I want to look at the fact that Jesus wasn’t saying, “I am Jesus.” It seems as though Jesus identified Himself as the great I AM.

The god of this world has blinded the minds of unbelievers according to 2 Corinthians 4:4, and Jesus gave the Apostle Paul, and us, the assignment of turning the lost from darkness to light and releasing them from the prison house that the devil has them locked in.

Power for clothing. That is what the Word of God says. When we allow the power of God to come upon us, it is like clothing.

This power, or dunamis in the Greek, was for us and is now in us. The Amplified Classic says it this way, “And [so that you can know and understand] what is the immeasurable and unlimited and surpassing greatness of His power in and for us who believe…”

The name of Jesus is above every name. Philippians 2:9–10 says, “Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name: that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth.

This Psalm is amazing in showing how the Lord guides us in our lives. First, He is a Shepherd, and a shepherd watches out for the sheep.

Jesus was raised from the dead after suffering on the cross and becoming sin, taking our poverty, and carrying every sickness and disease for us.

If we want to glorify God, then we have to finish our assignment. We must finish the race that has been set before us. I know we have talked a lot about finishing, but I want you to know how important it is to God that you and I finish the course laid out before us. How you and I spend eternity depends on it.

I like this scripture when it comes to talking about us being sons and daughters because it ends with saying, “the Lord Almighty.”

We can live free from sin because we have been made righteous and have been given a new nature.

There is only one man who could mediate between humans and God, the man Christ Jesus. Because of the sin of humanity, because of what happened in the garden of Eden, man was separated from God without a way back.

What constitutes a person having good soil? It means they don’t have the other three kinds of soil. In other words, their heart is not hardened; they don’t have what Jesus called wayside soil; their soil is not like a concrete slab. Some people’s soil is that way.

The Word of God is very clear about worry; we are not supposed to worry for any reason. There is nothing that comes to us that we should be in fear, anxiety, or worry about.

What causes people not to receive the promises of God that the Word clearly states belong to us? One of the main things is the contents of our heart.

The pleasures of life are another thing that keep the soil of our heart in a thorny state, or just full of weeds, which choke out the Word of God we have put in our heart.

Affliction is something that Jesus said can get into your heart, your soil, and keep you from seeing the promises of God come to pass in your life.

What is persecution? It is being treated with hostility, especially concerning race, political, or religious beliefs.

Temptation comes to everyone. You will not grow out of this, but you can learn to conquer temptation every time.

Affliction is something that Jesus said can get into your heart, your soil, and keep you from seeing the promises of God come to pass in your life.

Jesus talks about four kinds of soil in the parable of the sower. This parable is found in all the Gospels except John.