In order to prepare for the happiest 2018 possible, we ended 2017 focusing on God’s word and how we hear it, looking at Jesus’ Parable of the Sower in Mark 4:1-20. Nothing will be more beneficial to our lives, our family, and our happiness than careful attention to God’s word. As a church, we are joining together to read the New Testament during 2018 following this plan.
The Parable of the Banquet illustrates the various responses to the generous invitation of the King.
The people could draw near to God only after the blood of the covenant was shed.
Because of a general persecution in Jerusalem, the believers were scattered and took the gospel to Judea and Samaria, where many believed in Christ.
