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Pastor Lawton's Sermon

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October 25 , 2009 - "Parables - From Seed to Harvest"

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From Seed to Harvest
Mt. 13:1-9;18-23 (p.690 – 691)

The Farmer

  • What the farmer expects
  • A harvest greater than what was sown
  • God focuses on the potential
  • What the farmer knows
  • There is always a risk
  • The uncontrollable factor is our free-will
  • God does not give up on us!

 

The Seed

  • The seed is all the same
  • The seed is not adapted to the soil
  • Focus on Jesus as the Good News
  • Looking for a solution
  • Change planting methods
  • Cultivate the soil

The Soil (Four Kinds of Hearers)

  • The one who hears only
  • Belief never happens
  • Satan despises the truth
  • The one with joy alone
  • Joy with out understanding can not be very stable
  • The one who hears with a lack of faith
  • The worries of this world are always present
  • Like weeds they must be kept under control
  • Worries can also cause us to put our trust in other things
  • The one who hears and understands
  • Everything comes together for belief in Jesus Christ to come to fruition

The Difference that Really Matters

  • Bear fruit or not
  • Two groups not four
  • In spite of everything some believed
  • Then and Now
  • There was hope
  • Today people believe in spite of:
  • People saying the gospel is not relevant
  • Science having all the answers
  • Living in a pluralistic world
  • It being uncool and out of touch to live by Biblical morals
  • The economic uncertainties and threats of a flu pandemic

People are embracing Jesus and bearing fruit!

What We Should Do

  • Make maturity and bearing fruit our goal
  • The yield can always increase
  • Be the farmer
  • Cast the seed and nurture it in others
  • Do not prejudge the soil
  • Focus on the harvest that God can bring

 

 

 

 

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