The parable of the sower

Jesus expressed the mysteries of the kingdom in parables. He told a story about a man sowing seed.

"...Behold, the sower went out to sow; and as he sowed, some seeds fell beside the road, and the birds came and ate them up. And others fell upon the rocky places, where they did not have much soil; and immediately they sprang up, because they had no depth of soil. But when the sun had risen, they were scorched; and because they had no root, they withered away. And others fell among the thorns, and the thorns came up and choked them out. And others fell on the good soil, and yielded a crop, some a hundredfold, some sixty, and some thirty."
Matthew 13:3-8

Later He explained it to His disciples. The seed is the word of the kingdom. The soil is the heart of a man.

The kingdom of God is about life. Life that can be sown like seed; life that can grow and produce a harvest of more seed. We are the medium for life to take root and grow, but the life is different than the medium. The kingdom of God is not about our life; it is about a life that has been planted in us.

The parable of the sower illustrates the economy of the kingdom. Sow seed; harvest much more seed. Sow life; harvest much more life.

This life comes from the word of the kingdom.