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JESUS is CALLING

Mark 4:23-25
"23 If any man have ears to hear, let him hear.
24 And he said unto them, Take heed what ye hear: with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you: and unto you that hear shall more be given.
25 For he that hath, to him shall be given: and he that hath not, from him shall be taken even that which he hath."

Last week we studied the parable of the Prodigal Son. In this earthly story with a heavenly meaning we learned that like the father in the parable; God comes to His children. God doesn't wait for His children to get right. He goes to them and helps them. We are all Children of the Heavenly Father and He is EXTRAVAGANTLY GENEROUS with all of us.

This week we will study more of Jesus' teaching. This time from the Gospel of Mark, chapter four starting in verse twenty-three, where Jesus is calling attention to what He is about to teach. "If any man have ears to hear, let him hear." He is focusing His teaching to only the people with ears! 😉

Here He gives encouragement and warning; "And He said unto them, Take heed what ye hear: with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you: and unto you that hear shall more be given." Listen to good and sound teaching, how you treat others so shall you be treated. If we will take the effort and time to learn and understand what God is teaching us we will be rewarded with even greater understanding and knowledge.

"For he that hath, to him shall be given: and he that HATH NOT, from him shall be taken even that which he hath." If we get the Gospel message we will understand it better the more we study it. If someone doesn't get it, "HATH NOT," they will not understand and they never will.
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