C3 Church Eastern Suburbs

How come one person hears the gospel message and responds eagerly and another hears the same message and stares blankly?  The Kingdom of God comes by hearing, but are we really hearing and understanding. We look at the Parable of the Sower from Matthew 13 and the call to sow. Also the remarkable story of Rawiri Taiwhanga from the Nagapuhi Iwi, one of the earliest Maori chiefs to embrace Christianity