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 Please take out your copy of God's Word and turn to the Gospel of Mark chapter 4.

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 As you're doing that, you've heard it said already that we had our men's retreat this weekend,

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 and everyone's a bit tired from that. I'm feeling this as well. My soul is very awake this morning,

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 and glad to be here. I'm trying to get my mind and my body to catch up to that. So,

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 if at any time during the sermon I just suddenly fall asleep and fall over on the stage,

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 what I want you to do is drag me by my feet to the back corner, put the chair rack in front so

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 no one steps on me and just leave me alone. Wes will come up and maybe do an extra song,

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 and we'll close the service up that way. But I'm sure by grace I'll stay standing in this process.

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 We finally find ourselves back in Mark. We ended up taking a little bit of a three-week

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 hiatus from it. Not really intentionally, but previously when we were in Mark we talked about

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 what the purpose of the parables were. We looked in chapter 4 verses 10 through 12, and we saw how

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 it was that Jesus used these parables. He laid these truths that were understood to them alongside

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 greater truth to help them understand it in expanding degrees. And that the parables were designed,

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 as we can see as he quotes here, from Isaiah chapter 6, there in verse 12, to both conceal and reveal

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 things about the kingdom of God, this gospel message that he was preaching.

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 So we did that together, and now we're going to actually back up a little bit and look at verses

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 1 through 20. So join me reading along as I read out loud.

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 Again he began to teach beside the sea, and a very large crowd gathered about him so that he got into

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 a boat and sat in it on the sea, and the whole crowd was beside the sea on the land. And he was

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 teaching them many things in parables, and in his teaching he said to them,

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 Listen, a sower went out to sow, and as he sowed, some seed fell along the path, and the birds came and devoured it.

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 Other seed fell on rocky ground, where it did not have much soil, and immediately it sprang up,

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 since it had no depth of soil. And when the sun rose, it was scorched, and since it had no root,

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 it withered away. Other seed fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up and choked it, and yielded no grain.

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 And other seeds fell into good soil and produced grain, growing up and increasing and yielding

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 thirtyfold, and sixtyfold, and a hundredfold. And he said, He who has ears to hear, let him hear.

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 And when he was alone, those around him with the twelve asked him about the parables. And he said to

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 them, To you has been given the secret of the kingdom of God, but for those outside everything is in

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 parable, so that they may indeed see but not perceive, and may indeed hear but not understand,

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 lest they should turn and be forgiven. And he said to them, Do you not understand this parable?

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 How then will you understand all the parables? The sower sows the word, and these are the ones along

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 the path where the word is sown. When they hear, Satan immediately comes and takes away the word that

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 is sown in them. And these are the ones sown on rocky ground. The one who, when they hear the word,

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 immediately receives it with joy, and they have no root in themselves, but endure for a while.

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 Then, when tribulation or persecution arises on account of the word, immediately they fall away.

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 And others are the ones sown among the thorns. They are those who hear the word, but the cares of

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 the world, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the desires for other things, enter in and choke the

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 word, and it proves unfruitful. But those that were sown on the good soil are the ones who hear the word,

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 and accept it, and bear fruit, thirtyfold, and sixtyfold, and a hundredfold. Please join me in praying.

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 Father, we praise you this morning for Christ, and we praise you for your word to us in the scriptures

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 that speaks of the word of God who became flesh, who came and dwelt amongst us, who lived a sinless life

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 on our behalf, bore your wrath for us who will believe in him, that we might have life and be set free

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 from the bondage and slavery of sin. We praise you for the gospel of Mark, and the opportunity to look at

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 the life of Christ as recorded here by Mark, who was carried along by your spirit. We accept this this

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 morning as your word to us. It is holy, and we come to you in reverence, asking that you work change in

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 our lives by its power, and we pray this in Christ's name. Amen. So we find Jesus again, likely close to

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 Capernaum on the northwest side of the Sea of Galilee, and he has gone out again in more remote places, but

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 these big crowds keep following him, and we see this kind of repeatedly throughout the story here. And so

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 Mark pauses at this point to set a little bit of a scene for us. He gets into a boat. He goes out a ways

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 into the water so that the crowd isn't pressing in on him so much, where he can stop performing miracles,

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 which validated the message, and preach. He got out and he began to teach them. And the gospel of Mark,

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 I've said to you before, is a work of rhetoric. It's a work. Mark's intention as he's writing by the

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 power of the Spirit is to access our hearts through our minds to have us be devoted followers of Jesus

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 Christ. And it's action-packed. He moves, and he moves very quickly through the events that are

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 happening in Jesus' life. But he pauses on a couple of occasions to record his teaching at length,

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 particularly chapter 4 and chapter 13. We see Jesus dropping truth along the way in the midst of

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 these stories, but he really stops and pauses in these places, which should give us reason to stop

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 and pause and really question how is it that this teaching, how is it that this parable in particular

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 is incredibly important. This parable is recorded in all three of the Synoptic Gospels, along with Jesus'

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 explanation. It's one of the few parables that we get a recorded explanation of exactly what it means.

