THERE ARE ONLY TWO KINDS OF FOLKS: WHO ARE YOU?
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The brightness
of our revelations depend upon the correctness of our doctrines (our building
blocks)
BLESSED FOLKS, AND UNGODLY FOLKS
(Psa 1:1-3) Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly,
nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful. But
his delight is in the law
of the LORD; and in his law doth he meditate day and night. And he shall be
like a tree planted by the rivers of water [symbolizing the Holy Spirit], that bringeth forth his fruit in his
season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall
prosper [Dict: be favorable,
flourish, succeed].
(Psa
1:4-6)
The ungodly are not
so: but are like the
chaff which the wind [also
symbolizing the Holy Spirit] driveth
away. Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in
the congregation of the righteous. For the LORD knoweth the way of the
righteous: but the way of the ungodly shall perish [Heb: be destroyed, shall not escape].
1. chaff
= Dict: 1. the husks of wheat or other grain separated in threshing or
winnowing. 2. anything worthless.
A FEW WILL UNDERSTAND, AND MANY WILL NOT UNDERSTAND
(Mat
7:13,14) Enter ye in [to Heaven] at the strait [Gk: narrow] gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to
destruction [Gk: ruin or loss:
damnation, waste], and many
there be which go in thereat: Because strait is the gate, and narrow is
the way [i.e., obeying the Bible], which leadeth unto life [happy eternal life in Heaven], and few there be that find it.
(Luke 8:11) Now the parable is this: The seed is the
word of God.
NOT SAVED PEOPLE
(Mat 13:18,19) Hear ye therefore the parable of the sower
[a “farmer” who scatters seed]. When any one heareth the word of the kingdom, and understandeth it not, then cometh the wicked one [Satan], and catcheth
away [Gk: seizes, pulls up] that [seed] which was sown in his heart. This is he which received seed by
the way [Gk: road] side.
1. parable = Gk: a fictitious
narrative (of common life conveying a moral).
NOT SAVED PEOPLE
(Mat
13:20,21) But he that received the seed into stony [Gk: rocky] places [“in his
heart”], the same is he that heareth
the word, and anon [Gk: immediately] with joy receiveth it; Yet hath he not
root [“the root of David” Rev 5:5
& 22:16 (Jesus Christ)] in
himself, but dureth [endures] for a while: for when tribulation
or persecution ariseth because of the word, by and by he is offended
[Gk: entrapped, tripped up; stumbles,
enticed to sin] [they “fall away” Luke 8:13: Gk: remove themselves, revolt,
desert: withdraw self].
SAVED PEOPLE
GOING TO HEAVEN BUT ONLY
AFTER SOME REALLY PAINFUL TEACHING
(Mat
13:22)
He also that received seed among the thorns is he that heareth
the word; and the care [Gk:
distractions] of this world, and the
deceitfulness of riches, choke [Gk:
strangle completely /// take by the throat] the word, and he becometh unfruitful [Gk: barren: without fruit]. [“bring no fruit to perfection” (Luke 8:14):
Gk: to completion; maturity: ripeness]
BRINGING IMMATURE TREES TO
MATURITY
(Judg
8:4-9) And Gideon came to
(Judg
8:8,9) And he went up thence to Penuel [Isrealite - Christian], and
spake unto them likewise: and the men of Penuel answered him as the men of Succoth had answered him.
And he spake also unto the men of Penuel, saying, When I come again in peace, I will break down this tower [Heb: castle, pulpit] [“stony places” Mat
13:20] [pride].
(Judg
8:10-12) Now Zebah and Zalmunna [sacrifice
withheld] were in Karkor,
and their hosts with them, about fifteen
thousand men, all that were left of all the hosts
of the children of the east: for there fell an hundred and twenty thousand men that drew sword. And Gideon went
up by the way of them that dwelt in tents on the east of Nobah and Jogbehah,
and smote the host: for the host was
secure [thought itself safe]. And
when Zebah and Zalmunna [sacrifice withheld] fled, he pursued
after them, and took the two kings of Midian, Zebah and Zalmunna [sacrifice
withheld], and discomfited [i.e.,
terrified and wounded] all the host.
(Judg
8:13-17) And Gideon the son of Joash
returned from battle before the sun [the dawn] was up, And caught a young man of the men of Succoth, and enquired of him: and he
described unto him the princes of
Succoth, and the elders thereof, even
threescore and seventeen men [77 men
– almost 777 men (Rev 13:18, 14:1), but not quite yet]. And he came unto
the men of Succoth, and said,
Behold Zebah and Zalmunna [sacrifice withheld], with whom ye did
upbraid me, saying, Are the
hands of Zebah and Zalmunna [sacrifice withheld] now in thine hand [Heb: power], that we should give bread
unto thy men that are weary? And he took the elders of the city, and
thorns of the wilderness and briers, and with them he taught [Heb: instructed: (for them to) have
understanding] the men of Succoth
[“among the thorns” Mat 13:22]. And he beat down the tower [“stony places” Mat 13:20] [pride] of Penuel, and slew [Heb: killed, slaughtered] the men of the city.
SAVED PEOPLE
(Mat
13:23) But he that received seed into the
good ground is he that heareth the word, and understandeth it [in great and vital
contrast to those who “understandeth it not” Mat 13:19]; which also beareth
fruit, and bringeth forth, some an hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty [an apple tree begins with one apple seed
and brings forth many apples (seeds)].
1. Commentary: “beareth fruit”
= What kind of fruit? Well, what kind of “seed” was sown “in his heart”?
Answer: “The seed is the word of God”
(Luke 8:11). Therefore, after the “seed” is sown by entering into your heart
through your “hearing” (the Bible was almost exclusively an oral tradition
until about the 1611 KJV mass produced printed edition) what kind of fruit will be brought forth out of
your heart and pass through your mouth? Do you understand?
2. (Rom 10:17) So
then faith [Gk: belief] cometh
by hearing, and hearing by the
word of God.
a. Commentary: Faith (belief)
comes by “hearing” the
audible/written word of God. Please note that faith does not come by “sight,”
i.e., seeing miracles, “(For we walk by faith, not by sight:)” 2 Cor 5:7).
Amen