Twitcher's in the land of sea urchins.

In the land of sea urchins there lives 3 types of urchins.  The twitcher's, transformers and the follower's.

Sandy was a twitcher, black in color who lived deepest in the ocean where it was dark.  She would forage for food on the rocks.  Every now and then if she got to a rock that was high enough and at just the right angle the Sun would peer through the water reflect off a few rocks and hit Sandy.  Just then Sandy would twitch.  Sandy didn't like the Sun much so she tried to stay as far away from it as possible.  But every now and then another ray from the Son would find it's way to Sandy and she would twitch again!

Three unique facts about sea urchin's:

1. Sea urchin's have no eyes.
2. They can't see the light but they can sense it or the warmth in their bodies.
3. Some urchins twitch when the sun hits it,  some change color and other's will actually follow the sun through out the day.

Verses and questions to help further our understanding (Answers are on the bottom of the page)

1.  Did you see in the story where Son and Sun were used interchangeably?

2.  Who is the Son?  (hint:  Son is in capital letters)

3.  What is the main light of the world?

4.  What is Jesus in these verses?

     John 8:12

     John 9:5

5.  The twitchers stay in the dark, so why don't the twitchers go to the light?

     John 3:18-19

6.  Sea urchins are a lot like the 3 different soils explained in Matt 13:18-23.  Four different people 

     are described in the parable of the sower/soils but only one ended up being a real Christian.  Three 

     of them did not truly repent of their sins and believe in Jesus to save them from God punishing

     them for their sins.  Jesus describes 3 different kinds of "twitchers" in the parable of soils.

     Why don't the twitchers understand when the light hits them?  or  Why doesn't the seed grow

     when thrown by the wayside?

     Matthew 13:19

7.  Why does the man that hears truth on rocky places "fall away"?

     Matthew 13:21

8.  Why does the person in verse 22 become "unfruitful"?

     Matthew 13:22

9.  What does Jesus want us to do according to this verse?

     Matthew 5:14

Video of the parable of the sower

Analogy intended by author

1.  The twitcher's twitch when the word of God, and the Holy Spirit only enlighten the soul. This is the common call of the Holy Spirit not the effectual call which happens only to those whom Jesus died for.

Other possible verses to further understanding:

Hebrew 6:4-6
James 1:22-24

Answers:

1.  In the second to last sentence in the story Sun is used, but in the last sentence Son is used.
2.  Jesus allows us to see things about Himself and God that were previously not known.  Scripture uses the word "mystery."  Who the messiah was was a mystery until Jesus showed up doing what the messiah was prophecies to do.
3.  The main light of the world is the son.  When it rises in the morning then we can see better.  The moon and stars are the lights of the world when it is dark outside.
4.  Jesus in those verses is the "light of the world".  Jesus clearly reveals to the world that He is the prophesied Messiah the Son of God.
5.  They hate the light so they don't go to it.  They also don't want their deeds to be exposed as evil.
6.  The devil keeps them from understanding.
7.  Seed gets thrown on rocky soil in the parable.  The response of the person is only temporary like when the twitching of a twitcher when the sun hits it briefly.  What is the response of the man that had truth told to him but he had mixed the truth with enough error (rocks) that he was never able to put his faith and trust in the true gospel.

8.  Two things cause this man/twitcher or seed sown among thorns.  One is that the "worries of the world" cause him to become unfruitful.  And the second one is that the "deceitfulness of riches" cause him to be unfruitful.

9.  Be a light to the world by loving others and telling them about who Jesus is and what He wants them to do.