Parable of the Sower Part 7

Redeemer Coast Church Podcast

Mark 4:13-15

"And He *said to them, "Do you not understand this parable? How will you understand all the parables? The sower sows the Word. These are the ones who are beside the road where the Word is sown; and when they hear, immediately Satan comes and takes away the Word which has been sown in them."

In science class, when researching the impact or effect of an object, two different things were considered when determining the outcome.

The Variable and the Constant.

In the Parable of the Sower, Jesus talks about the seed, which is the Word of God, and the soil, which is our heart.

The seed is the constant, and the soil is the variable. In order for the seed to produce results, the soil had to be in good condition.

It is our choice what kind of soil we want to be.

The first type of soil that Jesus mentions in this parable is the seed sown on the path. This represents a heart that is hard, a heart that refuses to hear and allow the Word of God into their lives to change the way they think. It is a heart that is "set in their ways" and is convinced that there is nothing more that they can learn or understand. A hardened heart is the kind of heart where satan can come and immediately steal the Word.

It is our responsibility to guard our hearts from becoming hard, prideful and closed off to the light of God's Word.

Two things that we can do to ensure we don't become the hardened type of soil,

1. Walk in the light that we have; in other words, be a doer of the Word of God.

2. Remain humble. Understand that we don't know everything about the Word of God and be open to hearing and seeing things from God's Word. Sometimes, that means letting go of our preconceived ideas and opinions.

The words of an open and humble heart can be found in Psalms 119:18, "Open my eyes that I may behold wonderful things from Your Law."

As a church family, this is the cry and desire of our hearts that we will see and continue to see wonderful things from the Word of God so that we can live our lives according to what God has said.