RE: Jesus’ Parable of the Four Kinds of Soil
Pastor John,
Do you think people are always the third type of soil in Jesus’ parable or does it develop gradually, changing over time? I feel they don’t see it in themselves probably. If you are the third kind, will the holy Ghost still talk to you or will He eventually stop? Can the third type grow into the fourth if God lets them see it in themselves? I have these questions because it scares me that I could be deceived and not even know myself. But the times the holy Ghost has answered me or chastened me gives me great hope.
Thanks for the video on evolution.* The holy Ghost in me loved it. It dispelled many myths about the earth. Amazing how many of these were the same questions I have always had, as in “How did ocean animal fossils end up on mountain tops?” And many more.
The meeting last night was good food for my soul!
Thank you,
Mark W.
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Hi Mark,
Our choices determine which kind of soil we are. Based on that, I would say that a person can at least stop acting as if he is bad soil. But I don’t know that if a person who is the third kind of soil can actually change into the fourth kind of soil. God alone knows that. It is clear from the scriptures that a person who is the third kind of soil does not realize he is in the spiritual condition he is in. Sometimes, the Bible makes it plain that such people are so blind that some of them consider themselves spiritual guides to others in the body of Christ.
It is sobering just to know that within the body of Christ are both wise and foolish believers. God speaks to all His children, by one means or another. He always has. But the unwise do not put into practice what they know is their heavenly Father’s will.
My father once warned me not to be hasty in judging anyone to be a wise virgin or a foolish one because, he said, there may be some foolish things about a wise saint and some wise things about a foolish one. We will do well to leave that judgment to God, and pay attention to our own lives, making sure that we are doing the will of God.
Pastor John
PS You are welcome for the evolution video. I learned a lot from it, too.
* https://youtube.com/watch?v=hRoQL7W5jg8&si=-ytmswk0qpKHKNaB
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