| The Parable of the Sower, Part 2 |
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| Written by David Lawrence |
| Monday, August 24 2009 00:00 |
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In Jesus’ explanation of the seed sown along the path, the soil becomes the heart of a person who lacks any understanding of the meaning of “the message of the kingdom” (or “the word”), and the birds represent the devil who then takes away whatever knowledge these people ever had. (In Mark Jesus simply says the devil takes the word away as soon as they hear it, and in Luke e says that the devil takes the word from their hearts so that they may not believe and be saved.) Very likely if you are reading this devotional, you are a believer. However, in the case that you have checked out some theological sites on the web and located our material, out of curiosity’s sake or perhaps to find something wrong with what we teach – for whatever reason – if you have some knowledge of the word of God, the message of the kingdom, or what may also be called the gospel, the devil is very much interested in taking it from you. He has the power to do so unless God graciously grants you understanding leading to, as Jesus says, faith and salvation. So it may well be that what you read appears mere nonsense, or perhaps just some more religious haranguing, so you will close the site and move on to something else more interesting. You really don’t understand what we are talking about, and you may not care. Or maybe you do have some religious concerns, but it still doesn’t make any sense to you. I should like to say “STOP RIGHT NOW AND PRAY FOR UNDERSTANING!” But if you have a heart like the path described by Jesus, you will not. You will go one with your life, forget about whatever religious information you have acquired – maybe it has been forced on you by parents, family, or acquaintances, and you want to get beyond it. Soon all that you once knew will be gone, and you will live a life devoid of religion, free from what you will eventually consider superstition, nonsense, and the basis of a much emotional distress and turmoil. What you will not think about is that a time will come when it will be important, when you will end this life’s journey and stand before a holy and just God with nothing but your own sin-filled, selfishly-lived life. You may have done some good, but you will never have satisfied the righteous demands of the God you ignored. You will then experience his unmitigated and eternal wrath. At that point it will be too late to back up and reconsider. (To be continued) |
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