Matthew 13:3-8
“And he
spake many things unto them in parables, saying, Behold, a sower went forth to
sow; 4And when he sowed, some seeds fell by the way side, and the fowls came
and devoured them up: 5Some fell upon stony places, where they had not much
earth: and forthwith they sprung up, because they had no deepness of earth:
6And when the sun was up, they were scorched; and because they had no root,
they withered away. 7And some fell among thorns; and the thorns sprung up, and
choked them: 8But other fell into good ground, and brought forth fruit, some an
hundredfold, some sixtyfold, some thirtyfold.”
What is the Seed?
The Word of
God.
Luke 8:11
“Now the
parable is this: The seed is the word of God.”
He that sows the seed
is the Son of Man
Matthew 13:37
“He answered
and said unto them, He that soweth the good seed is the Son of man;”
What do the thorns
represent?
The World.
Matthew 13:22
“He also
that received seed among the thorns is he that heareth the word; and the care
of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, choke the word, and he becometh
unfruitful.”
**A tree
needs water to survive. If a tree was planted near a river where the roots
would get its water daily, it will survive. Jesus wants us to plant ourselves
in him, like a tree by the river banks to live. **
John 15:1-5
“1I am the
true vine, and my Father is the husbandman. 2Every branch in me that beareth
not fruit he taketh away: and every branch that beareth fruit, he purgeth it,
that it may bring forth more fruit. 3Now ye are clean through the word which I
have spoken unto you. 4Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear
fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide
in me. 5I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in
him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing.”
True Believers will be
hated for His name’s sake!
John 15:18-20
“If the
world hate you, ye know that it hated me before it hated you. 19If ye were of
the world, the world would love his own: but because ye are not of the world,
but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you.
20Remember the word that I said unto you, The servant is not greater than his
lord. If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you; if they have
kept y saying, they will keep yours also.”
Through Jesus we are
saved and reconciled with Him from the World!
Colossians 1:21
“And you,
that were sometime alienated and enemies in your mind by wicked works, yet now
hath he reconciled.”
John 15:16
“Ye have not
chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring
forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of
the Father in my name, he may give it you.”
Pastor Rolando Ramos
