I think from my own experience that I have gone through all four of these heart conditions until , the Holy Spirit called me , softened my heart and I was ready to receive Jesus into my heart. Amen
I was the believer in the thorns for so long from a child to June of this year. With a genuine desire, I tried to draw close to God in my own strength and was "good" for a time then fell again, over and over, then the cycle would repeat. Until I truly let go of pride and the love of money (this world), God didn't fill me with the Holy Spirit. Now I see, now I hear, and I understand and listen. I feel so foolish, though I am so grateful God by His grace lead me out of the world and into His Everlasting Arms. I joke and say God was like this poor soul doesn't give up, He tries to follow Me with but he's blind so he keeps hurting himself, send a more than a few Angels to show him The Way. Lol Praise God for His love endures forever. ❤
WOW!!! Young man...I have been a Born Again Christian for 43 years and never have seen anyone give a pure online Bible in your face study like you did!!! I will be praying for you and your ministry...that God will draw those who hunger and thirst for righteousness..God will definitely use you to help fill them up!!!!
8 The wind blows where it wishes, and you hear the sound of it, but cannot tell where it comes from and where it goes. So is everyone who is born of the Spirit.” FYI, resurrected (John 3) and salvation are 2 different things. One leads to the other. He described Ezekeil 37 to Nicodemus who should have known. Bad theology won't condemn you. Not believing God raised him from the dead will.
Try 20+40 yrs of study. Mike Winger, rev gene kim on y t. This lad barely understands these 4 books r to the jews???? Church Age which we re in....is the Pauline epistles. Romans to philemon. Does this pupil have a pastor teacher????
that's true, Jehovah God gives many who worship him and follows Jesus. accurate knowledge and understanding. but again, ONLY those ones, just as at the time of the Apostles. but later, the Apostles taught and helped other who wanted the truth, that understanding.
I know that I need to do something that is hard to give up. I have a friend that is of the world and is unreceptive to the Word. Please pray that the Lord would open her eyes and heart otherwise if she doesn’t want to know Jesus then I will have to step away from her. She is a close friend so Please Pray🙏
@@lisavillegas1059 Pray for ALL Truth and ask THE FATHER to give you wisdom. Pray Psalm 25 Psalm 25:1 [[[A Psalm] of David.]] Unto thee, O LORD, do I lift up my soul. 2 O my God, I trust in thee: let me not be ashamed, let not mine enemies triumph over me. 3 Yea, let none that wait on thee be ashamed: let them be ashamed which transgress without cause. 4 Shew me thy ways, O LORD; teach me thy paths. 5 Lead me in thy truth, and teach me: for thou art the God of my salvation; on thee do I wait all the day. 6 Remember, O LORD, thy tender mercies and thy lovingkindnesses; for they have been ever of old. 7 Remember not the sins of my youth, nor my transgressions: according to thy mercy remember thou me for thy goodness' sake, O LORD. 8 Good and upright is the LORD: therefore will he teach sinners in the way. 9 The meek will he guide in judgment: and the meek will he teach his way. 10 All the paths of the LORD are mercy and truth unto such as keep his covenant and his testimonies. 11 For thy name's sake, O LORD, pardon mine iniquity; for it is great. 12 What man is he that feareth the LORD? him shall he teach in the way that he shall choose. 13 His soul shall dwell at ease; and his seed shall inherit the earth. 14 The secret of the LORD is with them that fear him; and he will shew them his covenant. 15 Mine eyes are ever toward the LORD; for he shall pluck my feet out of the net. 16 Turn thee unto me, and have mercy upon me; for I am desolate and afflicted. 17 The troubles of my heart are enlarged: O bring thou me out of my distresses. 18 Look upon mine affliction and my pain; and forgive all my sins. 19 Consider mine enemies; for they are many; and they hate me with cruel hatred. 20 O keep my soul, and deliver me: let me not be ashamed; for I put my trust in thee. 21 Let integrity and uprightness preserve me; for I wait on thee. There is a lot of false teachings of the Bible.🤲🏼🤲🏼🤲🏼
I couldn't agree more... If the Holy Spirit within a soul is the One doing the obeying... What's key for a believer is to consciously practice awareness of Christ Jesus within, because only the presence of Jesus transcends & transforms... Paradox is an experiential characteristic of Faith, and, as a soul learns the abiding life of only looking to/at Jesus within, Christ Jesus' perspective, thought, emotion, desire & will becomes that of the soul's. Only He rose, and only He can live out His victory through us, right? Take care and God bless you & yours going forward.
Thank you for your message. After three decades of studying the Bible, I've never come across a teaching on this subject as insightful as this. Through your guidance, I've come to understand that the Seed represents the Word, the Soil symbolizes the Heart, and the Field represents the World. Consequently, it becomes clear that Jesus sowed the Word within his Disciples, who, in turn, continued to sow the Word within their own disciples, creating an unending chain of spiritual growth.
OBEDIENCE without question, or argument, or demanding understanding FIRST. Like Mary stated to the others at the wedding feast: "whatever He (Jesus) says; you DO." Got it now? Can you Hear now?
I don't take direction from carnally minded fake believers who are totally on the defensive all the time. I gave you absolute truth and in love, but your heart cannot receive that because you are NOT of God. So take the chip off YOUR shoulder and repent, and love the WORD of God as do I.@@thsod4508
Thank you so much! John 6:63 really spoke to me after hearing this great explanation. "It is the Spirit who gives life... The words that I speak to you are spirit, and they are life." The Word of God, the Word made flesh, desires to reproduce Himself in us - He is the incorruptible seed! May we understand 1 Peter 1:23 being born of the Incorruptible seed and Rom 8:29 which says of Jesus who is the "firstborn among many brothers and sisters!"
Finally!!! Someone that understands, and knows how to explain things in a way I can understand! Thank you! Very well done. Keep doing what you are doing! You just helped me with a breakthrough in understanding, and what to pray for!
@@marykinuthia6067 exactly! Jehovah God's HS teaches us, if we want the truth. and willing to obey Jesus' father as he stated, which would mean our lives. regardless of losing respect, honor, friends and family.
@JESUSA333 Thanks, I pray for revelation from God when I read and for understanding. I believe I receive it. The soils that don't produce prioritize pleasure and comfort. Paul warned a church in Acts that it was NECESSARY to enter the Kingdom of God through many sufferings. I think it is also why Jesus taught to count the cost of being his follower.
Our Heavenly Father and Jesus Love and kindness for us They Know that we are Children and we are growing and learning and experiencing so we will MATURE and be Filled with Holy Spirit and MATURE and we will Understand more and more 😊😀❤💜🙏☺😊😀❤💜🙏
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Pro tip! If you want your seed to mature then you can focus on the word, constantly renewing your mind. You can do that by listening to lectures or even watching videos like this. And when you come to something you don't understand. Meditate and pray on it ask God for help and he will gladly teach you more about his kingdom.
