“My fruit is better than fine gold; what I yield surpasses choice silver. I walk in the way of righteousness, along the paths of justice, bestowing a rich inheritance on those who love me   and making their treasuries full.” (Proverbs 8:19-21)

Prop: Mustard seeds / soil

[Have someone hand out some small black mustard seeds to everyone at the start of the sermon.]

In your hand, you have some mustard seeds. These are seeds from the black mustard plant that grows still today in Israel.

[Note to pastors: you can buy these black mustard seeds online at the Jerusalem store or you can use any mustard seeds that you can find in your store.]

The seeds of the black mustard are quite tiny as you see. This particular mustard, which is used in culinary recipes, is called the sinapis (brassica) ni…