How much does it take to plant a seed of the gospel in someone?
It can take only a couple or three words—just a brief statement that makes someone sit up and take notice about eternity. The planter does not produce salvation; God gives the increase, so a very small witness can sow the seed.
Les explains that whether we are the planter or the waterer, that is not what counts; God gives the increase. Paul did not take credit for salvation, and neither can any believer, because God does the saving. The role of every believer is to sow the seed, and sometimes it only takes a couple or three words—a little statement that makes someone sit up and take notice about eternity. Then God may move in and finish the work of salvation.
Now he that planteth and he that watereth are one: and every man shall receive his own reward according to his own labour.
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What happens after someone hears the gospel seed sown?
After the seed is sown, something else may happen: the person gets a hunger, and then God moves in and finishes that work of salvation.