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This parable illustrates the importance of the Word of God. God's Word contains total power, but it has to be planted in our hearts and allowed to germinate before it releases that power.
The seed is God's Word, and the types of ground are the four major categories of men's hearts. The Word was the same in each situation, but there were different results in each case because of the condition of men's hearts - not because of the Word. The Word doesn't work for everyone because not everyone will allow the Word to work. The variable in this parable is the condition of these hearts. God's Word is always the same. It has the same potential in every heart.
Good ground doesn't just happen; it must be cultivated. This is the reason why only one out of four persons in Jesus' parable brought forth fruit....
WHAT ARE THEY TALKING ABOUT WHEN THEY SAY THE "GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST". PAUL TELLS US IN 1ST CORINTHIANS 15:3-4 WHERE HE SAYS "For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; And that he was buried, and that he rose...
It is through the reading of the Word and the enlightenment of the Holy Spirit that Christ in His fullness is known. What a privilege it is today to have God's Word in our own language. Six hundred years ago there was no English translation of the whole Bible. Thanks to the efforts of John Wycliffe (1384) and William Tyndale (1523), today we are able to read and understand the writings of the apostles for ourselves. Men gave their lives to bring us God's Word. We should take advantage of this wonderful privilege.
The piece of armor known as the "sword of the Spirit" is the only piece of armor that has the ability to cut, wound, and hurt our enemy, the devil. It's not the Bible lying on your coffee table that makes the enemy flee, but it is the Word of God hidden in your heart, activated by the power...
I'm beginning work on a New CD! It is a bit harder to do since I am now here in the Nursing Home, but I believe that I can do most of the recording in our Chapel here. That way I can record some new stuff live. Anyway, this is my plans and I hope to get it done by the end of 2018. I've gotten some new songs that I want to do, but I've got a lot of work to do to prepare them ready enough to record! But, hey I've got nothing but time. LOL Please keep me in mind when bow down to say your prayers! I thank you so much, and may God bless each of you!
Rev. Zack Martin Sr. Nursing Home Chaplin
Wesley Place on Honeysuckle Nursing Home in Dothan, Alabama
"YOU ARE HEALED IN THE NAME OF JESUS SO ACCEPT IT" BY DAVID MCMILLEN
By DAVID A. MCMILLEN, 2018-04-06
I KNOW YOU DO NOT BELIEVE THAT GOD PUT THIS SICKNESS ON YOU TO TEACH YOU SOMETHING OR TO MAKE YOU A BETTER WITNESS. SOME PEOPLE BELIEVE THAT WAY. A FATHER WOULD NOT DO...
The word "waxed" means "to become gradually more intense or to increase" and shows that this condition of the heart is not something we are born with or that strikes us suddenly. It has to be nurtured over a prolonged period of time. This is why we should not violate our conscience, even in small things. Guarding our conscience will keep us sensitive to God and will stop our hearts from becoming hardened. If we will stay faithful to God, even in the small things, then we will be faithful in the more important things also.
Keeping the commandments doesn't affect God's...
The Greek word translated "mystery" here, means "something that could not be known by men except by divine revelation, but that, though once hidden, has now been revealed in Christ and is to be proclaimed so that all who have ears may hear it."
God's truths are hidden for His children, not from them. God has given an open invitation to everyone to receive the spiritual rebirth which entitles them to the revelation of these mysteries of the Kingdom. But as stated in 1 Corinthians 2:14, a natural man cannot receive the things of the Spirit of God because they are spiritually discerned. Therefore, whoever rejects Jesus rejects the source of all wisdom and knowledge (Col. 2:3), thereby reserving the deep things of...
IS IT BAD TO GET ANGRY? JESUS DID. THE JEWS PASSOVER WAS AT HAND AND IN THE TEMPLE THE MONEY CHANGERS WERE GATHERED. THESE WERE JEWS WHO SOLD THE OXEN, SHEEP AND DOVES TO THE PEOPLE WHO HAD COME TO MAKE AN OFFERING TO GOD. A LOT OF WORSHIPERS HAD COME FROM MILES AWAY AND INSTEAD OF BRINGING THEIR OFFERINGS, THEY BOUGHT THEM IN THE TEMPLE.
JESUS GOT ANGRY AND MADE A WHIP AND DROVE THEM ALL OUT OF THE TEMPLE, TURNING OVER THEIR MONEY TABLES...
The Greek word used here for "doctrine" means "teaching" and occurs a total of 30 times in the New Testament. The four gospels refer to Jesus teaching 43 times and preaching 19 times, and six verses refer to Him preaching and teaching in the same verse. This would indicate that Jesus spent twice as much time teaching as He did preaching. Jesus' teaching is the basic building block of making disciples and a stumbling block to the religious.
Why is it that a person who is seeking so hard to please God can be rejected, while a person who has not sought God at all can come into a righteous relationship with Him? This is an important question and its answer is one of the most profound doctrines in scripture. The answer is faith and its object.
The Jews were zealous for the...