Scatter the Seed | Reaching the Hurting and the Lost - Part 2 | Bryan Jones | FULL SERVICE

Описание: What if sharing your faith isn’t about pressure, but planting? In this message, discover why your job isn’t to convert anyone, just scatter seeds. Jesus’ parable of the soils might completely change how you see evangelism, success, and faithfulness. Stop striving. Start scattering. Let God handle the growth.
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In Matthew 13, Jesus tells a simple story about a farmer scattering seed. Some falls on a hard path. Some on rocky ground. Some among thorns. And some on good soil. The same seed, scattered the same way, produces very different results.

The point is freeing. The farmer’s job is to scatter. The soil determines the response.

When it comes to sharing our faith, many of us carry pressure that was never ours to hold. We feel responsible for outcomes. We measure success by visible results. We quietly assume that if someone doesn’t respond, we must have said the wrong thing or missed our moment.

But Jesus reframes the entire conversation. The seed is the Word. The soil is the heart. And only God can change a heart.

Hard soil represents resistance. Rocky soil reflects shallow enthusiasm without depth. Thorny soil reveals distraction and divided loyalty. Good soil is open and receptive. Yet from the surface, they often look the same. We can’t see what’s happening beneath.

That means our responsibility is faithfulness, not fruitfulness.

Paul echoes this in 1 Corinthians 3:6, “I planted, Apollos watered, but God gave the growth.” No one person carries the whole process. Sometimes you plant. Sometimes you water. Sometimes you simply prepare the ground through kindness, patience, or truth. Growth belongs to God.

The world celebrates success. The kingdom values faithfulness.

Evangelism is rarely a single breakthrough moment. More often, it’s a process. A conversation. A prayer. A quiet act of love. A simple invitation. Movement toward Jesus matters, even when it seems small.

Jesus also ends the parable with a challenge: “He who has ears, let him hear.” Before we think about scattering seed, we must examine our own soil. Are we distracted? Hardened? Divided? Or open and receptive to what God wants to grow in us?

The Word of God never returns empty. It accomplishes what He intends. Our role is not to force results or carry guilt. It’s to scatter generously and trust Him completely.

Scatter with confidence. Scatter with grace. And let God bring the growth.