Luke 8:18 (16–21) “So take care how you listen;”
Yet, there are four types of responses people (believers and unbelievers) have to the word of God. Sometimes we hear the words, the sounds but since we’re not ready to make any changes nothing happens, 8:12. Ignorance is not an excuse.
Some will hear and get excited about the possibilities but aren’t comfortable with changing their way of life, 8:13. Then there are those who hear the word of God and start to make the changes necessary in their lives, but as soon as it starts to cost them something they give up, 8:14.
The last group Jesus mentions is the one who actually hear and understand that it will cost them something, 8:15. Just like a seed doesn’t stay that way but has to suffer through change to reach it’s intended potential, so too do we as believers.
It’s not where you are or whom you are in life that matters, its what you have done with the word of God that matters.
Responsibility involves learning to establish personal disciplines to help you become the person God wants you to be.
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