MORNING SPIRITUAL DIARY FOR 9/9/2026
8:45 AM
My
Worship Time Focus: PT-4 Intro to “Receptivity to the Gospel: The
Parable of the Soils”
Bible
Reading & Meditation Reference: “Luke 8:4-15”
Message of the verses: “4 Now when a large crowd was coming
together, and those from the various cities were journeying to Him, He spoke by
way of a parable: 5 “The sower went out to sow his seed; and as he sowed, some
fell beside the road, and it was trampled underfoot, and the birds of the sky ate
it up. 6 Other seed fell on rocky soil, and when it came up, it withered away
because it had no moisture. 7 Other seed fell among the thorns; and the thorns
grew up with it and choked it out. 8 And yet other seed fell into the good
soil, and grew up, and produced a crop a hundred times as much.” As He said
these things, He would call out, “The one who has ears to hear, let him hear.”
9 Now His disciples began asking Him what this parable meant. 10 And He said,
“To you it has been granted to know the mysteries of the kingdom of God, but to
the rest they are told in parables, so that while seeing they may not see, and
while hearing they may not understand. 11 “Now this is the parable: the seed is
the word of God. 12 And those beside the road are the ones who have heard, then
the devil comes and takes away the word from their heart, so that they will not
believe and be saved. 13 Those on the rocky soil are the ones who, when they
hear, receive the word with joy; and yet these do not have a firm root; they
believe for a while, and in a time of temptation they fall away. 14 And the
seed which fell among the thorns, these are the ones who have heard, and as
they go on their way they are choked by worries, riches, and pleasures of this
life, and they bring no fruit to maturity. 15 But the seed in the good soil,
these are the ones who have heard the word with a good and virtuous heart, and
hold it firmly, and produce fruit with perseverance.
I will continue to quote John
MacArthur’s introduction to the above section of Scripture.
“Matthew’s account provides the
setting for this parable. On the day He
told it, Jesus left a house (probably the one where His mother and brothers
found Him [Matt. 12:46-50]) and went to the shore of the Sea of Galilee (13:1).”
(Matt. 12:46-50)
“46 ¶ While he was still speaking to the people,
behold, his mother and his brothers stood outside, asking to speak to him.
47 48
But he replied to the man who told him, “Who is my mother, and who are
my brothers?” 49 And stretching out his
hand toward his disciples, he said, "Here are my mother and my brothers!
50 For whoever does the will of my
Father in heaven is my brother and sister and mother.’”
(13:1)
“1 ¶ That same day Jesus went out of the house and
sat beside the sea.”
“Because
of the large crowds that pressed Him, Jesus got into a boat and sat down to
teach the people (cf. Luke 5:3), who stood on the beach (Matt. 12:2).”
(cf. Luke 5:3)
“3 Getting into one of the boats, which was
Simon’s, he asked him to put out a little from the land. And he sat down and
taught the people from the boat.”
(Matt. 12:2)
“2 And great crowds gathered about him, so that
he got into a boat and sat down. And the whole crowd stood on the beach.”
“The large
crowd consisted not only of people from the immediate vicinity, but also
from various other cities.
Drawn by the rapidly spreading news of Jesus’ power over nature and the
demonic realm, and His ability to heal any and all diseases and even raise the
dead, they gathered to experience firsthand His powerful miracles and amazing
teaching.
“When the crowds arrived, the Lord spoke
to them by way of a parable. Parabole (parable) means to
put one thing alongside another for comparison.
Parables were a common rhetorical device employed by the rabbis. Here, as He often did, Jesus put a story
alongside a spiritual truth to make that truth more clearly understood. While parables could be brief illustrations
(e.g., 5:36-39; Matt. 13:31-32, 33, 44, 45-46), they could also be extended
analogies, as is this one. Parables placed profound theological truth in familiar
settings, making it vivid, interesting, unforgettable, and easily recalled.”
(e.g., 5:36-39; Matt. 13:31-32, 33, 44,
45-46)
“36 He also told them a parable: "No one
tears a piece from a new garment and puts it on an old garment. If he does, he
will tear the new, and the piece from the new will not match the old. 37 And no one puts new wine into old wineskins.
If he does, the new wine will burst the skins and it will be spilled, and the
skins will be destroyed. 38 But new wine
must be put into fresh wineskins. 39 And
no one after drinking old wine desires new, for he says, ‘The old is
good.’"
“31 He put another parable before them, saying,
"The kingdom of heaven is like a grain of mustard seed that a man took and
sowed in his field. 32 It is the
smallest of all seeds, but when it has grown it is larger than all the garden
plants and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the air come and make nests in
its branches.’”
“33 He told them another parable. “The kingdom of
heaven is like leaven that a woman took and hid in three measures of flour,
till it was leavened.”
“44 ¶ "The kingdom of heaven is like treasure
hidden in a field, which a man found and covered up. Then in his joy he goes
and sells all that he has and buys that field.”
“45 "Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a
merchant in search of fine pearls, 46
who, on finding one pearl of great value, went and sold all that he and
bought it.”
Spiritual
Meaning for my Life today:
On top of losing my wife to cancer a little over a month ago I got news this
morning that my 20 year old grandson was in a serious motorcycle accident early
this morning. He lost an arm, and part
of a leg. God be miscible to our family.
9/9/2026
9:21 AM
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