WORD OF GOD - 2
Sunday
Morning: May 2, 2004
Text: Luke 8:4-11 "And
when much people were gathered together, and were come to him out of every
city, he spake by a parable: 5. A sower went out to sow his seed:
and as he sowed, some fell by the way side; and it was trodden down, and the
fowls of the air devoured it. 6. And some fell upon a rock; and as soon
as it was sprung up, it withered away, because it lacked moisture. 7. And
some fell among thorns; and the thorns sprang up with it, and choked it. 8. And
other fell on good ground, and sprang up, and bare fruit an hundredfold. And
when he had said these things, he cried, He that hath ears to hear, let him
hear. 9. And his disciples asked him, saying, What might this
parable be? 10. And he said, Unto you it is given to know the mysteries
of the kingdom of God: but to others in parables; that seeing they might not
see, and hearing they might not understand. 11. Now the parable is this:
The seed is the word of God."
Luke
8:11 "Now the parable is this:
The seed is the word of God."
Matthew
13:24 "Another parable put he forth
unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is likened unto . . ."
Luke
3:2 "Annas and Caiaphas being the high
priests, the word of God came unto John the son of Zacharias
in the wilderness."
Matthew
3:1-2 "In those days came John the Baptist,
preaching in the wilderness of Judaea, 2. And saying, Repent
ye: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand."
Matthew
13:34-35 "All these things spake Jesus unto the
multitude in parables; and without a parable spake he not
unto them: 35. That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the
prophet, saying, I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things
which have been kept secret from the foundation of the world."
Matthew
13:10-11 "And the disciples came, and said unto
him, Why speakest thou unto them in parables? 11. He
answered and said unto them, Because it is given unto you to know
the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not
given."
Luke
12:48 ". . . For unto whomsoever much is
given, of him shall be much required: and to whom men have committed much, of
him they will ask the more."
2
Peter 2:21 "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."
Matthew
10:5 "These twelve Jesus sent forth, and commanded
them, saying, Go not into the way of the Gentiles, and
into any city of the Samaritans enter ye not:"
Matthew
10:6 "But go rather to the
lost sheep of the house of Israel."
Matthew
10:7 "And as ye go, preach, saying,
The kingdom of heaven is at hand."
Matthew
13:9 "Who hath ears to hear, let
him hear."
Matthew
13:16 "But blessed are your eyes, for
they see: and your ears, for they hear."
Romans
11:8 "(According as it is written, God hath
given them the spirit of slumber, eyes that they should not
see, and ears that they should not hear;) unto this
day."
Acts
28:25-28 ". . . Paul had spoken one word, Well
spake the Holy Ghost by Esaias the prophet unto our fathers, 26. Saying,
Go unto this people [Israel], and say, Hearing ye
shall hear, and shall not understand; and seeing ye shall
see, and not perceive: 27. For the heart of this
people is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their
eyes have they closed; lest they should see with their eyes, and hear
with their ears, and understand with their heart, and
should be converted, and I should heal them. 28. Be it known therefore
unto you, that the salvation (so great salvation of Hebrews 2:3)
of God is sent unto the Gentiles, and that they will hear
it."
Hebrews
5:12-14 "For when for the time ye ought to be
teachers, ye have need that one teach you again which be the first
principles of the oracles of God; and are become such as have need of milk,
and not of strong [solid] meat [food]. 13. For every one
that useth milk is unskilful in the word of righteousness: for he is a
babe. 14. But strong [solid] meat [food]
belongeth to them that are of full age, even those who by reason of
use (churning of milk) have their senses exercised to discern
both good and evil."
Isaiah
7:15 "Butter and honey shall he
(Immanuel) eat, that he may know to refuse the evil,
and choose the good."
Proverbs
30:33 "Surely the churning of milk
bringeth forth butter, . . ."
1
Samuel 14:29 "Then said Jonathan, . . . see,
. . . how mine eyes have been enlightened, because I
tasted a little of this honey."
Ephesians
1:17-18 "That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ,
the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom
and revelation in the knowledge [epignwsiv, (butter knowledge)] of him: 18. The eyes
of your understanding [heart] being enlightened; that ye may know
what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory
of his inheritance in the saints,"
Isaiah
28:9 "Whom shall he teach knowledge?
and whom shall he make to understand doctrine? them that are weaned
from the milk, and drawn from the breasts."
Isaiah
28:10 "For precept must be upon
precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line
upon line; here a little, and there a little:"
1
Peter 1:23 "Being born again [anagennaw, begotten again, only here
and 1 Peter 1:3],
not of corruptible seed [the word of the kingdom], but of incorruptible,
by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for
ever."
1
Peter 1:3-5 "Blessed be the God and Father
of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten
us again [anagennaw, begotten again, only here and 1 Peter 1:3] unto a lively hope
by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, 4. To [for]
an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved
in heaven for you, 5. Who are kept by the power of God through
faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time."
Romans
10:17 "So then faith cometh by
hearing, and hearing by the word of God."
Luke
11:28 "But he said, Yea rather, blessed
are they that hear [present active] the word of God, and
keep [present active] it."
Luke
8:21 "And he answered and said unto them, My
mother and my brethren are these which hear [present
active] the word of God, and do [present active] it."
Matthew
25:34 ". . .Come, ye blessed of my
Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation
of the world:"