A QUIET MOMENT WITH GOD
LOVING THE LORD IS SIMPLE. HOWEVER, SOMETIMES WE CAN STRUGGLE WITH READING AND UNDERSTANDING GOD’S MESSAGE TO US. THIS BIBLE PLAN IS DESIGNED TO BE A DAILY GUIDE THROUGH GOD’S WORD, HIS PROMISES AND HIS DESIRES FOR OUR FUTURE, BOTH ON EARTH AND IN HEAVEN, AS TRUE BELIEVERS, Study – (Psalm 119:105).
WEEK # 15
Mark 4:13, And he said unto them, “Know ye not this parable? And how then will ye know all the parables.”
Mark 4:11, And he said unto them, “Unto you it is given to know the mystery of the kingdom of God: but unto them that are without, all these things are done in parables.” You must know this parable, but to know it spiritually not academically, you must be born again. When you are born again, then you will look forward to John 14:26, operating in your life; “But the comforter which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name (Jesus Christ), he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.”
Nevertheless, you must repent, and be baptized everyone of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.” That helps you to understand the parables of Jesus Christ , the Word of God.
Day 1
The parable of the Sower portrays Christ’s word falling on four kinds of hearers (Matt. 13:3-23). By this you can judge for yourself what kind of hearer you are. Parables are not for everyone, but for those who love a mystery and deligently search His Word.
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| The Parables of Jesus Christ – The Sower
Remember the song, “When we all get to heaven.” |
Mark 4:1-20
James 5:1-12 |
First the seed is the word of God. Jesus Christ sows the Word. Those who do not understand the word in their heart, the devil takes it away, immediately. Those who hear in stony places, have no root, when he is offended by tribulation or persecution because of the word, he falls away. | Matt. 13:3-23
James 5:13-20 |
Those who hear among the thorns, reveal, the cares of this life choke out the word. Those receive the Word in good ground are those who bring forth good fruit. They hear the Word and understand it and even some bring forth a hundredfold; these are the Lord’s children. This reveals in our age a great harvest is upon us. | Luke 11:28, “Yea, rather, blessed are they that hear the word of God, and Keep it.” |
Day 2
Matt. 13:12-13, “For whosoever hath, to him shall be given, and he shall have more abundance: but whosoever hath not, from him shall be taken away even that he hath. Therefore speak I to them in parables: because they seeing see not; and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand.”
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| The seeds that fell on the wayside
Remember the song, “Farther Along.” |
Matt. 13:4
James 3:1-18 |
The seed here fell into the heart of one that the gospel was preached to. He had it, like in church, crusades, revival and camp meetings or even one on one, or given a tract, or heard it on radio or TV or internet; but did not understand it. These are the ones that received the word by the wayside.
Wrong reasoning and procastination are part of the ways that the wicked one uses to enter the heart of those that fell by the wayside. Watch what you see and hear. Faith cometh by hearing; watch what you hear and what you hear, especially what the devil says to deceive the hearer. Satan comes as the birds of the air to steal away the word sown from the heart. |
Matt. 13:19
James 4:1-17 |
They did not understand and very often the devil, that wicked one, comes in immediately, with educational and psychological reasoning to neutralize what they just heard. You will hear things like, this is just a story, told by man, you can reason these things out with time, it is not important, it is not for me. This is the artificial intelligence era, and we can be smarter than this assumption. All these ideas the wicked one will inject into the heart and mind of those by the wayside and by so doing catcheth away that which was sown in their hearts. Satan cometh immediately and taketh away the word, sown in their heart. | Matt. 13:16, “But blessed are your eyes, for they see: and your ears, for they hear.” |
Day 3
Luke 8:13, “They on the rock are they, which, when they hear, receive the word with joy; and these have no root, which for a while believe, and in time of temptation fall away.”
