TRUNEWS with Rick Wiles - Morning Manna - Nov 12, 2025 - Matthew 13:10-13 - Parable of the Sower Pt 3

Episode Date: November 12, 2025

Why did Jesus suddenly begin teaching in parables? Today’s study (Matthew 13:10–13, KJV) shows that parables both reveal the mysteries of the Kingdom to hungry disciples and conceal them from hear...ts hardened by unbelief. Rick and Doc unpack how God gives understanding in abundance to those who seek, why spiritual growth follows faithful use of the light you already have, and how persistent rejection leads to spiritual blindness. We’re encouraged to “come to the table,” pick up the fork, and feast on God’s wisdom—daily. Deuteronomy 29:29 reminds us that while some things belong to the Lord, He has gladly revealed Kingdom truths to His children.Teachers: Rick Wiles and Doc BurkhartYou can partner with us by visiting FaithandValues.com, calling 1-888-519-4935, or by mail at PO Box 399 Vero Beach, FL 32961.MEGA FIRE reveals the ancient recurring cycles of war and economic collapse that have shaped history for 600 years. These patterns predict America is now entering its most dangerous period since World War II. Get your copy today!www.megafire.worldGet high-quality emergency preparedness food today from American Reserves!www.AmericanReserves.comIt’s the Final Day! The day Jesus Christ bursts into our dimension of time, space, and matter. Now available in eBook and audio formats! Order Final Day from Amazon today!www.Amazon.com/Final-DayApple users, you can download the audio version on Apple Books!www.books.apple.com/final-dayPurchase the 4-part DVD set or start streaming Sacrificing Liberty today.www.Sacrificingliberty.com

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Starting point is 00:00:00 Morning Manna Bible study class. I welcome you to this edition of Morning Manna. Wherever you are in the world, and there are people gathered with us right now at 8 a.m. Eastern time from many nations, and we welcome you. We are one in Christ, one body, one church, one Savior, one baptism. We are blessed people. And we're going to be even more blessed today because we're going to spend an hour studying the Word of God. And this lesson tells us that when you seek wisdom from God, not only does he give it to you, but he gives it to you abundantly. More than you asked for.
Starting point is 00:00:51 Amen. So that's the blessing for us here today. Let's pray. Dear Father, all good things come from you. you father and your wisdom is good your truth is good we are sons and daughters with our mouths open asking our father to feed us amen build us strengthen us nourish us with your word that we may go forth into the world proclaiming the greatness the glory the majesty of your son jesus christ in his name
Starting point is 00:01:30 name Jesus we pray amen amen well good morning everyone we are continuing our study in matthew chapter 13 today uh we talked about the parable of the soar yesterday and today we're going to continue that in matthew chapter 13 verses 10 through 13 and i'm reading from the king james this morning and the disciples came and said unto him why speakest thou unto them in parables he answered and said unto them because it is given unto you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven but to them it is not given for whosoever hath to him shall be given and he shall have more abundance but whosoever hath not from him shall be taken away even that he hath therefore speak i to them in parables because they see not, in hearing they hear not, neither do they understand.
Starting point is 00:02:29 God bless the reading of his word today. Amen. Praise God. Verse 10, and the disciples came and said unto him, why speaketh thou unto them in parables? So the disciples approached Jesus privately. This was away from the crowd, away from the Pharisees, and questioned him about this sudden change
Starting point is 00:03:01 in his teaching style. Right. They were puzzled. Why was he, you know, we would say you're speaking in riddles. You know, what's up with this? Why don't you just tell the people what you mean? You're doing something different here. Lord, tell us, we don't understand.
