Mark 4:20
But those that were sown on the good soil are the ones who hear the word and accept it and bear fruit, thirtyfold and sixtyfold and a hundredfold.”
Tag: Fruitful Lives
In the above verse we have Jesus' explanation of the parable of the seeds. The parable states that the "sower went out to sow seeds." Some of the seeds feel on certain types of land and didn't produce, but some of the seeds (as in the above) feel on good soil and produced fruit. This parable is often spoken to encourage believers to produce fruit in their lives to demonstrate their belief. However, to understand the parable, it is important to understand that the "seed" is "God's Word." The fruit that is being produced is being produced by the "Word," not by us. When Jesus says that the seed is sown in "good soil" He doesn't mean in a "good" person, but rather in a life of "faith." When "faith" is mixed with "God's Word" we see fruit. Belief in the promises and faithful obedience to the precepts and principles of God's Word will produce fruit in our lives. We don't use our energy to produce fruit. We believe that reading God's Word and taking it for what it says will produce fruit in our lives. The fruit is the Fruit of the Spirit (Galatians 5:22-23). So, the Fruit of the Spirit is produced by Faith in the Word.
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