Kunnumpurath mathew cherian's Blog – May 2013 Archive (18)

1. We will go to God with the desires of our heart. (V.13)

2. God's expectations are the desires of his heart. (V.14)

3. God warns us against the greed of money and material gain. (V.15)

4. God uses moral stories to teach us. (V.16)

5. Our abundance creates new problems and dilemmas for us . (V.17,18)

6. Our worldly goods will lull us into a  false security. (V.19)

7. Everything is the grace of God and we control nothing. (V.20)

8. Our prime…

1. God's word will be questioned and tested by experts (V.25)

2. We must use the word of God as the basis of our response. (V.26)

3. The cross is the way forward. (V.27)

4. The cross is the way to salvation and eternal life. (V.28)

5. Experts will attempt to justify themselves before God. (V.29)

6. We may face attacks from robbers during travel. (V.30)

7. God will use stories to teach us. (V.30)

8. Godly people might ignore us in times of dire…

1. We need to spread the word of God over towns and villages. (V.1)

2. A second line of command needs to be trained to carry out evangelistic efforts. (V.1)

3. Women folk can play the role of support evangelists. (V.2, 3)

4. We need to gather people to speak the word across towns. (V.4)

5. The sown word will be resisted, trampled and bitten by the enemy. (V.5)

6. God's word needs to be deeply rooted in our lives or it will wither. (V.6)

7. God's word…

1. God is the owner of everything and he expects us to be good stewards of what he entrusts to us. (V.1)

2. God expects a return on his investment in us. (V.2)

3. Evildoers will be violent, murderous, reject and rebel against God's word. (V.3,4,5)

4. God in his grace will send his son expecting us to accept and obey him. (V.6)

5. Evildoers will reject the word of God in greed, defiance, rebellion and haste. (V.7)

6. Evildoers will defy and murder God's son.…

1. God will use moral instruction to teach us about his kingdom. (V.30)

2. God will celebrate the day of small beginnings. (V.31)

3. Small is big in the kingdom of God. (V.32)

1. God , the Author and Giver of Life , will grow his kingdom despite our scattering, lethargy and lack of know - how (V.26,27)

2. Growth in the kingdom of God is deliberate and a series of well ordered steps (V.28)

3. God enables us to be fruitful (V.29)

1. We need to adapt in our efforts to evangelize. (V.1)

2. We need to focus on the morals and principles of God's word. (V.2)

3. God is always sowing into people's lives. (V.3)

4. God's word will be resisted and bitten by the enemy. (V.4)

5. God's word needs to be deeply rooted in our lives or we will wither and be scorched in times of testing. (V.5,6)

6. God's word will be unfruitful if give priority to our wants and delusions of wealth. (V.7)

7. We…

1. We are stewards and God is the owner of everything. (V.14)

2. God gives different talents and abilities to mankind. (V.15)

3. God given talents need to be multiplied. (V.16,17)

4. Some people bury and do not use their talents for the glory of God. (V.18)

5. God expects a return on his investment in us. (V.19)

6. Faithfulness will be rewarded by God. (V.20, 21,22,23)

7. Unfaithfulness to God's purpose will be reprimanded and punished by God. (V.24,…

1. Anointing is a pre -  requisite to meet God. (V.1)

2. Some of us will choose foolishness over wisdom. (V.2)

3. Some of us imprudently will not accept Jesus as Saviour and Lord. (V.3)

4. The wise will confess their sins and accept Jesus as Lord and Saviour. (V.4)

5. No one knows the day and hour of the second coming of Jesus Christ. (V.5)

6. The second coming of Jesus will be sudden and without warning. (V.6)

7. At the second coming of Jesus all…

1. God speaks to us through moral stories. (V.1)

2. Christ the groom,  invites his bride the church,  to be one with him. (V.2)

3. God sends his messengers and calls his people to be unified with him, but is faced by rejection (V.3) 

4. God prepares an elaborate blessing for his people and constantly invites us to be yoked with him (V.4)

5. God's people rebuff his word. (V.5)

6. God's people resort to ill treatment and murder of his servants.…

1. We are stewards of God's earth. (V.33)

2. God expects a return on  his investment in us. (V.34)

3. Evildoers will plunder God's earth and refuse to accept his sovereignty. (V.35)

4. Evildoers will repeatedly rebel against God's sovereignty. (V.36)

5. God in his grace will send his son expecting us to accept and obey him. (V.37)

6. Evildoers will reject the word of God in greed, rebellion, defiance and haste. (V.38)

7. Evildoers will murder God's…

1. God calls us and tests us through the instruction he gives us. (V.28)

2. In the things of God, we start with rebellion and then compliance. (V.29)

3. In the things of God, we feign compliance but resort to disobedience. (V.30)

4. God's salvation is for those who obey. (V.31)

5. God expects us to learn from the happenings that surround us. (V.32)

1. The universe belongs to God and we are but stewards. (V.1)

2. God is a just employer. (V.2)

3. God is our provider and cares for everyone. (V.3,4,5,6,7)

4. God will compensate us as per his sovereign rule. (V.8)

5. God's reward system is beyond human comprehension. (V.9,10,11,12)

6. God is fair, objective, righteous, unbiased and his generosity cannot be understood easily (V.13,14,15)

7. God's thoughts and ways are not similar to mankind.…

1. God's expectations of forgiveness are beyond human understanding. (V.22)

2. We will all be brought before the judgement seat of God. (V.23)

3. Individual books of account will be opened. (V.24)

4. God will exact a price for all our actions. (V.25)

5. We will cry out to God in our moment of deep affliction. (V.26)

6. God in his grace will blot out our sins. (V.27)

7. God delights in mercy and not judgement. (V.28)

8. God expects compassion…

1. God cares immensely for little children and His image is embedded in them. (V.10,11)

2. God is granular in salvation. (V.12)

3. God rejoices over one repentant sinner as compared to the majority. (V.13)

4. God wants to save all little children. (V.14)

1. God will fish for the souls of men. (V.47)

2. God will separate the good from the bad. (V.48)

1. God's treasures are found by seekers who will give up everything for it. (V.44)

2. God's precious word needs to be pored over with extreme focus. (V.45)

3. God's word is priceless and we can stake everything that we consider precious on it. (V.46)

1. We need to move out to spread the word. (V.1)

2. We need to improvise in our evangelistic efforts. (V.2)

3. God is always sowing into people's lives. (V.3)

4. God's word will be resisted and bitten by the enemy. (V.4)

5. God's word needs to be deeply rooted in our lives or we will wither and be scorched in times of testing. (V.5,6)

6. God's word will be unfruitful if we give priority to our wants and delusions of wealth. (V.7)

7. We need to hear,…