This parable is particularly famous in sunday school because it's one of the first parables that Jesus told. some background before this parable was told:
-Jesus had already preached the 'Sermon on the Mount' -Large crowds were drawn to Him because of His teachings -Jesus began healing many
As written in the previous post, Jesus knew that the crowd consisted of mainly farmers, fishermen and basically people who work in the rural areas. He started the parable with something they could account with: a story about a farmer.
there's something striking about the way Jesus started this parable. He started out by saying(V 4) "As he was scattering the seed, some fell along the path... Some fell on rocky places..."
if you and i use common sense, no farmer in his right mind would scatter his seed on a path or rocky places for that matter. farmers normally scatter their seeds on their fields! I can only guess that Jesus was trying to get their attention(as you can see, the next parable Jesus told was about a farmer sowing seeds into his field).
so what was Jesus trying to teach us, using this popular parable? (READ Matthew 13: 18 - 23)
i always believe that the Bible was written not to appease the Jews or people who lived in that era, but for everyone, past present future. As can be read in 2 Tim 3:16, "All scripture is God-breathed and useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness."
i think the one thing that Jesus emphasized on very importantly, was the production of the man who was the 'good soil man'. it also goes to show that Jesus wanted to spread the message that believing and understanding the Word of God is simply not enough. we need to produce.
so as we read and meditate on this parable, let's do some self reflection: are you a 'rocky man', a 'path man' or a 'good soil man'?
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