Wednesday: 16^th Week in Ordinary Time-A

I Reading: Jeremiah 1:1.4-10: I have appointed you as prophet to the nations.

Gospel: Matthew 13:1-9: It produced crop a hundredfold.

The Parable of the Farmer or Sower: How a Man Receives the Gospel?

Jesus revealed and pictured modern-day Christianity. He said the kingdom of Heaven is a mixture of good and bad. It includes professing believers as well as genuine believers; false doctrine as well as true doctrine.

Jesus pictured the world and its priceless value. He said that he had come to seek and sacrificially purchase the world. He said that his followers are to laboriously work, seeking to pull people into the kingdom of God. They were now responsible for teaching the new as well as the old.

Each hearer is responsible for how he receives the Word of God.

1. Jesus Christ preached a parable (v.1-2)

a. On the Sabbath

b. By the seashore in a ship

c. Large crowds gathered

d. They pressed him into a boat

2. A farmer went forth to sow (v.3,18)

3. A large number did not allow the Word of God to take permanent root (v.4-8)

a. Some dwelt by the path

b. Some the Word in a rocky places

c. Some received the Word among thorns

4. Only a small number allowed the Word to take permanent root (v.8)

5. Only a few allowed the Word to bear 100% fruit (v.8)

6. A strong call: Hear (v.9)

Thought: A person is held accountable for the kind of heart he has: hard, emotional, superficial, thorny, or soft and tender.

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