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| The seeds that fell on the stony ground
Remember the song, “Pass me not.” |
Mark 4:5
James 1:1-26 |
Some of the seed fell on stony ground. A man’s heart can be as stony ground. The rock or stony ground or places, are places that have not much earth to sustain the nutrients for the proper growth of the seed. So that the seed could anchor the roots firmly in the soil, but stony ground is not one of such places for viability of the seed.It has limited moisture and can not strike a balance with the sunshine that the seed needs. The stony ground is off soil balance and becomes a harsh environment for the seed.
It does not encourage root growth, only grows for a while; and when the heat of tribulation sets in the root begins to dry up as joy fades away. It lacked moisture, fellowship and more revelation into the word and faith. |
Mark 4:16-17
James 2:1-26 |
These are the people who hear the word of God, immediately receive it with gladness, joy, and enthusiasm. But they have no root in themselves, which takes commitment to understand the word and know that the word brings a new creature and that old things are past away; but you see one needs to hold fast the scripture as life and defense and truth.
These factors help you to stand when Satan comes with persecutions, or afflictions for the word’s sake that has entered your heart. You cannot stand the attacks of the devil and you immediately get offended and joy fades, into another belief. |
Luke 8:6, “And some fell upon a rock; and as soon as it was sprung up, it withered away, because it lacked moisture.” |
Day 4
Luke 8:7, “And some fell among thorns; and the thorns sprang up with it, and choked it.”
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| The seeds that fell among thorns
Remember the song, “He brought me out.” |
Matt.13: 22
1st John 2:15-29 |
These are the seeds that fell among thorns, which heard the word, accepted it and moved on, without counting the cost to them compared to their former lifestyles and involvements. They were confronted with their choices of the cares of this life and the fantasies of the present word. This put them between two opinions but with time they decided to remain with the deceitfulness of this present world; Satan’s strategy. The love of this world.
Do not be a victim of deceitfulness of Satan. This pleasure of this present world is temporary and bears no fruit unto God. |
Mark 4:19
Rom. 1:1-32 |
The thorns that choke up the seed in the heart are the cares of this life and they come in many shades.
The cares of this life, success, career, goals, comparing themselves by themselves. Love and pursuit of riches in this life. Lifestyle, and also unholy associations and expectations. These things choke the seed up, and a struggle for the nutrient of time and commitment around the seed prevents it from bringing fruit to perfection. How has your life been and any fruits unto the Lord? |
1st John 2:16, “For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.” |
Day 5
Matt. 13:23, “But he that received seed into the good ground is he that heareth the word, and understandeth it; which also beareth fruit, and bringeth forth, some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.”
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| The seeds that fell on the good soil
Remember the song, “There shall be showers of blessing.” |
Mark 4:8, 20.
Galatians 5:22-23 Rom. 8:1-18 |
The seeds that fell on the good soil or ground are those which in an honest and good heart, having heard the word, keep it, and bring forth fruit with patience.
Some of them that fell on good ground, yielded fruit that sprang up and increased, and brought forth, some thirty, and some sixty, and some a hundred. All that has to do with what you do with the talents God has given you for His kingdom. For instance the gift of music, some have been faithful to the Lord with it; while some have mixed it with secular music, some have edified and allowed Satan to make them idols; Some Satan has focused their minds on popularity, Others on riches; all these contrary to why God gave some of them the gift to exalt the body of Christ. Some of those who yielded less than a hundred, may find themselves going through the great tribulation. What did they leave out to make less than a hundredfold? Maybe they did not take 100% of God’s word; like preachers who preach 30 or 50 or 70 or 90 percent Word of God, which is influenced by their way of believing the Word of God. What percentage will be recorded for those who believe in trinity or three different persons of the Godhead. To those who believe there is no resurrection, or healing power any more or who believe this present earth is the kingdom of God. |
Luke 8:15
Rom. 8:19-39 |
Some conditions for eternal salvation include; Hear the Word of God, remember that faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God, and without faith it is impossible to please God. Secondly, Believe and be saved (Mark 16:16). Thirdly,maintain an honest and a good heart (Rom. 8:12-13); Fourthly, Keep the word of God in your heart, (John 15:7); Fifthly, Do not fall away but be rooted and grounded in the truth (Col 1:23); Sixtly, Obey the Word of God, (James 2:14-23), Seventh, Bring forth fruit with perseverance (John 15:1-8).
