Only the truth dispels the illusion.
“Sanctify them by Your truth. Your word is truth.”
John 17:17 NKJV
Shadows
Plants
Wheat
It is the Spirit who helps you understand the Word.
“But he who received seed on the good ground is he who hears the word and understands it, who indeed bears fruit and produces: some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.”
Matthew 13:23 NKJV
Adjust Your Attitude With This Beatitude
Life can be sweet but thorny.
“Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you, and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of Me.”
Matthew 5:11 BSB
Ephemeral
Both rich and poor can’t take anything that belongs to this world to the next life.
“For no sooner has the sun risen with a burning heat than it withers the grass; its flower falls, and its beautiful appearance perishes. So the rich man also will fade away in his pursuits.”
James 1:11 NKJV
Small Beginnings
This tree came from a tiny seed. Once the gospel takes root, they can only try to stop it.
“Again he said, “What shall we say the kingdom of God is like, or what parable shall we use to describe it? 31 It is like a mustard seed, which is the smallest of all seeds on earth. 32 Yet when planted, it grows and becomes the largest of all garden plants, with such big branches that the birds can perch in its shade.”
Mark 4:30-32 NIV
Called To A Holy Purpose
We are full of darkness than light, apart from being cleansed by His atoning sacrifice.
“He has saved us and called us to a holy calling, not because of our works, but by His own purpose and by the grace He granted us in Christ Jesus before time began.”
2 Timothy 1:9 BSB
Time To Grow
While the sun shines, there’s time to grow.
“Therefore be patient, brethren, until the coming of the Lord. See how the farmer waits for the precious fruit of the earth, waiting patiently for it until it receives the early and latter rain.”
James 5:7 NKJV
Silhouette
These perennials endure brutal winters.
“But the seeds on good soil are those with a noble and good heart, who hear the word, cling to it, and by persevering produce a crop.”
Luke 8:15 BSB
A Deceiver’s End
Deceivers who appear upright will be uprooted.
“These are spots in your love feasts, while they feast with you without fear, serving only themselves. They are clouds without water, carried about by the winds; late autumn trees without fruit, twice dead, pulled up by the roots; 13 raging waves of the sea, foaming up their own shame; wandering stars for whom is reserved the blackness of darkness forever.”
Jude 12-13 NKJV
La Razón
Whoever says ‘Christianity is the easy way out’ has no idea what they’re talking about.
“If you belonged to the world, it would love you as its own. As it is, you do not belong to the world, but I have chosen you out of the world. That is why the world hates you.”
John 15:19 NIV