Importance of Seed

Ask any farmer to name the most important element in his ongoing success, and his answer will be one word: seed. Without quality, disease-free seed, harvested from proven plants year after year, the bearing of fruit will stop. That's why farmers don't hesitate to invest serious amounts of money and effort in procuring the best seed possible every season.

Jesus told a parable about seed, and said it was the most important parable He told (Mark 4:13). He used seed as a metaphor for the Word of God. The reason this parable was the most important was because it was about how to receive the Word of God - how to understand the rest of the parables they'd be receiving from Him.

Turning Points

November 2005

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God's Word; Bible; Gospel