Excellent exegesis. The fact of "understanding" and that it is a "heart condition" rather than an intellectual condition is paramount. Connects very positively with John 6 in the counsel to "eat my flesh and drink my blood".
Beautiful 😇 I proud of you, keep searching for truth from YeHoVah, and remember one thing; do not rebel!!! Against the third temple being built, but find shelter away from all cities. 🙏
Amen man we throw seeds. Someone else comes along to water but its only God that can give the increase. I like to say you can lead a horse to water but you cant force it to drink. The significance behind it is God wisehes none to perish he can change the soil for you to receive it. Usually brings you to the lowest point he can then sends in the farmers to till the land and sow the good seed. My opinion though. Good way to explain it God Bless
Amen, Sonya, my experience bears this out. When I was a young man, I received the Gospel with great joy, but I was shallow soil and I quickly departed the faith having never truly understood. Over the next 20 years, God led me through many tribulations, showing me my sinfulness, weakness, and need of a savior. Then, He knocked on my door again and I was able to receive Him in His fullness and on His terms. Now, I live every day grateful that He never left me alone to wither and die.
Note verse 4 below (this is Isaiah talking about Yahweh) "seen any god except you": Isaiah 64 Names of God Bible 64 If only you would split open the heavens and come down! The mountains would quake at your presence. 2 Be like the fire that kindles brushwood and makes water boil. Come down to make your name known to your enemies. The nations will tremble in your presence. 3 When you did awe-inspiring things that we didn’t expect, you came down and the mountains quaked in your presence. 4 No one has ever heard, no one has paid attention, and no one has seen any god except you. You help those who wait for you. Compare to: John 1 Names of God Bible 18 No one has ever seen God. God’s only Son, the one who is closest to the Father’s heart, has made him known. and: John 6 Names of God Bible 46 I’m saying that no one has seen the Father. Only the one who is from God has seen the Father. and: 1 John 4 Names of God Bible 12 No one has ever seen God. If we love each other, God lives in us, and his love is perfected in us.
What this means is, if we truly follow Christ, then it will be given to us the understanding, but if we do not, then we will not recieve the understanding. So we must follow Christ truly, we must understand that he is the one that is the salvation and saviour of the entire world.
The other day i had to take a break from spiritual stuff. Just got so confused and stressed trying to understand. I still believe. Although at times challenged
Yes, Jesus often times took His disciples away to a separate place by themselves. True faith isn't dependent upon concentrating on spiritual stuff alone. "In returning and in rest you shall be saved, and in quietness and in trust shall be your strength. And you would not" Is. 30:15 We think that effort is required when acceptance is what will do the best work in our hearts. Relax and trust and then move forward on that basis; not on the basis of our efforts. He wants us to learn how to trust; not work.
You speak very well. Even if I am not english and I don't know words I can understand you ! Thank you. I will listen to your video one more time to get more.
Thank you so much for what you're doing. I have a hard time paying attention when it comes to learning but you do a great job at helping me along and I'm determined to learn. 💜🙏😊🌻🦋
to learn you have to go to Jehovah God, through Jesus in prayer for accurate knowledge and understanding. quoting the verses, anyone can do. but his explanation of it wasn't total accurate. Jesus' parable is showing the accepting or not of his father's words. some won't listen, some may listen but later ignore it. some may want it, but hard times pulls them away. lastly many will listen, want it and obey it, those will be the true Christians.
Excellent Teaching ! I would love to have you on , The King Solomon Podcast 👑. Your depth of scriptures shows the Wisdom and understanding that has been given to you. Amen. Again, great video !
This young man did an awesome job. I can spot his skill. I bet his brain rarely slows down. I see the stance of conviction in your countenance, the mind of a philosopher, the courage of a warrior, the skill of a teacher, the desire for God's Truth to be fully expressed, the heart of a brother...your reflective dude.!!! * Jesus is Lord* This was a good lesson. Ain't love grand !!!
Thank you so much. Happened upon this. Didnt know just how important it would be for me to watch. Gained understanding & a renewed desire to gain more knowledge as a result. I can't thank you enough. God bless you with love, new sub ❤🙏
Thank you very good message of the truth and the way and the life no body comes to the father without coming to Jesus first God Bless you and your family and everyone everywhere
Jesus is the root, and springs of living water. Faith in the love for ALL.. We share the love by giving love, by showing love, never condemn anyone in our heart, Luke 6:27-38, is a very important key. Loving everyone bring joy, and springs of living water. Being a Christian is not a selfish act.
Seems God is placing similar messages on our hearts! Love to see how He does that. Only thing I would like to add to everything you said is that Jesus uses the same phrasing of "and for those who don't have, even what they have will be taken away" in Matthew 25:14-30, which is the Parable of the Talents. However, in this parable he explicitly adds what will happen to those who don't have. And it is just as you said, we need to "have" is an understanding of who Jesus is and of course to place our belief in Him. Thanks for what you do!
There is a lot of excitement in church even, where people are receiving with joy, but leave as though they had attended a great concert rather than having the life-changing Word of God, take root. I was like that. I really wanted to be a part of the noise but I didn’t let the noise take up residence.
@@Michael-A thanks. By your own demonstration of attacks, I’d say immediately, that you’re spiritually minded, just the wrong spirit. Even your choice to use a Disney character to represent yourself concludes you’re supremely in tune to a spirit; just not God’s. Want more exposure or would you rather retreat into your dwelling places-those reserved for one that lurks and prowls about watching & waiting to attack people that are trying to seek God? You might want to repent!!
@@thsod4508 wrote "Want more exposure or would you rather retreat into your dwelling places-those reserved for one that lurks and prowls about watching & waiting to attack people that are trying to seek God?" More exposure? Uhhh.... YOU are the one "exposing" yourself. Have you never read about shouting your own sins from your rooftop? That's precisely what you're doing; so says the LORD. So if you want to attack me more, go ahead. You won't hurt me or my feelings, no matter how hard you try. You won't even offend me, heh heh heh. So by all mean, go ahead and pile up more coals upon your own head for your own day of judgment. As for "trying to seek God; you won't ever find Him on the path you take, or in your own way (always insisting on YOUR own terms), but you will be taken captive by Satan to do his will, even more than you are already. So say what you will, literally, because your own words do express your own will from your own heart even as God says. It bothers me not that anyone filled with hate expresses THAT to me, it has nothing to do with me, but YOU, and what you are filled with by your own choices. And as God STATES: to be carnally minded is DEATH but to be Spiritually minded is LIFE and PEACE. So I shall walk away in peace and in the Life, while you spew death and threats (which are meaningless to me). Have a nice day, sinner. Take your own medicine and REPENT from your evil ways. Reply
I’ve been doing a study on Faith and belief. And when I listened to this, my mind immediately raced to the idea that the soil represented Faith (emunah in Hebrew, or pistis for Greek). But not sure just yet. The thorns and rocky soil could be seen as doubt, and so a double minded person. For we cannot have faith and doubt co-existing. One must have absolute faith. And by “absolute,” I mean that which is pure or unmixed with anything other than itself. So a pure faith, unmixed with anything other than itself. My only push back is on the idea of the heart. I recall the Hebrew word for heart being “Lev” or something like it. And Jeremiah 17:9 comes to mind “The heart is deceitful above all things, and disparately wicked, who can know it” Of course that might really be referring to an unregenerate person. But I’d have to look into it further Keep up the Good work
Belief in something is lacking of understanding, you must be tried and tested, going through life and looking for the truth will eventually reach where you realized the world can not give u the answer you long to know. The key to God's kingdom is the "knowing" , the undeniable truth that you have been denied is because you are looking for everlasting life from within the world of the dead. Nothing you do in this life will fill the void, the wanting the lust of the flesh, this includes food. The will of the flesh is death, but to seek the truth and understand through gnosis is life everlasting. To understand is to go through, you can't take anyone's word for anything, you must know it as if your life depended on it, which it does. You ate of the tree of life this whole time. Now you must eat of the tree of knowledge in order to transcend this age into the new, into your divine knowing of self.
