Darwin Community Church

Jesus didn't give an explanation as to the meaning of the mustard seed and this has caused confusion among Christians for many decades. I will give my opinion and that is all it is regarding this parable.

The life is in the seed itself - not on the sower or the soils. The mystery of the seed is that it does it own thing to produce life. As Christians we are to sow the seed (the Word of God) in the lives of the people we meet trusting that God will take that seed and make it grow to produce a harvest for Him.

Jesus is the Light of the world and as believers we are to lift him up to shine in a world of darkness. Do we hide him, him him or lift Him up?

This is not about the sower or the seed it is about the soils. Jesus prepares his disciples for the types of responses they were get from people when they present the Word of God. Things that we need to know and understand today. It is not about us, or the seed. We are to sow the Word where we are and understand it doesn't need to be changed but has the power to change lives.

Was it a setup to trap Jesus on the Sabbath by the religious thought police of his day? He was faced with a decision what would he do? The challenge for us today is are we more like the Pharisees in being comfortable with rules and regulations for our security expecting everyone else to comply or else or do we feel threatened by the grace of God at work?