What the Bible says about Receptivity to God's Word
(From Forerunner Commentary)

Matthew 13:8 The good ground corresponds to those whose hearts and minds are softened by God's calling and receive it genuinely. It is a rich and fine soil—a mind that submits itself to the full influence of God's truth (Acts 22:14). They not only accept God's Word—the message of Jesus Christ, as rich soil accepts a seed for growth—they also live by it and bear fruit (Ephesians 4:1-6). Martin G. Collins Parable of the Sower Related Topics: Bearing Fruit | Fruit of Righteousness | Fruit, Bearing | Fruit, Producing | God's Calling | Parable of the Sower and the Seed | Receptivity to God's Word | Rich Soil

Matthew 13:9 The seed represents God's Word communicated in various ways: in preaching, writing, and acts of divine intervention. Those God chooses understand the gospel because it comes only by the power of His Spirit. Without this spiritual power, the hearer is susceptible to having God's knowledge stolen by Satan, the accuser and tempter. God's Word sometimes falls on the ears of people whose hearts are calloused by sin, on whom it makes no real impression. Like seed on a hard-packed road, it is consumed before it ever has a chance to develop. Such hardened people soon lose interest in Christ's good news and continue in the ways of the world. Martin G. Collins Parables of Matthew 13 (Part Two): The Parable of the Sower Related Topics: Receptivity to God's Word | Satan as the Tempter | Seed as Metaphor of God's Word

 

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