Starting point is 00:03:22 And so their questioning indicates their curiosity, maybe a little bit of confusion about why Jesus suddenly changed his teaching style. Because this was abrupt. This was a new form of teaching that the apostles had not seen before. So, and maybe he had used some parables before, but this marked the more deliberate extensive use of this teaching method. And so their question reflects a recognition of the uniqueness, the significance of Jesus' change in teaching,
Starting point is 00:04:20 that he was departing from his. conventional methods um but this also shows us the disciples role as as students seekers of truth willing to engage with jesus seeking understanding from the teacher think about this you know and as let's say a college classroom and the professor and the professor has been teaching the entire class a particular style of teaching for the entire semester and then suddenly he he teaches he changes his teaching and you know his best students take the professor aside and go professor what are you doing we don't understand why why are you not giving the entire class, the understanding of what you're seeking to impart. This doesn't make sense to us.
Starting point is 00:05:29 They weren't arguing with him. It was an honest, genuine desire to understand why Jesus changed his style. So you've got an audience, so you've got the Pharisees, and then you have an audience of just ordinary peasants and some of the people were under some of the peasants were understanding jesus and and the pharisees the educated Pharisees were bewildered and and none of this made sense to to the apostles so they're asking jesus to clarify help us understand you we discern you just made a major change in your teaching style and we're asking you to tell us why you did it is this going to be the the the manner of your teaching from now on if it is we need to understand so verse 11 he meaning jesus answered and said unto them all right guys you guys you
Starting point is 00:06:46 You want to know, here it is. Because it is given unto you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them, it is not given. And I can see Jesus pointing to the disciples saying, it's given unto you men to know. And then pointing to the Pharisees who were standing afar off saying, but to them, it's not given. right so the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven these are the divine revelations of the gospel
Starting point is 00:07:28 which previously were obscure not understood these mysteries were just partially revealed to the prophets in the ancient economy of god what we would call the old testament error the prophets had just glimpses into these mysteries but none of them had a full revelation of the of the kingdom of god so when jesus said mysteries he's not talking about what we would call incomprehensible truths about god right because there are today things that are incomprehensible about God that not going to be revealed to us in this lifetime not going to happen you know you try to understand who God is where did he come from how could he have existed forever what was before God what was before God there was God how could that be see that's never going to be revealed to us but the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven have been revealed to us that's right that's the key part here
Starting point is 00:08:53 it's the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven that have been revealed not the incomprehensible mysteries of god himself so understanding these mysteries of the kingdom is granted to those who are either more advanced in discipleship and can appreciate them or show an interest, a willingness to advance, a hunger. Every single person in this class right now, you are viewed by God as a son or daughter who is hungry to know the mysteries of the kingdom of God. Every one of you. And he sees how much time you've devoted to this Bible study. Look, we're not something special. I'm talking about morning manna, but we do gather five times a week for an hour. And I don't know how many other Bible studies do this in the world, but I would think it's a small
Starting point is 00:10:12 number five days a week one hour every day devoted to studying the word of god seeking seeking understanding of the mysteries of the kingdom and we have i'm just going to say we have the promise there in verse 11 there that we can know it we can know these mysteries yeah they're not a mystery to us if we desire to know the answer. They're not a mystery to us as believers. Right. We desire to know the answer. They're a mystery from, as you said, the old economy.
Starting point is 00:10:53 But he says there, it is given to you to know. It is given to you to know. I'm giving you the opportunity to understand this. Yes. so if if your mama prepares a wonderful meal and spreads it out on the dinner table and you never sit down at the table and pick up a fork and scoop out anything in a dish or a plate whose fault is it I mean she said here here is the food i have prepared it for you it is given for you to eat but you have to sit down to
Starting point is 00:11:47 the table pick up the fort and scoop the food out of the dishes and the plates and start eating god's not going to spoon feed this to you but he says it's here it's on the table and anybody who shows up you can eat all you want and there's more and you're just going to be more blessed the more you eat the more blessed you'll become that's the exciting thing that you're going to see in these scriptures the abundance the prosperity the spiritual prosperity that's promised to disciples who hunger to know the truth to know the mysteries of the kingdom of god so parables serve a dual purpose of both revealing and concealing these mysteries
Starting point is 00:12:45 amen they present the truths of the kingdom and a new and attractive light to those who are hungry for it receptive to spiritual instruction while appearing as just mere stories fairy tales fables to those who are spiritually insensitive because that's all it is to to a person that doesn't have spiritual discernment just that's these are just nice fairy tales fables these are things you read to children on Sunday they don't have any understanding of it The capacity to grasp these mysteries is a gift from your heavenly father. This is one of these principles where it can be challenging to understand.
