{"id":680,"date":"2026-07-21T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-21T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/godswordreigneth.com\/?p=680"},"modified":"2026-07-18T15:07:36","modified_gmt":"2026-07-18T22:07:36","slug":"july-21-parable-of-the-sower","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/godswordreigneth.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/21\/july-21-parable-of-the-sower\/","title":{"rendered":"July 21 \u2013 \u201cPARABLE OF THE SOWER\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>\u201cA sower went out to sow his seed: and as he sowed, <strong>some fell by the way side; and it was trodden down, and the fowls of the air devoured it.<\/strong>\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>&nbsp;Luke 8:5<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>\u201c<strong>Those<\/strong> <strong>by the way side<\/strong> are they that hear; then cometh the devil, and taketh away the word out of their hearts, lest they should believe and be saved.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>&nbsp;Luke 8:12<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>&nbsp;<\/em>The first type of heart the Lord shows is the one that listens to the devil. For how would the wicked one take the Word out of one\u2019s heart, otherwise? The Lord even states <em>(\u201c\u2026lest they should believe\u2026\u201d)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;No doubt, to be much as the science community. For it says, \u201cShow me facts, my boy, show me facts.\u201d Not being mixed with faith. <em>(\u201cFor unto us was the gospel preached, as well as unto them: but the word preached did not profit them, <strong>not being mixed with faith<\/strong> in them that heard it.\u201d Heb. 4:20 <\/em>Wicked fowls of the air: gainsayers and naysayers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;Also to note, <em>(\u201c\u2026by the way side;\u2026\u201d) <\/em>These could be likened to those that are not your ordinary folk. May dwell in some dark practice, or New Age, or the Occult, or the intellectual, or the religious crowd, the wise of this world, etc. <em>(\u201cBut God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty;\u201d I Cor. 1:27) <\/em>Beware of these my friend, for they seek only to cast thy soul down into destruction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;We ought to beware of the games that we play on computers. Many do not profit and appeal to the flesh, not giving glory to our Saviour.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;These would be the one\u2019s also, that make light or ridicule the Word of God (KJVB), to cast it down and cause one to dismiss it as nonsense. <em>(\u201c\u2026and it was trodden down\u2026\u201d)<\/em> These are they which taint or corrupt the Word and seek to destroy it. The devil and his henchmen. Even religious heads whom they have declared at their First Vatican Council of 1869-70 to be infallible. Thus, teaching he is unable to give or direct any false doctrine or judgement. Wicked! <em>(\u201cFor such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ. And no marvel; for Satan himself is <strong>transformed into an angel of light<\/strong>. Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also be transformed as the ministers of righteousness; whose end shall be according to their works.\u201d II Cor. 11:13-15) <\/em>Also, these be false teachers and wolves not sparing the flock that bring in false doctrine and damnable heresies. <em>(\u201cBut there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be <strong>false teachers<\/strong> among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and <strong>bring upon themselves swift destruction<\/strong>.\u201d II Peter 2:1)<\/em> (Acts 20:29; II Cor. 2:1 7) <em>(<\/em>\u201cOf how much sorer punishment, suppose ye, shall he be thought worthy, who hath trodden under foot the Son of God, and hath counted the blood of the covenant, wherewith he was sanctified, an unholy thing, and hath done despite unto the Spirit of grace?\u201d Heb. 10:29)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;God has given us His Word: <em>(II Tim. 3:16-17 \u201cAll scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: That the man of God may be perfect, thoroughly furnished unto all good works.\u201d)<\/em> Do not take man\u2019s word as if it is God\u2019s. Man\u2019s heart is corrupt and deceitful. <em>(\u201cThe heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?\u201d Jer. 17:9) <\/em>Believe and Trust only in the written Word of God which He has persevered and given us in the King James Version Bible (KJVB). (See: Devotional Study Feb. 15)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;My friend, do not listen to the devil or his crowd. Fear God, and repent, believe the written Word, be saved today.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cA sower went out to sow his seed: and as he sowed, some fell by the way side; and it was trodden down, and the fowls of the air devoured it.\u201d &nbsp;Luke 8:5 \u201cThose by the way side are they that hear; then cometh the devil, and taketh away the word out of their hearts, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-680","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-devotional"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/godswordreigneth.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/680","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/godswordreigneth.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/godswordreigneth.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/godswordreigneth.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/godswordreigneth.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=680"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/godswordreigneth.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/680\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":681,"href":"https:\/\/godswordreigneth.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/680\/revisions\/681"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/godswordreigneth.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=680"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/godswordreigneth.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=680"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/godswordreigneth.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=680"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}