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December 7th THE PARABLES The Persistent Friend (Luke 11:5-13) Keep on asking for something to be given, and it will be given you. Keep on seeking and you will find. Keep on reverently knocking, and it shall be opened to you. Luke 11:10, An Expanded Translation (Wuest) Context: This...

December 6th THE PARABLES The Unrighteous Steward (Luke 16:1-8) Here’s the lesson: Use your worldly resources to benefit others and make friends. Then, when your possessions are gone, they will welcome you to an eternal home. Luke 16:9, New Living Translation Context: A steward...

December 5th THE PARABLES The Mustard Seed (Matt 13:31-32) It is smaller than all seeds, but when it has grown it is larger than the plants and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the air come and roost in its branches. Matthew 13:31-32, The Translator’s New Testament Context...

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December 4th THE PARABLES The Sower (Matt 13:1-9,18-23) He does not have rootage in himself, but is by nature a temporizer, and the pressure of circumstances having come, and persecution because of the word, immediately sees in it that of which he disapproves and which hinders him from...

December 3rd THE PARABLES The Two Debtors (Luke 7:36-50) [Therefore] I tell you that her many sins are forgiven, so [that is why] she showed great love. But the person who is forgiven only a little will love only a little. Luke 7:47, The Expanded Bible Context: The illustration of...

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December 2nd THE PARABLES Wineskins (Luke 5:37-39) New wine must be put into new wineskins. But no one after drinking the old wine seems to want the fresh and the new. ‘The old ways are best,’ they say. Luke 5:38-39, Living Bible Context: “Have you heard? Levi has been converted! He...

December 1st THE PARABLES Why Parables? This is why I speak to them in these parables; because they go through life witth their eyes open, but see nothing, and with their ears open, but understand nothing of what they hear. Matthew 13:13, J.B. Phillips New Testament The Greek word...

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LOST and FOUND When do we receive Eternal Life? And this is the eternal life, namely, that they might be having an experiential knowledge of you, the only genuine God, and of Him whom you sent on a mission, Jesus Christ John 17:3, An Expanded Translation, Wuest What is eternal...

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LOST and FOUND A Real Christian (b) Christ IN You To reveal His Son in me, that I might preach Him among the nations, I did not immediately confer with flesh and blood Galatians 1:16, Modern English Version Locked inside a prison cell, undernourished and dying. Perhaps you felt that...

LOST and FOUND A Real Christian (a) You IN Christ So then if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old things have passed away, behold, they have become new 2 Corinthians 5:17, Recovery Version What makes a real Christian? Is he someone who has reached higher levels on a...

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Scriptures: John 8:31-32 Luke 6:46 Matt 7:24

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