Hello Ladies and Gentlemen, peace be with you all. Am delighted to share with you again in summary lessons I learnt on Mass Indoctrination Of Our Lord Jesus Christ Day 12 via zoom.
Doing good starts with God and He gives man the desire to also do good to all manners of persons.
Romans 2:4 Or despisest thou the riches of his goodness and forbearance and longsuffering; not knowing that the goodness of God leadeth thee to repentance.
Philippians 2:13 For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure.
The desire of a man should be of the reward the Father has for us in heaven and not on earthly things which will fade in no time.
Colossians 3:1 If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God.
Our priority as a Christian is to seek the Father
Acts 17:27 That they should seek the Lord, if haply they might feel after him, and find him, though he be not far from every one of us.
Acts 18:2 And found a certain Jew named Aquila, born in Pontus, lately come from Italy, with his wife Priscilla; (because that Claudius had commanded all Jews to depart from Rome:) and came unto them.
Knowing God does not take into account your race. He accepts people from all race. So if we seek Him He will also be closer to us but when we does not He distance Himself from us.
Ephesians 2:11 Wherefore remember, that ye being in time past Gentiles in the flesh, who are called Uncircumcision by that which is called the Circumcision in the flesh made by hands; 12 That at that time ye were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world: 13 But now in Christ Jesus ye who sometimes were far off are made nigh by the blood of Christ.
The devil will come to you and try to draw you away from God when he sees that your desire is God but we need to be careful not to fall prey to him.
Acts 13:7 Which was with the deputy of the country, Sergius Paulus, a prudent man; who called for Barnabas and Saul, and desired to hear the word of God. :8 But Elymas the sorcerer (for so is his name by interpretation) withstood them, seeking to turn away the deputy from the faith. :9 Then Saul, (who also is called Paul,) filled with the Holy Ghost, set his eyes on him, 10 And said, O full of all subtilty and all mischief, thou child of the devil, thou enemy of all righteousness, wilt thou not cease to pervert the right ways of the Lord?
The Parable And It's Meaning
Matthew 13:3 And he spake many things unto them in parables, saying, Behold, a sower went forth to sow; 13:4 And when he sowed, some seeds fell by the way side, and the fowls came and devoured them up: 13:5 Some fell upon stony places, where they had not much earth: and forthwith they sprung up, because they had no deepness of earth: 13:6 And when the sun was up, they were scorched; and because they had no root, they withered away. 13:7 And some fell among thorns; and the thorns sprung up, and choked them: 13:8 But other fell into good ground, and brought forth fruit, some an hundredfold, some sixtyfold, some thirtyfold.
The seed in this context is the word of God. Are there Stony heart, hard heart, heart with thorns and a good heart. The good heart is the one that accept the word and practice them. But our God is so merciful to change your other three heart if we let him into our lives.
Luke 8:11 Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God.8:12 Those by the way side are they that hear; then cometh the devil, and taketh away the word out of their hearts, lest they should believe and be saved. 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. 8:14 And that which fell among thorns are they, which, when they have heard, go forth, and are choked with cares and riches and pleasures of this life, and bring no fruit to perfection.
No matter how evil you have become the Spirit of God can save you.
Genesis 1:2 And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.
Psalms 104:30 Thou sendest forth thy spirit, they are created: and thou renewest the face of the earth.
All that man needs for us to be saved is to submit ourselves under the powers of God.
1 Timothy 1:15 This is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners; of whom I am chief.
Paul was once a sinner and by submitting himself to God, God also used him for great things.
Acts 22:4 And I persecuted this way unto the death, binding and delivering into prisons both men and women.
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