Starting point is 00:13:57 God says, come and eat, but it's me who gives you the ability to. to understand our job is to show the initiative to go to the table pick up the fork his job is to prepare the meal so the capacity to understand the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven is a gift from god and it's bestowed upon those who are open hungry to receive them Again, I want to emphasize this. The ability to understand them is a gift from God. Yes. But the desire to understand them must originate in you.
Starting point is 00:14:52 Right. He's not going to make you hungry. That's your job. So the disciples are chosen by Jesus not only to be the first preachers of the gospel, but also the first to transmit the mysteries to future generations. Yes. Now look at this phrase, but to them it is not given. And again, I can see him pointing to the Pharisees,
Starting point is 00:15:33 standing over there and the crowd that's gathered around the Pharisees, the ones who said that, well, we've made up our mind. We're with the Pharisees. And he pointed to him. That's what I see. I see pointing. But to them over there, to that group, it is not given. The term them refers to those outside the kingdom, outside the circle of discipleship. who are not granted the privilege of understanding the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven the concept of being without suggests being outside the sphere of divine revelation spiritual insight the term mysteries referring not just to incomprehensible I should say the mysteries does not refer to the
Starting point is 00:16:40 incomprehensible truths of God but to the truths that were once hidden and have now been revealed but the truth that God has ordained mankind to know yes and I'll say it again we can know these mysteries we can know them it's not a cloud to us it's a shadow or anything. That word that is used in this verse, Rick, appears 22 other times in the New Testament. And each one of those, all the way from this passage in Matthew 13, all the way to Revelation, where it talks about a mystery, is a mystery that we can know. It's not, and we don't have to be like colombo in knowing it either okay uh we ought to wait for all the clues to come together the holy spirit will reveal the mysteries to us through the word of god and so there
Starting point is 00:17:41 there's no excuse for a believer not to know these mysteries okay think of um think of a uh you know a game for children You're having a party for children and mom or dad, somebody hides gifts and hides them outside and then tells all the children. Okay, out here, spread behind trees and bushes and holes and all kinds of things. there are prizes and there are great things inside there's candy there's money there's toys go find it and certain children are able to just see them where they're hidden but the other children are just wandering around can't see anything and under and confused how are they find how are these other kids they've got a basket full of prizes i don't have anything because the eyes of the
Starting point is 00:18:58 other children were able to see let's let's say they put on they had special glasses that made the made the the hidden prizes visible this is what god has done for the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven he's hidden them and then he gives you a pair of glasses and says, now, if you wear these glasses, you can see them. But for those that I don't give the glasses to, they can't see them. Go, go pick them up, gather them up. They're for you. I mean, it's a simple analogy, but it's indicative of what our father has done for us.
Starting point is 00:19:41 He wants us to find them. Yes. That's the key thing. he's not a sick, sadistic, cruel God. He says, oh, I'm hiding it from everybody. Go look for it. No, no.
Starting point is 00:19:56 He's making it visible. He wants you to find it. But he's made it impossible for others to find it. Right. And if we ask him, he'll help us find it. That's the great find. It's like a little child. You know, if you've hidden something for a child, you want them to go find it. uh depending on their maturity i can just imagine if my little boy sean when and when he was three or
Starting point is 00:20:23 four years old taking me by the hand and help me daddy help me find it help me find it and so it's not like you said god's not up there sadistically waiting i wish rick and doc would hurry up and find this figure out this mystery i put out there no he'll he'll take us and show us the mystery and show us where the answer is That's my prayer every morning when I start my lessons. As I'm preparing, Lord show me things that I've not seen before. That's why it's so fun to teach morning manna. I'm finding hidden things before I even get to you at 8 a.m.
