2. Principle Of Multiplication

3. Luke 9 : 12-17 When the day began to wear away, the twelve came and said to Him, "Send the multitude away, that they may go into the surrounding towns and country, and lodge & get provisions; for we are in a deserted place here."

4. Luke 9: 12-17 13 But He said to them, "You give them something to eat." And they said, "We have no more than five loaves and two fish, unless we go and buy food for all these people." 14 For there were about five thousand men. And He said to His disciples, "Make them sit down in groups of fifty." 15 And they did so, and made them all sit down.

5. Luke 9: 12-17 16 Then He took the five loaves and the two fish, and looking up to heaven, He blessed and broke them, and gave them to the disciples to set before the multitude. 17 So they all ate and were filled, and twelve baskets of the leftover fragments were taken up by them.

6. Principles of Multiplication It has to be blessed before it can multiply. The little boy gave his lunch to Jesus (John 6:9) which Jesus Blessed. 27 So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them. 28 Then God blessed them, and God said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply” Gen 1:27-28 So God blessed Noah and his sons, and said to them: “Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth. Gen 9:1

7. Principles of Multiplication It has to be given away before it can multiply. 1 Kings 17:8-15, the Lord sent Elijah to a widow in Zarephath. The widow said, "I do not have bread, only a handful of flour in a bin, and a little oil in a jar; and see, I am gathering a couple of sticks that I may go in and prepare it for myself and my son, that we may eat it, and die." (v.12).

8. It has to be given away before it can multiply. Elijah said, "Make me a small cake from it first, and bring it to me; and afterward make some for yourself and your son. For thus says the Lord God of Israel: The bin of flour shall not be used up, nor shall the jar of oil run dry, until the day the Lord sends rain on the earth.” (v.13-14).So she went away and did according to the word of Elijah; and she and he and her household ate for many days. (v.13).

9. Principles of Multiplication “Give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together and running over, will be poured into your lap...” Luke 6:38 What you keep is all you have. What you give, God Multiplies.

10. 26 And He said, “The kingdom of God is as if a man should scatter seed on the ground, 27 and should sleep by night and rise by day, and the seed should sprout and grow, he himself does not know how. 28 For the earth yields crops by itself: first the blade, then the head, after that the full grain in the head. 29 But when the grain ripens, immediately he puts in the sickle, because the harvest has come.” Mark 4:26-29

11. God ‘s Part = The process from Seed -> Harvest Our Part = Just sow the seed (give it away) It is an HONOR, a PRIVILEGE to have the OPPORTUNITY to PARTICIPATE.