If
we seek it out, God’s Word explains itself to us as we read it. The Parable of the Sower is an obvious
example. At other times, we need to look
a lot harder, but it is there.
On that day Jesus had
gone out of the house and was sitting by
the sea. And large crowds gathered to
Him, so He got into a boat and sat down,
and the whole crowd was standing on the
beach.
And He told them many things in
parables, saying, “Behold,
the Sower went out to sow; and as
he sowed, some seeds fell beside the
road, and the birds came and ate them
up. Others fell on the rocky places,
where they did not have much soil;
and they sprang up immediately, because they
had no depth of soil. But
after the sun rose, they were scorched; and because they
had no root, they withered away.
Others fell among the thorns, and
the thorns came up and choked them
out. But others fell on the good soil and
yielded a crop, some a hundred,
some sixty, and some thirty times
as much. The one who has ears, let him hear.” (Matthew 13:1-9 NASB) *
Later, Jesus explained the parable to His disciples:
“Listen then to
the parable of the Sower. When anyone hears the word of
the kingdom and does not understand it, the
evil one comes and snatches away what has
been sown in his heart. This is the one sown with
seed beside the road. The one sown with
seed on the rocky places, this is the one
who hears the word and immediately receives it
with joy; yet he has no firm root in
himself, but is only temporary, and when
affliction or persecution occurs because of
the word, immediately he falls away.
And the one sown with seed among the
thorns, this is the one who hears the word,
and the anxiety of the world and the deceitfulness of
wealth choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful.
But the one sown with seed on the good soil,
this is the one who hears the word and
understands it, who indeed bears fruit and
produces, some a hundred, some sixty,
and some thirty times as much.”
(Matthew 13:18-23 NASB) *
In
the power of the Holy Spirit, let’s try to reach as many people as we can with
the Gospel of Jesus Christ, which is the good news that Jesus has saved us all from
a life of sin and death.
* https://biblehub.com/nasb_/matthew/13.htm
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