Seeds

I've been thinking a lot about the Parable of the Sower, I'm sure most if not all of you know the parable, I thought I'd post it anyways,
Matthew 13:1-9
 1 That same day Jesus went out of the house and sat by the lake. 2 Such large crowds gathered around him that he got into a boat and sat in it, while all the people stood on the shore. 3 Then he told them many things in parables, saying: “A farmer went out to sow his seed. 4 As he was scattering the seed, some fell along the path, and the birds came and ate it up. 5 Some fell on rocky places, where it did not have much soil. It sprang up quickly, because the soil was shallow. 6 But when the sun came up, the plants were scorched, and they withered because they had no root. 7 Other seed fell among thorns, which grew up and choked the plants. 8 Still other seed fell on good soil, where it produced a crop—a hundred, sixty or thirty times what was sown. 9 Whoever has ears, let them hear.

There are a lot of different ways you can think about this, what got me started thinking about it was hearing someone say the parable was about the seeds, not the sower. Well, personally I don't really agree, I think the story is actually about the ground, to try to explain this a little, I'll give you what I think the different things represent.
We (the Christians) are the plants, which actually aren't mentioned in the story, we are where the seed comes from.
The seeds are our testimonies or witnessing's depending on what you want to call it
The Sower is Jesus, or the Holy Spirit
The Ground represents groups of people. And finally,
The plants represent individual people.

Okay, now you know what I think stuff represents, I guess you could say that there isn't actually one important part, every part is important, but the point is to show what happens when we evangelize. Some seeds fall on the path, these do not grow at all, I think this might represent people who refuse to listen. The seeds that fell on the rocky ground grew quickly but were scorched by the sun (which may represent the world), I think this represents people who believe, but as soon as something goes wrong, they lose interest.
The seeds which fell among the thorns, I think are people who believe, but then other people come and persuade them away.
The seeds that fell on the good soil are the people who believe, and grow in their faith, and eventually bear fruit.

Thankfully you don't have to take my meanings, Jesus Himself explained what He meant:
Matthew 13:18-23
“Therefore hear the parable of the sower: 19 When anyone hears the word of the kingdom, and does not understand it, then the wicked one comes and snatches away what was sown in his heart. This is he who received seed by the wayside. 20 But he who received the seed on stony places, this is he who hears the word and immediately receives it with joy; 21 yet he has no root in himself, but endures only for a while. For when tribulation or persecution arises because of the word, immediately he stumbles. 22 Now he who received seed among the thorns is he who hears the word, and the cares of this world and the deceitfulness of riches choke the word, and he becomes unfruitful. 23 But he who received seed on the good ground is he who hears the word and understands it, who indeed bears fruit and produces: some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.”

Now, I didn't really read the section from 18-23 until after I had written my meanings, I did that so I could see if I actually got close, I think I did pretty well, I pretty much missed the one of the thorns but I think I got pretty close to everything else.

This also raises the question of whether or not a Christian can become "unsaved" I think this passage seems to be saying that, but I do know that a lot of people would argue the opposite. While I would love to go into that, I think I should probably wrap this post up.

Endurance And Victory!
-Chris