The Parable of the Sower, by Robert Cobb

The Parable of the Sower, by Robert Cobb
(Mt. 13:3-9; 18-23)

The expressions of Jesus must be understood.


From this parable you get the picture that salvation belongs unto the Lord.


Jesus gives you a little bit to see if you'll keep coming. He says, as it were, you can come and be part of what I am doing.

Jesus is the One who has the determination to do the sowing.

Satan wants to take away what was sown in your heart.

There were some things that were deficient in these soils that need to be revealed.

The amazing thing is that any of the ground could bear fruit. Some people do believe, and bear fruit because God is merciful.

Outside of Christ we have nothing to contribute.

All the fruit belongs to God. He is the Husbandman.

In this parable we see revealed implications and responsibility.

Anything which causes the word to become unfruitful is an extremely serious matter.

Satan will try to tell you that you have stony ground. No, I know who Jesus is, and whom I have believed.

In this parable we see that God is saving the good things until the end.

A current-day error that is being spread abroad is: "You're not special enough for Satan to be interested in you." But this is a lie. He is seeking whom he may devour (I Pet. 5:7) and he is going forth to make war with those who keep the commandments of God, and have the testimony of Jesus Christ (cf. Rev. 12:17)

Flesh has to be checked in at the door. As you get closer to Christ, you do this automatically.

The word in this parable has reference to the promise of eternal life, the promise of remission of sins, the promise of an eternal inheritance in the world to come, and things of this nature.

When we do sin, we must confess, as did Eve, "the serpent beguiled me".

By the means of temptation, Satan is seeking to find the one thing that you would be willing to trade for eternal life.

As you walk in the Spirit, you are invulnerable.

It soon became evident what kind of soil each of the seeds were planted in.

If you have believed the record which God has given of His Son, and are continuing to believe, you have been planted in good soil.

There is no higher evaluation than Christ's.