The Supreme Doctor of the Human heart lets us in for the first and only time, on one of His 35 plus parables. Jesus does the complete heart check up.
Mark 4 and the parallel passages in Matthew 13 and Luke 8 are an incredible treasure.
The entire parable is made up of only 99 words in Greek. Our English translation of those words numbers only 120 words. Now by any measure that is a short story. Half a page in a typical double spaced, typed sheet.
So Jesus begins by saying, “Look!” Pointing off in the distance where a farmer is out working his field, “The sower went out to sow.” As He spoke their eyes followed the action of that farmer sowing. Their minds were engaged; they knew what He said was true. This is the essence of the parabolic method. And Christ's goal was always to take people from the here and now to transport them to the there and then. Listen again as we hear Him tell this story.
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Pastor John Barnett has been devouring the Word of God for over 30 years. John, now the teaching pastor of Calvary Bible Church in Kalamazoo, Michigan has served congregations in Oklahoma, New England, Georgia and California. He also served on the Faculty of the Master's College...