The hundredfold people are those who fulfill the seven essentials with praises, worship, witnessing and looking for the coming of the Lord daily. It is time to make our calling and election sure. The hundredfold goes in the translation but the 30, 60 and other folds need some work done to them during the great tribulation. What is cutting into their output or production? |
Rom. 8:18, “ For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us.” |
Day 6
Matt. 13:25, “But while men slept, the enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat, and went his way.” Remember it is harvest time now.
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| The parable of the tares.
Remember the song, “Bringing in the Sheaves.” |
Matt.13:24-30
Psalm 24:1-10 Ezek. 28:14-19 |
Here again Jesus was teaching again in another parable that had to do with good seeds and bad seeds. Theman who owned the good seeds planted them on his own land. (The earth is the Lord’s and the fulness thereof). The man sowed his good seeds in his own field. But while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat, and went his way. Satan is the enemy. Look at his track record.
In heaven God gave him a fantastic appointment as the anointed cherub, he was perfect in his way from the day he was created, until iniquity was found in him. From the moment he was cast out he engulfed himself in an attempt to destroy all that God loves. He confused and converted a third of the angels in heaven to go with him against God. He did not stop there; in the Garden of Eden he messed up the fellowship God had with Adam and Eve and sin entered into man and the world. Satan, he came by night while men were asleep or in their unguarded moments and sowed the bad seed, tares. He sows them through your thoughts, attacks you in dreams, finds ways to make man doubt God, like Cain, (Genesis 4:9, Am I my brother’s keeper?) |
Matt.13:36-39
Matt. 7:15-27 |
He that soweth the good seed is the Son of God, (Remember that the spoken what of God is the original seed). This world you and I are operating in is the field. The good seed are the children of the kingdom; but the tares are the children of the wicked one. Even in the world today you can with a closer look with the Bible revelation word identify the children of the kingdom and the children of the wicked one. By their fruits ye shall know them.
The devil sowed the bad seeds, the harvest is the end of the world; and the reapers are the angels. The seed began to grow as well as the tares. The servant asked their master , how come there are tares where you planted good seeds? Can we gather the tares?. But the Man said let them alone lest you mistakenly uproot the good seed, the wheat. God cares for all his own and loves them and gave his life for them. Let both grow together until harvest. At harvest the reapers will gather the tares first and bind them in bundles to burn them. (Many denominations and groups and peoples have been polluted by the devil and his seed grew in them, but they are convinced that they are worshiping God, yet some of them you can see that like Satan, inquities are found in them |
Matt. 7:20, “Wherefore by their fruit ye shall know them.” |
Day 7
Matt. 13:17, “For verily I say unto you, that many prophets and righteous men have desired to see those things which ye see, and have not seen them; and to hear those things which ye hear, and have not heard them.”
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| The parable of the tares
Remember the song, “He brought me out.” |
Matt. 13:40-43
John 14:1-7 John 10::1-18 |
At the end of the world which is fast approaching. Once the Lord removes his wheat, the burning and judgment of God on the wicked (Tares) will intensify. The wickedness is because of the rejection of the truth. And Jesus Christ said, I am the way the truth and the lIfe and Jesus is God, and God is love. The truth is love, and Jesus is the truth.
For rejecting Jesus, his word and his work; people are bundled (tares) together by the reapers, angels, and burned, in hell, via lake of fire. |
Galatians 5:1-21
John 10:25-30 |
God will send his angels to gather all that offend out of his kingdom and them that do iniquity,
The tares will be gathered by the angels bundled and cast into a furnace of fire; and there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth, (this is hell and down to the lake of fire. It is one way into hell and that is rejecting Jesus Christ’s word.; and there is no way out. But the righteous shall shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father, Who hath ears to hear, let him hear.
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John 10:4, “And when he putteth forth his own sheep, he goeth before them, and the sheep follow him; for they know not the voice of strangers.” |