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 Quite fascinating to come to a text. Often I come to a text and I have to get its bearing, try to

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 understand what it means, and then say, okay, now we know what it means. What does it mean for our

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 people? And Jesus just does the work for me here, right? We know exactly what it means, right? He tells

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 us. He continues his sermon. He goes right on. And so the challenge before us today is then to

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 apply it as well into our lives. Notice verse 13. As he responds to his apostles, we kind of see two

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 settings. By the sea, he's preaching from the water. And then later on, when he was alone, his disciples

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 come to him and ask him this question about parables. And he says to them in verse 13, do you not

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 understand this parable? How then will you understand all the parables? So this kind of seems to be a

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 paradigm-shifting parable. We must understand this one if we're going to get the others right.

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 And so it's a parable about soils. This would have been a very commonly understood parable. The general

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 population would have got this symbolism, this agrarian symbolism. So the challenge before us is

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 to say, okay, this is an important parable. By it, we must understand other parables. So what does it

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 mean for us? What does it mean for us today? And I want to give you two objectives of this parable

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 that means something for us today. Firstly, to have us question which type of soil we are.

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 In the parable, Jesus is the sower. We find him in this stage in his ministry right now,

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 going about sowing the Word, preaching the Gospel of the Kingdom of God. And he says to us that there

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 are types of soil. And those are those who hear the message of God. And so we must ask ourselves,

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 which type of soil we are. This is the greatest question we could ask. How do we find ourselves in

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 the category that will be damned for eternity because of our sin against the most holy God?

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 Or those who have been redeemed by the blood of Christ? You must answer that question this morning.

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 We are commended in the Scriptures to test our faith. Do that today as you reflect upon these

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 different types of soils? Our fruitfulness matters a great deal. We want to find ourselves as good soil.

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 Those who have received the Word and who have bore fruit thirtyfold and sixtyfold and a hundredfold.

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 The fruit matters. Our salvation is a great work of grace that Christ has bought on our behalf.

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 We cannot earn our salvation in any way, but yet the fruit is the evidence of the work of God in our lives.

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 So it matters. Matthew 3.8, Jesus says,

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 Bear fruit in keeping with repentance, in evidence of your repentance.

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 And later in Matthew 12, verse 33, He said that a tree is known by its fruit.

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 Good trees produce good fruit. Bad trees produce bad fruit.

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 At the end of chapter 3, we looked at kind of some beginning parable, but there's a lot of activity happening

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 as He's likely back in Capernaum.

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 And we see an interaction with a number of different types of people here.

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 And He's elaborating. Mark, being led by the Spirit, is giving us this parable

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 in following the way He's treated by His family, as He's treated as a lunatic.

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 They come to Him, if you look back up in verse 21 of chapter 3,

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 and when His family heard it, that He was back in town, they went out to seize Him,

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 for they were saying, He is out of His mind.

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 Then we see Him interacting with the scribes, who thinks that He's a liar.

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 He's saying that He's the Son of God, and they're saying,

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 You can't possibly be the Son of God. You are working by Satan.

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 And then we see those that He recognizes are His mother and His brothers and His sisters,

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 in verse 34 and 35, those who do the will of His Father.

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 John 6.4, He says,

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 For this is the will of My Father, that everyone who looks on the Son and believes in Him

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 should have eternal life.

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 So, our faith is not merely an outward activity.

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 Thousands of people were following Him around,

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 but they followed Him for the benefits that He could provide for them.

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 They wanted to be healed, or they wanted to see healing happen.

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 They wanted demons cast out, or they wanted to see that happen.

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 It was a spectacle that was going on.

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 And many people today, and you may find yourself in this position,

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 that you follow Jesus for what you think He can offer you,

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 in this world, but not for what He actually came to offer.

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 And that was the redemption of our souls.

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 I love you, Dad.

