The Parable of the Sower — Keith Daniel

The Parable of the Sower in Luke 8

Luke chapter 8 verse 5. Jesus said a sower. A sower went out to sow to sow his seed. A sower a man hired by the landowner to go onto the plowed field and to spread seed. The seed he was given by the farmer and by the landowner to go and scatter over the plowed ground to spread the seed.

A sower went out to sow his seed. And as he sowed as he sowed some fell by the wayside. Some fell by the wayside by the trodden footpath which run alongside of the plowed field. A sower went out to sow his seed and as he sowed some fell by the wayside.

And it was trodden down. It was trodden down and the fowls of the air devoured it. The fowls of the air the birds ate it up. And some fell upon a rock. Jesus says in the verse. Some fell upon a rock. In Matthew's account of this parable in chapter 13 verse 5 of Matthew he says.

Some fell upon stony places which had not much earth which had not much earth. Some fell upon a rock. Jesus says. And as soon as it was sprung up it withered away because it lacked moisture. It lacked moisture.

And some among thorns. Some fell among thorns and the thorns sprung up with it. The thorns sprung up with it and choked it choked it. Other fell on good ground. Other fell on good ground and sprang up.

And bear fruit oh hallelujah. And bear fruit and hundredfold and hundredfold. And when he had said these things he cried. He that hath ears to hear let him hear. He that hath ears to hear let him hear.

And his disciples asked him saying what might this parable be. And he said unto you it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of God. But to others and parables that seeing they might not see and hearing they might not understand.

Now the parable is this. The parable is this the seed. The seed is the Word of God. The seed is the Word of God. Those by the wayside. Those by the wayside are they that hear they that hear they that hear.

The Seed Is the Word of God

Cometh the devil box account of this parable in chapter 4 verse 15 he says. Satan cometh immediately immediately. Then cometh the devil and taketh away the word the word out of their hearts lest they should believe and be saved.

Those by the wayside are they that hear with the devil and taketh away the word out of their hearts lest they should believe and be saved. Are they which when they hear receive the word with joy. They on the rock are they which when they hear receive the word with joy.

And these have no root. Which for a while believe which for a while believe and in time of temptation fall away fall away. And that and that which fell among thorns are they which when they have heard when they've heard go forth and a choked with cares and riches and pleasures of this life and bring no fruit to perfection.

When they have heard go forth and a choked with cares cares cares and riches riches riches and pleasures of this life pleasures of this life and bring no fruit to perfection bring no fruit to perfection.

That on the good ground are they which in an honest and good heart which in an honest and good heart having heard the word and bring forth fruit with patience and bring forth fruit with patience. How beloved Jesus said when he spoke this parable to religious people.

But people who were not saved Jesus said when he had said these words to them. He that hath ears to hear let him hear what was he saying. Guard yourself. Guard yourself now that you don't close your heart and understanding you can you have a free will.

Guard yourself. Guard yourself and take care right now as you listen to these words then and through the ages to this meeting God had in mind. Be careful. Guard yourself that you don't close your heart and mind and understanding and conscience to the working of the Holy Spirit to you as an individual in this moment when you hear these words take care that you don't close your mind and heart to God's convicting power to show you just what you are religious with a testimony having heard the word receiving it with joy at some point in your life but going to hell.

Be careful now. Don't close your heart through bias prejudice. Background. For your soul's sake. If Jesus said it forgive me. I'm not challenging your doctrine. I'm just telling you what he said. Be careful now.

Don't close your heart to such a parable. A sower went out to sow his word his seed. Now in his interpretation to his disciples he says. The seed is the Word of God. The seed is the Word of God. Listen carefully to what God says.

The Word of God and Spiritual Birth

Happens when someone goes out and spreads the Word of God. Listen to what God says happens to those that hear. James tells us of his own will begat he us with the word. With the word of truth of his own will wrought he birth spiritually not physically.

No one's born a child of God. You're born a child of your mother and father. You must be born again. You become God's child. But how the word of his own will gave he us birth to become his children. Wrought he spiritual birth where we were born children of God.

Born spiritually of his own will begat he us with the word of truth. He cries that out to the saved. But he cries out to the lost. In the same chapter. Receive with meekness the engrafted word which is able to save your souls.

