How reading the Bible itself helped made me an atheist

 

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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 [Matt. 13:12].

"If you know a little truth and you want to know more, the Lord will add to it. If you don’t want to know the truth, the Lord will see to it that you won’t get it. You see, the Lord will never shut the door to one who wants to hear. He makes it very clear that this is His reason for speaking in parables. Those who don’t want to hear will not understand them.

The Lord drew His parables from commonplace things, things that were at the fingertips of the people in that day. He gave them great spiritual truths illustrated by things they knew and could see. Someone has put this concept in verse—

He talked of grass and wind and rain
And fig trees and fair weather,
And made it His delight to bring
Heaven and earth together.

He spoke of lilies, vines and corn,
The sparrow and the raven.
And words so natural, yet so wise
Were on men’s hearts engraven.

In the parable of the sower, we see what could be called a Kingdom–of–Heaven condition; that is, it exhibits God’s present rulership over the entire earth as He calls out a people to His name. And God is carrying out His program today through the church, the called–out body, composed of every true believer. Therefore, we have a Kingdom–of–Heaven condition today as God is carrying on His program of bringing folk to a saving knowledge of Christ." McGee, J. V. (1991). Vol. 34: Thru the Bible commentary: The Gospels (Matthew 1-13) (electronic ed.) (183–184). Nashville: Thomas Nelson.

 

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How reading the Bible itself helped made me an atheist