Nov 23
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- What is surprising about the behavior of the sower in this parable? What was the meaning of this for the Apostles of Jesus and the church today?
- Why does the seed of God’s word have the power to save and change lives?
- Will God’s word always have a powerful effect on the hearer? What must be done for the word to have a powerful effect?
- How is it that any receive the word in a good and honest heart as described in verses 8 and 15?
- What is the doctrine of election and effectual calling? (see our confession of faith, chapters 3 and 10)
- How do the doctrines of election (or predestination) and effectual calling stand behind the words of Jesus in this passage, especially verses 8 and 10)?
