The Parable of the Sower - Paul M. Williams

Matthew 13:1-9 J.C Ryle said of this parable; "The four kinds of hearts it describes are to be found in every assembly which hears the word.  These circumstances should make us always read the parable with a deep sense of its importance.  We should say to ourselves as we read it: "This concerns me. My heart is to be seen this parable. I, too, am here".  Well said, Brother Ryle!! The child of God ever runs the dangerous possibility of becoming overfamiliar with those texts which he hears the most.  The Parable of the Sower is perhaps at the forefront of this list.  May we listen to this sermon with ears and eyes afresh and in so doing, may God grant us to see the soil condition of our hearts.