Which one of you would hand his son a stone when he asks for a loaf of bread, or a snake when he asks for a fish? If you then, who are wicked, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give good things to those who ask him. Matthew 7:9-11
Wzór ojcostwa
Gdy któregoś z was syn prosi o chleb, czy jest taki, który poda mu kamień? Albo gdy prosi o rybę, czy poda mu węża? Jeśli więc wy, choć źli jesteście, umiecie dawać dobre dary swoim dzieciom, to o ileż bardziej Ojciec wasz, który jest w niebie, da to, co dobre, tym, którzy Go proszą. Mt 7, 9-11
Call to conversion
Jonah began his journey through the city, and when he had gone only a single day’s walk announcing, “Forty days more and Nineveh shall be overthrown,” the people of Nineveh believed God; they proclaimed a fast and all of them, great and small, put on sackcloth. When God saw by their actions how they turned from their evil way, he repented of the evil he had threatened to do to them; he did not carry it out. Jonah 3:4-5.10
Żywa wiara – żywy Bóg
Ludzie z Niniwy powstaną na sądzie przeciw temu plemieniu i potępią je; ponieważ oni dzięki nawoływaniu Jonasza się nawrócili, a oto tu jest coś więcej niż Jonasz. Łk 11, 32
The power of the word
Yet just as from the heavens the rain and snow come down And do not return there till they have watered the earth, making it fertile and fruitful, Giving seed to the one who sows and bread to the one who eats, So shall my word be that goes forth from my mouth; It shall not return to me empty, but shall do what pleases me, achieving the end for which I sent it. Isaiah 55:10-11