There are people I admire so
much, but above all I admire is Jesus Christ, yea you may say “of course, why
not”; but my admiration is not just out of respect, it is the high level of His
wisdom in the way He handles things, how He speaks, the level of His faith in
God, His command of authority and many more. I don’t know about you, but He is
my role model. Well, my focus here is on the parable of the sower [ref. Matthew
13:3-20; Mark 4:2-20; Luke 8:4-15].
I have always read about the
several places the seeds were sown; as Jesus explained, the soil represents the
heart, but the same word was sown, the question is what made these hearts
different?
The first soil which was the way
side, then the stony ground, the one thorns and the good ground. The truth is that
the types of soil which represents the hearts are actually the decisions people
make, in other words, they are things one has fed his heart with. So, when you
receive the Word, it is what you have fed you mind with that determines what
you will do with the Word! Let’s take a look at these minds one after the
other.
Using the book of Mark, it says, “The sower sows the Word. The ones along
the path are those who have the Word sown [in their hearts], but when they
hear, Satan comes at once and [by force] takes away the message which is sown
in them.
And in the same way the ones sown upon stony ground are those who, when
they hear the Word, at once receive and accept and welcome it with joy; and
they have no real root in themselves, and so they endure for a little while;
then when trouble or persecution arises on account of the Word, they
immediately are offended (become displeased, indignant, resentful) and they
stumble and fall away.
And the ones sown among the thorns are others who hear the Word; then
the cares and anxieties of the world and distractions of the age, and the
pleasure and delight and false glamour and deceitfulness of riches, and the
craving and passionate desire for other things, and the craving and passionate
desire for other things creep in and choke and suffocate the Word, and it
becomes fruitless” (Mark 4:14-19 AMP). As I said the different hearts
represents what each mind-set is. I intend to make this as an introduction in
analysing the types of soil and what each of them really mean. What made the
good soil different from the rest?
There is an amount of time given
to each person in order to achieve his goal. As we receive the Word, work with
it immediately rather than beating around the bush. You are to learn how to use
the Word properly, and in the next blog, I intend to elaborate on how to use
the Word properly, using the parable of the sower to illustrate this.
Why not accept Jesus
today if you haven’t. Pray out loud, “Jesus,
I confess that You are my Lord and Saviour. I believe in my heart that God
raised You from the dead. By faith in Your Word, I receive salvation now. Thank
You for saving me!” Congratulations, you’re born again, you are now brand
new!
Log on next time.
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GOD BLESS YOU.
Unless otherwise
stated, the following scriptures are gotten from New King James Version (NKJV)
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