Mark 4:13-20
13 And He said
to them, Do you not discern and understand this parable? How then is it
possible for you to discern and understand all the parables?
(The Lord puts a premium on THIS parable....if we don't understand THIS ONE, we'll not get the rest of them - This is the Graddaddy of all Parables)
14 The sower sows the Word.
15 The ones
along the path are those who have the Word sown [in their hearts], but when
they hear, SATAN COMES AT ONCE AND [BY FORCE] TAKES AWAY THE MESSAGE WHICH IS
SOWN IN THEM.
(The BIGGEST threat to satan, in OUR lives is the Word of God that has been invested in our lives, he's AFTER THEM ALL.)
16 And in the same way the ones sown upon stony ground are those who, when they hear the Word, at once receive and accept and welcome it with joy;
17 And they have no real root in themselves, and so they
endure for a little while; then WHEN TROUBLE OR PERSECUTION ARISES ON ACCOUNT OF THE WORD, they immediately are offended (become displeased, indignant,
resentful) and they stumble and fall away.
(TROUBLE AND
PERSECUTION ARISES ON ACCOUNT OF THE WORD – and when it does, folk becomes
offended, resentful and stumble and fall away – that’s what satan’s after.)
18 And the ones
sown among the thorns are others who hear the Word;
19 Then the
cares and anxieties of the world and distractions of the age, and the pleasure
and delight and false glamour and deceitfulness of riches, and the craving and
passionate desire for other things CREEP IN AND CHOKE AN SUFFOCATE THE WORD,
and it becomes fruitless.
20 And those
sown on the good (well-adapted) soil are the ones who hear the Word and receive
and accept and welcome it and bear fruit—some thirty times as much as was sown,
some sixty times as much, and some [even] a hundred times as much.
In Ephesians chapter 6 we're told of the weapons of our spiritual warfare, they are:
1) Helmet of Salvation
2) Breastplate of Righteousness
3) Shield of Faith
4) Belt of Truth
5) Shoes of Peace
6) Sword of the Spirit (which is the Word of God)
Five of these weapons are defensive.
There's only ONE that is used defensively. THE SWORD OF THE SPIRIT. GODS WORD.
If satan can bring blow after blow after blow to our lives, to the point that we're discouraged and close the Word of God and lay it aside....that's all he's after. DISARMAMENT. If he can disarm us, he's got it made, and the plans that have been belched out of the belly of hell against us, to bring killing, stealing and destruction into our lives will have no opposition, he's hit a home run....and he is dancing a jig.
John 10:10 tells us:
The thief (satan) does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly.
The thief (satan) does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly.
When we see anything that is "stealing, killing or destroying" - we can readily earmark it as being from the thief/satan. Simple as that.
What does God's Word tell us in Luke 10:19?
Behold, I give you the authority to trample on serpents and scorpions,
and over all the power of the enemy, and nothing shall by any means hurt
you.
Is there something between us and God? Just take care of it, it's as simple as I John 1:9
If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
THEN - THEN - THEN -----
We're told in James 4:7,8:
Therefore SUBMIT TO GOD. RESIST THE DEVIL AND HE WILL FLEE FROM YOU. Draw near to God and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners; and purify your hearts, you double-minded.
What is trying to hinder the Word of God from producing in your life?
I CHOOSE TO
RECEIVE, GUARD, AND KEEP THE WORD OF GOD ALIVE IN ME BECAUSE I WANT IT TO BEAR
FRUIT…SOME 30X, SOME 60X AND SOME EVEN 100X, IN JESUS’ NAME.
Luke 10:19 - Behold, I give you the AUTHORITY to trample on serpents and scorpions, and OVER ALL THE POWER OF THE ENEMY., and
nothing shall by any means hurt you.
Father, thank You for
HELPING US to guard Your precious Word in our lives, to esteem it, obey it, and
look to it with every need and direction for our lives...... in Jesus’ Name.
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