Listening to the Word

How do we listen to the word of Elohim? When we hear His word, what do we do with His truth.

A parable given by Yahusha (Jesus) regarding His Word.

Luke 8:5-10 “A sower went out to sow his seed. And as he sowed, some indeed fell by the wayside. And it was trodden down, and the birds of the heaven devoured it. “And other fell on rock, and when it grew up, it withered because it had no moisture. “And other fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up with it and choked it. “And other fell on the good soil, and grew up, and yielded a crop a hundredfold.” Having said this He cried, “He who has ears to hear, let him hear!” And His taught ones were asking Him, saying, “What does this parable mean?” And He said, “To you it has been given to know the secrets of the reign of Elohim, but to the rest in parables, that ‘Seeing they do not see, and hearing they do not understand.’

Luke 8:11-15; is the parable of the seed which is the Word of Elohim (Almighty) and how people react differently to His Word.

Seed 1 - fell by the wayside: those on the side walk hear the truth, then the devil comes and takes the word away from their heart. They become unbelievers, become part of the wicked world and it's system.

Seed 2 - fell on the rock: those on the rock hear and receive the word of truth with joy but only believe for awhile and in time of trail fall away. They are the ones that are tested and fail due to the worldly pleasures. They only know Messiah when in trouble.

Seed 3 - fell among the thorns: those in-between the thorns hear the word of truth but keep worrying about worldly pleasures and riches, they bear no true fruit. They are the ones that worship on a sunday and then join the pleasures of the world during the week (worship Father and also hold hands with the devil at the same time). Lukewarm believers.

Seed 4 - fell on good soil: those on the good soil hear the word with a noble and good heart, retain the word in their heart and bear true good fruit with everlasting endurance or patience. They are the ones that worship Father every minute of the day. Do not partake in the pleasures of the world, they are Set-Apart people only doing Messiah's will. They are lead by the Spirit of Messiah and not by their own will.

Messiah gives a parable of what would become of the Word which He sowed, and also shockingly, how it would become utterly mixed with the birds (representing the wicked one), the darnel which the devil sowed (darnel being the counterfeit wheat = lawlessness, the lawless), the leaven (representing evil and wickedness, as well as the hypocrisy and lawlessness of the Pharisees and other religionists), and the rotten ones!

So the question is which seed are you; 1, 2, 3 or 4.

When the Messiah told this parable He said the following; "He who has ears to hear, let him hear" - Luke 8:8.

Do not be the ones that do not see or hear as written in Luke 8:10 and Isaiah 6:9, and He said, “Go, and you shall say to this people, ‘Hearing, you hear, but do not understand; and seeing, you see, but do not know.’