Matthew 13:1830 (AMP) “Listen then to the [meaning of the]parable of the sower:
19 When anyone hears the word of the kingdom[regarding salvation] and does
not understand andgrasp it, the evil one comes and snatches away what was
sown in his heart. This is the one on whom seed was sown beside the road.20
The one on whom seed was sown on rocky ground, this is the one who hears the
word and at once welcomes it with joy; 21 yet he has no [substantial]root in
himself, but is only temporary, and when pressure or persecution comes because
of the word, immediately he stumbles andfalls away [abandoning the One who is
the source of salvation]. 22 And the one on whom seed was sown among thorns,
this is the one who hears the word, but the worries anddistractions of the world
and the deceitfulness [the superficial pleasures and delight] of riches choke the
word, and it yields no fruit. 23 And the one on whom seed was sown on the good
soil, this is the one who hears the word and understands andgrasps it; he indeed
bears fruit and yields, some a hundred times [as much as was sown], some sixty
[times as much], and some thirty.” 24 Jesus gave them another parable [to
consider], saying, “The kingdom of heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in
his field. 25 But while his men were sleeping, his enemy came and sowed weeds
[resembling wheat]among the wheat, and went away.26 So when the plants
sprouted and formed grain, the weeds appeared also. 27 The servants of the
owner came to him and said, ‘Sir, did you not sow good seed in your field? Then
how does it have weeds in it?’ 28 He replied to them, ‘An enemy has done this.’
The servants asked him, ‘Then do you want us to go and pull them out?’ 29 But
he said, ‘No; because as you pull out the weeds, you may uproot the wheat with
them. 30 Let them grow together until the harvest; and at harvest time I will tell
the reapers, “First gather the weeds and tie them in bundles to be burned; but
gather the wheat into my barn.”’”
When Jesus delivered the Word of God, He had delivered it to all common people.
These common people gathered as they had witnessed miracles, power , the authority
of Jesus , and witnessing the casting out of demons. The people followed as Jesus
performed signs and wonders. There were certain Words Jesus preached when many
common people had gathered, and there were certain Words Jesus preached when He
was with His personal disciples. He had preached differently. When many common
people had gathered, He preached a general message mixed with parables. But when
Jesus was with His personal disciples, He would precisely interpret His message. It is
the same when perceiving heaven. The common christians think about heaven this way.
They think they will go to heaven once they start attending church service, just believe
in Jesus, pray, worship and praise. But in reality, in order to make it to heaven, within
the context of salvation, people do not know how delicate ,different variables, how
thorough , and there are things that we need to put much effort and striving to enter the
Kingdom of God. The bible explains it all. You don’t lightly come to church, pray, and
you do not just believe in Jesus with a light heart.
There is a certain color when it comes to faith and believe . There is some kind of true
color in each person’s heart or field . What do I mean by color? It is about the soil. In
other words, it is your heart. In order to have deep roots grow into your soil, you need to
have good a heart/soil. You need to have faith, a good heart/soil, a good state of mind,
a good state of mentality, a good state of spirituality, and a good personality and
character.
When you read the four gospels as Jesus preached and interpreted His words, there
was a difference when common people gathered and when His direct disciples
gathered. To the common people, Jesus preached the easy and subtle words. But to
His direct disciples, He did not preached such a way. Plus, His disciples wanted to know
the parables. So they had asked Jesus. Jesus said, that His disciples were allowed to
know the secrets of Kingdom of God but not to the common people. Anyone can follow
Jesus and even becomes a fan. But when it comes to becoming His real disciple, it is
different a story. The common people will not see or understand.