Starting point is 00:21:08 I've already been blessed by the time I get to you at 8 a.m. Because he's revealed to me between 4 a.m. and here's some things you never saw before Rick and it just makes me excited about tomorrow I'm going to find some more things tomorrow so God himself remains incomprehensible because he reveals himself without revealing everything there is to know about him yes deuteronomy 29 verse 29 the secret things belong to the lord our god but the things that are revealed belong to us and to our children forever yes so what are the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven i'm going to give you a partial list this isn't a complete list it is the cross the virgin
Starting point is 00:22:12 birth of Jesus, the cross, the crucifixion, the resurrection, the concept of the Trinity, the new birth of water and spirit, redemption, justification, the future judgment by the son of man, the authority of the son of man to forgive sins, the extension of the gospel of salvation to Gentiles, the end of the Jewish polity, opening up salvation to all mankind, the baptism of the Holy Spirit, new understandings of Old Testament principles about the Sabbath, fasting, prayer, almsgiving. These are all included in the mysteries of the kingdom of God. Unknown to people, until this time so understanding these truths is not the result of human effort or intellect but it's a gift of God's grace and it's given according to
Starting point is 00:23:23 his sovereign will you can have an individual man or woman who intellectually and educationally is below another person and yet the man or woman with less intellect, lower IQ, less education, has more understanding of the mysteries of God than the person with the high IQ greatly educated. Yes. Because it's a gift from God. So the Pharisees and the other Jews
Starting point is 00:24:01 were not prepared to receive these truths because they had misconceptions about the Messiah and God's kingdom. and their religious misconceptions blinded them. So the privilege is bestowed upon the disciples to understand the mysteries of the kingdom because it's a manifestation of God's grace and election. It's not based on any merit or worthiness on the part of the person. God is sovereign.
Starting point is 00:24:33 He bestows his grace and reveals his truth according. to His divine purpose and plan. Verse 12, for whosoever hath to him shall be given and he shall have more abundance. But whosoever hath not from him shall be taken away
Starting point is 00:24:58 even that he hath. So Jesus explains to his disciples that they are recipients of God's grace and thus more will be given to them as a display of God's kindness and his continual work in their lives. The abundance of divine favor demonstrates God's commitment to completing the work of salvation in the lives of each believer. He's polishing us continually until we reached perfection in his eyes and so we have this inexhaustible supply of god's rich grace and it ensures each of us that we will always be enriched and never left wanting but he warns the reprobate he warns those who lack faith
Starting point is 00:26:08 that they will experience continual decline, even losing what little they already appear to have. Right. The phrase, whosoever hath to him shall be given, obviously implies spiritual growth, but it mirrors worldly prosperity, where financial, financial success tends to breed more financial success right so we're seeing there's a there's a
Starting point is 00:26:43 kingdom principle why do why do certain people just seem to be getting richer and richer because that which has been given to them more shall be given it's a principle it's a kingdom principle many of those rich people in the world today they are gaining spiritually they may be lost but financially they're gaining because there's a heavenly principle in effect so what does it what does it gain a man's if a man gains the whole world and loses a soul what profit is it so you use the principle in this life to get rich but you never got rich for the next life yes so what jesus is teaching here is the principle
Starting point is 00:27:46 that those who make use of god's light grace and opportunities will receive even more there are opportunities that come our way that we either recognize them seize it run with it or we miss it and you know personally i i can look back over my lifetime and i see opportunities that i missed that i know now that was god working in my life and i didn't act on it yes and the more that you don't act on opportunities god sends your way the fewer and far between the next opportunity will come. The opportunities will decrease and they'll be spread farther apart.
