Mark 4:26-29 - Homilies By A.f. Muir

Man used and then dispensed with.

I. WHAT GOD DOES BY AND THROUGH HIS SERVANTS . The mere sowing of the seed.

1 . Receiving the seed for one's self.

2 . Imparting it vitally to other minds.

II. WHAT GOD DOES WITHOUT HIS SERVANTS . The pre-existence and independent growth of the seed a great mystery. Its hidden processes provocative of spiritual discipline to the sower. In God's hand and the womb of time ( Psalms 65:1-13 .). Committing it thereto, and leaving it there, a proof and exercise of faith.

III. RESULTANT RESPONSIBILITIES .

1 . The harvest a living growth, not a dead, mechanical effect; manifold in its producing, modifying, and enriching causes, one in result.

2 . Judgment on sower and sown alike. It is in the final product that the evidence as to faithfulness, obedience, and diligence is found.—M.