Cast Your Nets

"And he [Jesus] told them many things in parables, saying: “A sower went out to sow. And as he sowed, some seeds fell along the path, and the birds came and devoured them. Other seeds fell on rocky ground, where they did not have much soil, and immediately they sprang up, since they had no depth of soil, but when the sun rose they were scorched. And since they had no root, they withered away. Other seeds fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up and choked them. Other seeds fell on good soil and produced grain, some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty. He who has ears, let him hear." - Matthew 13:3-9

I am certain that you are familiar with that parable. Typically, the focus is on the type of soil and what happens to the seed. My guess is that most Christians who hear it don't think of themselves as the one who is casting the seed.  Isn't that passage just for preachers, teachers and evangelists? The holy hired guns if you will. The short answer "no". There is another verse that addresses the same issue. That being how the lost respond to the Gospel.

"Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a net that was thrown into the sea and gathered fish of every kind. When it was full, men drew it ashore and sat down and sorted the good into containers but threw away the bad. So it will be at the end of the age. The angels will come out and separate the evil from the righteous and throw them into the fiery furnace. In that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth." - Matthew 13:47-50

There will always be those who receive the Word - the Gospel and by it are saved and those who reject it - the bad soil, if you will, or in this case the bad fish - the unsaved. So, what is our role in this eternal "play"? The short and is "go and tell". Share the Gospel with no expectation that your eloquence or lack of it will be the determinant of someone's eternal destination. 

When you are given the opportunity, and the Spirit prompts you to speak then speak. Share what you know which is what you experienced. Like the blind man you were healed.

"So, for the second time they [the Pharisees] called the man who had been blind and said to him, “Give glory to God. We know that this man [Jesus] is a sinner.” He answered, “Whether he is a sinner I do not know. One thing I do know, that though I was blind, now I see.” - John 9:24-26

You can only tell others what you know and then leave the rest to the Spirit of God and the person who must believe by faith so they might be saved. 

"How then will they call on him in whom they have not believed? And how are they to believe in him of whom they have never heard? And how are they to hear without someone preaching? - So, faith comes from hearing, and hearing through the word of Christ." - Romans 10:14,17

And who will be the one preaching? It may well be you. Oh - you say you are not minister of the Gospel? Think again.

"Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come. All this is from God, who through Christ reconciled us to himself and gave us the ministry of reconciliation; that is, in Christ God was reconciling the world to himself, not counting their trespasses against them, and entrusting to us the message of reconciliation." - 2 Corinthians 5:17-19

Think about it – Pray about it – Believe it – Walk in it. Let your light shine and give God the glory.

By Faith Alone By His Grace Alone And For His Glory Alone