There\nare four types of hearts as explained by Jesus when He explained the parable of\nthe sower in Mark chapter 4:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
13\nAnd He said to them, \u201cDo you not understand this parable? How then will you\nunderstand all the parables? <\/p>\n\n\n\n
14\nThe sower sows the word. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
15\nAnd these are the ones by the wayside where the word is sown. When they hear,\nSatan comes immediately and takes away the word that was sown in their hearts.\n16 These likewise are the ones sown on stony ground who, when they hear the\nword, immediately receive it with gladness; <\/p>\n\n\n\n
17\nand they have no root in themselves, and so endure only for a time. Afterward,\nwhen tribulation or persecution arises for the word\u2019s sake, immediately they\nstumble. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
18\nNow these are the ones sown among thorns; they are the ones who hear the word, <\/p>\n\n\n\n
19\nand the cares of this world, the deceitfulness of riches, and the desires for\nother things entering in choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
20\nBut these are the ones sown on good ground, those who hear the word, accept it,\nand bear fruit: some thirtyfold, some sixty, and some a hundred.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It\nis critical to embrace this explanation for Jesus said to understand all the\nparables, you must understand this parable. \nThe issue is not the seed or The Word. \nFATHER\u2019S Divine Intent will express itself in It\u2019s fullness if allowed\nto when entering a man\u2019s heart. The\nissue is \u201cus\u201d!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Some\nwill have a wayside<\/em> heart which has\nbeen trodden down and the soil is packed thus not allow the seed to pierce the\nsoil (the heart). They resist the Word\nand want to protect their status quo which at best is temporary in nature.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The\nsecond group has hearts of stony ground. \nThis group is reluctant to be associated with Jesus Christ and His\nteachings. They are more comfortable\nconforming to the world\u2019s idols and views thus they have allowed their idols of stone<\/em> to take up space in their\nhearts. The Word has little or no space\nto form a root system and cannot endure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The\nthird group allows the Word to be sown but succumbs to cares, lusts, and\ndeceitfulness of riches. These three\nareas of self-interest choke out the fruitfulness of the Word and cause the\ngroup to become hearers only.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The\nfourth and final group is made up of the ones who have protected their hearts\nfrom the world and have matured in the understanding and importance of\nmaintaining a pure heart. They are no\nlonger moved by what the world thinks but are trusting FATHER because they have\nreceived the revelation of HIS Agape Love for them. They have come to realize that the riches in\nHeaven are the only enduring riches thus they have no problem in being cheerful\ngivers of their resources.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The\nWord of GOD is the seed and if we are in need of healing, we must plant the\nWord that addresses healing. If we are\nin need of finances, we must plant the appropriate Word addressing\nfinances. Each seed produces after its\nown kind. Our faith in a particular area\ndepends on which seed we plant into our hearts. \nThe most important seed is Agape Love and if you plant and water that\nseed, you will ultimately produce a well-balanced garden. It will produce the greatest harvest because\nit makes the ground more fertile than any other crop.<\/p>\n\n\n\n There\nare many who hear The Word but produce little or no fruit. They are found in the first three categories\nand end up relying on others and \u201ceat\u201d of their fruit. Their priorities are focused elsewhere,\nusually on the temporal things of this world. \nI can say from personal experience that it takes commitment to be in\nthis fourth group. One must establish\nThe Word as his or her highest priority. \nJesus has given us the key to being fruitful but it requires sustained\ncommitment on our part. Faith comes by\nhearing The Word and without faith it is impossible to please FATHER.<\/p>\n\n\n\n You\nmay now appreciate why it is important for me to write with the frequency I do\nfor I am planting The Word in me as I write to you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" There are four types of hearts as explained by Jesus when He explained the parable of the sower in Mark chapter 4: 13 And He said to them, \u201cDo you not understand this parable? How then will you understand all the parables? 14 The sower sows the word. 15 And these are the ones by […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6843","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-love"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/servias.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6843","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/servias.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/servias.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/servias.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/servias.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6843"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/servias.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6843\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6844,"href":"https:\/\/servias.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6843\/revisions\/6844"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/servias.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6843"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/servias.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6843"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/servias.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6843"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}