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The Parables - (The Sower, The Lamp stand, The Seed Growing Secretly and The Mustard Seed)
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1st February 2001 The Parables - Coursework (The Sower, The Lamp stand, The Seed Growing Secretly and The Mustard Seed) The Parable of the Sower would have been a powerful image and quite easy for those in the time of Jesus to relate to as many of them would have been farmers. Jesus tried to show them that the different soils were the different ways that people receive the seed, or Word of God. Jesus wanted everybody to receive the seed, like the good soil did and let their faith and love for God mature and grow in strength. With time those who have faith and act out the good news will grow in strength, in mind and in spirit. He wanted everyone present and all those in the future to examine themselves and determine which type of seed they were and what they could do to change that. Only...
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