Be careful what you do when you hear this word. It's able to save your souls. Peter says being born again by the word of God who cries out in Romans 1 verse 16. I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ.

For it is the power of God. It is the power of God unto salvation to everyone that believeth you see by grace are you saved through faith. And faith cometh by hearing by the word of God. As you put your faith by grace in what God promises from this book concerning the blood of his son.

You're saved. But faith that which you saved by comes by the word of God. Oh so I went out to sow you see. Listen to what Paul tells us in Romans 10 verse 13. Listen carefully here I see what God's doing through his word.

How he's doing it he says in his wonderful promise to all. For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved. God cannot deny himself. He'll have to save you now. He can't promise you something he can reject if you obey.

Whosoever calleth upon the name of the Lord shall be saved. But it doesn't stop there. Listen to what God says now to warn us we're saved. How then shall they call on him in whom they have not believed.

And how shall they believe in him of whom they have not heard. And how shall they hear without a preacher. And how shall they preach except they be sent as it is written. How beautiful are the feet of them that preach the gospel of peace.

The Privilege and Cost of Gospel Commission

For sure. Went out to sow his seed. Hallelujah that God commissions men. God separates men to preach the gospel of Christ. The joy the privilege that God gives us. Is there any greater privilege than for God to endure in me.

To trust me. To entrust the gospel of Christ into my hands. To go and preach this gospel. To separate me unto the gospel. Come left. Go everything. And I want to make you who are fishes. I want you to leave everything.

Come. I commission you. Oh the joy the privilege of being commissioned by God. To go out and preach the gospel to every creature. But be careful now. It is not an easy road. I'm saying that very very carefully.

Now it is not an easy road. It is a privileged road being commissioned by God. To go out to leave all. To forsake all and follow me. And to go out and reach men with the gospel. Oh it's a privileged road.

Don't stoop to be a king. If God has called you to preach. William Carey said don't stoop to be. If I had 10 lifetimes to live though I've wept through so much of what came and all hell comes against you.

If you dare to go into the front line of the battle with this book. If I had 10 lifetimes over God I would want to go the same road. Don't make me a billionaire with some hours of days and years just involved in money.

I want so. Oh it's a not an easy road but it's a privileged road. Don't stoop now to anything the devil would offer you even if it's to be a king. Say no thank you. Oh but be careful. Guard yourself now.

Don't let's lie. Too much is talked about being in heaven and earth. No wonder they come and they find they're not in this world. You shall have tribulation. Total onslaught. God promises. Don't promise them anything less.

Okay. They did it to me. They'll do it to you. Christ warned them and look what they did to him. He warns those who would be his disciples. Those who would preach the gospel to every creature. Oh those who would spread the word who would take out and scatter the Word of God the seed of God every step they take every breath in their body.

Be careful now as privileged the road is. It is not an easy road. It is not an easy road. But but God has promised in Psalm 126 verse 5. They that sow in tears shall reap in joy. My word shall not return unto me.

Void. God says to us that go sowing in tears. God says they that sow in tears shall reap in joy. He that goeth forth and weeping. God doesn't deny that. Show me a preacher that says it's an easy road.

He wasn't called by God and he isn't doing God's work. But those of you that are commissioned that preach you know it's not an easy road. Oh he that goeth forth and weeping bearing precious seed. Carrying precious seed.

So doubtless come again with rejoicing. Bearing in his seeds with him. Hallelujah. God has promised there's fruit. God has promised my word will not return unto me. Void. Child. My word will not return unto me.

Sowing Bountifully for Christ

But in the house we're staying. The glicks I see in one of the rooms. Well almost every pluck on the whole house every wall. You have to stop and absorb it. It's tiring but you can't pass it. Your conscience won't let you.

Oh I had to go and get a pen. I said Lord I can't sin. Listen. He which soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly. God just struck me. Oh. And he which soweth bountifully shall reap also bountifully.

2 Corinthians 9 verse 6. You preachers give everything every breath in your body. Don't hold back. Only what's done for Christ will last. Remember CT stud. Only one life to live till soon be passed. Only what's done for Christ will last.

Oh so bountifully don't hold back. Let every facet of your being be on the altar of God to win this world for Christ once he's commissioned you though you sow in tears you shall reap in joy. He that goeth forth and weeping God tells you bearing carrying precious seed.

