Judgment and Responsibility

<p>If what you believe is not true, do you want to know it? We have been sold a bill-of-goods when it comes to the requirements of residency in the Kingdom of Heaven. Every man and woman will be judged based on what they did - according to the will and way of God. We must strive, indeed, we must earn, our place in the Kingdom. Not everyone is called.</p><p>***</p><p>Ch. 29: JESUS TELLS A PARABLE OF A SOWER</p><p>THE SAME DAY that his mother and brothers had come to see him, Jesus want down by the seaside.&nbsp; Great multitudes came to hear and see him.&nbsp; Jesus sat in a boat and spoke to the crowd on the shore, saying: </p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; “Behold, a sower went forth to sow.&nbsp; And when he sowed, some seeds fell by the wayside, and the fowls came and devoured them up. Some fell upon stony places, where they had not much earth; and forthwith they sprung up, because they had no deepness of earth.&nbsp; And when the sun was up, they were schorched; and because they had no root, they withered away.&nbsp; And some fell among thorns; and the thorns sprung up, and choked them.&nbsp; But other fell into good ground, and brought forth fruit, some a hundredfold, some sixtyfold, some thirtyfold.&nbsp; Who hath ears to hear, let him hear.”</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; When they were alone, his disciples asked Jesus:</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; “Why speakest thou to them in parables?”</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Jesus replied:</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; “Because it is given unto you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of Heaven, but to them it is not given.&nbsp; 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.&nbsp; Therefore speak I to them in parables: because they seeing see not; and