Exegetical Aim: To teach that even though the Kingdom seems inconsequential it has ultimate influence.

Props: Glass of water colored by dark grape food coloring. Another glass the same size with a small amount of liquid bleach. You may want to do this over a tray so that any accidents don’t bleach the carpet. Please practice this before performing it.

Good morning. There is a story that Jesus told. He said, “The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed, which a man took and planted in his field. Though it is the smallest of all the seeds, yet when it grows, it is the largest of all the garden plants and becomes a tree, so that birds of the air come and perch in its branches.” Imagine that. A little seed smaller than a BB grows up to be a ten foot high tree. How does that happen? (respons…