A Soil Analysis MATTHEW 13:1-23 Did You Ever Wonder What happens - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

“ A Soil Analysis ” MATTHEW 13:1-23

Did You Ever Wonder … What happens to all the teaching of God’s Word from pulpits, through books, on the radio and the internet, in songs, or by missionaries, etc.?

1. One- Third Of Jesus’ Statements In Parables 2. Parables Are Both Mirrors & Windows 3. Parables Go From The Known To The Unknown 4. Parables Both Reveal & Conceal Truth

Matthew 13:1-8 Prayer Matthew 13:18-23

I. The Sower “The One Who Sows The Good Seed Is The Son Of Man” (37) New Testament Church History Contemporary

A. Perseverance

B. Partner With Others & God I Corinthians 3:5-8 – Paul & Apollos John 4:35-38 – Jesus To Disciples

C. Patience For God’s Timing “Be patient, therefore, brothers, until the coming of the Lord. See how the farmer waits for the precious fruit of the earth, being patient about it, until it receives the early and the late rains. You also, be patient. Establish your hearts, for the coming of the Lord is at hand” (James 5:7-8).

II. The Seed “Seed” Occurs 14 Times In Matthew 13 “The Word Of The Kingdom” (19)

The Power Of Seeds 1948 “Cali” Ecuador To Cuba Cargo Loaded With Grain Took On Water & Grain Swelled Broke Steel Hull & Ship Sank

The Power Of The Word “For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of spirit, of joints and of marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart” (Hebrews 4:12). I Peter 1:23; Romans 10:17; & James 1:18

Responsibilities 1. Ours To Sow The Seed (Galatians 6:7-9) 2. God’s To Bless The Seed (II Corinthians 9:10)

III. The Soils “The natural person does not accept the things of the Spirit of God, for they are folly to him, and he is not able to understand them because they are spiritually discerned. The spiritual person judges all things, but is himself to be judged by no one. “For who has understood the mind of the Lord so as to instruct him?” But we have the mind of Christ. But I, brothers, could not address you as spiritual people, but as people of the flesh, as infants in Christ” (I Corinthians 2:14 – 3:1)

A. Surface Heart (19) Path Is Hardened By Walk Or Lifestyle In Sin Hosea 10:12 & Hebrews 3:13-14

B. Shallow Heart (20-21) Emotional & Quick Response To The Word II Thessalonians 1:3-4

C. Strangled Heart (22) Choked Out By The Cares Of The World I John 2:16-17 & Hebrews 12:1

D. Sincere Heart (23) Open & Receptive To Word Bearing Fruit John 15:5

How Can Soil Change? Soil Cannot. The Gardener Can .

The Master Gardener Surface Heart Shallow Heart Strangled Heart Sincere Heart

Ezekiel 36:26-27 “And I will give you a new heart, and a new spirit I will put within you. And I will remove the heart of stone from your flesh and give you a heart of flesh. And I will put my Spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes and be careful to obey my rules. ”