the seed

I love the parable of the sower (or soils) in Matthew. It is rich and full of application. I like to intertwine it with other verses such as John 12.24, "Truly, truly, I say to you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains alone; but if it dies, it bears much fruit." The seed is more than the written words contained in Scripture. The seed is the life of Christ poured out so that others may live. In fact, the seed analogy can be extended to include us. When we live as Christ, we lay down our lives for others. We allow ourselves to be poured out on all types of "soil" as the Father wills. As we die, by His grace, many more will life.

Of course this is not in the same sense as Christ's atonement but ours is to suffer and die just as He did. We are to be obedient in this so that others will be born into His Kingdom and thereby the expansion of the Kingdom continues.

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