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I wish I knew How!
Matthew 13.1-9
Human ears hear many sounds, but there is a deeper kind of listening that results in spiritual understanding.
Jesus was speaking of the response of the mind and heart necessary to understand spiritual truth.
Some people in the crowd were only curious about Jesus; a few were looking for evidence to use against him; others truly wanted to learn and grow.
Jesus’ words were for the honest seekers.
Those who honestly seek God will have spiritual hearing.
Barton, B., Comfort, P., Osborne, G., Taylor, L. K., & Veerman, D. (2001).
Life Application New Testament Commentary (p.
61).
Tyndale.
We learn that the effect of the Word varies, depending on who hears it; and that the visible or institutional church (“Christendom”) includes both genuine believers and others.
Therefore it is not surprising that throughout the last two thousand years non-Christians who were known as or claimed to be Christians have often behaved un-Christianly.
Stern, D. H. (1996).
Jewish New Testament Commentary : a companion volume to the Jewish New Testament (electronic ed., Mt 13:1).
Jewish New Testament Publications.
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