How are we to understand all the illustrations that Jesus has given us? This question is very important because of what Jesus says or alludes to, it is the key to understanding to all his illustrations, and that can be found here in the reviewing of the Sowing of Seed illustration so, let’s read the following scripture:
Mark 4:13-20 Further, he said to them: “YOU do not know this illustration, and so how will YOU understand all the other illustrations? “The sower sows the word. These, then, are the ones alongside the road where the word is sown; but as soon as they have heard [it] Satan comes and takes away the word that was sown in them. And likewise, these are the ones sown upon the rocky places: as soon as they have heard the word, they accept it with joy. Yet they have no root in themselves, but they continue for a time; then as soon as tribulation or persecution arises because of the word, they are stumbled. There are still others who are sown among the thorns; these are the ones that have heard the word, but the anxieties of this system of things and the deceptive power of riches and the desires for the rest of the things make inroads and choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful. Finally, the ones that were sown on the fine soil are those who listen to the word and favorably receive it and bear fruit thirtyfold and sixty.
The first key to understand the illustration is the answer to what is the seed. The seed is the word of the Good News about God’s kingdom. It’s the spiritual knowledge, the awareness of a hope that grows into works of faith that come to bear fruit to God’s glory.
So, the second Key; is knowing that Satan will come and try to take away your spiritual knowledge. To stop that from happening, and to combat what he is doing to us; is for us to start a diary and take notes of what the holy Spirit is teaching us.
The next third Key; is that Satan will cause Tribulation or Persecution to arise to stumble us, tripping us up so that we become mad at God or causing us to fall flat on our face time after time to the point that we won’t get up.
But the fourth Key; is knowing that Satan uses anxieties of his system and the power of riches to redirect our energy or even choke out the word of God, so we will not produce Kingdom fruitage. Satan is trying to stop us from acting on the spiritual knowledge that has been given us.
So, the point is that the we need to protect ourselves, when we are given spiritual insights, we need to write them down in a book. Storing your Spiritual Seed of Kingdom Truth in your heart.
Next our faith needs to be watered daily, and each one of us are responsible for our hearts being soft enough allow for the putting forth of roots.
Colossians 2:6-8 Therefore, as YOU have accepted Christ Jesus the Lord, go on walking in union with him, rooted and being built up in him and being stabilized in the faith, just as YOU were taught, overflowing with faith in thanksgiving. Look out: perhaps there may be someone who will carry YOU off as his prey through the philosophy and empty deception according to the tradition of men, according to the elementary things of the world and not according to Christ
If we fail to allow the roots of faith to push down deep into our heart or if we fail to allow ourselves to become stabilized, we are at risk being deceived or something worse. 1 Peter 5:6-8
Because Spiritual Knowledge, The Fruitage we produce or our Light can all be taken from us if we don’t safe guard it.
Mark 4:23-25 … Whoever has ears to listen, let him listen.” He further said to them: “Pay attention to what YOU are hearing. With the measure that YOU are measuring out, YOU will have it measured out to YOU, yes, YOU will have more added to YOU. For he that has will have more given to him; but he that does not have, even what he has will be taken away from him.”
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