Starting point is 00:28:47 You'll eventually get to the point where you're saying, God, if you send me one more opportunity, I promise you, I promise you I'm going to do this one. I'll tell you true story. I'm not going to go into details. That businessman from Oklahoma came to see us one when we were living in Texas, he was making a lot of promises to us of what he was going to do for our ministry. And I mean, he was, he was blowing smoke. But one day, he came over
Starting point is 00:29:25 to the house to pick me up to take me somewhere. And when I got in his SUV, the Holy Spirit said, say to him, this is your last, opportunity to get it right and i spoke it to him and he looked at me and he said why did you say that i said that's what the holy spirit told me to say to you well what do you mean by that i have no idea what do you think it is and he clamped up he didn't talk he knew what it was he knew what it was and you know what what didn't get it right he had put god had put that man in my life he was supposed to do a great blessing for our ministry and he failed to do it he made promises to god god if you do this this
Starting point is 00:30:24 and this for me in this business this is what i'm going to do for this ministry but when that happened he didn't do it yes he didn't keep his vow And what the Lord spoke to me that day was, you tell him, this is your last opportunity to get it right. I don't know what happened to that man afterwards. I've never saw him. After, you know, I mean, a couple months later, he disappeared. Never saw him. I have no idea what happened to it.
Starting point is 00:30:59 I just know, I seriously doubt if he ever got another heaven-sent opportunity. to prosper right he had to work by the sweat of his brow so those who fail to utilize or improve upon what they have will likely have it taken away and this includes the withdrawal of spiritual blessings opportunities for growth access to the means of grace the Jews at that time had ample opportunities to learn the truth from Jesus but they squandered them due to their blindness and worldly desires it was therefore just and right that they should be deprived of the light and understanding that they had neglected
Starting point is 00:32:06 jesus told him later the kingdom shall be taken from you and given to another people and it was it was they he god took the kingdom from them this is what the christian zionists don't understand god took the kingdom from the jews yes they at one time were the chosen people they're not now it individually individual Jews can get back inside the kingdom but corporately as a race no they lost it but the disciples of Christ were given superior knowledge though they may have been slow to fully grasp it but they diligently work to improve upon it The promise to them was that their understanding would be greatly increased because of their stewardship of what had already been given to them. The phrase, and he shall have more abundance.
Starting point is 00:33:26 Yes. The Greek word indicates surplus more than you need. Yes. Above and beyond, what goes further, surpasses, abounds, abundance. These are all great words. It's the same word that was used when, in the feeding of the 5,000, and the fragments were picked up after everyone ate, and that same word is used for the fragments it was it was also abundance as well and so I thought that was interesting it was overflowing the baskets were overflowing from the collection of the fragments after the feeding of the 5,000 very same word yeah they they weren't picking up bones and crust no and I think that's
Starting point is 00:34:30 what a lot of people think they gathered up the bones and the crust no they gathered up whole fish and whole loaves yes it was abundant the phrase from him shall be taken away even that he has it it highlights a harsh consequence of neglecting your spiritual growth and this is This is a principle all of us should take seriously. The penalties for those who lack spiritual wealth is that even what little they have will be taken away from them. You might not even be aware of it. I think it happened gradually over time.