There is Growing Up in Him Y'SHUA THE MESSIAH, a Child First Born, Receiving Him, a Faithful Servant, a Dilligent Disciple, a Friend, a Bride Leaning on Y'SHUA LET THOSE HUNGRY AND THIRSTY COME TAKE THE WATER OF LIFE, FREELY SHALOM from Alaska
Since we know that no man searches for God and none are good...Romans 3, I believe it is the work of God that makes the good soil to receive the gospel. Eph 1:1-23 It is only the hand of God that can make the soil good...for His Glory. The good soil was prepared before the creation of the world and in God's timing it produced the fruit of belief. In ourselves, we can do nothing. Love your ministry!
When the Bible says "none are good" this doesn't mean "nobody is good anywhere " this was just Paul quoting the old testament. There are people who are in fact good.
Because of the fall...sin entered the world and everyone is a sinner. That is why Jesus came to die for us because there is none good, none seeks God. We were DEAD in our trespasses and sins without hope. BUT God made us alive together with Christ, and by Grace we have been saved. Eph 2
@morningstar1334 No, that isn't true. Sin may have entered the world but that does not mean "nobody is good" that passage isn't talking about everyone. Are you saying the disabled who are mentally impaired "are not good"? Or children that have not reached the age of reason? That passage you cited is taken out of context. He wasn't addressing all of humanity. Just the audience he was speaking to.
This is good!! It's like when people say, they turned away from Christianity. That makes sense now. Most would say, well, you weren't a real believer then.
The "most would say, well, you weren't a real believer then." They probably believe in the doctrine of eternal security. But what do they do with passages like 1 Timothy 4:1 Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that *in the latter times some shall depart from the faith,* giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils; 2 Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot iron; 3 Forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from meats, which God hath created to be received with thanksgiving of them which believe and know the truth. 2 Peter 2 the whole chapter but specifically the concluding verses: 17 These are wells without water, clouds that are carried with a tempest; to whom the mist of darkness is reserved for ever. 18 For when they speak great swelling words of vanity, they allure through the lusts of the flesh, through much wantonness, those that were clean escaped from them who live in error. 19 While they promise them liberty, they themselves are the servants of corruption: for of whom a man is overcome, of the same is he brought in bondage. 20 *For if after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they are again entangled therein, and overcome, the latter end is worse with them than the beginning. 21 For it had been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than, after they have known it, to turn from the holy commandment delivered unto them. 22 But it is happened unto them according to the true proverb, The dog is turned to his own vomit again; and the sow that was washed to her wallowing in the mire.*
true, because many don't actually want the truth. it would mean that they have to remove themselves from the ways of satan's world. by following Jesus and obeying his father Jehovah God.
1 Corinthians 1:4-10 kjv I thank my God always on your behalf, for the grace of God which is given you by Jesus Christ; That in every thing ye are enriched by him, in all utterance, and in all knowledge; Even as the testimony of Christ was confirmed in you: So that ye come behind in no gift; waiting for the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ: Who shall also confirm you unto the end, that ye may be blameless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ. God is faithful, by whom ye were called unto the fellowship of his Son Jesus Christ our Lord. Now I beseech you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you; but that ye be perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment.
@@dman7668 the scriptures say that we are called christians Acts 11:26 And when he had found him, he brought him unto Antioch. And it came to pass, that a whole year they assembled themselves with the church, and taught much people. And the disciples were called Christians first in Antioch. Acts 26:28 Then Agrippa said unto Paul, Almost thou persuadest me to be a Christian. 1 Peter 4:16 Yet if any man suffer as a Christian, let him not be ashamed; but let him glorify God on this behalf.
Preach 10 commandments. Am pointing at number4 and see that people treat that commandment with contempt. It's really interesting..it's also one of the only 2 commandments that the council of Nicea changed. That means it really is very important.
Where's that link❤❤❤ I loved what you did here. You helped me understand better than I have ever broke it down a little more in depth than even pastor can with his limited time thank thank thank you so much
Hello with Love! Peace! and Joy in Christ! Romans 10:20 Isaiah said more clearly: I have been found by those who did not seek me and have revealed myself to those who did not consult me. 11:6 By grace, you notice, nothing, therefore, to do with good deeds, or grace would not be grace at all! All the Glory & Praise belongs to God!
Sorry but it is not by faith alone. Works are required to complete your justification before God. We know this because James 2:24 says you are justified by your works and not by faith alone.
@@dman7668 Ephesians 2:8-9 Because it is by grace that you have been saved, through faith; not by anything of your own, but by a gift from God; not by anything that you have done, so that nobody can claim the credit. Saint John 6:29 Jesus gave them this answer, ‘This is working for God: you must believe in the one he has sent’. All the Glory and Praise belongs to God!