So doubtless come again rejoicing bringing his sheep with him. Going forth with weeping sowing for the master. Though the loss sustained our spirit often grieves. When our weepings over he will bid us welcome.

We shall come rejoicing bringing in the sheep. Oh what a moment. Don't deny God what he wants to the blueprint of your life. Preacher. Go out and sow bountifully. Blessed is he that soweth on all waters.

Don't just see four walls. The world is my parish because God loved the whole world. I don't want to love the Mennonite. I don't want to love the charity believe it or not. I want to love the Calvinist if there's any of you here if they pursue Christ.

I want to go out and somehow set everyone ablaze. Going out. I want to bring the lost of every walk of every persuasion to Christ that'll allow me. And I want the privilege of every pulpit on earth. If God gives it to me I'll become all things to all men.

If by any means I won't be hypocritical. I'll be anything to anyone. The Baptist won't let me preach in their pulpit without a tie. I'll wear a tie. Yes men the night. But if you don't want to listen to me with a tie I won't wear a tie.

I'm not a hypocrite. I just do what Paul says. I become all things to all men. If by any means I might win some. Because that's all I want in life. When you're a preacher you don't love to preach. If you commission by God you don't love to preach.

You live to preach. Your life is consumed for God to sharpen you daily hourly by the minute to keep you in tender touch anointed that you don't lose that God doesn't have to bypass one opportunity without coming.

Everything is just consumed for God if God has commissioned you. Oh but though all hell come against you and it will don't think you're not gonna gray gray overnight. Jesus didn't promise you that friend weeping is there.

But though all hell rise against me the preacher must go if God's commissioned him. You dare not. You dare not dare not choose something else. Woe is me if I preach not the gospel of Christ. If I fail to warn the sinner from the error of his way that sinner shall die in his iniquity.

But his blood. Will I require it. Thine hands as a keel. If you fail when I've commissioned you child and the blueprint of your life that I laid out is trodden on his blood will I require it thine hand as a keel.

Chapter 33 verse 7 of his book. Oh oh. But now listen to something that's obnoxious. Can a preacher say that just to brace you. By the way the sower must be saved. The sower must be saved. Why would a man dare say such a thing in such a community such a congregation.

The Sower Must Be Saved

Because somehow the devil this enemy has worked it that I wonder what percentage of the world's pulpits that have a cross on the top of a building. The preachers are going to hell. How Satan did it. I don't know.

And tell me if you spend one minute weeping about it that God can undo it in your country. Does it grieve you. I want to cry out in the only preacher left on earth who dares to. Even if you never let me back in your country one day.

Let one man just cry it loud and clear. What are you doing in the pulpit if you're going to hell preacher you must be born again. If he's not born of God born again if he can't point to the moment God saved his soul from hell and the Holy Spirit bore witness with his spirit that he's safe then all he becomes is what Christ is a blind leader of the blind.

He didn't have contempt. He didn't have disgust he had grief. That such a thing could be. All you are says a blind leader of the blind. If you stand there and you lead them to the ditch with you when you fall into hell.

Everyone that followed you because you said you knew the way you knew this book you knew the contents. You've been through university. You know the Greek. You know the Hebrew. You know. But you don't know what God says is the only thing that can happen that you can even understand this book is to be born of God.

The natural man the unsaved man cannot even discern this book. You can learn the Greek backwards. You won't lead one soul to hell. You won't lead one soul to heaven. You'll lead them to hell with you.

You'll be a blind leader of the blind. That's what Christ says. And that's what you will be. Don't doubt that and not only that. You will eventually become an enemy of those that do preach truth. You want to know why.

Because you're gonna feel threatened when someone comes with truth and your people suddenly hit truth and they didn't hear it from you. Because you didn't know it. And you will oppose those that preach the gospel.

You'll become an enemy of God. Don't tell me. You won't. Don't tell me. You'll allow that man in your vicinity to have your people near them. You'll fight. You'll oppose. You'll oppose. You'll oppose.

God says oh it's tragic all these verses. They shut up the kingdom of heaven against men. For ye neither go in yourselves neither suffer them that are entering to go in. You stop men. I don't know how many times I've preached the gospel over the last 37 38 years this year.

