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“ The Sower, the Seed, and the Soil ” Part 3

QUICK REVIEW: Possible Responses to the Gospel #1 Soil: Path • Description: Hard Heart • Response: Clear Rejection • Problem: Hardened by sin ’ s deception • Expect: Rejection

QUICK REVIEW: Possible Responses to the Gospel #2 Soil: Rocky Soil • Description: Temporary “ believers ” • Response: Receive the gospel with joy • Problem: Emotional response without counting the cost • Expect: Many to walk away

What should we expect when we share the gospel? #3 Soil: Thorny Soil

Mark 4:18-19 18 Others are sown among thorns; these are the ones who hear the word, 19 but the worries of this age, the seduction of wealth, and the desires for other things enter in and choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful.

The Thorny Soil Description - Hear the word

Mark 4:18 Others are sown among thorns; these are the ones who hear the word

The Thorny Soil Hear:  Akouo ’ • To attend to, consider what is or has been said, to understand, perceive the sense of what is said.

The Thorny Soil Description - Hear the word - Chokes the word

Mark 4:18 ... but the worries of this age, the seduction of wealth, and the desires for other things enter in and choke the word.

The Thorny Soil • Response: Complacent and Indecisive

The Thorny Soil • Response: Complacent and Indecisive • Problem: C.H.M.S.

The Thorny Soil • Response: Complacent and Indecisive • Problem: C.H.M.S. = Classic Hannah Montana Syndrome

Mark 4:18-19 18 Others are sown among thorns; these are the ones who hear the word, 19 but the worries of this age, the seduction of wealth, and the desires for other things enter in and choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful.

Causes of Complacent Indecision - Worries of this age

Causes of Complacent Indecision - Worries of this age - Seduction of wealth

Causes of Complacent Indecision - Worries of this age - Seduction of wealth - Desires for other things

1 John 2:15-16 15 Do not love the world or the things that belong to the world. If anyone loves the world, love for the Father is not in him. 16 For everything that belongs to the world—the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride in one ’ s lifestyle—is not from the Father, but is from the world.

Responses to the Gospel #4 Soil: Good Soil

Mark 4:20 But the ones sown on good ground are those who hear the word, welcome it, and produce a crop: 30, 60, and 100 times what was sown. ”

What makes the good soil good soil? #4 Soil: Good Soil - The good soil is the heart prepared by God

What makes the good soil good soil? #4 Soil: Good Soil - The good soil is the heart prepared by God - The good soil considers the Gospel with an open mind

Mark 4:20 But the ones sown on good ground are those who hear the word, welcome it, and produce a crop: 30, 60, and 100 times what was sown. ”

Matthew 13:23 But the one sown on the good ground—this is one who hears and understands the word, who does bear fruit and yields: some 100, some 60, some 30 times what was sown. ”

#4 Soil: Good Soil - The good soil receives the gospel

Psalm 27:4 I have asked one thing from the Lord; 
 it

Psalm 27:4 I have asked one thing from the Lord; 
 it is what I desire: 
 to dwell in the house of the Lord 
 all the days of my life, 
 gazing on the beauty of the Lord 
 and seeking Him in His temple.

Mark 4:20 But the ones sown on good ground are those who hear the word, welcome it, and produce a crop: 30, 60, and 100 times what was sown. ”

Hebrews 4:2 For indeed we have had good news preached to us, just as they also; but the word they heard did not profit them, because it was not united by faith in those who heard.

1 Thessalonians 2:13 For this reason we also constantly thank God that when you received the word of God which you heard from us, you accepted it not as the word of men, but for what it really is, the word of God, which also performs its work in you who believe.

Responses to the Gospel #4 Soil: Good Soil - The good soil Perseveres in the Gospel

Luke 8:15 But the seed in the good ground—these are the ones who, having heard the word with an honest and good heart, hold on to it and by enduring, bear fruit.

Key Thought A saving faith is not a perfect faith, but a persevering faith and a persevering faith is a fruitful and a fruitful faith is a confident faith.