Tag: Word of God

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Am I the Seed Among Thorns?

THOUGHTS: – – In Jesus’ parable of the sower, the soil type which concerns me most (as regards me personally) is the seed that fell among thorns. It is too easy to be distracted from the “eternal” by our daily lives.

SCRIPTURE: – – Matthew 13:7 And some fell among thorns, and the thorns sprang up and choked them.

Matthew 13:22 Now he who received seed among the thorns is he who hears the word, and the cares of this world and the deceitfulness of riches choke the word, and he becomes unfruitful.

QUOTATION: — “How is it that the soul being of such value, and God so great, eternity so near and yet we are so little moved?”
— (William Bramwell, 1759-1818)

MORE THOUGHTS: – – How thankful I that men like William Tyndale and Miles Coverdale (and many others) were willing to devote their lives (nearly 500 years ago) to bring us the Bible in English. They took advantage of the new technology called the printing press to bring the Word of God to the English people in their native tongue.

Now I, personally, need to feed on God’s Word (as contained in the Holy Bible) and strive to not allow this Holy Word to be choked out by the cares of life with the result being that I become unfruitful.

Thanks for reading and I pray this message blessed you today.

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and though I GAVE…

“and though I GAVE my BODY even that I BURNED, and yet had no LOVE, it profiteth me NOTHING” — 1 Corinthians 13:3 (Tyndale NT, 1534)

William Tyndale died in this way in 1536 after being condemned as a heretic. Death by fire was a common form of execution in those days.

Below are the famous beginning verses of 1 Corinthians from William Tyndale’s New Testament of 1534:

1 Corinthians 13:1-3

Though I spake with the tongues of men and angels, and yet had no LOVE, I were even as sounding brass: or as a tinkling cymbal.

And though I could prophesy, and understood all secrets, and all knowledge: yea, if I had all faith so that I could move mountains out of their places, and yet had no LOVE, I were NOTHING.

And though I bestowed all my goods to feed the poor, and though I GAVE my BODY even that I BURNED, and yet had no LOVE, it profiteth me NOTHING.

As Tyndale translated these verses in 1 Corinthians 13, he must have known, death by fire, could be his lot. In spite of this, he endeavored on and brought the Word of God, in English, to his fellow countrymen, who were eager to receive it.

Would we sacrifice so much? Are we eager to receive God’s Word, too?

Thanks for reading. Kind Regards to all who stopped by this small corner of the internet! If you wish, leave a comment or question.

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