December 14, 2024
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Reading along with us in our Lenten readings from “The Life of Jesus”? Here’s today’s reading:
Advent 2024 – Day 14 in the Book: “The Life of Jesus“
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Read Sections 3.42 through 3.45 (pages 56-60)
This book is an account of Jesus’ life and teachings told through in chronological order from the four Gospels to create one continuous story.
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Advent Day 14
Let us all be like the seed that falls on the good ground and a light to those seeds that are on inhospitable ground!
Parable of the 4 soils. Arguably the best parable. This one makes you hopefully respond and think. The farmer drops the seed. Up to us to spread the seed. Up to us most important to let the seed take root and grow. Seen many people on fire first few months then not be seen. Enemy’s biggest weapon today is time. We are chasing after the wrong things. Not necessarily bad things. But we are so busy with a list a mile long by the time the sun goes down or Sunday comes we are spent. Well so was Jesus!!! We can all rest when we get to heaven. Get our priorities straight God first and all else will fall into place. Not God last
Advent Day 14
Jesus refuses to do a miracle for those whose motives are not pure, but here points to His clear understanding that He will die and be raised again. That is the only prove that anyone needs to show that the claims about Himself were true. In fact if you reject Him and continue on a wrong path, you may be subject to all kinds of evil influences that just get worse if they remain unaddressed. And yes, what a powerful and clear parable the sower of the seeds is. It is also very descriptive of the different ways that people engage with the gospel and of the very things that trip them up. And the only difference found in the soil that bears much fruit is to trust Jesus and continue to be sanctified by His influence in our lives. In other words, it is up to us. Let Him bear His fruit in our lives and then seek to share Him with others, rather than hiding our light under a bushel. It is best to shine forth and let His light in us be seen and be used to draw people to Him.
Advent day 14