Jesus calls the Word of God the seed and compares it with a candle by its effect on the human soul, which serves as a source of light in the darkness and permeates it with its rays. Therefore, a person received the gospel just like a candle, and how can you leave it without using it and not benefiting yourself. This great gift cannot be treated indifferently and indifferently. It needs to be used, because sin is afraid of the light. The devil, the culprit of sin, is hiding in the dark corners of the soul. Vicious people under his influence do not want anyone to look into their souls. The parable of the sower was told by Jesus Christ and described in the gospel. And she sheds a lot of light.
The Gospel Parable of the Sower
On that day, Jesus left the house and sat by the sea. Around him immediately gathered a lot of people. Then He entered the boat, and all the people remained standing on the shore. He began to teach them with his parables. One of them is a parable about a sower who went out to sow grain. One part of its grain crumbled along the trampled road, and then birds flew in and pecked it. Another part crumbled into rocky terrain, where there was not much land, so the seeds soon sprouted and immediately withered due to a weak root. Another part of the seeds fell into a thorny bush, which did not allow the seed to grow and drowned it. Another part of the seeds fell into good soil, which yielded multiple fruits (some thirty, some sixty, others a hundred times).
The parable of the sower. Interpretation
Its meaning was explained in great detail by the Lord Himself. To his explanation, we can only add that the sower is God, the seed is the word of God, the field is the whole people of the world, perceiving miraculous gospel words that help to know the true God. These words are the seed of salvation and life, thrown into a person’s heart, germinating under favorable conditions and bearing fruit, consisting in good deeds and a holy life.
The parable of the sower preaching sounds from the lips of an Orthodox priest. Thus, he teaches and instructs his parishioners on good deeds.
Seed
The parable of the sower tells us that in our time, like many centuries ago, the word of God carries within it living power. It equally pleases, touches, excites, humbles, judges and consoles, thereby affecting the most delicate strings of the human soul.
The Word of God always acts and is sharper than a sword. It is alive and soulful, it is in it that the eternal truth is hidden. But as a seed, it does not always germinate and does not always yield a crop of the same quality.
The soil
As you know, fertilized land gives a good harvest. The human heart is the soil referred to in the parable. All her strength depends on the spiritual state of a person, which affects the germination of the holy seed.
Talking about the fate of the seed, the Lord draws our attention to four kinds of conditions in which it can grow. By this we mean four types of dispensation of the soul and psyche of man.
Driving road
Describing the first type, we can say that the heart of such a person is like a road. The seed falling on it will not be able to break through and strengthen, and therefore the birds will quickly destroy it. This is what the parable of the sower implies; its interpretation has enormous instructive meaning for man.
These people include the crude nature of the animal warehouse, which have an exclusively materialistic worldview. They cynically mock the ideals of truth, kindness, beauty, and all that all mankind has worshiped from time immemorial, which fascinated him with exploits and an associate life. Benefit for such people is most important. The parable of the sower says that the womb is their God, and therefore the word of God in them meets a wall of indifference, selfishness and does not penetrate into the depths of the heart.
Rocky terrain
The second type of people is quite common. These people strive for love and goodness, every word of God receives a quick and lively response in them, but it does not capture them enough to begin to work on themselves and fight against hostile forces.
They will listen and light up from the gospel message of truth, love and selflessness. But as a match, they will go out just as quickly in a short time. Such people will go on a feat, but they are not at all ready for long work, and as a result, they have “rocky soil” in their heart, on which only grass can grow, as well as those small things they can do. Such people are very proud and not ready for self-sacrifice. The result is treason and apostasy.
Thorns
The gospel parable of the sower very clearly gives ideas about our souls, and how different they are. The third type of people can hear the word of God, but it is drowned out in themselves, because they serve both God and the mammon. Such a person is in a constant whirlpool of worldly concerns, he does not fight earthly addictions and therefore becomes their captive. Seed in thorns will not germinate, therefore, all to no avail.
Good soil
The fourth type is integral natures with a sincere and responsive heart, their words do not diverge from the deed. Listening to the word of God, they will try to fulfill it. But obedience to him cannot all be equally perfect and complete. Only one third can do one, the other two-thirds, and only a small part of people fulfill it perfectly and completely. There are very few such people, but how they shine brightly against the dim background of the attitude of modern people to the gospel.
According to biblical parables , the parable of the sower, cartoons and even videos was also filmed. They very clearly and clearly explain to us the essence of this wise story.
After all, the parable of the sower (sermon) teaches that when the soil is prepared, the cultivation of the soul itself will contribute to the germination of the seed of the word of God. As the old rules of ascetics say: "Fertilize your heart with prayer, use the plow of repentance, tears of contrition and weed out the grass of evil passions."