Mark 4:3-12 The Parable Of The Sower Mark 4:3-12 “Listen! Behold, a sower went out to sow. And it happened, as he sowed, that some seed fell by the wayside; and the birds of the air came and devoured it. Some fell on stony ground, where it did not have much earth; and immediately it sprang up because it had no depth of earth. But when the sun was up it was scorched, and because it had no root it withered away. And some seed fell among thorns; and the thorns grew up and choked it, and it yielded no crop. But other seed fell on good ground and yielded a crop that sprang up, increased and produced: some thirty fold, some sixty, and some a hundred.” And He said to them, “He who has ears to hear, let him hear!” But when He was alone, those around Him with the twelve asked Him about the parable. And He said to them, “To you it has been given to know the mystery of the kingdom of God; but to those who are outside, all things come in parables, so that ‘Seeing they may see and not perceive, And hearing they may hear and not understand; Lest they should turn, And their sins be forgiven them.’” This parable spoken, the sower, the seed and the soil. The wayside soil was to hard for the seed to penetrate. Birds...came and ate the seed. The stony ground had a thin layer of dirt covering a bed rock. Shallowness of earth prevented the seed from taking deep root. The thorny ground had thorn bushes that cut the seed off from nourishment and sunlight, thus choking it. The good ground was a deep and fertile with conditions favorable to the seed. Some seeds produced thirty, some sixty, and some a hundred. Jesus explained to them that only those with receptive hearts were permitted to know the mystery of the kingdom of God. Here the Lord Jesus was rejected when He offered Himself as King to Israel. And all who acknowledge Christ as King would be in the kingdom, even though the King Himself was absent. The Word of God would be sown, some people would actually, be converted, All professing Christians would be in the kingdom in its outward form, but only the genuine ones would enter the kingdom in its inner reality. God reveals His family secrets to those whose hearts are open, receptive and obedient, while deliberately hiding the truth from those who reject the Light given to them. The Son of God had taught in their midst and performed many mighty miracles before them. Instead of acknowledging Him as the true Messiah, they were now rejecting Him. Because they had spurned the Light of His teachings. They would see His miracles, yet not understand the spiritual significance; hear His Words, yet not appreciate the deep lessons in them. There is such a thing as hearing the Gospel for the last time. Men do drift beyond the redemption point. There are those who have refused the Savior, who will never again have the opportunity to repent and be forgiven if they refuse Jesus. Father may Your Word spread out in all the world and may they have ears to hear, and heart opened! (F.B.I.CHRIST) *+* (:)}
Posted on: Wed, 15 Jan 2014 23:45:39 +0000
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