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Mon, 11 Jun 2012
Jun 11, 2012, 16:48
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Jesus frequently taught in parables, which are stories, usually using every-day situations or nature to teach about one specific subject. The parable we study next Sunday is called the parable of the sower, about a farmer sowing seeds in his field.
The people Jesus taught would have been very familiar with the sowing of seeds. As Jesus described the different kinds of ground the seed might have fallen on, they would remember seeing that very thing happen in their own gardens or in their neighbors’. Some seed feel into hard ground, where birds would come and eat the seed before it could grow. Some fell into rocky ground, where the seed might sprout but could not send its roots into the soil. Some fell near the edge of the field, where it could grow but would then be crowded out by weeds. Some would fall into the carefully prepared soil of the field, where it could take root and grow into a fine crop.
Jesus explained to his disciples what each type of seed really meant. The seed represents God’s Word, which can grow into saving faith in Jesus when it is planted in our hearts. But other things can keep it from growing, and then it cannot grow into faith in the person’s heart. Some refuse to hear God’s Word at all; others hear it but pay no attention; others let other things crowd out the message of God’s love.
Our prayer for you is that you will prepare your heart to gladly receive God’s Word and let it grow to saving faith in your heart, so that you may reap the harvest of everlasting, abundant life that Jesus brings.
Join us this Sunday, and bring a friend!
Tom and Sydney Cook
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The Parable of the Sower
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