Why Some and not Others

Matthew 13:1-9 (ESV)
That same day Jesus went out of the house and sat beside the sea. [2] And great crowds gathered about him, so that he got into a boat and sat down. And the whole crowd stood on the beach. [3] And he told them many things in parables, saying: "A sower went out to sow. [4] And as he sowed, some seeds fell along the path, and the birds came and devoured them. [5] Other seeds fell on rocky ground, where they did not have much soil, and immediately they sprang up, since they had no depth of soil, [6] but when the sun rose they were scorched. And since they had no root, they withered away. [7] Other seeds fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up and choked them. [8] Other seeds fell on good soil and produced grain, some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty. [9] He who has ears, let him hear."

Why some and not others? That is always the question. Why do some believe and not others? Some are tempted to blame God. They say that God only wants certain people. This is a lie of the worst kind.
This parable goes to answer this question. The seed that is sown is the gospel of Jesus Christ, it is the good news of his death and resurrection, the forgiveness of sins. It is to be sown indiscriminately it seems. I mean one wonders why someone would so seed where this sower sows it? Perhaps it is because we cannot tell, for all our demographic studies, all our anthropological investigations, all our prejudices where the fertile ground is to be found. We are not to be concerned, we are to sow the word.
And the yet, there seed is not always effective the same way everywhere. God is not blamed in this parable for ineffectualness, neither is man given credit for the effectualness. The Seed is merely sown. In places it takes root and grows. In other places Satan Snatches it before it has a chance to sprout. In other places it takes root quickly grows up fast and burns out before it has opportunity to mature. Other seeds start but get choked out by weeds. The devil, the world and our own sinful nature get the blame for the ineffectual growth of the seed. But where the soil is good, does it get credit for the see that grows? Know, this is the work of the Holy Spirit.