Faith in Practice

The Bible and our Heart

As you can see, we will once again deal with the Bible in this lesson. However, before we start with the questions, here are some interesting facts. Did you know that the Bible (or parts of it) has been translated into almost 3000 languages?

A good reader needs about 38 hours to read through the Old Testament, and about 11 hours for the New Testament. If we read 3 to 4 chapters every day, we can get through the Bible in a year.

The poet Jacob Cats wrote about the Bible:

The more you search within me, the more you will find in me;

The more you read me, the more you will come to appreciate me.

1

In the previous lesson, we saw that the Word of God was compared to a lamp. The Bible is a lamp that we need in this world to find our way. Do you know what else the Bible is compared to?

Your response:

In James 1:23 as a   , so that we know who we are.
In Ephesians 5:26 with   , which cleanses us.
In 1 Peter 2:2 with   , so that we may drink and grow.
In 1 Peter 1:23 with   , by which we are born again.

2

The word of God is also compared to a seed; a seed that is sown into our hearts. When the Lord Jesus was on earth, He explained this through a parable. You may already know it: The Parable of the Sower. Read Mark 4:1-20. Here you will first find the parable and then the interpretation.

A quick summary of the parable can be achieved if you correctly arrange the following text components.

Your response:

The sower
Some falls on the path
Other seed falls on the stony ground
Other seed falls into the thorns
Other seed falls onto the good earth
and it withers because it has no root.
and gets choked.
and bears fruit, thirtyfold, sixtyfold, or a hundredfold.
goes out to sow.
and the birds eat it up.
3

So, the seed falls on four different types of ground. What are they and in what order are they mentioned in the parable?

Your response:

  • among the thorns
  • on the rocky ground
  • by the wayside
  • into the good ground
4

The sower is the Lord Jesus Christ Himself, who began a new work with His coming to earth. It goes without saying - neither does the sower do anything wrong nor is the quality of the seed poor. Only the condition of the ground can pose a problem - the state of our hearts.

We ask ourselves again:

  • Who is the sower?
  • What does the scattered seed represent?
  • What is represented by the different types of ground?

Your response:

Sower
Seed
Nature of the ground
the Word of God
Jesus Christ
the condition of the human heart

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