Starting point is 00:35:27 People don't become apostate overnight. therefore they don't become spiritually bankrupt overnight right it's sort of like strength and weakness you know you you if you work out on a regular basis you gain strength you know muscle you know muscle and and everything else it goes along with that if you don't do it then what do you gain you gain weakness yes that's what's increasing uh it's it's uh you know the principle you're gaining strength on one side but if you don't uh exercise you're gaining weakness so it's so every bodybuilder and everybody that goes to a gym everybody who works out knows that as you build up your muscles if you stop
Starting point is 00:36:28 working out eventually those muscles that you worked and labored to get will go away they have to be used and that's the principle that Jesus is teaching us the the penalty for those who do not pursue spiritual wealth is that they lose the little bit that they have the the Greek verb for shall be taken away it it implies a loss or deprivation and it means a spiritual regression you're going backwards you're losing ground you're not see it's one thing to say you're not going to go forward anymore you're just going to remain stationary stable in place that's no it says you're going to go in reverse you're going to lose what you gained so despite having physical ears to
Starting point is 00:37:36 hear the people who don't have spiritual ears will not understand the mysteries of the kingdom and what little knowledge and understanding that they have will will dissipate, it'll evaporate. And they probably won't even be aware of the loss until judgment day. So it's teaching us the importance of actively engaging with the opportunities for spiritual growth that God sends our ways. And again, I commit. the people who are gathering with us five days a week on Morning Manas. Some of you have been here since we began. And I know there are times you can't be here because of interruptions or schedules, but we do make the archives as available. So you can listen to it later in
Starting point is 00:38:47 the day, catched up with the class. But you're actively engaging. with the opportunity to learn what's the opportunity well god raised up faith and values and said here i'm going to give you a platform i'm going to give you two bible teachers i'm going to make this easy to understand here's your opportunity that's right and it's the Look, I know there are Bible teachers out there who know a lot more than me. I'm just doing the best I can do. But I'm growing. I know more about the Word of God today than I did one year ago.
Starting point is 00:39:36 I know more today than I knew yesterday. because I'm continually growing, never satisfied, never willing to stay, you know, to be complacent with what I know, always knowing there's more to know. So, in the context, in the context, context of spiritual wisdom those who possess even a small amount of understanding can gain more and those who have spiritual knowledge but stop seeking more can lose what they have yes again there's either a progression you're moving forward you're progressing or you're regressing there's no middle
Starting point is 00:40:38 ground and even if you're standing still you're going backwards yes that's right you know you think about those people movers in airports you're either going forward toward the departure gate or it's in reverse taking you backwards well I'm trying to get to the departure gate because I plan to depart when the Lord comes back I plan to meet him in the air so let's summarize verse 12 there's a principle regarding the growth of grace and spiritual understanding. It states that those who possess true grace and spiritual knowledge will receive more grace and more knowledge. The increase in grace and knowledge leads to a greater abundance of
Starting point is 00:41:47 spiritual blessings, meaning spiritual light, knowledge, experience. The person who possesses this genuine grace will continue to grow in the knowledge of Christ and be led by the spirit into deeper truths your spiritual life will be characterized by an ever-increasing richness and fullness a gift of God's grace but conversely those who show no interest in understanding these spiritual truths will experience loss verse 13 therefore speak eyes to them in parables because they seeing see not because they seeing see not and hearing they hear not neither do they understand the introduction of the parables
Starting point is 00:42:53 was a major shift in Jesus' teaching style that coincided with the Pharisees accusing him of performing miracles by the power of satan yes therefore jesus shifted gears and he declared that his heavenly father would deliberately conceal the mysteries of the kingdom from the people who chose to be spiritually blind and deaf right you know oh i'm sorry well let me finish one line let me finish with one line despite seeing the miracles and hearing the truth the pharisees blaspheme the holy spirit therefore god locked the door and block them from entering the kingdom yes their blasphemy could not be forgiven okay doc that's well uh well i was going to add the
Starting point is 00:43:57 is a couple of commentators made the suggestion that in one way Jesus making the shift in teaching to parables was actually an act of mercy to those whose hearts were being hardened by the direct teaching and so in order to prevent their hearts from or even more people in their hearts being hardened because of the influence of the scribes and Pharisees that this shift to the parable teaching encouraged more of people wanting to seek answers rather than just like the scribes and Pharisees, they would just say, this is the way, and it's my way or the highway, basically. But would Jesus, the parables give an opportunity for mercy so people's hearts don't get further hardened?
