Luke 8:4–8 (RSV)
4 And when a great crowd came together
and people from town after town came to him, he said in a parable: 5 “A sower
went out to sow his seed; and as he sowed, some fell along the path, and was
trodden under foot, and the birds of the air devoured it. 6 And some
fell on the rock; and as it grew up, it withered away, because it had no
moisture. 7 And some fell among thorns; and the thorns grew with it and
choked it. 8 And some fell into good soil and grew, and yielded a
hundredfold.” As he said this, he called out, “He
who has ears to hear, let him hear.”
NOTE: The message is
to a crowd, not to an individual, although the interpretation is given to a
much smaller group. How we treat the word of God is the issue for all mankind
(the crowd). Every person must choose what he does or thinks about God's word. Does
he trample it underfoot? Is it meaningless to his life and undeserving of even
recognition? That would seem to describe the majority of people and the first
response. Another response is to give it acceptance but not much attention. In
the end it withers away and makes no impact in a life because it really is not
important. He gives it verbal acknowledgment but nothing else .This person is
the verbal religious person who seldom attends a church. A third response is to take it very
seriously. To give it more than verbal acknowledgment and to try to follow its
principles, but not to give it first place. The world and its desires have an
equal place. This is the religious person of today, a hypocrite. Finally, we
have the person who not only acknowledges its authority and truth, but puts it
into practice. He is a true believer and his life reflects his beliefs. Many
people in the church fool themselves into thinking they are this person, but
their life outside church proves otherwise. The true believer ministers and
serves God and has a positive impact on others for the sake of the kingdom.
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