The Sower Went Forth to Sow
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Like a sower in the field, He came to scatter the heavenly grain of truth.
He left His home ... He went forth, *a suffering, *tempted man; went forth *in solitude, to sow *in tears, to *water with His blood, the seed of life for a world lost.
Satan has been sowing the seeds of error. Every seed brings forth fruit after its kind.
There are very many who claim to serve God, but who have no
experimental knowledge of Him. Their desire to do His will is based upon their own inclination. The seed sown by the wayside represents the word of God as it falls upon the heart of an inattentive hearer. Like the hard-beaten path, trodden down by the feet of men and beasts, is the heart that becomes a highway for the world's traffic, its pleasures and sins. Absorbed in selfish aims and sinful indulgences, the soul is hardened... The spiritual faculties are paralyzed. Men hear the word, but understand it not. They do not discern that it applies to themselves. If they do not gain the victory over sin, then sin is gaining the victory over them.Christ specified the things that are dangerous to the soul.... *the cares of this world, *the deceitfulness of riches, and *pleasures of this life. These are what choke the word, the growing spiritual seed.
Throughout the parable of the sower, Christ represents the different results of the sowing as depending upon the soil. In every case the sower and the seed are the same. His character will be reproduced in our nature. Thus shall we bring forth the fruits of the Holy Spirit
Cares, riches, pleasures, all are used by Satan in playing the game of life for the human soul. The warning is given, Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world. 1 John 2:15