I like how the apostle Mark writes about Jesus in this next story… “Again He began to teach by the sea, and a very large crowd gathered around Him. So He got into a boat on the sea and sat down, while the whole crowd was on the shore facing the sea.”
Imagine Mark telling about the details of what he saw – Jesus stepping into the boat, the crowd on the shore facing the sea – just like we would describe some great person or event we encountered – his every movement, where he went, who was there, and what he did.
No matter what your opinion of Jesus, this one person changed the course of history in just 3 years – with little means or status, with words that are wise beyond compare, and we are still talking about it today, over 2000 years later.
Mark 4:1-9 ~ Parable of the Sower
Again He began to teach by the sea, and a very large crowd gathered around Him. So He got into a boat on the sea and sat down, while the whole crowd was on the shore facing the sea. He taught them many things in parables, and in His teaching He said to them:
“Listen! Consider the sower who went out to sow. As he sowed, this occurred: Some seed fell along the path, and the birds came and ate it up. Other seed fell on rocky ground where it didn’t have much soil, and it sprang up right away, since it didn’t have deep soil. When the sun came up, it was scorched, and since it didn’t have a root, it withered. Other seed fell among thorns, and the thorns came up and choked it, and it didn’t produce a crop. Still others fell on good ground and produced a crop that increased 30, 60, and 100 times what was sown.”
Then He said, “Anyone who has ears to hear should listen!”
