Oh, let the Son of God enfold you with His spirit and his love.

Let him fill your heart and satisfy your soul.

Oh, let him have the things that hold you,

and his spirit like a dove will descend upon your life and make you home.

Welcome to the Word for today,

featuring the Bible teaching of Pastor Chuck Smith, founder of the Calvary Chapel movement.

This radio program is a verse by verse study through the entire Bible.

And on today's edition of Word for today, Pastor Chuck continues with the capacity of man.

As we pick up in Luke, chapter 13, verse 17.

And now with today's message, here's Pastor Chuck.

It's tragic when religion becomes a hindrance to man's coming to God,

rather than an assistance to man's coming to God.

And Jesus had just come up against the authority

who would hold back the work of God on these people

because of some tradition that they had developed,

a concept of man that had become popular among them.

And thus they would hold back the people from God's work in their lives.

And so Jesus said, what shall I like in the kingdom of God to?

What can I give to resemble it?

It's like a grain of mustard seed, which a man took and cast into his garden,

and it grew and waxed into a great tree. Wait a minute, something's wrong. A mustard seed is a

herb. It belonged in the herb gardens. A mustard seed never became a great tree.

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