2006-10-05 19:50:04 · 15 answers · asked by Texas Patriot 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Ephesians 6:10
Be strengthened in the Lord, and in the might of his power.
Saint Matthew 13: 1-30
"Parables of the Sower"
1 The same day Jesus going out of the house, sat by the sea side. 2 And great multitudes were gathered unto him, so that he went up into a boat and sat: and all the multitude stood on the shore. 3 And he spoke to them many things in parables, saying: Behold the sower went forth to sow. 4 And whilst he soweth some fell by the way side, and the birds of the air came and ate them up. 5 And other some fell upon stony ground, where they had not much earth: and they sprung up immediately, because they had no deepness of earth.
6 And when the sun was up they were scorched: and because they had not root, they withered away. 7 And others fell among thorns: and the thorns grew up and choked them. 8 And others fell upon good ground: and they brought forth fruit, some an hundredfold, some sixtyfold, and some thirtyfold. 9 He that hath ears to hear, let him hear. 10 And his disciples came and said to him: Why speakest thou to them in parables?
11 Who answered and said to them: Because to you it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven: but to them it is not given. 12 For he that hath, to him shall be given, and he shall abound: but he that hath not, from him shall be taken away that also which he hath. 13 Therefore do I speak to them in parables: because seeing they see not, and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand. 14 And the prophecy of Isaias is fulfilled in them, who saith: By hearing you shall hear, and shall not understand: and seeing you shall see, and shall not perceive. 15 For the heart of this people is grown gross, and with their ears they have been dull of hearing, and their eyes they have shut: lest at any time they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and be converted, and I should heal them.
16 But blessed are your eyes, because they see, and your ears, because they hear. 17 For, amen, I say to you, many prophets and just men have desired to see the things that you see, and have not seen them, and to hear the things that you hear and have not heard them. 18 Hear you therefore the parable of the sower. 19 When any one heareth the word of the kingdom, and understandeth it not, there cometh the wicked one, and catcheth away that which was sown in his heart: this is he that received the seed by the way side. 20 And he that received the seed upon stony ground, is he that heareth the word, and immediately receiveth it with joy.
21 Yet hath he not root in himself, but is only for a time: and when there ariseth tribulation and persecution because of the word, he is presently scandalized. 22 And he that received the seed among thorns, is he that heareth the word, and the care of this world and the deceitfulness of riches choketh up the word, and he becometh fruitless. 23 But he that received the seed upon good ground, is he that heareth the word, and understandeth, and beareth fruit, and yieldeth the one an hundredfold, and another sixty, and another thirty. 24 Another parable he proposed to them, saying: The kingdom of heaven is likened to a man that sowed good seeds in his field. 25 But while men were asleep, his enemy came and oversowed cockle among the wheat and went his way.
26 And when the blade was sprung up, and had brought forth fruit, then appeared also the cockle. 27 And the servants of the goodman of the house coming said to him: Sir, didst thou not sow good seed in thy field? whence then hath it cockle? 28 And he said to them: An enemy hath done this. And the servants said to him: Wilt thou that we go and gather it up? 29 And he said: No, lest perhaps gathering up the cockle, you root up the wheat also together with it. 30 Suffer both to grow until the harvest, and in the time of the harvest I will say to the reapers: Gather up first the cockle, and bind it into bundles to burn, but the wheat gather ye into my barn.
2006-10-06 06:17:09 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
John 14:1-3
Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me. In my father's house are many Mansions. If it were not so, I would have told you, I go and prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you I WILL COME again and receive you unto my self, that were I am, there ye may be also.
It's my favorite because it's give me a promise of Jesus coming back to take us home, with a Mansion awaiting for us as well. He will come again, he promises us that and this brings me comfort that I will see my mother soon and a son that I lost shortly after childbirth. I can't wait. That's why.
2006-10-05 20:19:08 · answer #2 · answered by sdrose17 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Corinthians 13:4 "Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. Love never fails"
God create us out of Love. Love is what we should give but has been diminishing in this modern world. Love is simple yet powerful. If only we could really understand what love really is. Read this verse time and again. And you will notice at different stage of your life, it brings different perception.
When you doubt Love, always remember... ... God's Love never fails!
2006-10-05 20:56:22 · answer #3 · answered by Coco2say 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Judge not lest ye be judged. Because it basically makes hypocrites out of all the sanctimonious pseudo xtians who think that only they are right, and everyone with another religion is wrong and going to hell. And yet they still insist on judging others, and therefore are too stupid, stubborn or brainwashed to even follow the words of their own book.
2006-10-05 21:10:56 · answer #4 · answered by Nestor Desmond 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
3 John 2; Beloved I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health even as thy soul prospereth.
This verse tells me God wants us to live healthy and well.
John 20:29 Jesus saith unto him, Thomas, because thou hast seen me, thou hast believed: blessed [are] they that have not seen, and [yet] have believed.
This tells me that Jesus was blessing us way back when.
I Corinthians 13;8a, Love never fails!!!!!
I have been taught that John(disciple, not Baptist) exercised the love of God so much that the Romans could not kill him.
2006-10-05 19:59:09 · answer #5 · answered by ? 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Take a lesson from the lillies of the valley... they neither toil, nor spin... yet I tell you that solomon in all his glory was not arrayed as such as one of these... if god so clothes them,which today are, and tomorrow are thrown into the fire. Will he not provide better clothing for you... you of little faith..
Because he is talking about the glorious heavely clothes that are waiting for you to find here on earth.
2006-10-05 19:54:20 · answer #6 · answered by John-Paul 1 · 1⤊ 1⤋
The one where Cain struck Abel and his blood flows on the earth. Genesis 4:10. "What have you done! Listen: your brother's blood cries out to me from the soil!" It goes to show how little things are not so trivial in God's eyes.
2006-10-05 19:55:50 · answer #7 · answered by jarod_jared 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Psalm 42-43. Where is your God.
The bible never proves the existence of God: the reader assumes it.
"Where is your God" show the struggle to believe in God when everything around you doubts your belief.
2006-10-05 19:55:27 · answer #8 · answered by J. 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
“…whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable-if anything is excellent or praiseworthy think about such things” Philippians 4:8 NIV
Because it teaches me to master my thoughts. By mastering my thoughts I can control the outcome of my thoughts: my actions & behaviour.
2006-10-05 20:44:40 · answer #9 · answered by Viz+ 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It is not in the Bible
The Prayer of Serenity
God Grant me the Serenity to accept the things I can not change
Courage to change the things I can
and the Wisdom to know the difference
2006-10-05 19:52:51 · answer #10 · answered by snuggels102 6 · 0⤊ 3⤋