Matthew 13:1314 (AMP) This is the reason I speak to the crowds in parables:
because while[having the power of] seeing they do not see, and while [having the
power of] hearing they do not hear, nor do they understand andgrasp [spiritual
things]. 14 In them the prophecy of Isaiah is being fulfilled, which says, ‘YOU WILL
HEARandKEEP ON HEARING, BUT NEVER UNDERSTAND; AND YOU WILL LOOKandKEEP ON LOOKING,
BUT NEVER COMPREHEND;
The secrets will be interpreted by Jesus to His own disciples. God also expressed His
words as yeast. But no one knows when yeast will work and expand. It is because yeast
works inside. The transformation of a person begins from the inside of a heart therefore,
no one really knows. The original meaning of “yeast” is “boiling passion.” In order for
yeast to boil, it has to have passion. Therefore, whenever we listen to the Word of God,
some kind of passion must come alive. Even though we may hear the word of God, but
if passion inside of us does not come alive, we fail to make the Word of God the yeast.
We are required to make the Word of God as yeast. It is our homework to ferment the
Word of God when we hear His words.
Jesus had spoken about the parable of sowing seeds. He first spoke generally . Jesus
said, “anyone can hear the word of the kingdom..” . Anyone can hear the kingdom of
God. Whoever wanted to hear, they were allowed to come and listen. But not everyone
can understand. When we fail to make God’s word as yeast and let it ferment in us to
work, this will happen, “When anyone hears the word of the kingdom[regarding
salvation] and does not understand and grasp it, the evil one comes and snatches away
what was sown in his heart.” Whoever believes in Jesus will have the possibility to be
saved. Jesus is basically telling them that although they came to Him to listen to the
Word of God and to go to heaven, it will not be easy. Why can they not go to heaven? It
is because they did not understand, realize, and recognize even after listening to the
word of God. These kind of heart/soil is always opened to other things. The people with
the such heart likes to listen to many other sources or people. In order for us to fully
settle the word of God in our hearts, we need to put the word of God above all things in
our lives. The Word of God must be above all other things, even above our family
members such as children, wife, husband, work, job, and money. If we like to listen to
the other sources or people and put other things above the Word of God such as family
members and work, there will not be room for the Word of God to be firmly settled. You
may have the Word of God in your head, but the Word of God does not sink into your
heart or free will. This kind of heart/soil is like the road. This kind of heart is always
distracted.
“20 The one on whom seed was sown on rocky ground, this is the one who hears
the word and at once welcomes it with joy;”This kind of heart/soil has no strength to
keep the word of God. It lacks spiritual power. Most churches preach generally. But they
do not know or preach what may prevent us from going to heaven. They do not preach
why we need to perform spiritual warfare. If we desire to know the concealed spiritual
things such as why christians stumble, why they face tests, suffering, discipline and
tribulation, God will lead us to know. There is a empty spiritual void or space within
people. What does this mean? What is the spiritual thirst, spiritual impatience, or this
earnest desire?
“This is it? Why do I face frequent test? For what reason do I suffer? What is the
problem?”
Sometimes, proclaiming does not work. Sometimes, clinging onto the words “Jesus
crushed the head of satan” does not work. We may know it theoretically but in reality,
there are many things that do not work. Even in the classroom, teacher teaches equally
to all students. But each student has a level of receiving the teaching. The one who
receives the word or teaching is required to properly apply it. Some people learns
quickly and some do not.
Whenever we listen to the Word of God, there will be someone who will interfere. When
we listen to the Word of God, the bible says the evil one comes to snatch it away. The
evil one comes to bring tribulation, persecution, test, and make christians stumble.
When the seed falls on the road, the evil one will snatch it away. When the seed falls on
the rocky soil, the evil one will come with a higher strategy (수준있게 다룬다).
The evil one will whisper, “You know why you stumble? Because of the Word of God!”
The Word of God may fall on the heart, but this kind of person has no power or will to
keep it (하나님의 말씀을 지킬 의지). There is no root. They are very weak.
I saw a scene with my opened spiritual eyes. Usually, the evil spirits come and threaten
us by saying, “Do not pray! Do not pray!” But in some cases, the evil spirits plan with
certain types of people, “Let them be for she/he does not have perseverance. Even if
she/he prays now, she/he will not last long.”
The devil will use the person’s nature, personality, and character. The devil hides
behind the person’s nature and personality to work within their nature and personality.
When this happens, no one will know, even the person whom the devil works behind.
