To: ALL WHO HAVE
EARS TO HEAR
From; GOD THE
FATHER, THE LORD JESUS CHRIST HIS SON and Ministered through the HOLY SPIRIT OF GOD, The Helper, that He
may be with you forever. [John
14:16 ]
Subject: MY WORD
21Then he asked them, “When someone lights a
lamp, does he put a box over it to shut out the light? Of course not! The light
couldn’t be seen or used. A lamp is placed on a stand to shine and be useful.
22“All
that is now hidden will someday come to light.
23If you have ears, listen! 24And be sure to put into
practice what you hear. The more you do this, the more you will understand what
I tell you. 25To him who has shall be given; from him who has not
shall be taken away even what he has.
26“Here
is another story illustrating what the Kingdom of God
“A farmer sowed his field 27and went away, and as the
days went by, the seeds grew and grew without his help. 28For the
soil made the seeds grow. First the stalks pushed through, and later the heads
of wheat formed, and finally the grain ripened, 29and then the
farmer came at once with his sickle and harvested it.”
30Jesus
asked, “How can I describe the Kingdom
of God
33He
used many such illustrations to teach the people as much as they were ready to
understand. 34In fact, he taught only by illustrations in his public
teaching, but afterwards, when he was alone with his disciples, he would
explain his meaning to them.
14 You are the light of
the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden.
15 Nor do men light a lamp
and put it under a peck measure, but on a lampstand, and it gives light to all in the house.
16 Let your light so
shine before men that they may see your moral excellence and your
praiseworthy, noble, and good deeds and recognize and honor and
praise and glorify your Father Who is in heaven.
44 But Jesus loudly declared, The one who believes in Me does not
[only] believe in and trust in and rely on Me, but [in believing
in Me he believes] in Him Who sent Me.
45 And whoever sees Me sees Him Who sent Me.
46 I have come as a Light into
the world, so that whoever believes in Me [whoever cleaves to and trusts
in and relies on Me] may not continue to live in darkness.
47 If anyone hears My teachings and fails to observe them [does not
keep them, but disregards them], it is not I who judges him. For I have not
come to judge and to condemn and to pass sentence and to
inflict penalty on the world, but to save the world.
48 Anyone who rejects Me and persistently sets Me at naught,
refusing to accept My teachings, has his judge [however]; for the [very]
message that I have spoken will itself judge and convict him at the last
day.
49 This is because I have never spoken on My own authority or
of My own accord or as self-appointed, but the Father Who sent Me has
Himself given Me orders [concerning] what to say and what to tell. [Deut. 18:18 , 19 .]
50 And I know that His commandment is (means) eternal life. So
whatever I speak, I am saying [exactly] what My Father has told Me to say and
in accordance with His instructions.
18“There
is no eternal doom awaiting those who trust him to save them. But those who
don’t trust him have already been tried and condemned for not believing in the
only Son of God. 19Their sentence is based on this fact: that the Light from heaven came into the world,
but they loved the darkness more than the Light,
for their deeds were evil. 20They hated the heavenly Light because they wanted to sin in the
darkness. They stayed away from that Light
for fear their sins would be exposed and they would be punished. 21But
those doing right come gladly to the
Light to let everyone see that they are doing what God wants them to.”
