1 John 2:19
“They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of
us, they would have continued with us. But they went out, that it might become
plain that they all are not of us.”
When a person is saved, they make a confession of faith that they
believe Jesus Christ is the one and only son of God that died on the cross for
their sins and was raised from the dead, however, just as there is a confession
of faith there is also of confession of disbelief such as “I once believed in
God when I was young and foolish but not anymore”.
When someone who was “with us” as John puts it, rejects
God they are no longer with us just as Demas who was one of Paul’s disciples left
the way of God for the way of the world: 2 Timothy 4:10 “For Demas, in love with this present world, has deserted
me and gone to Thessalonica….”
There are four reactions people have in there lives when
they hear the word of the Lord as the parable of the sower tells us: one, “When
anyone hears the word of the kingdom and does not understand it, the evil one
comes and snatches away what has been sown in his heart,” two, “The one who
hears the word and immediately receives it with joy, yet he has no root in
himself, but endures for a while, and when tribulation or persecution arises on
account of the word, immediately he falls away,” three, “the one who hears
the word, but the cares of the world and the deceitfulness of riches choke the
word, and it proves unfruitful,” and four, “the one who hears the word and
understands it. He indeed bears fruit and yields, in one case a hundredfold, in
another sixty, and in another thirty.”
The Parable Of The Sower
Matthew 13:4-9 &
18-23 “And as he sowed, some seeds fell along the path, and the
birds came and devoured them. Other seeds fell on rocky ground,
where they did not have much soil, and immediately they sprang up, since they
had no depth of soil, but when the sun rose they were
scorched. And since they had no root, they withered away. Other
seeds fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up and choked them. Other
seeds fell on good soil and produced grain, some a hundredfold, some sixty,
some thirty. He
who has ears, let him hear.” ….. “Hear then the parable of the sower: When
anyone hears the word of the kingdom and does not understand it, the evil one
comes and snatches away what has been sown in his heart. This is what was sown
along the path. As for what was sown on rocky
ground, this is the one who hears the word and immediately receives it with
joy, yet he has no root in himself, but endures for a while, and when
tribulation or persecution arises on account of the word, immediately he falls
away.
As for what was sown among thorns,
this is the one who hears the word, but the cares of the world and the
deceitfulness of riches choke the word, and it proves unfruitful. As
for what was sown on good soil, this is the one who hears the word and
understands it. He indeed bears fruit and yields, in one case a hundredfold, in
another sixty, and in another thirty.”
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