Thursday, 24 July 2008

Sermons

Matthew 13:10-17

Parable of Sower

Comes with an explanation

Makes matters plain

Word of God broadcast indiscriminately

Some falls in good ground and bears fruit

Other falls in less good ground and does not bear lasting fruit

Interlude

Disciples ask why Jesus speaks in parables and not plain words

Jesus replies that parables reveal and hide at same time

His words depend on the hearer

TNIV explains better than other translations

Revelation is to those who will believe

Not to those who those who will persist in unbelief

Those who hear the Word and do the Will of the Father will receive and understand

Those who do not do God’s Will will remain in ignorance

This is why we call it a Mystery

The Word however falls on closed and open ears

May our ears be open to the Word of God and may the parables not be to us a mystery that remains closed.

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