In the story of the sower who encourages men to have a spiritual relationship with God, the historical figure named Jesus shares a sober truism about the challenges of life, and the consequences of living out one's faith. This sober reality is said to apply to those who gladly hear and accept the value of a personal relationship with God.
The challenges of life can discourage them from maintaining a personal relationship with God. Those times when they are put down and criticized can also discourage them from maintaining a personal relationship with God. (Mark 4:16 - 17). It is always hard to know, upon meeting a person, whether he "gladly heard' in his heart the value of a relationship with God, but turned away because of a harsh criticism or put down, or because of the extreme discouragement that life can sometimes bring.
We must always encourage men to never give up seeking to know God in a personal way. That is the lesson for the sowers...those who encourage others to seek and maintain a personal relationship with God. It is hard to fathom that clear that this historical figure called Jesus was simply a good man when one thinks about his story of the sower and how people responded to the encouragement to put God first in their live, i.e., the word.
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