When this happens, no one will know if what a person speaks and do is by the person’s
own will or the devil’s work. The devil will say, “Let us hide behind her/his speech! This
person loves to speak piercing poisonous words. Their words are snappy and their hot
temper makes them easily angered.” These are the abstract nouns. The evil spirits hide
behind the words, thinking, nature, personality and character, habit , lifestyle , emotion,
and hearts of people. If the demons had a shadow, we would know but the evil spirits
hide behind the abstract nouns within us and provoke us to twist the words to make
relationships twisted, and we then get angry.
Whenever I witness people complain and grumble, I feel eerie. I want to say, “If you
continue to say complain and grumble, you have to know that the evil spirit also works
with your words!” But I can’t really say it. God’s Spirit works with joy, happiness,
thankfulness and comfort. People who serve God helps and serves others, even if they
have to lose something, and their bodies become tired as God’s work may be difficult.
However, they will go wherever God tells them to go and comfort others.
When you complain and crumble towards the Lord, “I can’t do this! This is too difficult!”
This kind of attitude will not edify you. When we work a lot, we would think that we will
receive many rewards but in reality and in heaven, many things we have done already
have not been awarded to us in heaven. Why? Because they have had their reward with
their lips. When you get angry, you will crumble your reward. What if you repeatedly get
angry? Even when it comes to doing God’s work or giving, it is better that you do things
as the right hand does not know what the left hand is doing or knows. When you speak,
then speak as though God himself were speaking through you as you comfort others.
Speak words that will strengthen them and God will work through such attitude.
When people find out about their calling and mission, all they think about is the mission
and fulfilling their calling rather than changing their nature, attitude, personality and
character. People need to find the things that needs to be broken. They need to accept
being broken through many suffering, pain and difficulties. Some people become a
servant of God when they have never served, comforted others, but all they have done
was lived a life according to their flash such as complaining, grumbling and cursing.
There are things that God will do but there are things that we have to do which is to
crucify many things about ourselves.
God will differently handle and discipline between lay believers and His servants. God
will fearfully handle and discipline servants who are actually leading and serving God’s
people. The judgement of servants will be greater than the lay believers. In the midst of
following the Word of God, if persecution, test and tribulation comes, and when things
begin to get difficult, your true colors will come out. For some christians, when they
encounter little difficulties, they instantly lose their faith. In their wilderness, even after
praising and worship as they shouted hallelujah, when they can no longer find water,
they will complain and grumble and will want to go back to Egypt. You must give all
your worries to the Lord. Too many christians worry. You must train yourselves
daily. Please read the bible many times.
Proverbs 4:2021 My son, pay attention to my words andbe willing to learn; Open
your ears to my sayings. 21 Do not let them escape from your sight; Keep them in
the center of your heart.
We need to compare and analyze. We need to know in what kind of heart condition
does slump come? In what situation or circumstance does our mood go up and down?
When we aware of our spiritual condition, then we need to be cautious in certain
situations. Observe your reactions. When do you react properly? When are you not able
to react properly? In what area do you do good and in what areas do you not do good?
Observe and find the weak areas precisely and fix them. If you neglect those areas, you
are actually making strongholds within yourself. Otherwise, you will not even realize as
they form strongholds. Your habit will become a stronghold as well. Some people have
many hurts and wounds. Their hurts and wounds become strongholds and it puts them
under darkness. Let your hurts and wounds be healed and restored by the power of the
Lord. Whether it is hurts or anything else, do not neglect them but instead, bring it to the
Lord. When you truly bring it to the Lord, He will work for you.
People utilize their personality and habits the way they desire and it attaches to our
bodies. These types of personality and habit are stronghold. We need to become like
Jesus. People’s spirit and soul came from God but people’s mental and physical areas
are in ignorance. Therefore, when we receive the power of the Holy Spirit, the Holy
Spirit will lead us home.
Luke 8:8 8 And some fell into good soil, and grew up and
produced a crop a hundred times as great.” Producing a crop a hundred times as
great is definitely not a easy thing to do. But please pray that God will grant you the
power to produce a crop a hundred times as great.
Pastor Kim Yong Doo
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