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God is Thought. The brightness of our revelations depends
upon the
correctness of our doctrines, our building blocks, our Godly Thoughts
laid one upon another, ascending into the mind of Christ.
(Heb 4:12)
For the word
[Gk: logos] of God is quick
[Gk:
alive], and powerful [Gk:
active,
operative], and sharper [Gk: as if by a single
stroke;
whereas repeated blows, like hacking] than any twoedged [alluding
to a logos/rhema] sword, piercing [Gk:
penetrating]
even to the dividing asunder [Gk: separation] of
soul
[natural man (animal) thoughts] and spirit
[spititual man (God’s)
thoughts], and [separative: discrimative] of the
joints
and marrow, and is a discerner [Gk:
perceiver (judge)] of the thoughts and intents of the heart
[Gk:
the mind].
PREFACE
(Matt 13:18) Hear ye
therefore the parable [1]
of the sower [a
farmer scattering seeds].
1.
parable
= Gk: a similitude,
(symbolically) a ficticious narrative (of common life conveying a
moral).
2.
(Mark
4:13,14) And he
said unto them, Know [Gk: see;
to know:
be aware, consider, have knowledge, perceive, understand] ye not this parable? and how then will ye
know all parables? The sower soweth
the word [Gk:
logos].
3.
(Luke
8:11) Now the
parable is this: The seed is the word [Gk: logos] of God.
a.
seed
= Dict: the part of a
flowering plant that typically contains the embryo [rhema,
the
inner core meaning] with its protective
[outer] coat [logos, the apparent meaning].
BY THE WAY
SIDE (UNSAVED)
(Matt 13:19) When any one
heareth the word [Gk: logos]
of the kingdom [of God], and understandeth it not, then cometh the
wicked one,
and catcheth away that [seed] which was sown
[Gk:
scattered] in his heart [in effect, scattered in
the soil
or ground of his heart]. This is he which received seed by
the way
side [Gk: road (side)] [i.e., much stepped upon
(disregarded,
despised, spurned) seed].
1.
(Mark
4:15) And these are
they by the way side, where the word [Gk: logos]
is
sown; but when they have heard, Satan
cometh immediately, and taketh away the word that was sown in
their
hearts.
2.
(Luke
8:12) Those by
the way side are they that hear; then cometh the devil,
and taketh
away the word [Gk: logos] out of their hearts,
lest they should believe and be saved
[Gk:
“safe”; delivered, protected: healed, made whole].
STONEY
PLACES (UNSAVED)
(Matt 13:20,21) But he that
received the seed into stony places
[Gk: rock like], the same is he that heareth the word, and anon
[Gk:
at once] with joy [Gk: cheerfulness, calm delight:
gladness] receiveth
it; Yet hath he not root in himself [1], but dureth [endures]
for a while: for when tribulation [Gk: pressure:
affliction, anguish, burden, trouble] or persecution
ariseth because of the word, by and
by he is offended [Gk:
“scandalized”; entrapped, tripped up
(fig. stumble or enticed to sin)].
1.
(Rev
22:16) I Jesus have sent mine angel to
testify unto you these things
in the churches. I am the root and the offspring of David, and
the
bright and morning star. [Isa
11:10; Rom 15:12]
2.
(Mark
4:16,17) And these
are they likewise [“lest they
should believe
and be saved” Luke 8:12] which are sown on stony ground;
who,
when they have heard the word, immediately receive it with gladness;
And
have no root in themselves, and so
endure but
for a time: afterward, when affliction
or
persecution ariseth for the word's sake, immediately
they are
offended.
3.
(Luke
8:13) They on
the rock [hardness of heart] are they, which, when
they hear,
receive the word with joy; and these have
no
root, which for a while believe, and in time of temptation [Gk: testing] fall away [Gk: to remove, instigate
to revolt;
desert: depart, withdraw self].
AMONG THE
THORNS (SAVED SHEEP – GIDEON’S 9,700)
(Matt 13:22)
He also that received seed among the thorns [but
have root] is he that heareth the word; and the care [Gk:
distractions] of this world [Gk: aion], and the
deceitfulness [Gk: delusions /// to cheat: deceive] of
riches, choke [Gk:
to strangle
completely] the word [sheep
don’t
talk], and he becometh unfruitful [Gk: barren: without
fruit].
1.
(Mark
4:18,19) And these
are they which are sown among thorns; such as hear the word,
And the cares of this world, and the deceitfulness
of riches, and the lusts
[Gk: longing (especially for that which is forbidden /// covet, desire]
[cares,
riches, lusts = spirits, evil thoughts, fallen angels] of other
things entering
in [into your mind, into your thoughts], choke the word, and it becometh unfruitful.
2.
(Luke
8:14) And that
which fell among thorns are they, which, when they have heard, go
forth, and are choked with cares and
riches and
pleasures of this life, and bring no fruit to perfection
[Gk: to be a bearer to completion (maturity), no ripe fruit].
GOOD GROUND
(SAVED SHEPHERDS – GIDEON’S 300)
(Matt 13:23) But he that
received seed into the good ground [having
a willing mind] is he that heareth the word, and understandeth it; which also beareth fruit, and bringeth
forth [from within oneself, i.e., births], some an
hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.
1.
(Mark
4:20) And these are
they which are sown on good ground; such as hear the word, and
receive
it, and bring forth fruit, some
thirtyfold, some
sixty, and some an hundred.
2.
(Luke
8:15) But that on the good ground
are they,
which in an honest and good heart [Gk: the thoughts or feelings (the mind)],
having heard the word, keep it [Gk: to hold down (fast)], and
bring forth
fruit with patience [Gk: cheerful (or hopeful) endurance:
enduring,
patient continuance (waiting)].
3.
(Rom
8:18,19) For I
reckon that the sufferings [birth
pangs]
of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory [Gk: honor, praise,
worship]
which shall be revealed
[Gk: to
take off the cover] [of our flesh] in
us.
For the earnest expectation [Gk: intense anticipation]
of the
creature [i.e., us] waiteth
for [Gk:
to expect fully] the manifestation [Gk:
disclosure:
appearing, coming, be revealed, revelation] of the sons of God
[OT
5x angels as angels, NT 6x men as angels].
4.
(1
John 3:2) Beloved, now are we the sons of God,
and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he
shall
appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is.
5.
(Luke
21:19) In your
patience possess [Gk: purchase] ye your souls
[i.e., you get to keep your converted thoughts, your spirit belongs to
God who
gave it].
a.
(Psa
104:4) Who maketh his angels spirits;
his ministers a flaming fire: [Heb:
1:7]
b.
(Eccl
12:7) Then shall the
dust [“soul” Gen 2:7 in death] return to the earth
as it was:
and the spirit [angel] shall return
unto God who
gave it.
Amen