What was the title of the first lesson?
Figurative seed
Luke 8:11
“This is the meaning of the parable: The seed is the word of God.
What is the revealed word?
True meaning of the parables and physical reality
Intro Lesson 1
Distinguishing Good and Evil
Figurative Branches
Jn 15:5
“I am the vine; you are the branches. If you remain in me and I in you, you will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing.
How can you understand the parables?
Spirit of truth Jn 16:13, Jn 16:25
Intro Lesson 2
Basics of the Bible
Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil Second Coming
Rv 22:2-3
2With a mighty voice he shouted:
“ ‘Fallen! Fallen is Babylon the Great!’
She has become a dwelling for demons
and a haunt for every impure spirit,
a haunt for every unclean bird,
a haunt for every unclean and detestable animal.
3For all the nations have drunk
the maddening wine of her adulteries.
The kings of the earth committed adultery with her,
and the merchants of the earth grew rich from her excessive luxuries.”
to fulfill the OT prophecy and hide it from the enemy
Mt 13: 34-35
Intro Lesson 3
The Secrets of the Kingdom of Heaven
Figurative field
Heart
1 Cor 3:9
For we are co-workers in God’s service; you are God’s field, God’s building.
Church
'The field is the world, and the good seed stands for the people of the kingdom. The weeds are the people of the evil one, '
Matthew 13:38
How can we become mature believers
distinguishing good and evil
Heb 5:12-14
11We have much to say about this, but it is hard to make it clear to you because you no longer try to understand. 12In fact, though by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to teach you the elementary truths of God’s word all over again. You need milk, not solid food! 13Anyone who lives on milk, being still an infant, is not acquainted with the teaching about righteousness. 14But solid food is for the mature, who by constant use have trained themselves to distinguish good from evil.
Intro Lesson 4
The Figurative Seed, Field, Tree and Bird
Deut 32:2 Let my teaching fall like rain and my words descend like dew, like showers on new grass, like abundant rain on tender plants.
How many pillars are there?