A FARMER WENT OUT TO SOW HIS SEED ...

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Pattern

  1. A large crowd gathers
  2. Jesus teaches in parables
  3. Tells the parable of sower and seed
  4. He who has ears to hear ...
  5. Disciples ask about parable
  6. Isaiah is quoted
  7. Seed and soils explained

Mark 4
Matthew 13
Luke 8
  • The farmer sows the word
  • Some people are like seed sown along, among, on ...
  • They hear the word and ...
  • When anyone hears the message of the kingdom
  • Receives the seed ...
  • The seed is the word of God
  • Hear the word and ...
  • Noble and good heart, hear word, retain it and persevere

Analogy

Parable ImageMeaning 1Meaning 2
FarmerJesusProphet/Preacher
SeedWordWord
Path/BirdsSatan steals wordSatan steals word
Rocky SoilNo rootNo root
Thorny SoilWorry/DeceitWorry/Deceit
Good SoilProduce cropNoble and good heart
Crop????

PARABLE

Is the seed bearing fruit?

Chris Benjamin

West-Ark Church of Christ, Fort Smith, AR
Evening Sermon, 13 June 2010


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