@denispariseau2438 you don't understand Ephesians. Let me explain how ephesians doesn't talk about justification by faith alone. Or the false protestant doctrine if Sola fide. To understand Paul’s meaning in [Ephesians 2:8-9] I would first like us to take two detours. The first will be to Romans 11:35 and the second, Romans 4. Detour#1: Romans 11:35 This passage says: “Who has ever given to God, that God should repay them?” Here Paul explains that God cannot be forced into an obligation to give anyone eternal life. Most people understand this but what they overlook in their understanding is that not only can you not do this, but if you even so much as try to do it-it now becomes a sin. Observe how in [Galatians 5:4] Paul says: “4 You who are trying to be justified by the law have been alienated from Christ; you have fallen away from grace.” Adam and Eve sinned and then they fell from grace. The Galatians sought to place God into debt with works of the Law and then they fell from grace. This means that their “works of Law”, were sin. It’s not because it is a sin to do the works of the Law under ordinary circumstances-it’s because once you do them with the intention of forcing God into an obligation to justify you THEN it becomes a sin. Detour#2: Romans 4:6-8 In Romans 4 Paul wants to tell us that his teaching about being saved “apart from works” is not some new teaching. King David talked about it, although he himself never uses the word “works”. Instead he uses another word called “sin”-observe: (Romans 4:6-8) “6 David says the SAME THING when he speaks of the blessedness of the one to whom God credits righteousness APART FROM WORKS: 7 “Blessed are those whose TRANSGRESSIONS are forgiven, whose SINS👈are covered. 8 Blessed is the one whose SIN👈the Lord will never count against them.” God justified David for his faith APART from the “sins” he had done before. Sin is just a kind of “work” that you do. In fact if you look carefully in [Titus 1:16] Paul uses the greek word for “works”(ergon) when he is talking about sin: “They claim to know God, but by their actions(“ergon”)they deny him. They are detestable, disobedient and unfit for doing anything good.” Source: biblehub.com/text/titus/1-16.htm NOW-let us look at [Ephesians 2:8-9] in light of all of these things: “For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith-and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God- 9 not by works, so that no one can boast.” Since we have already established that by the word “works” Paul really means sin, how are we meant to understand his meaning with respect to boasting? It’s simple really. Paul’s meaning is that if something evil you did resulted in salvation then you could boast about it before men but NOT before God-since God, unlike men, knows that the thing you’re boasting about is nonsense: “12 There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.”(Proverbs 14:12) Moreover interpreting the word “works” as “sin” yields other dividends for us as we try to reconcile Paul’s teaching with James’s. Recall that in [Romans 4:2] Paul says that Abraham wasn’t justified by works-while James[2:21] insists that he was. The solution is now painfully obvious. When Paul wrote that Abraham was “not justified” by works, Paul means that Abraham never did what was sin to achieve salvation. Conversely James says Abraham did works which were good, and these works justified him. To wit: Paul was using an absurd scenario to get his point across. So there is no contradiction. It’s just two apostles using the word “works”(ergon) in two separate contexts. What does this all add up to? Well what it means is that one cannot use Paul’s phrase “not of works” to derive the meaning that Paul denied the necessity of doing “good works” in order to achieve eternal life, since such statements were only ever talking about “sin” to begin with and not a commentary on the necessity of doing good works themselves.
It clicked in my mind with sudden realization. The Scripture. That explains Pharisees' actions and that explains some of Jesus' Disciples' actions. Not only just crowds, but also the Disciples and the Pharisees. They are actually getting the "answers" that they're physically seeking for, but they're not spiritually seeking the "answers" that they can't hear nor see directly from Jesus, or rather God himself. It makes me wonder how long until it took Disciples and other people actually understood His Words. It explains why Jesus's preaching/teachings are actually showing them to how to be kind to neighbors and learning truth with hearts rather than learning lies with minds due to His warnings of False Teachers/Prophets (that applied on Historians/Writers, too). Because it proved the weak minds are easy to tricked than to trick the strong hearts. Once you let minds be tricked, the hearts followed with hesitate. That's why Pharisees quickly rejected Jesus because Pharisees had mental pictures differently of what Messiah actually looked like before they actually meet Jesus in person and they also realized the truth too late after the Veil torn in half incident. The Devil, the Satan, the Dragon, The Snake, and The Fallen Angel - all known as Lucifer, is well-known mind manipulative with silver tongue. That Serpent is capable of distorting God's Words in the way only Mankind's Minds to see and to hear what they want to see and to hear. Like how Greed blind/deafened people. How Anger blind/deafened people. Even Ignorance can blind/deafened them as well. It's scary to think about what we actually see & hear what we are suppose to see & to hear.
Proverbs 4:20-22 English Standard Version 2016 (ESV) My son, be attentive to my words; incline your ear to my sayings. Let them not escape from your sight; keep them within your heart. For they are life to those who find them, and healing to all their flesh.
You will have what you believe. So those who have little believe that's all they can have (So by their belief they will have little) Those who have alot, more will be given for the same reasons. (Their faith/beliefs)
Remember Jesus died once for all, he loves every single human being, he was given authority over ALL flesh, and he wants those he was given(all flesh) with him.
Elohim has called us to be perfect! Elohim has called to be Holy! Therefore we born again are perfect and in Christ Jesus!!! Teaching that NOBODY can be perfect and that NOBODY can be Holy, That is calling ELOHIM a liar.
Very well done! I think a good homework assignment would be to go and see what Mark (ch.4) wrote about this parable. The story likely originated there :-)
I think from my own experience that I have gone through all four of these heart conditions until , the Holy Spirit called me , softened my heart and I was ready to receive Jesus into my heart. Amen
I was the believer in the thorns for so long from a child to June of this year. With a genuine desire, I tried to draw close to God in my own strength and was "good" for a time then fell again, over and over, then the cycle would repeat. Until I truly let go of pride and the love of money (this world), God didn't fill me with the Holy Spirit. Now I see, now I hear, and I understand and listen. I feel so foolish, though I am so grateful God by His grace lead me out of the world and into His Everlasting Arms. I joke and say God was like this poor soul doesn't give up, He tries to follow Me with but he's blind so he keeps hurting himself, send a more than a few Angels to show him The Way. Lol
Praise God for His love endures forever. ❤
WOW!!! Young man...I have been a Born Again Christian for 43 years and never have seen anyone give a pure online Bible in your face study like you did!!!
I will be praying for you and your ministry...that God will draw those who hunger and thirst for righteousness..God will definitely use you to help fill them up!!!!
8 The wind blows where it wishes, and you hear the sound of it, but cannot tell where it comes from and where it goes. So is everyone who is born of the Spirit.”
FYI, resurrected (John 3) and salvation are 2 different things. One leads to the other. He described Ezekeil 37 to Nicodemus who should have known. Bad theology won't condemn you. Not believing God raised him from the dead will.
Amen God will surely use him. For his Glory! ❤
Try 20+40 yrs of study. Mike Winger, rev gene kim on y t. This lad barely understands these 4 books r to the jews???? Church Age which we re in....is the Pauline epistles. Romans to philemon. Does this pupil have a pastor teacher????
@@jackiepowell7513 If indeed if you have heard of the dispensation of grace given to Paul, for us. To drive Israel to jealousy.
It is so good to hear young people speak with the understanding of the truth.🙏🏾
that's true, Jehovah God gives many who worship him and follows Jesus. accurate knowledge and understanding. but again, ONLY those ones, just as at the time of the Apostles. but later, the Apostles taught and helped other who wanted the truth, that understanding.
My Young Brotha in Christ - The Living Water Flows through you something amazing! Keep Bringing The RHEMA
Thanks for this revelation. I am being choked by the thorns. Please pray for me. You have a tremendous gift.
Prayers said in Jesus name Bless you
He developed it by seeking understanding and studying.
