Conference Summer of 2024
On the board:
“We can’t be brave without fear” – Muhammad Ali –
The Good Ground
G2588 the heart n.fem.
Thayer Definition:
1b) denotes the centre of all physical and spiritual life
2b) the centre and seat of spiritual life
2b1) the soul or mind, as it is the fountain and seat of the thoughts, passions, desires, appetites, affections, purposes, endeavours
2b2) of the understanding, the faculty and seat of the intelligence
2b3) of the will and character
2b4) …of the soul as the seat of the sensibilities, affections, emotions, desires, appetites, passions
The inmost part of you
Mat 22:37, Php 1:7, Mat 13:15; Rom 1:21; Luk 16:15; 1Pe 3:4 (for wives, which reveals the husband)
– the heart, as the inner and mental frame
In Greek, the word καρδια (kardia) primarily describes one’s mental constitution and disposition, and since upset emotions make the heart beat faster, was only secondarily connected to the physical heart. This secondary connection wasn’t complete either, since one’s emotions were generally thought to reside in one’s general inside…
Good – Produce – Productive
G2570 Good + honest– adj
Thayer Definition:
1) beautiful, handsome, excellent, eminent, choice, surpassing, precious, useful, suitable, commendable, admirable
1a) beautiful to look at, shapely, magnificent
1b) good, excellent in its nature and characteristics, and therefore well adapted to its ends
1b1) genuine, approved
1b2) precious
1b4) praiseworthy, noble
1c) beautiful by reason of purity of heart and life, and hence praiseworthy
1d) honourable, conferring honour
1e) affecting the mind agreeably, comforting and confirming
G18 Good – adj.
of good nature, good, pleasant, agreeable,
joyful, happy, excellent, distinguished, upright, honourable
1) of good constitution or nature
2) useful, salutary
3) good, pleasant, agreeable, joyful, happy
4) excellent, distinguished
5) upright, honourable
By the Way Side
Matt 13:3-4 + 19
Mark 4:3-4 + 14-15
Luke 8:5 + 11-12
G4687 A sower – vb
Thayer Definition:
– to sow, scatter, seed
– metaphorically of proverbial sayings
to sow: vb – Same as “a sower” – grammatically to sow reveals it is done with purpose.
sowed: vb – sams as “a sower” and “to sow” – grammatically expresses the time at which sth occurs “as he sowed” present time of the sowing.
G3598 way side – n. fem.
Thayer def.
metaphorically:
– a course of conduct
– a way (i.e. manner) of thinking, feeling, deciding
G2662 trodden down -vb
Thayer Definition:
1) to tread down, trample under foot, to trample on
2) metaphorically to treat with rudeness and insult
2a) to spurn, treat with insulting neglect
Strong’s: figuratively to reject with disdain:
Dict. disdain:
1. To regard or treat with haughty contempt.
2. To consider or reject (doing sth) as beneath oneself.
3. the feeling that somebody/something is not good enough to
deserve your respect or attention – synonym: contemp
Luke 8:11-12
Seed is the word (Logos G3056) of Yah.
G3598 way side – n. fem. – same as in Luke 8:5
Thayer def.
metaphorically:
– a course of conduct
– a way (i.e. manner) of thinking, feeling, deciding
G191 hear -vb -root
Thayer Definition:
– to be endowed with the faculty of hearing, not deaf
– to hear, to attend to, consider what is or has been said, to understand, perceive the sense of what is said
– to give ear to a teaching or a teacher
– to comprehend, to understand
Attentively actively
G1228 devil -adj.
Thayer Definition:
1) prone to slander, slanderous, accusing falsely
1a) a calumniator, false accuser, slanderer
Strong’s def.
From G1225; a traducer; … – false accuser, devil, slanderer.
Dict. Calumniate -transitive verb:
– to utter maliciously false statements, charges, or imputations about
– to make statements about someone that are not true and that are damaging to their reputation
Dict. Traduce
– To strongly criticize someone, especially in a way that harms their reputation
G142 take away -vb to remove (keep in suspense (the mind)).
G3056 Logos – the word
G2588 the heart n.fem – see def. above.
G4100 believe -vb – be persuaded, to believe, to be convinced
G4982 saved -vb.
Thayer Definition:
1) to save, keep safe and sound, to rescue from danger or destruction
Strong’s def.
… to save, that is, deliver or protect (lit or fig): – heal, preserve, save (self), do well, be (make) whole.
Saved has to do with our soul – the deliverance, the salvation of the soul. Spirit is born again, we work out the salvation of our soul.
…believe and be whole.
Among Thorns
Matt 13:7 + 22
Mark 4:7 + 18-19
Luke 8:7 + 14
G173 Thorns – fem.n
G4855 – sprang up with – vb
Thayer Definition:
– to cause to grow together
– to grow together, grow with
G638 Choke – Vb – to stifle (by drowning or overgrowth): – choke.
-> What you think about grows like trees in your brain
Luke 8:14:
G4846 Choked
Thayer Definition:
– to choke utterly
– met. the seed of the divine word sown in the mind
(as the word influence our mind it choke our human nature, old way of thinking – Victoria-)
– to press round or throng one so as almost to suffocate him
– strangle completely, that is, (lit) to drown, or (fig) to crowd: – choke, throng.
G3308 cares – n.fem.
– care, anxiety, solicitude
G4149 riches – m.noun.
– riches, wealth, abundance of external possessions
G2237 pleasures – n.fem.
– pleasure, desires for pleasure, sensual delight; by impl. desire: – lust, pleasure.
pleasures: Luk 8:14, Tit 3:3, Heb 11:25
lusts: Jas 4:1, Jas 4:3
pleasure: 2Pe 2:13
G979 Life – m.noun.
– life, that is, (lit.) the present state of existence; by impl the means of livelihood: – good, life, living.
G3756 + G5052 “bring no fruit to perfection”
G3756: A primary word; the absolutely negative adverb; no or not:
G5052:
– to bring to (perfection or) maturity, of fruits, of pregnant women, of animals bringing
their young to maturity, to be a bearer to completion (maturity), that is, to ripen fruit
(fig): – bring fruit to perfection.
G5056
– to set out for a definite point or goal, properly the point aimed at as a limit,
that is, (by impl) the conclusion of an act or state (termination, result, purpose);
specifically an impost or levy (as paid): – + continual, custom, end (-ing), finally, uttermost.
Compare G5411.
G5342
– A primary verb …- be, bear, bring (forth), carry, come, + let her drive,
be driven, endure, go on, lay, lead, move, reach, rushing, uphold.
– to carry, to carry some burden, to bear with one’s self, of the mind, to be moved inwardly, prompted,
– to bear, i.e. endure, to endure the rigour of a thing, to bear patiently one’s conduct, or spare one
(abstain from punishing or destroying)
– to bring, bring to, bring forward