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Proverbs 3:5
Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not
on your own understanding.
Proverbs 22:6
Proverbs 16:17
Proverbs 13:24
Proverbs 16:9
Proverbs 15:1
Proverbs 3:1
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5 philippine fables
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His disciples asked him what this parable meant. 10 He replied, You are
permitted to understand the secrets of the Kingdom of God. But I use
parables to teach the others so that the Scriptures might be fulfilled:
When they look, they wont really see. When they hear, they wont understand."
11 This is the meaning of the parable: The seed is Gods word.
12 The seeds that fell on the footpath represent those who hear the message,
only to have the devil come and take it away from their hearts and prevent them
from believing and being saved.
13 The seeds on the rocky ground represent those who hear the message and
receive it with joy. But since they dont have deep roots, they believe for a while,
then they fall away when they face temptation.
14 The seeds that fell among the thorns represent those who hear the message,
but all too quickly the message is crowded out by the cares and riches and
pleasures of this life. And so they never grow into maturity.
15 And the seeds that fell on the good soil represent honest, good-hearted
people who hear Gods word, cling to it, and patiently produce a huge harvest.
The Parable:
reveals our thinking is what determines if the seed can grow in our "spiritual
heart"
At five oclock that afternoon he was in town again and saw some more people
standing around. He asked them, Why havent you been working today?
They replied, Because no one hired us.
The landowner told them, Then go out and join the others in my vineyard.
That evening he told the foreman to call the workers in and pay them, beginning
with the last workers first.
When those hired at five oclock were paid, each received a full days wage.
When those hired first came to get their pay, they assumed they would
receive more. But they, too, were paid a days wage.
When they received their pay, they protested to the owner,
Those people worked only one hour, and yet youve paid them just as much as you
paid us who worked all day in the scorching heat.
He answered one of them, Friend, I havent been unfair! Didnt you agree to
work all day for the usual wage?
Take your money and go. I wanted to pay this last worker the same as you.
Is it against the law for me to do what I want with my money? Should you be
jealous because I am kind to others?
So those who are last now will be first then, and those who are first will be last.
Luke 6.46-49
Why do you call Me, Lord, Lord, and do not [practice] what I tell you?
For everyone who comes to Me and listens to My words [in order to heed
their teaching] and does them, I will show you what he is like:
He is like a man building a house, who dug and went down deep and laid a
foundation upon the rock; and when a flood arose, the torrent broke against
that house and could not shake or move it, because it had been securely
built or founded on a rock.
But he who merely hears and does not practice doing My words is like a man
who built a house on the ground without a foundation, against which the
torrent burst, and immediately it collapsed and fell, and the breaking and
ruin of that house was great.
And every one that hears these sayings of mine, and does them not, shall be
likened unto a foolish man, which built his house upon the sand:
And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat
upon that house; and it fell: and great was the fall of it.
"And he cried out and said, Father Abraham, have pity and mercy on me and
send Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue, for I am
in anguish in this flame.
"But Abraham said, Child, remember that you in your lifetime fully
received [what is due you in] comforts and delights, and Lazarus in
like manner the discomforts and distresses; but now he is comforted here
and you are in anguish.
"And besides all this, between us and you a great chasm has been fixed, in
order that those who want to pass from this [place] to you may not be able,
and no one may pass from there to us.
"And [the man] said, Then, father, I beseech you to send him [resurrected] to
my fathers house
For I have five brothersso that he may give testimony and warn them, lest
they too come into this place of torment.
But Abraham said, They
hear and listen to them.
have
Moses
and
the
Prophets;
let
them
But he answered, No, father Abraham, but if someone from the dead [like
Lazarus] goes to them, they will repent change their minds for the better and
heartily amend their ways, with abhorrence of their past sins.
He said to him, If they do not hear and listen to Moses and the Prophets,
neither will they be persuaded and convinced and believe [even] if someone
should rise from the dead.
The Parable:
Lazarus - the only person named in all the parables - was poor, and
carried daily to the rich man's porch to get some food
We know the Rich Man knew who Lazarus the beggar was - because he
asked him to go to his brothers - as a "raised from the dead" person.
Being rich was not and is not a crime,however, being rich gave him an
opportunity which he did not take...to give to the poor
His sin was in being heartless, not giving - and it cost him dearly...after
all, the rich man did not take any of his wealth with him when he died.
Being rich can lead honest people become selfish and love self to the
point of not seeing where the needs are...right in front of their nose.
The Parable of the Good Samaritan allows us to understand that anyone who
needs my help is my neighbor; and it is difficult to know in advance how
effective one act can be.
Luke 10.25-37
One day an expert in religious law stood up to test Jesus by asking him this
question: Teacher, what should I do to inherit eternal life?
Jesus replied, What does the law of Moses say? How do you read it?
The man answered, You must love the Lord your God with all your heart, all
your soul, all your strength, and all your mind. And, Love your neighbor as
yourself.
Right! Jesus told him. Do this and you will live!
The man wanted to justify his actions, so he asked Jesus, And who is my
neighbor?