I know that I need to do something that is hard to give up. I have a friend that is of the world and is unreceptive to the Word. Please pray that the Lord would open her eyes and heart otherwise if she doesn’t want to know Jesus then I will have to step away from her. She is a close friend so Please Pray🙏
@@lisavillegas1059 Pray for ALL Truth and ask THE FATHER to give you wisdom. Pray Psalm 25
Psalm 25:1 [[[A Psalm] of David.]] Unto thee, O LORD, do I lift up my soul. 2 O my God, I trust in thee: let me not be ashamed, let not mine enemies triumph over me. 3 Yea, let none that wait on thee be ashamed: let them be ashamed which transgress without cause.
4 Shew me thy ways, O LORD; teach me thy paths. 5 Lead me in thy truth, and teach me: for thou art the God of my salvation; on thee do I wait all the day.
6 Remember, O LORD, thy tender mercies and thy lovingkindnesses; for they have been ever of old. 7 Remember not the sins of my youth, nor my transgressions: according to thy mercy remember thou me for thy goodness' sake, O LORD.
8 Good and upright is the LORD: therefore will he teach sinners in the way. 9 The meek will he guide in judgment: and the meek will he teach his way. 10 All the paths of the LORD are mercy and truth unto such as keep his covenant and his testimonies.
11 For thy name's sake, O LORD, pardon mine iniquity; for it is great. 12 What man is he that feareth the LORD? him shall he teach in the way that he shall choose. 13 His soul shall dwell at ease; and his seed shall inherit the earth. 14 The secret of the LORD is with them that fear him; and he will shew them his covenant. 15 Mine eyes are ever toward the LORD; for he shall pluck my feet out of the net.
16 Turn thee unto me, and have mercy upon me; for I am desolate and afflicted. 17 The troubles of my heart are enlarged: O bring thou me out of my distresses. 18 Look upon mine affliction and my pain; and forgive all my sins.
19 Consider mine enemies; for they are many; and they hate me with cruel hatred. 20 O keep my soul, and deliver me: let me not be ashamed; for I put my trust in thee. 21 Let integrity and uprightness preserve me; for I wait on thee.
There is a lot of false teachings of the Bible.🤲🏼🤲🏼🤲🏼
All you have to do is ask he will show you. Pray for truth and discernment
Obedience to God is the key to hearing God
Obedience. The word the world hates to hear.
Right!
I couldn't agree more... If the Holy Spirit within a soul is the One doing the obeying...
What's key for a believer is to consciously practice awareness of Christ Jesus within, because only the presence of Jesus transcends & transforms...
Paradox is an experiential characteristic of Faith, and, as a soul learns the abiding life of only looking to/at Jesus within, Christ Jesus' perspective, thought, emotion, desire & will becomes that of the soul's.
Only He rose, and only He can live out His victory through us, right?
Take care and God bless you & yours going forward.
Thank you for your message. After three decades of studying the Bible, I've never come across a teaching on this subject as insightful as this. Through your guidance, I've come to understand that the Seed represents the Word, the Soil symbolizes the Heart, and the Field represents the World. Consequently, it becomes clear that Jesus sowed the Word within his Disciples, who, in turn, continued to sow the Word within their own disciples, creating an unending chain of spiritual growth.
We have a privilege we have most likely been taking for granted. I want the understanding that leads to abundant understanding.
So do I..
OBEDIENCE without question, or argument, or demanding understanding FIRST.
Like Mary stated to the others at the wedding feast: "whatever He (Jesus) says; you DO."
Got it now? Can you Hear now?
@@Michael-A no. I can’t hear from you for some reason. Come back again in love. Got it? Can you hear now?
I don't take direction from carnally minded fake believers who are totally on the defensive all the time. I gave you absolute truth and in love, but your heart cannot receive that because you are NOT of God. So take the chip off YOUR shoulder and repent, and love the WORD of God as do I.@@thsod4508
@@thsod4508He’s right though
Just like garden soil your heart can be changed....YHWH is the gardener adding ammendments to your heart if you let him.
Be a doer of the Word and not just a hearer, is the lesson here. Shalom
true, but many just hear the words, they're not trying to live by them.
Thank you so much! John 6:63 really spoke to me after hearing this great explanation. "It is the Spirit who gives life... The words that I speak to you are spirit, and they are life." The Word of God, the Word made flesh, desires to reproduce Himself in us - He is the incorruptible seed! May we understand 1 Peter 1:23 being born of the Incorruptible seed and Rom 8:29 which says of Jesus who is the "firstborn among many brothers and sisters!"
Finally!!! Someone that understands, and knows how to explain things in a way I can understand! Thank you! Very well done. Keep doing what you are doing! You just helped me with a breakthrough in understanding, and what to pray for!
there are many who speaks and teaches the truth. sadly many don't really want to hear it.
The Holy spirit teaches us all things.
@@marykinuthia6067 exactly! Jehovah God's HS teaches us, if we want the truth. and willing to obey Jesus' father as he stated, which would mean our lives. regardless of losing respect, honor, friends and family.
Very insightful. Nowhere does it say that we can't change the soil of our hearts.
great catch, I didnt even see that. Awesome observation.
@JESUSA333 Thanks, I pray for revelation from God when I read and for understanding. I believe I receive it.
The soils that don't produce prioritize pleasure and comfort. Paul warned a church in Acts that it was NECESSARY to enter the Kingdom of God through many sufferings. I think it is also why Jesus taught to count the cost of being his follower.
Ears to hear
Our Heavenly Father and Jesus Love and kindness for us They Know that we are Children and we are growing and learning and experiencing so we will MATURE and be Filled with Holy Spirit and MATURE and we will Understand more and more 😊😀❤💜🙏☺😊😀❤💜🙏
THANKS FOR EXPRESSING Your Understanding of The Holy Bible 🙏 Your Testimony helps us and many other people 🙏know Our Heavenly Father Will Help All of Us to Grow in Holy Spirit and Understanding ❤❤❤❤Peace to All. Stay Safe!
I love this type of study time. ♥️🙏🏼🕊️
God will save those who call upon his name. His name is the narrow gate.
Beware of how you judge.
Pro tip! If you want your seed to mature then you can focus on the word, constantly renewing your mind. You can do that by listening to lectures or even watching videos like this. And when you come to something you don't understand. Meditate and pray on it ask God for help and he will gladly teach you more about his kingdom.
Excellent exegesis. The fact of "understanding" and that it is a "heart condition" rather than an intellectual condition is paramount. Connects very positively with John 6 in the counsel to "eat my flesh and drink my blood".
Thank you for breaking this down. I have gone through all four. I pray everyday be the seed planted in the good soil.
Almost broke made of tears to say such a young man so passionate about the word of God bless you
Beautiful 😇 I proud of you, keep searching for truth from YeHoVah, and remember one thing; do not rebel!!! Against the third temple being built, but find shelter away from all cities. 🙏
Yes we are the temples of God now😊 God in us😮😇
Amen man we throw seeds. Someone else comes along to water but its only God that can give the increase. I like to say you can lead a horse to water but you cant force it to drink. The significance behind it is God wisehes none to perish he can change the soil for you to receive it. Usually brings you to the lowest point he can then sends in the farmers to till the land and sow the good seed. My opinion though. Good way to explain it God Bless
Amen, Sonya, my experience bears this out. When I was a young man, I received the Gospel with great joy, but I was shallow soil and I quickly departed the faith having never truly understood. Over the next 20 years, God led me through many tribulations, showing me my sinfulness, weakness, and need of a savior. Then, He knocked on my door again and I was able to receive Him in His fullness and on His terms. Now, I live every day grateful that He never left me alone to wither and die.
