Revolutionary Warning

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Usually when people teach and preach they aim for their words to be as clear and understandable as possible.  When Jesus taught the Parable of the Sower, though, His words were intentionally difficult to understand.  He spoke like this to fulfill the warnings that were given several hundred years before to the Israelites through the prophet Isaiah.  Because the people had rejected God over and over again for so many years their opportunity to learn and repent was being taken away from them.  Those who did trust Jesus were able to listen and understand His message, and they could be encouraged that God would work a great harvest through them.  We should all soberly listen to this warning and know that God does not strive with the unrepentant forever but eventually His offer of mercy and reconciliation will be withdrawn and there will be nothing left but to stand before the almighty God Himself and face judgment.