B.E.S.T. Shabbat

"And He said, “The one who sows the good seed is the Son of Man, and the field is the world; and as for the good seed, these are the sons of the kingdom; and the weeds are the sons of the evil one;” Mat 13:37-38 (NASB) To listen to the audio-only version click below  Last chapter, we began to look at the parable of the sower and the times that we live in. One of the keys to successfully navigating difficult times is coming to terms with the strategies of the kingdom of darkness and the power that is available to us when we align with God and His Word. Yeshua used the parable of the sower as the master template for all His teaching. "And He *said to them, “Do you not understand this parable? How will you understand all the parables?" Mar 4:13 (NASB) Parables are unlocked by a shift of perception. Yeshua calls this shift, seeing: "Jesus responded and said to him, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless someone is born-again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.”" ...

"And He said, “The one who sows the good seed is the Son of Man, and the field is the world; and as for the good seed, these are the sons of the kingdom; and the weeds are the sons of the evil one;” Mat 13:37-38 (NASB) To listen to the audio-only version click below  Seed determines identity. Today with DNA testing, we have the capability to determine paternity or fatherhood of a child. This is because the child contains the same seed in their identity that they received from their biological father. In the spiritual life, seed is called the word of God. “The sower sows the word." Mar 4:14 (NASB) In the parable of the sower Yeshua tells us about 4 conditions of the soil. These reflect different scenarios of receptivity to the voice of the Lord. We spoke last week about the first condition, which is in many ways a front-line condition called the side of the road. "as he was sowing, some seed fell beside the road, and the birds came and ate it up." Mar 4:4 (NAS...