Come and See ‘09 Followup

Stop the thief

16 03 2009

On Sunday morning in ‘Come and See’ we mentioned that God wants the type of wedding where you are his spouse, not a guest. The Lord sent His word in our hearts once again and like a seed it needs time to grow. However we have to make sure that the condtions are right. Jesus tells us a parable about the for types of soil which we shall be look into in the coming days. Today we start with the first type.

A farmer went out to sow his seed. As he was scattering the seed, some fell along the path; it was trampled on, and the birds of the air ate it up. Some fell on rock, and when it came up, the plants withered because they had no moisture. Other seed fell among thorns, which grew up with it and choked the plants. Still other seed fell on good soil. It came up and yielded a crop, a hundred times more than was sown.” Luke 8:7

This is the meaning of the parable: The seed is the word of God. Those along the path are the ones who hear, and then the devil comes and takes away the word from their hearts, so that they may not believe and be saved. Luke 8:12

The devil is a liar, he deceives us into believing that God does not really want our best and that sin is not too bad. However his ways lead to darkness and death and so we need to be aware that he is a thief who tries to steal what God has given us. He cannot do this without our co-operation. So we need the strength of the Holy Spirit to be able to resist his lies and the temptation to sin.

Look up John 10:10, James 4:7 and Ephesians 6:10 onwards