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How to Witness for Him – #4 – Following Through

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Matthew 13:3-9

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.

How simple this parable appears on the surface – yet we could plumb the depths of it for the rest of our lives.  The Parable of the Sower aptly demonstrates for us, among other things, the importance of “follow through.”  Only one fourth of the seed that was sown, brought forth fruit.  The Lord explained the Parable in the  verses 18-23:

  • The sower is the witness
  • The seed is the Word of God
  • The soil is the heart of the sinner

We also learn that there are four different kinds of hearts:

  1. The hard heart; this is the wayside heart; fertile but hard
  2. The shallow heart; this is the stony soil, fertile but depthless
  3. The worldly heart; this is the thorny soil; fertile but possessed
  4. The understanding heart; this is the good soil; fertile and prepared

Simple and straightforward –  if we expect the seed (the Word of God) to take root and bear fruit, the sinner’s heart must be made ready.

  • The hard heart must be broken
  • The shallow heart must be given depth
  • The worldly heart must learn that the things of this world are temporal

CULTIVATING THE SOIL (SINNER’S HEARTS) REQUIRES TIME, WORK, AND PATIENCE.  VERY FEW SOULS ARE WON ON THE FIRST ENCOUNTER.  GO THROUGH ALL THE DOCTRINES – STARTING WITH THE FACT THAT THE BIBLE IS GOD’S WORD, PROGRESSING TO THE DEITY OF CHRIST,  ALL THE WAY TO GOD’S PLAN OF SALVATION. 

If you are unsure of any of the fundamental doctrines – please make use of the Apologetics and Doctrines page.  You are free to print off and use all of it.