ROCKY HEART

“And some fell on a rock; and as soon as it was sprung up, it withered away, because it lacked moisture.”

LUKE 8:6 (KJV)

Through the parable of the soil we seek to understand how the state of the heart can influence the power of believing. The second state of heart described by our Lord Jesus Christ is referred to as rocky heart. It is important for us to understand that these states of heart are states of life.

One might want to infer that those with the rocky heart belong to the Rock of Ages. But that is not true of these people as the state of their heart is a function of their persuasion of worldly things more than their persuasion of godly things. They are bent on their ways they are more persuaded about the things of this word than the things of the Kingdom.

We can find this category of people in the church of God. They uphold strongly the tradition of men than they do of the principles of the Kingdom of God. Jesus said that men make the word of God of none effect through the tradition of men. Despite how powerful the word of God is, those with this state of heart will not experience the salvation that is in the word of God.

Those with a rocky heart receive the word of God with joy – a proof that they are Christians – but they fall away from the truth during the time temptation comes their way. The time of temptation is the time when what comes to you is not what you expected.

It is important for us to further note that these people compare God’s word with the realities of the word; they judge the potency of the word of God by the obvious realities of the word. These people can go a long way in proving that the word of God has no solution to some situations of life. It is sad to know that many Christians fall into this category.