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The Parable of the SowerLiving Waters Church Talk

2ndJune 2013

PARABLE OF THE SOWER

Mat. 13:1-8 That same day Jesus went out of the house and sat by the

lake. 2 Such large crowds gathered round him that he got

into a boat and sat in it, while all the people stood on the

shore. 3 Then he told them many things in parables, saying

!" farmer went out to sow his seed. # "s he was scattering

the seed, some fell along the path, and the birds came andate it up. $ Some fell on rocky places, where it did not ha%e

much soil. &t sprang up 'uickly, because the soil was

shallow. ( )ut when the sun came up, the plants were

scorched, and they withered because they had no root. *

+ther seed fell among thorns, which grew up and choked

the plants. Still other seed fell on good soil, where it

produced a crop - a hundred, sity or thirty times what was

sown. Jesus is sitting by the lake

/eople are coming to im

e gi%es a little cryptic parable

e does not eplain

is disciples come to im afterwards

+nly the disciples get the 2ndreading and the eplanation

Mat. 13:18-23 isten then to what the parable of the sower means 1

when anyone hears the message about the kingdom and

does not understand it, the e%il one comes and snatches

away what was sown in their heart. This is the seed sown

along the path. 20 The seed falling on rocky ground refers

to someone who hears the word and at once recei%es it

with 4oy. 21 )ut since they ha%e no root, they last only a

short time. 5hen trouble or persecution comes because of

the word, they 'uickly fall away. 22 The seed falling

among the thorns refers to someone who hears the word,

but the worries of this life and the deceitfulness of wealth


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choke the word, making it unfruitful. 23 )ut the seed

falling on good soil refers to someone who hears the word

and understands it. This is the one who produces a crop,

yielding a hundred, sity or thirty times what was sown.6

7od sows is seed all o%er the place 7od gi%es an in%itation to "

e is not a respecter of persons.

Mat. :! 87od9 causes his sun to rise on the e%il and the good, and

sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous.

)ut only the disciples get the 2nd reading and the eplanation

7od wants you to be :;; with the S+5>;, or with the S>>@

The problem is always with the S+&

5hat sort of soil are youA 5hat sort of soil am &A

THE PATH

Mat. 13:! # "s he was scattering the seed, some fell along the path, andthe birds came and ate it up.

This sort of terrain is a road rather than a place for culti%ation

The paths &= )>T5>>= T> :&>@S

;oads are places of =+&S> and "BT&?&TC

;ather than S&>=B> and ST&=>SS

Dany >"; the message, but few &ST>= in order to

;ST"=@.

&n the path - there is an agenda.......

/eople ";> 7+&=7 S+D>5>;>

&t is E7od plus.....F

The path is a place of hardened ground

+ften trampled

The seed lies on the surface of the road

The word os not &=T>;="&S>@

&t is therefore S="TB>@ "5"C


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THE RO"#$ PLA"ES

Mat. 13:-% Some fell on rocky places, where it did not ha%e much soil.

&t sprang up 'uickly, because the soil was shallow. ( )ut

when the sun came up, the plants were scorched, and they

withered because they had no root.

This sort of terrain is a place of S"+5 7;+%eryone wants to ride in the limoF

There is an antidote to EscorchingF in the /salms

P)al* 1:2-3 8" person9 L.whose delight is in the law of the ord, and

who meditates on his law day and night. 3 That person is

like a tree planted by streams of water, which yields its fruit

in season and whose leaf does not wither - whate%er they

do prospers.

P)al* 8!:-+ $ )lessed are those whose strength is in you,

whose hearts are set on pilgrimage.

( "s they pass through the ?alley of )aka,

they make it a place of springsM

the autumn rains also co%er it with pools.8d9

* They go from strength to strength,

till each appears before 7od in Nion.


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& Mart,( Lther #,( 'r.: E+nly in the darkness can you see thestarsF

AMO/0 THOR/S

Mat. 13:+ +ther seed fell among thorns, which grew up and choked the

plants.

This is par of the field that has +T>; ST


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5hat to doA

Slash O burn

;epentance

5hat you burn will fertilise

/lough

/rayer I Deditation G/salm 1H

0OO SOL

Mat. 13:8 Still other seed fell on good soil, where it produced a crop - a

hundred, sity or thirty times what was sown.

This is S+& T"T &S =+T " +: T> ")+?>

&t is often a process

7ood fertile soilIheart

/lace of

stillness

silence

no agenda

/lace of

depth

roots

inner life

/lace of

)eing wellKtended

arthISoil produces automatically

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