the Jewish people, God's covenant national people, you cannot avoid the need to bring them to Isaiah. The classic Christmas passage, Isaiah 9:6 affirms that the son who is born is in fact, God Almighty. Then Isaiah 53 tells in excruciating details the death, resurrection and eternal life of Christ! Isaiah 53 sounds like the New Testament!

It doesn't take the kind of effort we usually think of to sow the seeds of God's Word in other people. But it does take submission, the master of self (as Crown Incorruptible shows), to sit down, study God's Word from Genesis to Revelation, and stay on that task the rest of our lives. Why? That way, the Holy Spirit will have all that He spoke in the Scripture to work with when He gives you remembrance of everything Jesus said. Then, at the key moment, the Spirit of Christ will speak that one essential word that someone needs to hear to rescue them from the brink, the forgiveness of sins. You may not see when it happens, you may get no credit in this life for all the seeds that you've sown. But Jesus Christ knows all of them. And He alone gives the gain for faith. So make sure you are reading God's Word so He can use you to sow every seed He needs in other's lives.

“What then is Apollos? What is Paul? Servants through whom you believed, as the Lord assigned to each. I planted, Apollos watered, but God gave the growth. So neither he who plants nor he who waters is anything, but only God who gives the growth. He who plants and he who waters are one, and each will receive his wages according to his labor. For we are God’s fellow workers. You are God’s field, God’s building.” (1 Corinthians 3:5–9, ESV) We can take great confidence in the power of the Word of God to do the work of converting souls. Jesus referred to it as the seed, and John revealed that this seed never dies once planted (1 Jn 3:9). But let's keep in mind that if this seed never dies, then it stays with people forever. Some may love this aspect, but others may hate it. When we share the word of God with people, they may have reactions all over the map: great joy (Matt 13:20), in great affliction (1 Thess 1:6), or even reject it by resisting the Holy Spirit (Acts 7:51), others may hate it so much that they turn to you and try to tear you into pieces for sharing it (Matt 7:6). Either way, share. The reason the Holy Spirit gives you remembrance of everything Jesus said (if you're reading your Bible) is to spread that seed of the Word in everyone across all creation. That's why we need to stay in Scripture, deepen our study of it, and let God's Word and the Holy Spirit who spoke it take over our lives.