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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 fallen world, and into [...]

“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. Jesus had [...]

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 [...]

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 hundred, sixty, and [...]

“Every word we speak was taught to us by God's Spirit, not by human wisdom. And this same Spirit helps us teach spiritual things to spiritual people. This is why only someone who has God's Spirit can understand spiritual blessings. Anyone who doesn't have God's Spirit thinks these blessings are foolish. People who are guided by the Spirit can make all kinds of judgments, but they cannot be judged by others.” 1 Corinthians 2: 13-14 If you are not a believer in Jesus Christ, the secrets pertaining to the kingdom of God are hidden from you by God [...]

“But blessed are your eyes because they see, and your ears because they hear.” Matthew 13:16 We have learned that the parables that Jesus used to teach and preach to the crowd contained secrets about the kingdom of God. The meaning of the parables was hidden by the Lord on purpose because people did not care enough to listen when Jesus was teaching them. The only way to understand the kingdom secrets is God must reveal them to you. There is no way around it. You cannot learn the kingdom secrets using your natural mind or methods. Worldly [...]