Starting point is 00:44:57 That's interesting. I hadn't thought about that before, but in several commentators brought that up. And I thought, well, that's interesting. Because in a parable, what do you have to do? You have to either just ignore the parable or you have to get engaged with it and start thinking about it. Well, what is that seed? What's the seed that he's talking about there? Who's the sewer that he's talking about?
Starting point is 00:45:24 What is the wayside? the wayside what what are those things and it causes the hearers to get engaged in it and rather than just either being polarized by a direct message that's a that's a you know i've never thought of that doc um it's close to something i put in my notes this morning that that the obscurity of the parables had a twofold purpose uh first It was a form of divine retribution for the lack of earnestly seeking and understanding the principles. But secondly, and this goes with what you just said, it prevented the escalation of hostility. Right.
Starting point is 00:46:15 it shielded people from immediate rejection or antagonism right it's a so if what you just said it that means that there jesus had a strategic shift actually to protect people that didn't understand but he knew had the capability of understanding right that's interesting um so the people who uh rejected they voluntarily refused to engage with the teachings of jesus and that led to moral incapacity to comprehend deeper spiritual truths and their persistent rejection of divine revelation resulted in spiritual blindness and deafness. See, it's not just rejecting one time. It's a persistent pattern of rejecting the truth.
Starting point is 00:47:33 That's what leads to spiritual blindness and deftness. You know, don't be afraid that you're going to miss something one time. and that's going to and God's going to lock the door no he doesn't do it like that it's it's when he sees a consistent pattern when he sees your heart is hardening when you're going the opposite direction that he's trying to get you to go remember his his mercy is always mercy always triumphs judgment yes always always His scales always tilt towards mercy. Praise God.
Starting point is 00:48:18 Thank God it does. He wants to make mercy work. Judgment's the last thing he wants to do. People who are judged themselves. So Jesus is telling us there's a veil spread over the spiritually blind. He's talking about people who choose. not to perceive the truth they've got physical sight they could see him performing miracles they had physical ears they could hear him teach spiritual
Starting point is 00:49:00 truth and yet they remained in darkness it was a choice so Jesus attributes this disparity in spiritual understanding to the secret purposes of God. And he doesn't give us a specific understanding for it. He just acknowledges that there's a good reason for it. Amen. Trust the plan. That's all I say. Trust the plan.
Starting point is 00:49:37 Our father has a plan. Trust it. So there exists a fixed law in divine administration where individuals who persistently refuse to fulfill their spiritual duty eventually become morally incapable of doing so. The phrase, that seeing that they might not see, I mean, it implies a punitive action.
Starting point is 00:50:12 Right. It's, this is, there's a punishment. So those who reject the truth persistently are then further entrenched in their spiritual ignorance. The most difficult people to reach with the gospel are religious people. Amen. That includes everything from cults, you know, Mormonism, Jehovah's Witness, Harry Krishna, Hinduism, Islam, whatever it is, Judaism.
