Farmer (1092) georgos by Greek Word Studies

Farmer (1092) (georgos from ge = the earth + ergo = to work) describes one who tills or works the soil or the ground. A husbandman (one that plows and cultivates land). Related Resources: Biblical Discussion of Agriculture Handbook of Biblical Manners- Agriculture- NB: Number refers to ill. # not page # Farm Sermons by C H Spurgeon - Index to 19 messages Georgos - 19x in 17 verses - Matthew 21:33 "Listen to another parable. There was a landowner who PLANTED A VINEYARD AND PUT A WALL AROUND IT AND DUG A WINE PRESS IN IT, AND BUILT A TOWER, and rented it out to vine-growers and went on a journey. 34 "When the harvest time approached, he sent his slaves to the vine-growers to receive his produce. 35 "The vine-growers took his slaves and beat one, and killed another, and stoned a third....38 "But when the vine-growers saw the son, they said among themselves, 'This is the heir; come, let us kill him and seize his inheritance.'...40 "Therefore when the owner of the vineyard comes, what will he do to those vine-growers?" 41 They said to Him, "He will bring those wretches to a wretched end, and will rent out the vineyard to other vine-growers who will pay him the proceeds at the proper seasons." Mark 12:1 And He began to speak to them in parables: "A man PLANTED A VINEYARD AND PUT A WALL AROUND IT, AND DUG A VAT UNDER THE WINE PRESS AND BUILT A TOWER, and rented it out to vine-growers and went on a journey. 2 "At the harvest time he sent a slave to the vine-growers, in order to receive some of the produce of the vineyard from the vine-growers....7 "But those vine-growers said to one another, 'This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and the inheritance will be ours!'...9 "What will the owner of the vineyard do? He will come and destroy the vine-growers, and will give the vineyard to others. Luke 20:9 And He began to tell the people this parable: "A man planted a vineyard and rented it out to vine-growers, and went on a journey for a long time. 10 "At the harvest time he sent a slave to the vine-growers, so that they would give him some of the produce of the vineyard; but the vine-growers beat him and sent him away empty-handed....14 "But when the vine-growers saw him, they reasoned with one another, saying, 'This is the heir; let us kill him so that the inheritance will be ours.'...16 "He will come and destroy these vine-growers and will give the vineyard to others." When they heard it, they said, "May it never be!" John 15:1 "I am the true vine, and My Father is the vinedresser. 2 Timothy 2:6 The hard-working farmer ought to be the first to receive his share of the crops. James 5:7 Therefore be patient, brethren, until the coming of the Lord. The farmer waits for the precious produce of the soil, being patient about it, until it gets the early and late rains. Georgos - 8 times in the Septuagint - Ge 9:20; 49:15; Je 14:4; 31:24; 51:23; 52:16; Joel 1:11; Amos 5:16. Wiersbe... The church is a garden, and the seed is the Word of God. Various servants plant, water, and harvest the seed in due season. Timothy was not to be discouraged if the harvest failed to come immediately. It takes time, patience, and hard work to develop a fruitful garden. Like the faithful farmer, the pastor should share in the blessings God sends. “In due season we shall reap, if we faint not” (Gal. 6:9). (Wiersbe, W. W. Wiersbe's Expository Outlines on the New Testament. Wheaton, Ill.: Victor Books) Oswald Chambers comments that... The worker has to have discernment like that of a farmer, that is, he must know how to watch, how to wait, and how to work with wonder. The farmer does not wait with folded arms but with intense activity, he keeps at it industriously until the harvest. (Approved Unto God) Bernard writes that... The main thought is that labour, discipline, striving are the portion of him who would succeed in any enterprise, be he soldier or athlete or farmer. Stephen Olford... Preparation should be a daily discipline in the life of a preacher. Indeed, it would be safe to say that one of the greatest failings of the minister is indiscipline....Observe how the apostle illustrates the need for preparation as he describes the disciplined endurance of a soldier, the disciplined exercise of a runner, and the disciplined endeavors of a farmer. Then he climaxes the passage with those words, “Study to show thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth” (2Ti 2:15). It is quite evident from this statement that Paul has in mind, first, the preparation of the messenger, and second, the preparation of the message. (Olford, S. F. Vol. 2: Institutes of Biblical preaching : Volume two. Institutes of