"These Have No Root"

by King, H. | Category: For Young Believers | Mar 1955

(Luke 8.18).

Some Christians live only on the surface of Christian life; they have never allowed the Word of God to sink deeply into their hearts, and to affect their lives. Their's is the loss, for a man can never be happy living as a half-Christian, half-worldling. In the well-known parable of the Sower, recorded in Matthew 13., Mark 4, and Luke 8, the Lord Jesus Christ describes such persons as rocky ground where there is not much depth of earth, and consequently, they have no root in themselves.

A plant cannot grow without a root. Its upward growth depends upon its downward root, and the wise gardener takes special care that his plants are well "bedded-in."

So it ought to be with the young Christian. Do spend time in reading and in meditation of the word of God and in prayer. and let the word take deep root in your heart, for this is that which will enable you to stand in time of temptation or persecution. Surely no one wishes to have the unhappy name of "backslider" attached to him, yet, alas there are many Christians today, who, when trouble or persecution comes their way have not the strength to resist it, and they break down. Our adversary the devil is out to ruin the lives of young Christians, but we are exhorted to "stand against the wiles of the devil" (Ephesians 6.11). This we can do by being rooted and builded up in the Word of God.

King, H. | Mar 1955
For Young Believers