4:15 那撒在路旁的,就是人聽了道,撒但立刻來,把撒在他心裏的道奪了去。
4:16 那撒在石頭地上的,就是人聽了道,立刻歡喜領受,
4:17 但他心裏沒有根,不過是暫時的,及至為道遭了患難,或是受了逼迫,立刻就跌倒了。
4:18 還有那撒在荊棘裏的,就是人聽了道,
4:19 後來有世上的思慮、錢財的迷惑,和別樣的私慾進來,把道擠住了,就不能結實。
4:20 那撒在好地上的,就是人聽道,又領受,並且結實,有三十倍的,有六十倍的,有一百倍的。
Some people are like seed along the path, where the word is sown. As soon as they hear it, Satan comes and takes away the word that was sown in them. Others, like seed sown on rocky places, hear the word and at once receive it with joy. But since they have no root, they last only a short time. When trouble or persecution comes because of the word, they quickly fall away. Still others, like seed sown among thorns, hear the word; but the worries of this life, the deceitfulness of wealth and the desires for other things come in and choke the word, making it unfruitful. Others, like seed sown on good soil, hear the word, accept it, and produce a crop–some thirty, some sixty, some a hundred times what was sown.’
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雖然我是個「雙重預定論」者,但是對這段經文的內容,我還是要說:『預備好你的心,接受福音的種子。』
許多人認為「救恩」不重要,那是將來的事,反正現在好好努力,信耶穌將來再決定。其實這樣的想法是不智的,明天要發生甚麼是不清楚,今天可以保握的事,就要及時決定,以免機會流失。
然而除了防止機會流失之外,更要讓福音結果,才有意義。所以更要預備好心田,要除去自己的硬心、憂慮、愛世界的心,讓福音種子可以好好成長,將來才會有收成。
你盼望有永生,就要為永生付一點小小代價,就是預備好自己的心田。
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