@@bcbarber amen brother ty for sharing that.
@robertstephenson6806 yes, Yeshua (Jesus the Christ) is God. Read Isaiah 9:6 and John 1:1-14 and 1 John 5:7.
Note verse 4 below (this is Isaiah talking about Yahweh) "seen any god except you":
Isaiah 64
Names of God Bible
64 If only you would split open the heavens and come down!
The mountains would quake at your presence.
2 Be like the fire that kindles brushwood and makes water boil.
Come down to make your name known to your enemies.
The nations will tremble in your presence.
3 When you did awe-inspiring things that we didn’t expect,
you came down and the mountains quaked in your presence.
4 No one has ever heard,
no one has paid attention,
and no one has seen any god except you.
You help those who wait for you.
Compare to:
John 1
Names of God Bible
18 No one has ever seen God. God’s only Son, the one who is closest to the Father’s heart, has made him known.
and:
John 6
Names of God Bible
46 I’m saying that no one has seen the Father. Only the one who is from God has seen the Father.
and:
1 John 4
Names of God Bible
12 No one has ever seen God. If we love each other, God lives in us, and his love is perfected in us.
Thank you for explaining so well..
God bless you brother. You are a good role model for young adults out there. May God continue to bless your ministry 🙏🙏🙏
I get the understanding being done with the heart. Its the heart of the matter.
❤Excellent and important teaching ...YESHUA BLESS AND KEEP YOU .NUMBERS 6:24-27 AMIEN
So young, so wise. 🙂 Thank you.
Thank you Jesus for you brother. Amen. I love the way that you explain this.
What this means is, if we truly follow Christ, then it will be given to us the understanding, but if we do not, then we will not recieve the understanding.
So we must follow Christ truly, we must understand that he is the one that is the salvation and saviour of the entire world.
Love the insight of the parable and came to realize how much I have to change. Thank you so much and God continue to bless you.
I truly enjoy the way you break down the scriptures. Thank you!
The other day i had to take a break from spiritual stuff. Just got so confused and stressed trying to understand. I still believe. Although at times challenged
Yes, Jesus often times took His disciples away to a separate place by themselves. True faith isn't dependent upon concentrating on spiritual stuff alone. "In returning and in rest you shall be saved, and in quietness and in trust shall be your strength. And you would not" Is. 30:15 We think that effort is required when acceptance is what will do the best work in our hearts. Relax and trust and then move forward on that basis; not on the basis of our efforts. He wants us to learn how to trust; not work.
You speak very well. Even if I am not english and I don't know words I can understand you ! Thank you. I will listen to your video one more time to get more.
Your are so true to God's heart. You never fail on the word.
Thank you Brother explaining the parables in great detail. 🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾!
Thank you for bringing an outstanding sermon on the parable
Great video… so rarely do I ever see anything with this level of insight… well done!
Thank you for your straight from scripture teachings, well done!
Thank you so much for what you're doing. I have a hard time paying attention when it comes to learning but you do a great job at helping me along and I'm determined to learn. 💜🙏😊🌻🦋
to learn you have to go to Jehovah God, through Jesus in prayer for accurate knowledge and understanding. quoting the verses, anyone can do. but his explanation of it wasn't total accurate. Jesus' parable is showing the accepting or not of his father's words. some won't listen, some may listen but later ignore it. some may want it, but hard times pulls them away. lastly many will listen, want it and obey it, those will be the true Christians.
Thank you
You speak in a way me who have English as a second language understand!🙏
So only love, sharing the love, the light, can soften the ground.
Thank you for helping me with this message God bless you Amen ❤
Bro God bless you. 1000 fold
GREAT I AM VERY HAPPY THAT YOU ARE ONE OF FEW WHO UNDERSTAND GOD WORDS.I PRAY FOR YOUR GLORY IN KINGDOM OF HEAVEN
Excellent Teaching ! I would love to have you on , The King Solomon Podcast 👑. Your depth of scriptures shows the Wisdom and understanding that has been given to you. Amen. Again, great video !
Thank you shared on my channel. Appreciate the work.
This young man did an awesome job. I can spot his skill. I bet his brain rarely slows down. I see the stance of conviction in your countenance, the mind of a philosopher, the courage of a warrior, the skill of a teacher, the desire for God's Truth to be fully expressed, the heart of a brother...your reflective dude.!!! * Jesus is Lord* This was a good lesson. Ain't love grand !!!
This reminds me of a precepts Bible study. Love this. Excellent. Keep doing your work for Jesus . ❤
Thank you so much for your ministry 🙏❤️
Thank you so much. Happened upon this. Didnt know just how important it would be for me to watch. Gained understanding & a renewed desire to gain more knowledge as a result. I can't thank you enough. God bless you with love, new sub ❤🙏
Healed and restored my son saved in the name of jesus christ of nazareth
Thank you very good message of the truth and the way and the life no body comes to the father without coming to Jesus first God Bless you and your family and everyone everywhere
Thank you for these teachings because they really help Mr to understand the Bible more.
Awesome episode .. love your teachings..
Jesus is the root, and springs of living water. Faith in the love for ALL.. We share the love by giving love, by showing love, never condemn anyone in our heart, Luke 6:27-38, is a very important key. Loving everyone bring joy, and springs of living water. Being a Christian is not a selfish act.
Thank you for sharing this knowledge had not come to me. All I can say WCW praise GOD for giving you this knowledge
New to this site - I really enjoyed this bible study. Thank You, Im looking forward to more.
That's right❤ thank you God bless you
who is God?
I understand the heart part I have God in my heart..
Seems God is placing similar messages on our hearts! Love to see how He does that. Only thing I would like to add to everything you said is that Jesus uses the same phrasing of "and for those who don't have, even what they have will be taken away" in Matthew 25:14-30, which is the Parable of the Talents. However, in this parable he explicitly adds what will happen to those who don't have. And it is just as you said, we need to "have" is an understanding of who Jesus is and of course to place our belief in Him. Thanks for what you do!
There is a lot of excitement in church even, where people are receiving with joy, but leave as though they had attended a great concert rather than having the life-changing Word of God, take root. I was like that. I really wanted to be a part of the noise but I didn’t let the noise take up residence.
Even this post says you're carnally minded.
@@Michael-A thanks. By your own demonstration of attacks, I’d say immediately, that you’re spiritually minded, just the wrong spirit. Even your choice to use a Disney character to represent yourself concludes you’re supremely in tune to a spirit; just not God’s. Want more exposure or would you rather retreat into your dwelling places-those reserved for one that lurks and prowls about watching & waiting to attack people that are trying to seek God? You might want to repent!!