Starting point is 00:50:55 But it also goes into those who on the surface identify as Christian, but they really committed to a religion. Wow, yes. and they're difficult to reach with the truth um talk we got let's see what about nine minutes okay so I don't know where at the last minute at the last minute before coming out here I threw in this scripture from Isaiah Isaiah 66 17 now the King James version reads like this they that sanctify themselves and purify themselves in the gardens behind one tree in the mist eating swines
Starting point is 00:51:57 flesh and the abomination and the mouse shall be consumed together saith the Lord however there are there are other Bible translations and they translate it like this again this is Isaiah 6617 all who enter the sacred groves for initiation in those unholy rituals that climaxed in the foul and obscene meal of pigs and mice will eat together and then die together wow verse verse 18 I know everything they've ever done or thought I'm going to come and then gather everyone, all nations, all languages, they'll come and see my glory. Where I'm going with this is the esoteric religions and the secret societies, they have initiations. In Freemasonry, the initiation is to open up your so-called third eye. right to see what hidden mysteries secrets yes secrets but these are not secrets of god that the masons think they're seeing god's mysteries but this principle is in um it's in cabala it's in um it's in um all the
Starting point is 00:53:38 religions that are seeking hidden secret knowledge and they have initiations that supposedly open up this closed eye that you have and suddenly you can see what are they trying to show you that the tree of the knowledge of good and evil yes so listen to this again Isaiah 6617 from from an alternative interpretation all who enter the sacred groves for initiation in those unholy rituals the first thing that comes to me is Bohemian Grove Republican Party leaders in this country that gather every summer in California in a sacred grove the Bohemian Grove for initiation and participate in unholy rituals
Starting point is 00:54:55 yes what are they doing they're seeking hidden knowledge yes to rule the world and god says i know everything you've done i know there works and i'm coming and i'm going to gather everyone all nations all languages they'll come and see my glory what's his glory his son he's going to he's going to reveal his glory by sending his son back to earth and everybody who's ever been initiated into a secret society everybody who's had their third eye open they're going to see the glory of god they're going to see the son of man in the sky the only thing that's glowing the son of man because all all the light and the universe is going to go out the sun the moon the stars every eye shall see him how he's the only thing glowing
Starting point is 00:56:05 of God embodied in his son. Amen. And on that day, he's going to say to everyone who comes out of the graves, all of the unsaved, everybody that joined the secret society, I know everything you did, I know everything you thought. Take a look at my glory. What do you think now? So, powerful men and women going into secret groves for initiation participating in unholy rituals for the purpose of receiving and understanding secret knowledge Babylonian knowledge and these are many of the people that are running the world running nations but on a reverse the creator the god who made the universe says i'm making my secret knowledge
Starting point is 00:57:20 available to anyone who wants to seek my son it's here come and get it have all you want if you're hungry if you're thirsty for my knowledge come and get it it's only secret to those who are not in my kingdom yes but if you're in my kingdom it's out in the open come and gather all you desire and come back tomorrow i'll give you more and and when my son comes back and and you come out of the grave i will know everything that you did and everything that you thought praise god and you will see my glory that's the promise god is giving us and you know the promises is doc is for this life and the and the life to come but he's giving us wisdom that we need for this life to make the right decisions to choose the right spouse to choose the right career to
Starting point is 00:58:31 know how to navigate through life he's giving us the wisdom it's abundant it's not hidden it's there for the asking in this isn't i can't give you a biblical verse i know that wisdom stands in the streets in the morning crying out anybody anybody want wisdom but i imagine that in the morning God opens up his treasure boxes and they're just sparkling with gyms and he says here it is you want some come and get it and then he closes it
Starting point is 00:59:12 and then the next morning he opens it up again it's a new day my treasures are open anybody want my treasures come and get them that's what you're doing with morning manna you're showing up saying yes yes i desire your treasures there's nothing wrong with desiring the treasures of god it's right it's right it brings abundance in your life prosperity overflowing if you're having financial problems load up on wisdom load up on the principles of the kingdom the financial problems will go away it's all in the it's
Starting point is 01:00:02 everything that we need is inside the mysteries of God and he's telling us come and get it it's for your benefit come and get it okay all right we'll pick up tomorrow yeah dinner's ready come and get it I guess we should say breakfast breakfast is on the table come and get it tomorrow we'll start with 14 yes and tomorrow is a Friday of course and on Fridays we celebrate the Lord's Supper and so we encourage you to join us on Friday morning if you'd like to join us live 8 a.m. Eastern time for communion we invite you to participate with us and that invitation is open to anyone who's a confessing baptized believer in Jesus Christ that you can participate in the Lord's Supper and so we invite you to that so make up
Starting point is 01:00:52 plans to be ready to join us for that it's been a great week of lessons here on morning manna i hope you've been learning a lot and i invite you to be with us tomorrow morning 8 a m eastern time bright and early on faith and values.com for the next edition of morning manna god bless you

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