RESPOND TO GOD'S WORD
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Devotion
Devotion
10 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom; A good understanding have all those who do His commandments. His praise endures forever.
Prayer
Prayer
Announcements
Announcements
Weekly Theme: MISGUIDED TRUST
Weekly Theme: MISGUIDED TRUST
MEMORY VERSES
MEMORY VERSES
5 Trust in the Lord with all your heart, And lean not on your own understanding;
6 In all your ways acknowledge Him, And He shall direct your paths.
KNOWLEDGE
KNOWLEDGE
20 But these are the ones sown on good ground, those who hear the word, accept it, and bear fruit: some thirtyfold, some sixty, and some a hundred.”
23 But he who received seed on the good ground is he who hears the word and understands it, who indeed bears fruit and produces: some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.”
15 But the ones that fell on the good ground are those who, having heard the word with a noble and good heart, keep it and bear fruit with patience.
HEAR THE WORD
HEAR THE WORD
The Complete Word Study Dictionary: New Testament (191. ἀκούω akoúō)
To understand, comprehend
CONDITION OF THE HEART
CONDITION OF THE HEART
15 But the ones that fell on the good ground are those who, having heard the word with a noble and good heart, keep it and bear fruit with patience.
NOBLE AND GOOD HEART
NOBLE AND GOOD HEART
ACCEPT THE WORD
ACCEPT THE WORD
Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament based on Semantic Domains 31.52 ἀποδέχομαι; ἀποδοχή, ῆς; παραδέχομαι
to come to believe something to be true and to respond accordingly, with some emphasis upon the source—‘to accept, to receive, acceptance, reception
BEAR FRUIT
BEAR FRUIT
Metaphorically, to bring forth fruit, i.e., good works as believers (Christian graces as faith, hope, love)
A CALL TO RESPOND TO THE MESSAGE
A CALL TO RESPOND TO THE MESSAGE
24 Then He said to them, “Take heed what you hear. With the same measure you use, it will be measured to you; and to you who hear, more will be given.
25 For whoever has, to him more will be given; but whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken away from him.”
WHEN WRONG YOU REPENT
WHEN WRONG YOU REPENT
8 Therefore bear fruits worthy of repentance, and do not begin to say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our father.’ For I say to you that God is able to raise up children to Abraham from these stones.
10 So the people asked him, saying, “What shall we do then?”
11 He answered and said to them, “He who has two tunics, let him give to him who has none; and he who has food, let him do likewise.”
12 Then tax collectors also came to be baptized, and said to him, “Teacher, what shall we do?”
13 And he said to them, “Collect no more than what is appointed for you.”
14 Likewise the soldiers asked him, saying, “And what shall we do?” So he said to them, “Do not intimidate anyone or accuse falsely, and be content with your wages.”
MATURITY
MATURITY
12 For though by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to teach you again the first principles of the oracles of God; and you have come to need milk and not solid food.
13 For everyone who partakes only of milk is unskilled in the word of righteousness, for he is a babe.
14 But solid food belongs to those who are of full age, that is, those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern both good and evil.