Secrets of the KOH
How many types of seeds are there? What are they?
Two types of seeds (God's truth and Satan's lies)
Recite Jn 6:63
The spirit gives life, the flesh counts for nothing. The words I have spoken to you are spirit and they are life
What does it mean that God is the potter and we are the clay?
God is the creator and he creates us to be used for his purpose
What are the four types of fields?
Path
Rocky
Thorny
Good soil
What verse teaches me how to be a bowl used for noble purposes? What does it tell me to do?
2 Tim 2:20-21
I have to cleanse myself
What does it mean to be a noble bowl?
To be someone who is filled with God's word, acknowledged by Him, and able to be used to accomplish God's purpose
What does it mean to "find the right woman" in regards to the parable of Yeast?
I have to find a pastor or teacher with God's seed
Recite Lk 8:15
But the seed on good soil stands for those with a noble and good heart. Who hear the word, retain it, and by persevering produces a crop
What is a scale? Why is it important that I am dealing with an honest merchant?
The scale is God's words of truth that weighs one's faith and actions. I have to make sure that the teacher I am learning from is helping me match the correct standard according to God's words of thruth
What does it mean to eat bread without yeast?
To just receive the word without any extra teaching/explanation
What verse is this?
"Let God weigh me on honest scales, and he will know that I am blameless"
Job 31:6
Why would it have been difficult for someone to accept Jesus' words at the first coming?
Because it sounded new and different from what they had always been taught. His teachings were not accepted by the majority at that time
Why did Jesus speak figuratively? (2 reasons)
To hide the secrets of the KOH from the enemy
To fulfill the prophecy in the OT
Recite Pv 30:8
Keep falsehood and lies far from me; give me neither poverty nor riches, but give me only my daily bread
What will a shepherd used by God be able to guide me with?
Knowledge and understanding