I don't know how many times men walked out with the gospel burning in their hearts. Drunk people people whose lives were smashed but somehow dragged. And their preachers knowing they came to hear the gospel in this big building or church that wants the gospel.

The preachers of the town who have years of academic intellectual understanding and learning of this book. They can't wait to get to the homes on the phone or wait at the gate even to undo to undermine what was preached in there.

You you shut. You don't want to go in yourself. But you eventually shut up those from entering in who want to enter in. That's what you become. If you're not saved. Don't tell me. You won't. You know.

You will. Oh the Pharisees are alive and well on planet earth today. You honestly think Christ said all these words in the Bible is about people of his time. No no no no no no. You oppose the truth eventually to be the two verse two by whom the way of truth shall be evil spoken of.

You'll oppose the gospel because you're threatened by it. Because you didn't preach it. You don't know how to. You can't. How can you tell people to be saved. If you're not saved yourself. You'll oppose God says to be the two verse 12.

You speak evil thing of things that you understand not. You will. You undermine the preacher. You look upon as them from the devil not from God. And like they said of Christ the old priest. Be careful.

You don't fight God himself to the religious leaders. Oh be careful. Be careful. Be careful to Peter 2 verse 19. While they promise them liberty they themselves are still the servants of corruption. What do you offer man if you're still a servant of sin.

If the Son of God has not set you free and free indeed. Who separate themselves not having the spirit having a form of godliness but denying the power thereof. You deny that God can save men so that men can know that they've passed from death unto life.

That the Holy Spirit bears witness with our spirit. That we're safe. That we know we've passed. Oh these things I've written unto you that believe in the name of the Son of God that he may know. You can't preach that.

So what you undermine you oppose. And then to build up attendance is what you don't do in the name of religion. As if you've been fruitful or your compass land and sea to make one proselyte. You pour your life.

I'd so to get another member. And when he's made you make him twofold more a child of hell. And yourself. And tell me you don't. What does he repent from. What does he save from under your ministry name.

One thing. I even know a preacher who had a pub in his church or so that his congregation didn't have to go and drink with the sinners. Good grief. What are you talking about. Blind. Blind to any discernment of spiritual truth.

Let alone have the right to preach it. Oh listen. I'm not being facetious. I'm standing with a broken heart and it might brought broken. Can you imagine Christ's heart. And what amount of people on this earth that he tasted death for because he tasted death for every man.

Sir hear from you a lie. From you who oppose the truth. From you who undermine and keep and fight. Because you're threatened by it when it comes near because you don't know it yourself. Oh get out of the pulpit for God's sake.

If you're not born again for man's sake get out of the pulpit. Please preacher. So you must be saved. If any man be in Christ he is a new creature. Old things are passed away. Behold all things are become new.

And all things that have God who hath reconciled us to himself by Jesus Christ and have given to us the ministry of reconciliation. Who did he say that to those who've been reconciled to God he has given to us who've been reconciled.

But if you've never known a moment of reconciliation with God through Christ Jesus how can you have the ministry of reconciliation. Leave the pulpit for God's sake. And for every single soul that will go to hell because you are the one leading them saying you know the way the message of this book.

And they content that that's it. That's all God offers. Please be careful. So be careful. But now remember. Remember what Christ said. He that hath ears to hear. Let him hear. Don't close your heart now your mind your understanding to the convicting power of the Holy Spirit.

Satan's Immediate Theft of the Word

I want us tonight to look carefully at what Christ says. Happens when the gospel is preached when the sower spreads the Word of God. What tragically happens as he's preaching the pure Word of God. I want tonight for every one of us to just open our hearts to what Christ says happens to see if that didn't happen to you that Christ warns.

Happens when the Word of God is proclaimed spread in truth. Did this happen to you. A sower went out to sow his seed and as he sowed as he sowed. Some fell by the wayside. Some fell by the wayside and it was trodden down and the fowls of the air devoured it.

Now in his interpretation to his disciples he says. Those by the wayside are they that hear. Like you are right now. So he's speaking about people here. Oh don't you think that's possible. Those by the wayside are they that hear.

