Joining with Christ

[1Co 6:15-16 NIV] 15 Do you not know that your bodies are members of Christ himself? Shall I then take the members of Christ and unite them with a prostitute? Never! 

As Christians, we should not think the act of sex is limited to our own personal privacy. Rather, it also affects the Holy Spirit that lives in us. The Apostle Paul is suggesting physical intimacy is also a spiritual experience.

Seed on Good Soil

[Luk 8:15 NIV] 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 produce a crop. 

The parable of the seed along the path comes to a close with Jesus explaining that the word of God will produce a crop, it will multiply and produce a crop in its proper time. The problem with many people is that they don’t give enough thought and effort into producing a crop.

Deep Love

1 Peter 4:8 - "Above all, love each other deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins." 

We’re going to take this scripture and apply it to how we should handle the flaws and imperfections in our mates. I think many times we believe that loving our mates is about fixing all their flaws and solving all their problems, but deeply loving is about accepting your mate as a broken vessel.

Seed on Rocky Soil

[Luk 8:13 NIV] 13 and it says this: Those on the rocky ground are the ones who receive the word with joy when they hear it, but they have no root. They believe for a while, but in the time of testing they fall away. 

Now this term fall away is not a good one, in Strong’s concordance the definition ranges from either meaning to make oneself distance from something or in a christian sense to be faithless … none of the definitions are good, but I think we can all remember someone that has fallen away from the faith.

Harsh

Col 9:15 Husbands, love your wives and do not be harsh with them. 

We know that we should all have compassion and love for our neighbor and even our enemy, so we know God is saying little more than about loving your spouse, but also how to show love, right?

Seed Along The Path

[Luk 8:12 NIV] 12 Those along the path are the ones who hear, and then the devil comes and takes away the word from their hearts, so that they may not believe and be saved.This is a very popular parable from Jesus and he is explaining how a seed if planted in bad soil will not grow to maturity. This whole idea of growing into christian maturity is repeated in many places in the New testament, so we should take note of this message.

Love and Respect

There are some major differences between males and females, but one thing is certain, we love ourselves equally. We are the first one’s to ensure we are taken care of and our needs are met. See what God says about our self-love!

Seat with Satan

James 2:19 You believe that there is one God. Good! Even the demons believe that--and shudder. 

This is undoubtedly a statement being made to the Jews in the first century, because they believed in one God who would save them, but they rejected Jesus.Many folks think that if they just believe there is a god then they will be fine. Many even believe Jesus was a real person who lived, but yet they do not accept Him as their personal savior. The demons of course know there is God and Jesus is His son...why then are they damned to hell?