“Every word we speak was taught to us by God's Spirit, not by human wisdom. And this same Spirit helps us teach spiritual things to spiritual people. This is why only someone who has God's Spirit can understand spiritual blessings. Anyone who doesn't have God's Spirit thinks these blessings [...]
“But blessed are your eyes because they see, and your ears because they hear.” Matthew 13:16 We have learned that the parables that Jesus used to teach and preach to the crowd contained secrets about the kingdom of God. The meaning of the parables was hidden by the [...]
“The disciples came to him and asked, “Why do you speak to the people in parables?” He replied, “Because the knowledge of the secrets of the kingdom of heaven has been given to you, but not to them. Whoever has will be given more, and they will have an [...]
“And with many such parables He was speaking the word to them, so far as they were able to understand it, and He did not speak to them without a parable; but He was explaining everything privately to His own disciples.” Mark 33-34 The central focus of Jesus [...]
“This good news of the kingdom will be proclaimed in all the world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come.” Matthew 24:14 The message about the coming kingdom is at the top of God’s list of priorities for the church. Every Christian is [...]
“Jesus went all over Galilee, teaching in their synagogues and preaching the good news about God's kingdom. “Matthew 4:23a “The next morning Jesus went out to a place where he could be alone, and crowds came looking for him. When they found him, they tried to stop him from [...]
“As I continued to watch the vision that night, I saw what looked like a son of man coming with the clouds of heaven, and he was presented to the Eternal God. He was crowned king and given power and glory, so that all people of every nation and [...]
“You were saved by faith in God, who treats us much better than we deserve. This is God's gift to you, and not anything you have done on your own. It isn't something you have earned, so there is nothing you can brag about. God planned for us to [...]
“God loved the people of this world so much that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who has faith in him will have eternal life and never really die.” John 3:16 “God's plan was to make me a servant of his church and to send me to [...]