Then cometh the devil. Then cometh the devil. The devil cometh immediately. Satan cometh immediately and taketh away the word out of their hearts lest they should believe and be saved. Oh what is God saying here.

You hearing straightway. Satan cometh immediately. Listen. Not in five minutes time at the end of the service. It can be. But immediately. Do you honestly think he's not a terrible enemy. Do you honestly think that this world is anything less than the battlefield between God and Satan for the souls of men.

If you don't know that you don't you must be pretty confused about what's going on. You must think God's lost control. Listen. Satan cometh immediately. Those by the wayside are they that hear. And while you hear Satan comes immediately to take away the word out of their hearts lest they should believe and be saved.

How does the devil do that. How can Satan do that that a person who hears the gospel of Christ he can stop that person from seeking God to save his soul from hell. How does Satan do that that a man who hears the gospel of Christ Satan can stop him immediately.

What does he do. How does Satan do that. Brace yourself now. He uses any means available. Anyone available anything available. And he won't wait a split second longer than he takes to find something or someone available for use to distract.

Listen. Your closest friend could actually be your worst enemy in the light of eternity. Has that ever occurred to you young people. Anything. Anyone your closest friend might not be here. Might never ever once have come and never ever come till the day he dies to this place.

Apart from to play the fool with God he's not interested. He's not gonna see God. He never has. It's like water of a duck back. But you his closest friend. All right. Do you honestly think Satan isn't gonna use him if he's here to play the fool no matter who is preaching.

Do you honestly think such people. I cannot tell you of the occasions I have seen over 30 something years of preaching where I saw distractions going on. Where every single person close to that one person that wanted to play the fool though they were hearing the gospel they were going to hell.

They were distracted some even laughing aloud by the distraction. Do you think that was just the person know that was the devil. He found something available. Are you available for Satan's use. Will you please answer God.

If you don't want to answer yourself. Do you honestly believe Satan can't come through people who are playing the fool with God in meetings in religious circles. Even your family. A man's enemies are the members of his own household.

If they try and keep him from embracing the gospel and going through with God they can be your worst enemy if they oppose Christ. I have seen men physically throw their wives onto the ground out of the door and curse them and tell them you lose the children.

You lose me. You lose everything if you choose Christ. And they lost everything if they did. Do you think the devil won't use your own loved ones if they hate God. And you want God. And you want to listen.

I know a man. I know a man. I know the boy. The father beat this boy so badly that I saw when I saw he punched him screaming. I'll beat God out of you. I'll beat God out of you. You won't be a fanatic like your mother.

That boy became a jailbird stealing cars selling drugs. To this day. A man now most of his life was in jail. Satan just wants somebody available. Oh he brace yourselves. He can use anything available to him.

He can use Christians. Do you honestly think Satan hasn't used born-again believers that the unsaved know this is a saved soldier. And they weren't guarding themselves. And the unsaved now hear the gospel.

They stirred they're broken. And Satan comes immediately. There's a Christian they know. And Satan orchestrates circumstances straightway and he knows you're gonna watch. And you look at this and you stumble over it and you close your heart and say well that's it.

Do you think that hasn't happened. Has you been the means by which it happened. Do you think the devil didn't make that person look and be just in the spot man. He'll build a grandstand if he knows. You're gonna fail in a certain circumstance because of a certain weakness.

And you're not in God as you ought to be. How many people are going to hell through Christians lives causing them to close their hearts to God's gospel. I want you to answer God. If you think it's not possible he can use preachers.

Oh preachers. Guard yourself. Paul cries out. Guard yourself. List of any means. By any means. When I have preached to others I myself should be a cost away. I bring my body into subjection. Or when you preach for God's sake watch out the next seconds after you finish preaching at the door.

Watch out the next seconds as people who are now stirred and the seed is there that you not guarding yourself. Guarding and discipline. Watching over anything the devil would do in prayer now that you've delivered the message that you don't be the means by which they'll never listen to the gospel again as they see you fall.

He can use Christians fighting warring. How many people have walked into an evangelical church perhaps the only one in the town in the whole facility that preaches truth. Now many have walked out because they walked into the church when they were at war against each other and they didn't care about souls.

You lose all discernment when you're at war against each other let alone discern or care for a soul. Christ died for that's the last thing you'll ever even consider is important. If you're at war be careful.

