“But he that received seed into the good ground is he that heareth the word, and understandeth it; which also beareth fruit, and bringeth forth, some an hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty." -Matthew 13:23
Good ground is mentioned in Matthew 13 verses 8 and 23 as part of Jesus’ Parable of the Sower and is an example of how the gospel takes effect in some hearers. When the word of God is planted in good ground, it takes root, it grows, and it eventually bears fruit in varying degrees.
Apostle Paul lists some of these fruits, or fruits of the Spirit, in Galatians 5:22-23. These are, “…love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, Meekness, temperance...”
Of course not every one of us will have an hundredfold of every fruit of the Spirit, but as long as the seed has taken root in fertile ground, we have God’s word to rely on. We can go to him confidently, praying that our fruits might increase daily through our actions.
Those bearing this root have been programmed with the instructions leading us back to the Lord even in wilderness. Take comfort that he's equipped us to exist and to bear fruit in this American culture of death and idolatry. God is with us and therefore we should never lose hope, even if our fruits are only thirtyfold. We must pray for more and pray continually.
“According as his divine power hath given unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of him that hath called us to glory and virtue…
For if these things be in you, and abound, they make you that ye shall neither be barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.”
-2 Peter 1:3,8
Amen.
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