Parables of Jesus, Ascension: July 30, 2023

Istrouma Baptist Church (ASC)
Jul 30, 2023

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July 30 l Parables of Jesus
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The Parable of the Soils
Matthew 13:1-9

‭‭Matthew‬ ‭13‬:‭1‬-‭9‬‬
That same day Jesus went out of the house and sat beside the sea. And great crowds gathered about him, so that he got into a boat and sat down. And the whole crowd stood on the beach. And he told them many things in parables, saying: “A sower went out to sow. And as he sowed, some seeds fell along the path, and the birds came and devoured them. Other seeds fell on rocky ground, where they did not have much soil, and immediately they sprang up, since they had no depth of soil, but when the sun rose they were scorched. And since they had no root, they withered away. Other seeds fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up and choked them. Other seeds fell on good soil and produced grain, some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty. He who has ears, let him hear.”

1. The haters

2. Our hearts

a. Hard vv. 18-19

b. Shallow vv. 20-21

c. Divided v. 22

‭‭Matthew‬ ‭6‬:‭24‬‬
“No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and money.

2d. Fruitful v. 23

3. Our hope

‭‭Isaiah‬ ‭55‬:‭10‬-‭11‬‬
“For as the rain and the snow come down from heaven and do not return there but water the earth, making it bring forth and sprout, giving seed to the sower and bread to the eater, so shall my word be that goes out from my mouth; it shall not return to me empty, but it shall accomplish that which I purpose, and shall succeed in the thing for which I sent it.

‭‭1 Corinthians‬ ‭1‬:‭18‬‬
For the word of the cross is folly to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.