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Topic: What does the thirtyfold do that the sixtyfold and hundredfold don't do?
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becauseHElives
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Verse 23. Good ground] That which had depth of mould, was well ploughed, and well weeded.
Is he that heareth] Who diligently attends the ministry of the word.
And understandeth it] Lays the subject to heart, deeply weighing its nature, design, and importance.
Which also beareth fruit] His fruitfulness being an almost necessary consequence of his thus laying the Divine message to heart. Let it be observed, that to hear, to understand, and to bring forth fruit, are the three grand evidences of a genuine believer. He who does not hear the word of wisdom cannot understand what makes for his peace; and he who does not understand what the Gospel requires him to be and to perform, cannot bring forth fruit; and he who is not fruitful, very fruitful, cannot be a disciple of Christ-see Joh 15:8; and he who is not Christ's disciple cannot enter into the kingdom of God.
From the different portions of fruit produced by the good ground, a hundred, sixty, and thirty, we may learn that all sound believers are not equally fruitful; all hear, understand, and bring forth fruit, but not in the same degrees-occasioned, partly, by their situation and circumstances not allowing them such extensive opportunities of receiving and doing good; and, partly, by lack of mental capacity-for every mind is not equally improvable.
Let it be farther observed that the unfruitfulness of the different lands was not owing to bad seed or an unskilful sower-the same sower sows the same seed in all, and with the same gracious design-but it is unfruitful in many because they are careless, inattentive, and worldly-minded.
But is not the ground naturally bad in every heart? Undoubtedly. And can any but God make it good? None. But it is your business, when you hear of the justice and mercy of God, to implore him to work in you that which is pleasing in his sight. No man shall be condemned because he did not change his own heart, but because he did not cry to God to change it, who gave him his Holy Spirit for this very purpose, and which he, by his worldly-mindedness and impiety, quenched. Whoso hath ears to hear let him hear: and may the Lord save the reader from an impenitent and unfruitful heart!
- Clarke, Adam, Adam Clarke's Commentary, Matthew 13:23
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Strive to enter in at the strait gate:for many, I say unto you will seek to enter in, and shall not be able. ( Luke 13:24 )
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BrianGrass1234
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I think the thirty, sixty and one hundred fold are referring to the yield that will be taken from the seed that takes root in the good soil. Meaning some seeds will not produce as much as others.
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Eden
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Christians and comedy, is that okay as a pastime since not all bornagain Christians make it to the hundredfold?
What does the sixtyfold do that the hundredfold doesn't do?
And what does the thirtyfold do that the sixtyfold and hundred fold don't do?
But let's remember for sure that Jesus APPROVED of all THREE of them:
Mark 4:20
And these are they whos are sown on good ground; such as hear the Word and receive it, and bring forth fruit, some thirtyfold, some sixtyfold, and some a hundredfold.
Jesus APPROVED of all three, but:
But does the hundredfold do to make him or her a hundredfold?
And what does the sixtyfold do that the hundredfold doesn't do?
And what does a thirtyfold do that the sixtyfold and the hundredfold don't do?
But they are all loved by God and by Jesus and by the Holy Spirit, and it must therefore be more a matter of how rewards one receives, and not a matter of potential loss of one's salvation, since all have "sown into good ground."
With love,
Eden
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