1, Some seeds fell by the way side, and the fowls came and devoured them up:
These are the souls who were told about the love of Christ and their "friends" came and distract them saying "don't mind those holier-than-thou people" or "have they been to heaven, how did they know who will enter?" . These ones will be given one of his old vices (cigarette, sex, alcohol, etc) as distraction.... they finish by saying "don't mind them".
2, Some fell upon stony places, where they had not much earth: and forthwith they sprung up, because they had no deepness of earth. And when the sun was up, they were scorched; and because they had no root, they withered away.
These are the converts that received the word and was passionate about it....they join "a bible believing" church and such word-deprived churches interprete the convert's activity/passion to mean being-rooted and make them leaders....but when trials come to test the new faith, because they are not continually fed as babes in order to grow in faith...." ...they were scorched; and because they had no root, they withered away."
3, And some fell among thorns; and the thorns sprung up, and choked them:
These are converts who join churches full of strife, malice, jealousy and chaos... this type of environment will choke the convert's passion for the things of God and will cause some to return to the world
4, But other fell into good ground, and brought forth fruit, some an hundredfold, some sixtyfold, some thirtyfold.
These are converts who join a bible believing church and is nutured as a baby christian and tended as such.... get the right word as at when due and exposed to the right athmosphere....they grow to be great and will flourish with eagerness to win more souls for the body of Christ.
So..... These is more to be done when the word has taken root,
Let every church endeavour to be a good ground for new converts.
Let all Christian ensure we are not stumbling blocks in the path of these new ones either by words, actions or inaction.
Let all soulwinners direct our converts to the right places and pray for our converts to be planted on good soil.
Remember... He who win souls is wise.
Shallom!
