“ The Sower, the Seed, and the Soil ” Part 2
QUESTION What should we expect when we share the gospel?
Mark 3:13-15 Then He went up the mountain and summoned those He wanted, and they came to Him. 14 He also appointed 12—He also named them apostles—to be with Him, to send them out to preach, 15 and to have authority to drive out demons. To Simon, He gave the name Peter; 17 and to James the son of Zebedee, and to his brother John, He gave the name “ Boanerges ” (that is, “ Sons of Thunder ” )
Mark 3:13-15 18 Andrew; Philip and Bartholomew; Matthew and Thomas; James the son of Alphaeus, James the Less, Little James… and Thaddaeus; Simon the Zealot, 19 and Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed Him.
Acts 4:13 When they observed the boldness of Peter and John and realized that they were uneducated and untrained men, they were amazed and recognized that they had been with Jesus.
Mark 4:13-20 13 Then He said to them: “ Don ’ t you understand this parable? How then will you understand any of the parables? 14 The sower sows the word. 15 These are the ones along the path where the word is sown: when they hear, immediately Satan comes and takes away the word sown in them. 16 And these are the ones sown on rocky ground: when they hear the word, immediately they receive it with joy.
Mark 4:13-20 17 But they have no root in themselves; they are short- lived. When pressure or persecution comes because of the word, they immediately stumble. 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.
Mark 4:13-20 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. ”
• The Sower = Anyone who wants to be involved in the kingdom of God
• The Sower = Anyone who wants to be involved in the kingdom of God • The Seed = The Word of God, Gospel
• The Sower = Anyone who wants to be involved in the kingdom of God • The Seed = The Word of God, Gospel • The Soil = Human Heart/Mind
4 Responses to the Gospel Path 1.
Mark 4:15 These are the ones along the path where the word is sown: when they hear, immediately Satan comes and takes away the word sown in them.
• Description: Hard Heart
• Description: Hard Heart • Response: Clear Rejection
• Description: Hard Heart • Response: Clear Rejection • Problem: Hardened by Sin
Ephesians 4:18 They are darkened in their understanding, excluded from the life of God, because of the ignorance that is in them and because of the hardness of their hearts.
What makes a hard heart?
Hebrews 3:13 But encourage each other daily, while it is still called today, so that none of you is hardened by sin ’ s deception.
• The person who loves the pleasure of sin
• The person who loves the pleasure of sin • The person who hates the pain of sin
• The person who loves the pleasure of sin • The person who hates the pain of sin • The person who loves the pride of sin
Romans 10:2-4 I can testify about them that they have zeal for God, but not according to knowledge. 3 Because they disregarded the righteousness from God and attempted to establish their own righteousness, they have not submitted themselves to God ’ s righteousness.
Adrian Rogers "The worst form of badness is human goodness when human goodness becomes a substitute for the new birth."
Key Thought: Salvation is not a reward for the righteous but a gift for the guilty
• • • • Description: Hard Heart Response: Clear Rejection Problem: Hardened by Sin Expect: Rejection
4 Responses to the Gospel • Path • Rocky Soil
Mark 2:16-17 16 And these are the ones sown on rocky ground: when they hear the word, immediately they receive it with joy. 17 But they have no root in themselves; they are short-lived. When pressure or persecution comes because of the word, they immediately stumble.
• Rocky Soil Description: Temporary "Believers”
Rocky Soil • Description: Temporary "Believers" • Response: Receive the gospel with joy
Rocky Soil • Description: Temporary "Believers" • Response: Receive the gospel with joy • Problem: Emotional experience and they did not count the cost
Rocky Soil • Description: Temporary "Believers" • Response: Receive the gospel with joy • Problem: Emotional experience and they did not count the cost • Expect: Many will walk away
Practical Application Focus on sowing not the immediate 1. results
Psalm 126 Those who sow in tears will reap with shouts of joy. Though one goes along weeping, carrying the bag of seed, he will surely come back with shouts of joy, carrying his sheaves.
Practical Application Focus on sowing not the immediate 1. results Don ’ t date Jesus 2.
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