Into Matthew Thirteen

Jesus commanded, just before the day of His crucifixion that we go forth and share, “The Gospel” with ~ALL~ the Nations… Baptizing them in The Name of The Father, The Son, And The Holy Ghost.. Teaching them ~WHAT~? “To *Observe* ~ALL~ things whatsoever I (Jesus) have Commanded you:.. (Matthew 28:19-20).. BUT do we obey? Do we carefully plant the seeds of ~truth and honesty~ when we go out sowing, *IF* we go out at all?
I find new meaning every time I read the, “Scriptures”, and it blesses my heart to read them over and over again.. And *IF* we read them over again we learn to keep God’s True Commandments instead of being weak in our “OWN” learning’s to the point of thinking we are doing right because J.Q. Teacher said this is right… So this bit I share with you.
(Matthew 13):… Jesus spake to the multitude in ~parables~ but with such deep meaning… Read: verse; (3 - ) “Behold, a ~sower~ went forth to sow; AND when he sowed, some of the seeds fell by the way side, and the fowls came and devoured them up..” WHY? (v. 19).. “When anyone heareth the ~word~ of the kingdom, and understand *IT* not, then cometh the wicked one, and catcheth away that which was sown in his heart…..
So why would ~Good~ seed fall beside the way? Of Course, First and Foremost IS God’s Will for each individual, and in this we must be humbly willing to follow and obey… OR, were they handled carelessly? When a farmer plants he don’t cast his seed all over the place, playing jovially with them, but he carefully keeps them in the trenches or mounds that he has earnestly prepared for them.
Could it be that the one who went out to sow gave a good message carelessly mixed it with the ways of this modern day world, strewing it among the pagan practices of men’s traditions, thus weakening the content of God’s True Gospel, making the hearer, weak from the start and exposing him to the wiles of the evil ones treachery? OR, was the hearer already so well caught up in the ways of the world that his ears were dulled from understanding the Truth of Gods Word?
*IF* we go out preaching and teaching, “The True Gospel”, and yet make allowances for the ways of the world in the lives of the people which we speak *IT* to, somehow we turn the Gospel into a lie in their ears because we, in actuality, are teaching them that what they are doing is okay, even though the Bible teaches otherwise… Example:… (Leviticus 19:28) specifically reads: Ye shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, NOR print any marks upon you: I am The LORD… And.. Jesus warned in several places in Revelation of the ~Mark of the beast~… AND what can be more beastly than a “tattoo” marked into the flesh of a person, plain out nasty, and repulsive looking?… Folks have snakes, dragons, skeletons, and some crosses or flowers, printed all over their bodies, but *IT* IS Still a cutting printed in their flesh and a mark of rebellion toward Christ, so IT must be viewed as worshiping the devil… antichrist, as IT IS Written,
(Revelation 19:20)… And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet that wrought miracles before him, which deceived them that had received the ~mark of the beast~, and them that worship his image… These both were cast alive into a lake of fire burning with brimstone….
If you notice, a person, which embellishes a tattoo, is walking ~Their~ OWN Way, not following Christ even if they call themselves “Christian”… They are reluctant to speak about or discuss Bible Scriptures with anyone.. They just don’t like it, reckon Why? They have no interest in lending a helping hand to others but are quick to help themselves to what others may have… They have a stout “ALL About ME Jezebel Attitude”…. They are offended IF someone rebukes their choice to paint their bodies, and are quick to use the scripture which reads “Judge not that ye be not judged.” (Matt. 7:1) But fail to read The whole story… (Matt. 7: 16) “ye shall know them by their fruits.” Does a good tree bring for corrupt fruit? In other words does a true Christian look like a street walking tramp or side show attraction? & (I Corinthians 11:31) For *IF* we would judge ourselves, we should not be judged… AND How can We Judge ourselves, honestly, by What rule? There IS Only *ONE* Book that provides a Guide for us to follow, and *IF* All the tattooed folks would read of Jezebel, they might scrape their hide raw to cleanse themselves from this appearance… SOOooo…. Are we judging them in this, not we, but God’s Written Word, points to right or wrong, good and bad, humbly obedient or ignorantly rebellious…. Think about the *SEED* that you are planting, pray about *IT*, don’t cast The Good Seed into the trenches, where the evil one lurks, but spread them on the fertile soils of Truth And Honesty AS IT IS Written… then if the evil one scoops them up, you have done All That Jesus Has Commanded, In the end IT IS God who sends the understanding, but it is our commitment to faithfully walk the righteous path… not diddle and dawdle in the broad ways of the world…