Message #176775

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Likewise, I treasure that scripture.

From that passage, I derive that our role is to be sowers of the gospel. Just as Jesus shared the word (the seed), we must spread the seeds over all the earth, and let God decide to let them grow or not. The good soil would seem to directly symbolize a person who's heart is open to the gospel. The seeds among birds would seem to be a man when the word is stolen from him. The rocky soil would seem to symbolize a shallow heart (or foundation), a man who gives up when the going's rough. The thorns would be all the lies that can twist scripture.

All in all, the major points for me are:
1) Seed = the Word
2) Sower = Christ, and his followers who evangelize
3) Soil = person's response to the gospel