This book is God's words about Readiness and deservedness and talks about the following:
- The Divine Commandment
- Readiness is a precondition for deserving blessings
- Ways of getting ready to deserve blessings
First: In the Name of the Lord and with His power
Second: Through listening to God's word
Third: Through godliness and obeying the Commandments
Fourth: Through walking in the way of the Lord
Fifth: Through repentance and return to the Lord
Sixth: Through chastity, holiness, and respectability
Seventh: Through diligence and watchfulness
Eighth: Through faithfulness
Ninth: Through fasting and prayer
Tenth: Through love, faith, and counsel
Eleventh: Through merciful deeds
Twelfth: Through wisdom
Thirteenth: Through humbleness
Fourteenth: With willingness
Fifteenth: Through knowledge and learning
Sixteenth: Through planning and satisfying needs
- Types and examples of readiness
First: God prepares for His own work
Second: Types of getting ready in the context of normal and spiritual life
a)Getting ready for ministry
b)Getting ready for hospitality
c)Getting ready for feasts
d)Getting ready for wars
e)Preparing for burial of the dead
f)Getting ready for the end of days and Everlasting Life
- Deserving blessings due to readiness
– Non-deservedness
– Deserving punishment
– Everyone will receive according to the merits of his works (Sir 16: 15)
- The Divine Commandment
- Readiness is a precondition for deserving blessings
- Ways of getting ready to deserve blessings
First: In the Name of the Lord and with His power
Second: Through listening to God's word
Third: Through godliness and obeying the Commandments
Fourth: Through walking in the way of the Lord
Fifth: Through repentance and return to the Lord
Sixth: Through chastity, holiness, and respectability
Seventh: Through diligence and watchfulness
Eighth: Through faithfulness
Ninth: Through fasting and prayer
Tenth: Through love, faith, and counsel
Eleventh: Through merciful deeds
Twelfth: Through wisdom
Thirteenth: Through humbleness
Fourteenth: With willingness
Fifteenth: Through knowledge and learning
Sixteenth: Through planning and satisfying needs
- Types and examples of readiness
First: God prepares for His own work
Second: Types of getting ready in the context of normal and spiritual life
a)Getting ready for ministry
b)Getting ready for hospitality
c)Getting ready for feasts
d)Getting ready for wars
e)Preparing for burial of the dead
f)Getting ready for the end of days and Everlasting Life
- Deserving blessings due to readiness
– Non-deservedness
– Deserving punishment
– Everyone will receive according to the merits of his works (Sir 16: 15)