His Seed Remains

 "Whoever abides in Him does not sin. Whoever sins has neither seen Him nor known Him. Little children, let no one deceive you. He who practices righteousness is righteous, just as He is righteous. He who sins is of the devil, for the devil has sinned from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that He might destroy the works of the devil. Whoever has been born of God does not sin, for His seed REMAINS in him; and He cannot sin, because he has been born of God." (1 John 3:6-9)

"Listen! Behold, a sower went out to sow. And it happened, as he sowed that some seed fell by the wayside; and the birds of the air came and devoured it. Some fell on stony ground, where it did not have much earth; and immediately it sprang up because it had no depth of earth. But when the sun was up it was scorched, and because it had no root it withered away. And some seed fell among thorns; and the thorns grew up and choked it, and it yielded no crop. But other seed fell on good ground and yielded a crop that sprang up, increased and produced: some thirtyfold, some sixty, and some a hundred. And He said to them, "He who has ears to hear, let him hear!" (Mark 4:3-9)

Those in whom the seed remains had the opportunity to stand with those by the wayside, wondering and considering; they had the opportunity to wither when tribulation or persecution arose for the word's sake; they had the opportunity to be choked by worldly concerns and desires. Rather, in these, His seed was reinforced by the "breath of the Almighty (that) gives him understanding" (Job 32:8). They are birthed and made of God!

Wayside, stony, thorny ground are hearts that still receive the seed of destructive doctrines of Satan and men. Those doctrines work to deter/remove His seed from the heart of man.