Parable of The Sower

Parable of The Sower

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It's possible that the disciples were so taken aback by the parable that they finally decided to ask the question they'd been pondering for some time. Why did Jesus' teaching take the form of riddles? Wasn't he attempting to educate the public? Isn't it true that he didn't want people to hear what he was saying? Jesus responds that the disciples were to understand the meaning of Jesus' teaching, but that not everyone would. The truth would come to them in parables and would be inaccessible. It will pique their interest, draw their attention, and perplex them. They might make some sense of it, but the true meaning will elude them in the end. The truth will only be revealed to those who are meant to know. Understanding this principle is critical because it connects the rest of this chapter, and indeed the entire gospel, together. We shouldn't be surprised if God withholds understanding from us on more difficult issues in Scripture if we are unwilling to devote ourselves to the hard work of hearing and learning God's word, and this fact leads us to the other reason they don't understand. All men are born with Adam's nature. Our fallen nature, which we inherited from Adam, prevents us from hearing and responding to God's truth. God must first act to open the hearer's ears to pay attention to the message before they can have ears to hear. Jesus Himself gives us the big picture in this parable. The seed, according to Jesus, is the Word of God. The Word of God is the thing that is distributed so freely, casually, and even recklessly. As a result, we are immediately confronted with a parable about how God's Word is spread and the impact it has on those who hear it. This is an important message for the disciples and the audience as a whole. Why do people react to God's Word in such disparate ways? In Jesus' day, His words were the words of God, so the issue was how the crowds and religious leaders personally responded to Him. In our time, the Bible is the Word of God, so the parable explains how people respond to Jesus in the form of the Bible. However, the parable's truth is applicable in either case.

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A Servant Is Humble
Do nothing from selfish ambition or conceit, but in humility count others more significant than yourselves. Let each of you look not only to his own interests, but also to the interests of others. Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus, who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped, but emptied himself, by taking the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of men. And being found in human form, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross. (Philippians 2:3-8)

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