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musak. The parable of the soils. The parable of the sower. The sower is the one who preaches the good news of Christ. The seed is the good news. The soil is the condition of the our hearts. Allow the text to ask us questions. The parable of the soils.
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The parable of the soils The parable of the sower
The sower is the one who preaches the good news of Christ. The seedis the good news. The soilis the condition of the our hearts.
Allow the text to ask us questions The parable of the soils Are you aware of God’s word being planted in your life?
The parable of the soils The hard hearted hearerAs he was scattering the seed, some fell along the path, and the birds came and ate it up.
The parable of the soils Shallow Hearers Some fell on rocky places, where it did not have much soil. It sprang up quickly, because the soil was shallow. But when the sun came up, the plants were scorched, and they withered because they had no root.
The parable of the soils Compromising Hearer Other seed fell among thorns, which grew up and choked the plants.
The parable of the soils Fruitful Christian Still other seed fell on good soil, where it produced a crop - a hundred, sixty or thirty times what was sown.
Allow the text to ask us questions about the openness of our hearts The hard hearted hearer thismorning
Compromising Hearer Fruitful Christian Shallow Hearers thismorning
Fruitful Christian Still other seed fell on good soil, where it produced a crop - a hundred, sixty or thirty times what was sown. - a hundred, sixty or thirty Not an identical response but an appropriate and proportional one
Growth… Personal growth Church growth hard hearted shallow distracted
1 Corinthians 3:6I planted the seed, Apollos watered it, but God made it grow. 7So neither he who plants nor he who waters is anything, but only God, who makes things grow. 8The man who plants and the man who waters have one purpose, and each will be rewarded according to his own labour. All workers together
Ephesians 4:4 All of you are part of the same body. There is only one Spirit of God, just as you were given one hope when you were chosen to be God's people. 5 We have only one Lord, one faith, and one baptism. 6 There is one God who is the Father of all people. Not only is God above all others, but he works by using all of us, and he lives in all of us.7Christ has generously divided out his gifts to us all.
Growth… the farm workers?
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