"Be Fruitful and Multiply"
A Handbook for the Royal Priesthood - Episode #2
“And God said to them, 'Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth and subdue it…'”
About This Episode:
On this second episode of the new series, A Handbook for the Royal Priesthood, we explore the first commandment God gave to man: “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth and subdue it.”
We trace this mandate to “be fruitful and multiply” from Adam, to Noah, to the birth of the nations, and all the way to the Book of Revelation. But as the story unfolds, we see that people continually reject this command, and put their own glory at the center of the story. Instead of multiplying His image, we multiplied wickedness after the Fall. Instead of making His name great, we tried to build a name for ourselves at Babel.
But thanks be to God; He hasn’t left us to our own devices. Through Christ, and His indwelling Spirit, we can find fruitfulness again as we submit ourselves to His Word and do all things (including making disciples of all nations) to multiply the glory of God.
This episode is focused on BE FRUITFUL AND MULTIPLY. We discuss:
- God as both Artist and Storyteller in Creation
- What God does in the invisible world, Man mimics in the visible world.
- Clarifying how “We are made for a relationship.”
- All commands, promises and prophecies echo the first command.
- The connection between Babel and the command to be fruitful and multiply
- Bending the material world to our will with words
- Fruitfulness and multiplication in the New Testament
- Physical vs. spiritual fruitfulness
- Being a “consumer” of church vs. a “producer”
- “Dialing it in,” like Cain
- The one thing we are not allowed to subdue
Complete Transcript: Coming Soon
Questions for Contemplation:
What is the work God has given me? Am I doing it with excellence? (Am I despising the work God has given me?)
How am I multiplying my own image for my own glory? Where am I trying to build my own kingdom instead of the Kingdom of God?
Where am I rejecting what God has named me? Where am I rejecting the role God has assigned me?
Where am I viewing my children as my image bearers instead of image bearers of God? Am I bitter at my children for getting in the way of my plans?
Where does my “rest” and leisure glorify God, and where is it just laziness?
How could I be more fruitful for the glory of God in the work that God has given me?
We hope this podcast will help you to seek the deep riches of the glory of God, and inspire you to discover your role in the Royal Priesthood of Believers.
Scriptures referenced in this podcast:
Genesis 1, Genesis 2, Romans 1:20, Proverbs 18:21, Revelation 4:11, Habakkuk 2:14, Psalm 8, Genesis 3-4, Genesis 6, Genesis 9:1,7, Genesis 10, Genesis 11:1-9, Matthew 28:18-20, Colossians 1:6, Romans 14:11, John 15:5, Matthew 13:1-23, Galatians 5:22-23, Colossians 1:10, 1 Corinthians 10:13, Colossians 3:17, Psalm 54:4, John 15:26, 2 Corinthians 4:7
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This episode of the Deeper Riches Podcast puts the “Royal” in the Royal Priesthood. As adopted sons and daughters of the King of the Universe, we are royalty. But what is this kingdom that we have entered into? What does it mean to do “kingdom work” or be a “kingdom person”? What is the real work of this kingdom of priests? We return to the story of the history of the world and explore what God revealed about His Kingdom through the first three kings of Israel: Saul, David, and Solomon. We also dive into the parables Jesus told about his kingdom and take away some big lessons about the nature of the Kingdom of God.
S3Ep7: What is the Church?
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S3E6: We Are Priests Like Living Stones
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S3Ep5 – The Law and the Gospel
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S3 Ep4: Let My People Go!
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