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The Parable of the Soils

This parable from Matthew 13 illustrates different responses to the Gospel, representing the conditions of human hearts. Explore the significance of the seeds, sower, and soils in relation to spiritual life and growth.

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The Parable of the Soils

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  1. The Parable of the Soils

  2. Matthew 13:3-9 And he told them many things in parables, saying: "A sower went out to sow. And as he sowed, some seeds fell along the path, and the birds came and devoured them. Other seeds fell on rocky ground, where they did not have much soil, and immediately they sprang up, since they had no depth of soil, but when the sun rose they were scorched. And since they had no root, they withered away…

  3. Matthew 13:3-9 …Other seeds fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up and choked them. Other seeds fell on good soil and produced grain, some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty. He who has ears, let him hear."

  4. Bill Bradley “I’ve made my choice, I love Jesus Christ and I try to serve Him to the best of my ability. How about you?”

  5. Bill Bradley He now says he “embraces all religions, from Buddhism to Islam, so long as they seek inner peace”

  6. John 6:65-66 He went on to say, "This is why I told you that no one can come to me unless the Father has enabled him." From this time many of his disciples turned back and no longer followed him.

  7. Parable A short story that uses familiar scenes and everyday objects and relationships to explain spiritual truths.

  8. Matthew 13:10-13 Then the disciples came and said to him, "Why do you speak to them in parables?" And he answered them, "To you it has been given to know the secrets of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it has not been given. For to the one who has, more will be given, and he will have an abundance, but from the one who has not, even what he has will be taken away. This is why I speak to them in parables, because seeing they do not see, and hearing they do not hear, nor do they understand.

  9. The Symbols • The Seed The Gospel • The Sower Jesus(or us) • The Soils Hearts of Men

  10. The Soils • The Roadside Soil

  11. Matthew 13:4, 19 And as he sowed, some seeds fell along the path, and the birds came and devoured them. When anyone hears the word of the kingdom and does not understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what has been sown in his heart. This is what was sown along the path.

  12. 1 Corinthians 1:18 For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God

  13. 2 Corinthians 4:4 The god of this age has blinded the minds of unbelievers, so that they cannot see the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God

  14. The Soils • The Roadside Soil • The Rocky Soil

  15. Matthew 13:5, 20-21 Other seeds fell on rocky ground, where they did not have much soil, and immediately they sprang up, since they had no depth of soil, As for what was sown on rocky ground, this is the one who hears the word and immediately receives it with joy, yet he has no root in himself, but endures for a while, and when tribulation or persecution arises on account of the word, immediately he falls away.

  16. The Soils • The Roadside Soil • The Rocky Soil • The Thorny Soil

  17. Matthew 13:7, 22 Other seeds fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up and choked them… As for what was sown among thorns, this is the one who hears the word, but the cares of the world and the deceitfulness of riches choke the word, and it proves unfruitful.

  18. 1 John2:15-17 Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world--the desires of the flesh and the desires of the eyes and pride in possessions--is not from the Father but is from the world. And the world is passing away along with its desires, but whoever does the will of God abides forever.

  19. The Soils • The Roadside Soil • The Rocky Soil • The Thorny Soil • The Good Soil

  20. Matthew 13:8, 23 Other seeds fell on good soil and produced grain, some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty… As for what was sown on good soil, this is the one who hears the word and understands it. He indeed bears fruit and yields, in one case a hundredfold, in another sixty, and in another thirty."

  21. What Differentiates the Soils? ENDURANCE FRUIT

  22. Endurance

  23. 1 John2:15-17 Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world--the desires of the flesh and the desires of the eyes and pride in possessions--is not from the Father but is from the world. And the world is passing away along with its desires, but whoever does the will of God abides forever.

  24. Matthew10:22 "You will be hated by all because of My name, but it is the one who has endured to the end who will be saved.

  25. Matthew24:13 "But the one who endures to the end, he will be saved…

  26. 1 John2:19 They went out from us, but they were not really of us; for if they had been of us, they would have remained with us; but they went out, so that it would be shown that they all are not of us

  27. And although you were formerly alienated and hostile in mind, engaged in evil deeds, yet He has now reconciled you in His fleshly body through death, in order to present you before Him holy and blameless and beyond reproach-- if indeed you continue in the faith firmly established and steadfast, and not moved away from the hope of the gospel that you have heard, which was proclaimed in all creation under heaven, and of which I, Paul, was made a minister Colossians1:21-23

  28. Galatians5:19-24 Now the works of the flesh are evident: sexual immorality, impurity, sensuality, idolatry, sorcery, enmity, strife, jealousy, fits of anger, rivalries, dissensions, divisions, envy, drunkenness, orgies, and things like these. I warn you, as I warned you before, that those who do such things will not inherit the kingdom of God…

  29. Galatians5:19-24 …But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law. And those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.

  30. Matthew… (3:8) "Therefore bear fruit in keeping with repentance; (7:19-20) "Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. "So then, you will know them by their fruits. (12:33) - Make a tree good and its fruit will be good, or make a tree bad and its fruit will be bad, for a tree is recognized by its fruit

  31. John15:16 "You did not choose Me but I chose you, and appointed you that you would go and bear fruit, and that your fruit would remain, so that whatever you ask of the Father in My name He may give to you

  32. Romans7:4 Therefore, my brethren, you also were made to die to the Law through the body of Christ, so that you might be joined to another, to Him who was raised from the dead, in order that we might bear fruit for God

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