Are You Planting Seeds of God’s Word

in Others?

© 2022 by Tom Boynton (editing by Kathy Boynton)

This year, Kathy and I have decided to plant a garden.  We hope it will enable us to deal with scarcity of food which may result from our economic climate.  Our desire, should the Lord allow, is that the garden will produce enough to share with others.

When we began planning the garden, we noticed that there were lots of weeds already growing there.  Weeds tend to choke out the new seeds of a garden unless they are first removed.

Today, we were gathered with the church, listening to a missionary sermon about planting seeds.  However, he was not merely interested in seeds for food.  More importantly, he had an urgency to plant the seeds of the gospel in people’s hearts.  Many hearts are smothered by weeds of an immoral world whose thoughts are “only evil continually” (see Genesis 6:5).

Many of the seeds we planted have been laying around the house for a long time.  They have never produced any food.  They have to be planted in soil in order to grow.  Today, the missionary directed our attention to the words of Jesus.

“A sower went out to sow his seed: and as he sowed, some fell by the way side; and it was trodden down, and the fowls of the air devoured it.  And some fell upon a rock; and as soon as it was sprung up, it withered away, because it lacked moisture.  And some fell among thorns; and the thorns sprang up with it, and choked it.  And other fell on good ground, and sprang up, and bare fruit an hundredfold. …” (Luke 8:5-8)

It is important to note that, of the four types of soil mentioned above, only one produced any fruit.  The apostle Paul wrote to Christians in Rome who had experienced this fruit in their hearts.  Of them he said:

“But now being made free from sin, and become servants to God, ye have your fruit unto holiness, and the end everlasting life.” (Romans 6:22)

Many folks have hearts of stone, or hearts smothered with this world’s weeds of immorality.  Their hearts may be trodden down by the wicked philosophers of this world who know nothing of eternal life.  Such people die unsaved and are ushered into an eternity of torment and separation from God.

Dear reader, please let the Scriptures of this article speak to your heart.  Let them draw you into an eternal saving relationship with Christ.  He is the only Savior.  He died on the cross and rose again to save people from their sins.  Jesus said:

“All that the Father giveth me shall come to me; and him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out.” (John 6:37)

 

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