the seed and the soils

THE SEED

AND THE

SOILS

(Luke 8:5-15) "A sower went out to

sow his seed. And as he sowed, some

fell by the wayside; and it was

trampled down, and the birds of the

air devoured it. {6} "Some fell on rock;

and as soon as it sprang up, it

withered away because it lacked

moisture. {7} "And some fell among

thorns, and the thorns sprang up with

it and choked it. {8} "But others fell

on good ground, sprang up, and

yielded a crop a hundredfold." When

He had said these things He cried,

"He who has ears to hear, let him

hear!“ >>>

{9} Then His disciples asked Him,

saying, "What does this parable mean?"

{10} And He said, "To you it has been

given to know the mysteries of the

kingdom of God, but to the rest it is

given in parables, that 'Seeing they may

not see, And hearing they may not

understand.' {11} "Now the parable is

this: The seed is the word of God.{12}

"Those by the wayside are the ones

who hear; then the devil comes and

takes away the word out of their hearts,

lest they should believe and be saved.

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{13} "But the ones on the rock are those

who, when they hear, receive the word

with joy; and these have no root, who

believe for a while and in time of

temptation fall away. {14} "Now the

ones that fell among thorns are those

who, when they have heard, go out and

are choked with cares, riches, and

pleasures of life, and bring no fruit to

maturity. {15} "But the ones that fell on

the good ground are those who, having

heard the word with a noble and good

heart, keep it and bear fruit with

patience.

INTRODUCTION

When the Sower went out to sow, he

sowed the Word of God according to

verse 11.

The Word of God is sown when a

person hears the Word of God

preached.


person listens to the Word of God

read.


person reads the Word of God for

himself.

INTRODUCTION

When the Word of God is sown it

falls into one of four types of

soil.

Wayside soil

Rocky soil

Thorny soil

Good soil

The soil would be symbolic for

the heart.

INTRODUCTION

The Four Types of Heart Where

the Word falls:

Wayside soil = The stubborn Heart

Rocky soil = The Shallow Heart

Thorny soil = The Strangled Heart

Good soil = The submissive Heart

THE STUBBORN HEART - Vs. 12

"Those by the wayside are the

ones who hear; then the

devil comes and takes away

the word out of their hearts,

lest they should believe and

be saved.

THE STUBBORN HEART - Vs. 12

Satan takes the word out of their

heart

There is no time for the Word

There is no true interest in the

Word

(2 Cor 4:3-4) But even if our gospel is

veiled, it is veiled to those who are

perishing, {4} whose minds the god of

this age has blinded, who do not

believe, lest the light of the gospel of

the glory of Christ, who is the image

of God, should shine on them.

THE SHALLOW HEART - Vs. 13

"But the ones on the rock are

those who, when they hear,

receive the word with joy; and

these have no root, who believe

for a while and in time of

temptation fall away.

THE SHALLOW HEART - Vs. 13

There is an instant, joyous response

to the preaching of or reading of

God's Word.

However, it is surface level

response. They don't develop roots

The minute something arises in the

way of temptation, they fall away - (1

Th 3:5) For this reason, when I could

no longer endure it, I sent to know

your faith, lest by some means the

tempter had tempted you, and our

labor might be in vain.

THE STRANGLED HEART - Vs. 14

"Now the ones that fell among

thorns are those who, when they

have heard, go out and are

choked with cares, riches, and

pleasures of life, and bring no

fruit to maturity.


The seed starts to grow but is

strangled by…

Cares of this life - (2 Tim 2:4)

No one engaged in warfare

entangles himself with the

affairs of this life, that he may

please him who enlisted him as

a soldier.


The seed starts to grow but is strangled

by…

Riches of this life - (Mark 10:23-25) Then

Jesus looked around and said to His

disciples, "How hard it is for those who

have riches to enter the kingdom of God!"

{24} And the disciples were astonished at

His words. But Jesus answered again and

said to them, "Children, how hard it is for

those who trust in riches to enter the

kingdom of God! {25} "It is easier for a

camel to go through the eye of a needle

than for a rich man to enter the kingdom

of God."


The seed starts to grow but is strangled

by…

Pleasures of this life - (2 Tim 3:1-5) But

know this, that in the last days perilous

times will come: {2} For men will be

lovers of themselves, lovers of money,

boasters, proud, blasphemers,

disobedient to parents, unthankful,

unholy, {3} unloving, unforgiving,

slanderers, without self-control, brutal,

despisers of good, {4} traitors,

headstrong, haughty, lovers of pleasure

rather than lovers of God, {5} having a

form of godliness but denying its power.

And from such people turn away!


The seed starts to grow but is

strangled by the

Cares,

Riches

And pleasures of this life

As a result it does not bring fruit

to maturity - (John 15:8) "By this

My Father is glorified, that you

bear much fruit; so you will be My

disciples.

THE SUBMISSIVE HEART - Vs. 15

"But the ones that fell on the good

ground are those who, having

heard the word with a noble and

good heart, keep it and bear fruit

with patience.


The submissive heart is noble and

good - (Acts 17:11) These were

more (noble) fair-minded than

those in Thessalonica, in that

they received the word with all

readiness, and searched the

Scriptures daily to find out

whether these things were so.


The submissive heart is more than a hearer

of the Word. He is a doer also. He keeps it

and bears fruit - (James 1:22-25) But be

doers of the word, and not hearers only,

deceiving yourselves. {23} For if anyone is

a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is

like a man observing his natural face in a

mirror; {24} for he observes himself, goes

away, and immediately forgets what kind

of man he was. {25} But he who looks into

the perfect law of liberty and continues in

it, and is not a forgetful hearer but a doer

of the work, this one will be blessed in

what he does.

CONCLUSION

Where does the word fall in your

life?

What kind of heart does it hit?

Stubborn,

Shallow,

Strangled

Submissive.

TONIGHT’S SERMON

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the seed and the soils