Take heed. Let's see. Bite and devour either. Bite one another lest you be devoured one of another. Be careful. What can't Satan use. If you're available to come immediately and take away the word out of the.

He can use theologians with degrees coming out the door of theology Hebrew Greek. But it's going to hell. He can use liberal theory. He can use them to undermine to undermine the preaching of the Word of God within moments.

You can get them there if they're available to oppose the truth. He can use things you can't believe. I'm not preaching at you with baby. So don't get guilty. Okay. I was in a meeting where a baby so screamed with such torment screaming and crying his little face so red the tears.

I don't know how the baby didn't just fall asleep from exhaustion. All the crying right through it was so distracting. The preacher couldn't preach. 90 of that congregation didn't hear a word. If they did it couldn't reach the heart at the door.

I happen to stand at the door of his church with this preacher. And he shook me. He said to this woman as one woman walked past with his baby. I watched you lady. I watched you cruelly pinch this child.

You pinched your child. What sort of a woman are you. What did you come here for. You kept the unsaved from hearing the gospel tonight single-handedly. You broke a preacher down that it prepared himself by God.

You didn't care about the souls. Were you making a statement that no matter even if souls go to hell even if the minister loses his liberty everything is prepared you. Your statement is I'm sitting and I'm gonna make.

You wouldn't move. You had no compassion. You had notice. What were you doing tonight. Who did you. Did God send you here or did Satan. You didn't know. I was watching. I thought it can't be in the end.

I moved around others people so. But I sat there and I looked at you and you. You pinched that child so cruelly. What sort of a mother are you. He began to weep. What sort of a woman are you. What did you come here for for God's sake woman she just.

She ran. No excuse no argument no denying it. Maybe to close your own conscience. She she just had to get this child upset so long as she didn't have to hear. Even if people go to hell with her. Do you think.

I want to ask you all something. It'll suck you. Are you available for Satan's use. To come immediately to take the Word of God. Whether you're a preacher that's not guarding with your Christians at war with each other that people don't know you by the or love and that's the only thing they will know.

You truly my disciples if you have loved one for another once they do you war. How can you honestly want them. Are you available for Satan's use. Christians who others how many have stumbled over your sin in your own home.

Little on further afield as you won't get to grips with God. Listen. Mothers young people members of families. Are you available for Satan. He'll use anything available immediately. It's available the moment he won't even wait for the end of the meeting.

I want to ask you another question. You who are unsaved. Will you allow the devil using those things available to keep you from eternal life. I want to ask you now. Have you up to now. The word was taken right out of your hearts.

And God brought you here tonight to say look. In spite of that you'll be judged for looking for excuse for finding an excuse for allowing it to close the heart. Have you closed your heart and allowed Satan to take the word out because of the things the devil did.

Those by the wayside. Are they that here then cometh the devil. Satan cometh immediately and take it the way the word out of their hearts lest they should believe and be saved. That can happen. God warns you that have ears for God's sake.

Listen now. For your soul sake. You that are causes of stumbling blocks for God's sake. Listen now. Satan can use anything available. And some upon a rock upon stony places which had not had him had not much earth and as soon as it was sprung up it withered away because it lacked moisture.

Hearing With Joy but Having No Root

Jesus said they on the rock. Are they. Which when they hear receive the word with joy. Did you. Can you point back to when you did that answer God. So he's not arguing now that you the devil kept you from hearing.

The devil took the word out of your heart through everything else he could use that you couldn't embrace it and let it bring forth eternal life. Listen they when they hear receive the word with joy. You heard it.

You received it. You weren't opposed. You didn't close your heart. You received the word with joy. These and I believe this broke. Christ's heart had grieved him to say these words but he had to have no root.

Which for a while doesn't say. How long believe you argue with Christ. If you say that's not possible. Please don't argue with me. I'm not here challenging any doctrine earth. I'm not interested in doctrinal statements on both sides of the scale.

Don't you stop me from preaching God's Word or quoting any scriptures though. Doesn't your pet theory or doctrine. Listen. These have no root with joy. They received the word. They didn't have a position as it were.

These have no root. Which for a while believe. Believe and in time of temptation fall away. Did that happen to you. And you're still hanging on to a testimony because you came out and received it with joy.