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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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