@@thsod4508 wrote "Want more exposure or would you rather retreat into your dwelling places-those reserved for one that lurks and prowls about watching & waiting to attack people that are trying to seek God?"
More exposure? Uhhh.... YOU are the one "exposing" yourself. Have you never read about shouting your own sins from your rooftop? That's precisely what you're doing; so says the LORD. So if you want to attack me more, go ahead. You won't hurt me or my feelings, no matter how hard you try. You won't even offend me, heh heh heh. So by all mean, go ahead and pile up more coals upon your own head for your own day of judgment.
As for "trying to seek God; you won't ever find Him on the path you take, or in your own way (always insisting on YOUR own terms), but you will be taken captive by Satan to do his will, even more than you are already.
So say what you will, literally, because your own words do express your own will from your own heart even as God says. It bothers me not that anyone filled with hate expresses THAT to me, it has nothing to do with me, but YOU, and what you are filled with by your own choices. And as God STATES: to be carnally minded is DEATH but to be Spiritually minded is LIFE and PEACE.
So I shall walk away in peace and in the Life, while you spew death and threats (which are meaningless to me).
Have a nice day, sinner. Take your own medicine and REPENT from your evil ways.
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I’ve been doing a study on Faith and belief. And when I listened to this, my mind immediately raced to the idea that the soil represented Faith (emunah in Hebrew, or pistis for Greek). But not sure just yet. The thorns and rocky soil could be seen as doubt, and so a double minded person. For we cannot have faith and doubt co-existing. One must have absolute faith. And by “absolute,” I mean that which is pure or unmixed with anything other than itself. So a pure faith, unmixed with anything other than itself.
My only push back is on the idea of the heart. I recall the Hebrew word for heart being “Lev” or something like it. And Jeremiah 17:9 comes to mind
“The heart is deceitful above all things, and disparately wicked, who can know it”
Of course that might really be referring to an unregenerate person. But I’d have to look into it further
Keep up the Good work
This has blessed me immensely. Thank you.
I’m so happy I found this video
Thank you
I never missed this thank God. I have it on my wall. Unto you is GIVEN to Know the Mysteries of the Kingdom
yes, Jehovah gives this to any who obeys him.
Belief in something is lacking of understanding, you must be tried and tested, going through life and looking for the truth will eventually reach where you realized the world can not give u the answer you long to know. The key to God's kingdom is the "knowing" , the undeniable truth that you have been denied is because you are looking for everlasting life from within the world of the dead. Nothing you do in this life will fill the void, the wanting the lust of the flesh, this includes food. The will of the flesh is death, but to seek the truth and understand through gnosis is life everlasting. To understand is to go through, you can't take anyone's word for anything, you must know it as if your life depended on it, which it does. You ate of the tree of life this whole time. Now you must eat of the tree of knowledge in order to transcend this age into the new, into your divine knowing of self.
There is Growing Up in Him Y'SHUA THE MESSIAH, a Child First Born, Receiving Him, a Faithful Servant, a Dilligent Disciple, a Friend, a Bride Leaning on Y'SHUA LET THOSE HUNGRY AND THIRSTY COME TAKE THE WATER OF LIFE, FREELY
SHALOM from Alaska
thank you i like this word Holines From God
Since we know that no man searches for God and none are good...Romans 3, I believe it is the work of God that makes the good soil to receive the gospel. Eph 1:1-23 It is only the hand of God that can make the soil good...for His
Glory. The good soil was prepared before the creation of the world and in God's timing it produced the fruit of belief.
In ourselves, we can do nothing. Love your ministry!
When the Bible says "none are good" this doesn't mean "nobody is good anywhere " this was just Paul quoting the old testament. There are people who are in fact good.
Because of the fall...sin entered the world and everyone is a sinner. That is why Jesus came to die for us because there is none good, none seeks God. We were DEAD in our trespasses and sins without hope. BUT God made us alive together with Christ, and by Grace we have been saved. Eph 2
@morningstar1334 No, that isn't true. Sin may have entered the world but that does not mean "nobody is good" that passage isn't talking about everyone. Are you saying the disabled who are mentally impaired "are not good"? Or children that have not reached the age of reason? That passage you cited is taken out of context. He wasn't addressing all of humanity. Just the audience he was speaking to.
lovely truth
This is good!! It's like when people say, they turned away from Christianity. That makes sense now. Most would say, well, you weren't a real believer then.
The "most would say, well, you weren't a real believer then." They probably believe in the doctrine of eternal security. But what do they do with passages like 1 Timothy 4:1 Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that *in the latter times some shall depart from the faith,* giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils;
2 Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot iron;
3 Forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from meats, which God hath created to be received with thanksgiving of them which believe and know the truth.
2 Peter 2 the whole chapter but specifically the concluding verses:
17 These are wells without water, clouds that are carried with a tempest; to whom the mist of darkness is reserved for ever.
18 For when they speak great swelling words of vanity, they allure through the lusts of the flesh, through much wantonness, those that were clean escaped from them who live in error.
19 While they promise them liberty, they themselves are the servants of corruption: for of whom a man is overcome, of the same is he brought in bondage.
20 *For if after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they are again entangled therein, and overcome, the latter end is worse with them than the beginning.
21 For it had been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than, after they have known it, to turn from the holy commandment delivered unto them.
22 But it is happened unto them according to the true proverb, The dog is turned to his own vomit again; and the sow that was washed to her wallowing in the mire.*
Thank you brudda.!
amen brother
Producing fruit takes patience!!! ❤
true, because many don't actually want the truth. it would mean that they have to remove themselves from the ways of satan's world. by following Jesus and obeying his father Jehovah God.
Thanks
Thank you for putting this together. It helps . My only small complaint is WE NEED MORE SALMON 😅😂
Building 🙌.
To be able to listen to a Spirit son is my lettin go of able.
Thank you son . 💔
Hallelujah
Loved this .
God Father mother heart fruits leaders politiques show fruits
1 Corinthians 1:4-10 kjv
I thank my God always on your behalf, for the grace of God which is given you by Jesus Christ; That in every thing ye are enriched by him, in all utterance, and in all knowledge; Even as the testimony of Christ was confirmed in you: So that ye come behind in no gift; waiting for the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ: Who shall also confirm you unto the end, that ye may be blameless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ. God is faithful, by whom ye were called unto the fellowship of his Son Jesus Christ our Lord. Now I beseech you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you; but that ye be perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment.
It almost sounds like Paul's didn't agree with different denominations.
@@dman7668 the scriptures say that we are called christians
Acts 11:26
And when he had found him, he brought him unto Antioch. And it came to pass, that a whole year they assembled themselves with the church, and taught much people. And the disciples were called Christians first in Antioch.
Acts 26:28
Then Agrippa said unto Paul, Almost thou persuadest me to be a Christian.
