The Parables of Jesus | The Sower

In the Gospels of Matthew Mark and Luke about a third of Jesus's words are in parables short stories that convey an important truth Jesus was a master storyteller and he would take everyday examples from life to teach people about the kingdom of God examples from work and family culture and even economics and in only a few of those parables does he provide an explanation one of them is the parable of the Sower after the Prodigal Son this is maybe the most well-known of Jesus parables. The context of the parable is a farmer goes out to sow seed and some of the seed falls on the path some seed falls on the rocky ground some seed falls among the thorns and finally some seed falls on good soil four different types of seed with four different types of results have you ever known someone who was on fire for God for a short time and then just kind of drifted away or someone who just collapsed under the stress and strain of life or maybe someone who had a solid relationship with Jesus and when you looked closely at their life you knew they were the real deal when it came to their faith the truth is that all of us will respond to Jesus at some point and in some way and that's what the parable the Sower is all about the reality is it's the life that's built on the good soil that will last so the question is which soil are you?