Biblical Preaching. Memphis: Olford Ministries International) The hardworking farmer is not a glamorous metaphor like the athlete or soldier for the farmer begins his demanding work early and often goes late, limited finally by the dimming light of day. His work is often tedious, boring and unexciting. Not many farmers every become celebrities unlike soldiers and athletes. He is often called to endure cold, heat, rain, and drought. He plows whether the soil is hard or not. He waits not for a convenient time because the seasons do not wait for him (2Ti 4:2-note). When is time to plant, he must plant. When weeds appear, he must extract them. When the fruit ripens, he must harvest. What drives the farmer to labor under such grueling, unpredictable conditions? Is it not because he is looking forward to the bountiful harvest (2Pe 1:11-note). But while he tarries, the bulk of his labor is tedious, humdrum, and unexciting. Unlike the teacher, the soldier, or the athlete, a farmer often works alone with no students to stimulate, no fellow soldiers to fight alongside and no crowd in the stands to cheer him on. The lives of many believers are like the farmer's life. To be sure, there may be seasons of harvest excitement, but for the most part the daily routine is often mundane and seemingly unrewarding. But like the hardworking farmer, faithful believers are promised God’s blessing and reward not only in this life but in that to come. Now they may be underpaid, unjustly treated, or unappreciated but they have not seen the bountiful harvest reward Christ will present to the faithful hardworking farmer. Hughes sums up the farmer's life, each of these characteristics having spiritual application... 1) early and long hours because he could not afford to lose time; 2) constant toil (plowing, sowing, tending, weeding, reaping, storing); 3) regular disappointments—frosts, pests, and disease; 4) much patience—everything happened at less than slow motion; and 5) boredom. (Hughes, R. K., & Chapell, B. 1 & 2 Timothy and Titus : Preaching the Word. Wheaton, Ill.: Crossway Books) ><> ><> ><> THE HARDWORKING FARMER - The patience called for in the spiritual farmer waiting to see his eternal harvest reminds me of the true story of Henry C. Morrison a little known "hardworking farmer" in God's missionary fields, toiling some forty years in the difficult fields of Africa. As the story is told, he became sick and had to return home to America, and as providence would have it, the boat he returned on was also carrying a well known guest. As the great ocean liner docked in New York Harbor there was a great crowd gathered to greet President Teddy Roosevelt who received a grand welcome-home-party after his widely publicized African Safari. Resentment seized the hardworking farmer, Henry Morrison, and he turned to God saying "I have come back home after all this time and service to the church and there is no one, not even one person here to welcome me home." Then a small voice came to Morrison reminding him "You're not home yet." Our ultimate harvest is yet future and our future reward is out of this world! ><> ><> ><> Robert Sheffield gives the following illustration of hard work... Paul used the illustration of a farmer. The farmer is a hard worker. If you don’t apply this to commitment and discipline, you won’t get anywhere. How often do we experience hard labor and wearisome toil in our Christian lives? Some years ago in Canada I joined a labor union to get some temporary work. On my first day of working the foreman assigned me and two other laborers the job of taking out of storage some large sheets of plywood at a warehouse. The foreman dropped us off at the warehouse and said he would be back for us at noon. As soon as he left, the two other men sat down, lit up their cigarettes, and relaxed. As a Christian who believed in an honest day’s work for an honest day’s pay, I went ahead and worked by myself. This so upset the other two that they refused to be assigned with me the following day. Many people don’t want to work hard. This is true in the Christian world too. Few are committed to the labor it takes to do the things God wants done. This is what Paul encouraged Timothy to do. (Discipleship Journal: Issue 6. Colorado Springs: The Navigators/NavPress) ><> ><> ><> OUGHT TO BE THE FIRST TO RECEIVE HIS SHARE OF THE CROPS: dei (3SPAI) proton ton karpon metalambanein (PAN): (1Cor 9:23; Heb 10:36) has the first claim on any crop that is harvested (NJB) that has the first claim on any crop that is harvested (NJB) to be the first to take of the fruit (BBE) who must be the first partaker of the fruits (Amp)

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