WHAT KIND OF SOIL ARE YOU ????
         (Parable of the Sower as told by the Lord Jesus)


                  MATTHEW  13
    3  And he spake many things unto them in parables, saying,
    Behold, a sower went forth to sow;
    4  And when he sowed, some [seeds] fell by the way side,
    and the fowls came and devoured them up:
    5  Some fell upon stony places, where they had not much
    earth: and forthwith they sprung up, because they had no
    deepness of earth:
    6  And when the sun was up, they were scorched; and because
    they had no root, they withered away.
    7  And some fell among thorns; and the thorns sprung up,
    and choked them:
    8  But other fell into good ground, and brought forth
    fruit, some an hundredfold, some sixtyfold, some thirtyfold.
    9  Who hath ears to hear, let him hear.

  What kind of soil is your heart toward God and His Word?
       1) Way side soil?
       2) Stony soil?
       3) Thorny soil?
       4) Good soil?

    The following is a breakdown of the meaning of the four types
  of soil:

    Matthew  13
    18  Hear ye therefore the parable of the sower.

                  WAY SIDE SOIL
    19  When any one heareth the word of the kingdom, and
    understandeth [it] not, then cometh the wicked [one], and
    catcheth away that which was sown in his heart. This is he
    which received seed by the way side.
                               
                  STONY SOIL
    20  But he that received the seed into stony places, the
    same is he that heareth the word, and anon with joy
    receiveth it;
    21  Yet hath he not root in himself, but dureth for a
    while: for when tribulation or persecution ariseth because
    of the word, by and by he is offended.

                   THORNY SOIL
    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.
                   GOOD SOIL
    23  But he that received seed into the good ground is he
    that heareth the word, and understandeth [it]; which also
    beareth fruit, and bringeth forth, some an hundredfold, some
    sixty, some thirty.

     As you read this your heart is one of the above kinds of soil.
   The good news is that YOU make the choice.  Are you the good
   soil that responds to the Word of God?  Or, rather have you
   hardened your heart to the point that the precious seed of
   God's Word falls by the way side every time you hear it?

      What will you do with the Lord Jesus Christ?  Will you accept
   Him?  Will you reject Him?  Or will you simply neglect Him and
   put Him far from your mind?  Do the cares of this world keep
   you away from the Saviour?

     WHY NOT ACCEPT THE LORD JESUS TODAY!  SOON IT WILL BE TOO LATE!

    John   1
    10  He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and
    the world knew him not.
    11  He came unto his own, and his own received him not.
    12  But as many as received him, to them gave he power to
    become the sons of God, [even] to them that believe on his
    name:
    13  Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the
    flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.

    John   3
    16  For God so loved the world, that he gave his only
    begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not
    perish, but have everlasting life.
    17  For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the
    world; but that the world through him might be saved.
    18  He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that
    believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not
    believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.
    19  And this is the condemnation, that light is come into
    the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because
    their deeds were evil.

    John   3
    36  He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and
    he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the
    wrath of God abideth on him.


        - Alan Yusko

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