1 Peter 4:16
Yet if any man suffer as a Christian, let him not be ashamed; but let him glorify God on this behalf.
All love all lives Olives ☝️💜💫
great dividing.❤
Yes when I was young I remember reading hide these things in your heart
Preach 10 commandments. Am pointing at number4 and see that people treat that commandment with contempt. It's really interesting..it's also one of the only 2 commandments that the council of Nicea changed. That means it really is very important.
OMG that's so true
Thanks!
Love this, thank you
Where's that link❤❤❤ I loved what you did here. You helped me understand better than I have ever broke it down a little more in depth than even pastor can with his limited time thank thank thank you so much
Hello with Love! Peace! and Joy in Christ! Romans 10:20 Isaiah said more clearly: I have been found by those who did not seek me and have revealed myself to those who did not consult me. 11:6 By grace, you notice, nothing, therefore, to do with good deeds, or grace would not be grace at all! All the Glory & Praise belongs to God!
Sorry but it is not by faith alone. Works are required to complete your justification before God. We know this because James 2:24 says you are justified by your works and not by faith alone.
@@dman7668 Ephesians 2:8-9 Because it is by grace that you have been saved, through faith; not by anything of your own, but by a gift from God; not by anything that you have done, so that nobody can claim the credit. Saint John 6:29 Jesus gave them this answer, ‘This is working for God: you must believe in the one he has sent’. All the Glory and Praise belongs to God!
@denispariseau2438 you don't understand Ephesians. Let me explain how ephesians doesn't talk about justification by faith alone. Or the false protestant doctrine if Sola fide.
To understand Paul’s meaning in [Ephesians 2:8-9] I would first like us to take two detours. The first will be to Romans 11:35 and the second, Romans 4.
Detour#1: Romans 11:35
This passage says:
“Who has ever given to God, that God should repay them?”
Here Paul explains that God cannot be forced into an obligation to give anyone eternal life. Most people understand this but what they overlook in their understanding is that not only can you not do this, but if you even so much as try to do it-it now becomes a sin. Observe how in [Galatians 5:4] Paul says:
“4 You who are trying to be justified by the law have been alienated from Christ; you have fallen away from grace.”
Adam and Eve sinned and then they fell from grace. The Galatians sought to place God into debt with works of the Law and then they fell from grace. This means that their “works of Law”, were sin. It’s not because it is a sin to do the works of the Law under ordinary circumstances-it’s because once you do them with the intention of forcing God into an obligation to justify you THEN it becomes a sin.
Detour#2: Romans 4:6-8
In Romans 4 Paul wants to tell us that his teaching about being saved “apart from works” is not some new teaching. King David talked about it, although he himself never uses the word “works”. Instead he uses another word called “sin”-observe:
(Romans 4:6-8)
“6 David says the SAME THING when he speaks of the blessedness of the one to whom God credits righteousness APART FROM WORKS:
7 “Blessed are those whose TRANSGRESSIONS are forgiven, whose SINS👈are covered.
8 Blessed is the one whose SIN👈the Lord will never count against them.”
God justified David for his faith APART from the “sins” he had done before. Sin is just a kind of “work” that you do. In fact if you look carefully in [Titus 1:16] Paul uses the greek word for “works”(ergon) when he is talking about sin:
“They claim to know God, but by their actions(“ergon”)they deny him. They are detestable, disobedient and unfit for doing anything good.”
Source: biblehub.com/text/titus/1-16.htm
NOW-let us look at [Ephesians 2:8-9] in light of all of these things:
“For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith-and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God- 9 not by works, so that no one can boast.”
Since we have already established that by the word “works” Paul really means sin, how are we meant to understand his meaning with respect to boasting?
It’s simple really.
Paul’s meaning is that if something evil you did resulted in salvation then you could boast about it before men but NOT before God-since God, unlike men, knows that the thing you’re boasting about is nonsense:
“12 There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.”(Proverbs 14:12)
Moreover interpreting the word “works” as “sin” yields other dividends for us as we try to reconcile Paul’s teaching with James’s. Recall that in [Romans 4:2] Paul says that Abraham wasn’t justified by works-while James[2:21] insists that he was. The solution is now painfully obvious. When Paul wrote that Abraham was “not justified” by works, Paul means that Abraham never did what was sin to achieve salvation. Conversely James says Abraham did works which were good, and these works justified him.
To wit: Paul was using an absurd scenario to get his point across.
So there is no contradiction. It’s just two apostles using the word “works”(ergon) in two separate contexts. What does this all add up to?
Well what it means is that one cannot use Paul’s phrase “not of works” to derive the meaning that Paul denied the necessity of doing “good works” in order to achieve eternal life, since such statements were only ever talking about “sin” to begin with and not a commentary on the necessity of doing good works themselves.
It clicked in my mind with sudden realization. The Scripture. That explains Pharisees' actions and that explains some of Jesus' Disciples' actions. Not only just crowds, but also the Disciples and the Pharisees. They are actually getting the "answers" that they're physically seeking for, but they're not spiritually seeking the "answers" that they can't hear nor see directly from Jesus, or rather God himself. It makes me wonder how long until it took Disciples and other people actually understood His Words. It explains why Jesus's preaching/teachings are actually showing them to how to be kind to neighbors and learning truth with hearts rather than learning lies with minds due to His warnings of False Teachers/Prophets (that applied on Historians/Writers, too). Because it proved the weak minds are easy to tricked than to trick the strong hearts. Once you let minds be tricked, the hearts followed with hesitate. That's why Pharisees quickly rejected Jesus because Pharisees had mental pictures differently of what Messiah actually looked like before they actually meet Jesus in person and they also realized the truth too late after the Veil torn in half incident. The Devil, the Satan, the Dragon, The Snake, and The Fallen Angel - all known as Lucifer, is well-known mind manipulative with silver tongue. That Serpent is capable of distorting God's Words in the way only Mankind's Minds to see and to hear what they want to see and to hear. Like how Greed blind/deafened people. How Anger blind/deafened people. Even Ignorance can blind/deafened them as well. It's scary to think about what we actually see & hear what we are suppose to see & to hear.
Good teaching!
Proverbs 4:20-22 English Standard Version 2016 (ESV)
My son, be attentive to my words; incline your ear to my sayings. Let them not escape from your sight; keep them within your heart. For they are life to those who find them, and healing to all their flesh.
You will have what you believe.
So those who have little believe that's all they can have (So by their belief they will have little) Those who have alot, more will be given for the same reasons. (Their faith/beliefs)
Remember Jesus died once for all, he loves every single human being, he was given authority over ALL flesh, and he wants those he was given(all flesh) with him.
Elohim has called us to be perfect!
Elohim has called to be Holy!
Therefore we born again are perfect and in Christ Jesus!!!
Teaching that NOBODY can be perfect and that NOBODY can be Holy, That is calling ELOHIM a liar.
Very well done! I think a good homework assignment would be to go and see what Mark (ch.4) wrote about this parable. The story likely originated there :-)