But aren’t some soils better than others? I live in the Willamette Valley with very rich soil.
All souls are not the same either.....that’s what the parable is really about — how each soul receives the Word of God (Jesus Christ) is varied.
Yes some soils are healthier and the Word grows more readily in healthy soils. Some people receive Christ but they are still a mess (their souls) and the Word does not grow as readily.
I know mentally ill and former drug addicts and victims of incest who have come to Christ. Spiritually born again but that does not heal all that is broken in them overnight.
Satan comes to steal the Word in them that they would continue to suffer. I don’t think I have seen anything sadder than a mentally ill person who desperately wants their brain to be normal .... at peace, and continues to suffer the anguish of mental illness. Yet they have Christ and cry out for healing from the One they believe in.