Daily Devotional

The Lord's Parable of the Sower deals with four different soils: the good soil, the wayside soil, the thorny soil, and the stony or rocky soil. The soils speak of the different conditions of the human soul or heart. In this study, let us examine the stony or rocky soil.

"I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me."

"The LORD hath sought him A MAN AFTER HIS OWN HEART…"

"But Jesus did not commit himself unto them, because he knew all men…"

"For all that is in the world, the lust of the FLESH, and the lust of the EYES, and the PRIDE of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world."

At the pool of Bethesda, Jesus met a man who had been there for a long time - for 38 years. John describes him as being impotent - a kind of paralysis. The man was barely alive - alive but unwell. Jesus met him powerlessly, helplessly and hopelessly lying down, and after his encounter with Christ, John describes him as...