" Other seeds fell on good soil and brought forth grain, some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty. Let anyone with ears listen!”(NRSV, Mt.13:8-9)
Why must you teach in these parables?
Many do not perceive and follow basic principles ,but rather have the need for examples or justification for them in order to perceive and apply them.
I understand why he is teaching through these simple stories now!
This is how people are spread throughout Christian faith similarly to how the seed is sown.
He is helping us to perceive this idea through correlating a relative idea to us that we might learn the lesson in detail and that we may apply it to our lives as well!
Good news like seed that falls on hard ground does not flourish.
The good news of Christ's Kingdom fell on rocky ground where people heard the word but quickly fell or withered away.
The good news of Christ is often choked out by the worries and temptations of the world.
The good news of Christ's Kingdom fell on hearts willing to hear the word and the word in them flourished. The good news was spread.
Yes Jesus, now we understand that the more people take your word of the kingdom into their hearts, the more they will be given!