Parable of the Sower Sermon

sermon transcripts Mark 4:14-20

Mark 4:14-20
14 The sower sows the word. 

15 And these are the ones along the path, where the word is sown: when they hear, Satan immediately comes and takes away the word that is sown in them. 

16 And these are the ones sown on rocky ground: the ones who, when they hear the word, immediately receive it with joy. 

17 And they have no root in themselves, but endure for a while; then, when tribulation or persecution arises on account of the word, immediately they fall away.

18 And others are the ones sown among thorns. They are those who hear the word, 

19 but the cares of the world and the deceitfulness of riches and the desires for other things enter in and choke the word, and it proves unfruitful.

20 But those that were sown on the good soil are the ones who hear the word and accept it and bear fruit, thirtyfold and sixtyfold and a hundredfold.”

 

“Inspect Your Soil”

 

Intro

21“Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. 22On that day many will say to me, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and cast out demons in your name, and do many mighty works in your name?’ 23And then will I declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from me, you workers of lawlessness.’

 

14 The sower sows the word. 

 

Lets be in awe of the seed (the word) being planted in our hearts

 

How does scripture describe the word?

 

The word is powerful

2For good news came to us just as to them, but the message they heard did not benefit them, because they were not united by faith with those who listened….

 12For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of spirit, of joints and of marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart. 13And no creature is hidden from his sight, but all are naked and exposed to the eyes of him to whom we must give account.

  • The seed goes deep, deeper than the sharpest knife, deeper than the flesh, all the way down to the soul and spirit, all the way down to thoughts and intentions of the heart
  • All are naked and exposed to God

 

The word cleans us and prepares us for eternity w/ God

Ephesians 5:25-27 25Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her, 26that he might sanctify her, having cleansed her by the washing of water with the word, 27so that he might present the church to himself in splendor, without spot or wrinkle or any such thing, that she might be holy and without blemish.a

 

John 15:3 Already you are clean because of the word that I have spoken to you.

 

The word does not fail, there are no duds

 

Isaiah 55:11 11so My word that proceeds from My mouth will not return to Me empty,

but it will accomplish what I please, and it will prosper where I send it.

  • God is involved in the process
  • The effect of the word will glorify Him and please Him
    • Either fruitful good soil or soil that will incur His wrath

 

We are saved by the message of the word

Romans 10:8-16

 

1 Peter 1:23 For you have been born again, not of perishable seed, but of imperishable, through the living and enduring word of God

 

*This is the seed that gets planted into the soil of our heart, a powerful word, a cleansing word, a God ordained word, and a word that is able to save our souls*

 

**How does the 4 types of soils take this word?**

Parable of the four soils sermon

Soil 1- stolen seeds

15 And these are the ones along the path, where the word is sown: when they hear, Satan immediately comes and takes away the word that is sown in them. 

 

Soil 2- rocky soil

16 And these are the ones sown on rocky ground: the ones who, when they hear the word, immediately receive it with joy. 

17 And they have no root in themselves, but endure for a while; then, when tribulation or persecution arises on account of the word, immediately they fall away.

 

Soil 3- Thorny soil

18 And others are the ones sown among thorns. They are those who hear the word, 

19 but the cares of the world and the deceitfulness of riches and the desires for other things enter in and choke the word, and it proves unfruitful.

17For the desires of the flesh are against the Spirit, and the desires of the Spirit are against the flesh, for these are opposed to each other, to keep you from doing the things you want to do. 18But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law. 19Now the works of the flesh are evident: sexual immorality, impurity, sensuality, 20idolatry, sorcery, enmity, strife, jealousy, fits of anger, rivalries, dissensions, divisions, 21envy,d drunkenness, orgies, and things like these. I warn you, as I warned you before, that those who doe such things will not inherit the kingdom of God

 

Soil 4-Good soil

20 But those that were sown on the good soil are the ones who hear the word and accept it and bear fruit, thirtyfold and sixtyfold and a hundredfold.”

 

***God has called every believer to examine the soil of their heart*** praise team

 

2 Corinthians 13:5 5 Examine yourselves, to see whether you are in the faith. Test yourselves. Or do you not realize this about yourselves, that Jesus Christ is in you?—unless indeed you fail to meet the test! 

 

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