THE TRUE CHURCH
“I am the true vine, and my Father is the gardener. He cuts off every branch in me that bears no fruit, while every branch that does bear fruit he prunes so that it will be even more fruitful. You are already clean because of the word I have spoken to you. Remain in me, as I also remain in you. No branch can bear fruit by itself; it must remain in the vine. Neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in me.”
John 15:1-4
Friends, God judges your life through the eyes of the […]
THE GOOD HEARTED
“Those seeds that fell on good ground are the people who listen to the message and keep it in good and honest hearts. They last and produce a harvest.”
Luke 8:15
Although most people reject Jesus and His Word, it does not mean everybody will. Hallelujah! God has some true Christians in this world who receives His Word and truly believes on His Son Jesus Christ. That’s the fourth soil that Jesus talks about in the parable of the sower, and it represents people with a good heart. These people are spiritually productive because God’s Word […]
THE THORNY HEARTED
“The seeds that fell among the thornbushes are also people who hear the message. But they are so eager for riches and pleasures that they never produce anything.”
Luke 8:14
1 John 2:15, states, “Do not love this world nor the things it offers you, for when you love the world, you do not have the love of the Father in you”. You see friends, worldliness chokes out God’s Word from people who have a thorny heart, causing them to seek success in the world. That is another example that Jesus used […]
THE ROCKY HEARTED
“The seed on the rocky soil represents those who hear the message and immediately receive it with joy. But since they don’t have deep roots, they don’t last long. They fall away as soon as they have problems or are persecuted for believing God’s word.”
Luke 4:16-17
Jesus explained the mystery of the church in His Kingdom parables, which are recorded in Matthew 13. These parables are prophecies with hidden meaning. They reveal to believers how the world will be in the last days, and it is through the eyes of the church. That’s right. The […]
THE HARD HEARTED
“This is what the story means: The seed is God’s message, and the seeds that fell along the road are the people who hear the message. But the devil comes and snatches the message out of their hearts, so they will not believe and be saved.”
Luke 8:11-12
In the parable of the sower, Jesus likened the condition of the human heart to four different types of soil. Each type of soil determined whether a scattered seed was able to be deeply rooted and produce fruit for a farmer. One of the things that we learn […]
THE SOIL
“This is what the story means: The seed is God’s message, and the seeds that fell along the road are the people who hear the message. But the devil comes and snatches the message out of their hearts, so they will not believe and be saved. Luke 8:11
The soil mentioned in the parable of the sower represents the human heart. Just like the heart is seen as the center or the controlling organ that sustains physical life, the Bible describes the heart as a person’s total spiritual being. In this sense, faith is always a matter […]
THE SEED
When a large crowd from several towns had gathered around Jesus, he told them this story:
A farmer went out to scatter seed in a field. Luke 8:4
“This is the meaning of the parable: The seed is the word of God.” Luke 8:11 CSB
We are living in the Church Age. In these last days, Jesus is building His Kingdom by calling people out of the world and into the church. That’s right friends, this is what the church age is all about. Jesus is calling sinners to come out of this […]
THE FARMER
“A farmer went out to scatter seed in a field.” Luke 8:4a CEV
“The farmer plants seed by taking God’s word to others.” Mark 4:14 NLT
When we look closer at the parable of the sower, we will find that all of us have a part to play in building God’s Kingdom. When you sign up to become a follower of Christ, it is not okay to just watch the game from the sideline. God the Father wants you playing, because Christianity is not a spectator sport. As a Christian, you were bought at a price. […]
DISCIPLES ASK QUESTIONS
Later, when Jesus was alone with the twelve disciples and with the others who were gathered around, they asked him what the parables meant.
He replied, “You are permitted to understand the secret of the Kingdom of God. But I use parables for everything I say to outsiders.”
Mark 4:10-11
Friends let me tell you something, when it comes to Kingdom secrets, the only stupid question is the one you don’t ask. When looking at the parable of the sower, we learn that Jesus’ disciples had no idea what he was talking about in the parable. That can be […]
ARE YOU LISTENING?
When a large crowd from several towns had gathered around Jesus, he told them this story:
A farmer went out to scatter seed in a field. While the farmer was doing this, some of the seeds fell along the road and were stepped on or eaten by birds. Other seeds fell on rocky ground and started growing. But the plants did not have enough water and soon dried up. Some other seeds fell where thornbushes grew up and choked the plants. The rest of the seeds fell on good ground where they grew and produced a […]