The Sower Sows the Word Part 4
The Thorny Heart Hearer
Wednesday, April 29, 2020
I.The Sower Sows the Word
A.The Secret of the Kingdom of God
1.(Mark 4:3-20) Parable of the sower and the seed.
2.Key to the parable of the sower:
#1 We are the sowers.
#2 The Word of God is the seed.
#3 The four different types of ground (wayside, stony ground, among thorns, and good ground) are four conditions of the heart that affect how the seed grows.
#4 Only one ground was able to produce and sustain a harvest – good ground.
#5 Common denominators – all heard the same word.
#6 Every believer fits into one of these 4 categories.
3.The “Wayside” hearer doesn’t understand the Word.
4.The “Stoney heart” hearer doesn’t have root in themselves (doesn’t know who he/she is in Christ) and/or the word doesn’t have root in them.
B.The Thorny Heart Hearer
1.(Matt. 13:7, 22 AMP)
(Mark 4:7, 18-19 AMP)
(Luke 8:7, 14 AMP)
a.(2 Tim. 4:9-17 AMP) some turned on Paul
b.(Phil. 4:6) “Be anxious for nothing…”
c.(1 Tim. 6:6-10) godliness with contentment.
d.(Mark 10:23-30) giving the antidote trusting in riches.
[Pastor Lee Stokes]