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 This is why we come to Christ, for the redemption of our souls.

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 And we receive immense blessing in Him.

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 Immense, immeasurable blessing.

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 But often not the way we think.

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 You don't follow Jesus for a new car or financial success.

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 The prosperity gospel is damning untold millions to hell.

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 They're just air conditioning the trip there.

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 That is not the gospel of Jesus Christ.

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 We must ask ourselves, if we're good soil,

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 do we have the seed of the Word in us,

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 and is it producing fruit as evidence of that?

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 Secondly, if we are good soil,

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 this parable helps to prepare us for the way the world will receive the gospel of grace.

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 If you want to complicate the parable a bit,

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 you certainly can,

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 to say that we're now sowers,

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 sowing the Word.

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 I like to think that Jesus is still the sower,

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 and He uses us as His tools of sowing seed,

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 right?

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 Spreading the Word amongst the world.

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 And not all people are going to receive the Word the way we would hope that they would.

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 The way we think they ought to.

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 And this is to help us to understand what that's going to look like.

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 Because the major task of every disciple of Christ is to sow seed.

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 This is it.

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 You want to know God's will for your life?

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 Believe in Him,

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 and sow seeds so that others might believe in Him.

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 This is the task that has been given to us.

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 Many people call it the Great Commission.

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 Properly, aptly called that thing.

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 In fact, all the instruction that we receive in the Scriptures about holy living,

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 the ways in which we ought to glorify God,

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 is giving validation to that message.

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 The same way that Jesus went around and healed people,

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 and showed that He had a power from above,

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 validated His message,

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 is what we do as we love one another,

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 as we live holy lives,

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 as we put to death sin,

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 as we pursue righteousness,

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 all of these things validate this primary thing of sowing seed,

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 sowing the Word in the world.

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 This is the primary task.

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 We are to propagate to the glory of God.

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 Propagate to the glory of God.

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 Sow seed so that others might bear fruit.

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 I think it's behind me.

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 I'm pretty sure it is.

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 Our vision statement for our church.

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 That we exist to glorify God

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 by experiencing,

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 proclaiming,

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 and displaying the supremacy of Jesus Christ

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 in all things to all peoples.

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 That is our way of saying

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 that in all of our activity,

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 our experience,

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 in our proclamation,

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 and the things we do together,

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 we are to show Jesus Christ as supreme.

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 To show Him as He is.

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 To sow the Word in the world,

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 in everything we do,

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 to the ends of the earth.

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 I hope that you're working on memorizing

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 this statement.

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 It's there for you.

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 Remember it.

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 Remember it.

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 The Canons of Dort,

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 which quite interestingly,

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 was the response to Arminianism.

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 So,

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 if you got a little bit uncomfortable

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 with the song we sang beforehand,

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 and if you get uncomfortable

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 with this particular parable here,

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 a group of men met together

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 to look at the claims of Jacob Arminius,

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 and they wrote responses to that.

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 We often call them

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 the doctrines of grace,

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 but in the Canons of Dort,

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 it said it this way.

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 The Word should be declared

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 and published to all nations

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 and to all persons

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 promiscuously

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 and without distinction.

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 I love that.

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 Right?

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 Promiscuously,

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 the Word should be sown.

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 Massive handfuls of seed

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 thrown everywhere.

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 This is our response

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 to this great gospel of grace.

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 I challenge you when you get home,

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 next time you're on your computer,

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 type into Google

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 evangelism methods that work.

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 Just watch the stuff that pops up.

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 Watch the stuff that pops up in that.

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 We have,

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 as American Christians,

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 I believe with the best of intention,

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 try to come up with

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 our own methodologies

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 for how it is

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 that Jesus saves souls.

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 Right?

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 We don't want there to be

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 any types of soil.

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 Right?

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 We want to say there's one type of soil,

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 and if we can just be convincing enough,

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 right,

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 if we can just get the game

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 just right,

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 and what we end up doing

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 is we end up modifying

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 the seed itself.

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 Right?

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 It no longer becomes

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 the seed of the kingdom of God.

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 It becomes some weird distortion of it

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 that has no value

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 that will ultimately be

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 ripped up by its roots

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 and thrown into the fire.

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 Right?

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 It doesn't produce more fruit.

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 It's not the thing

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 that's good for nourishment.

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 I was thinking about this

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 this past week,

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 and I just started thinking

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 about all of the

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 genetically modified food

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 that we eat these days,

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 and we could go off

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 on a big,

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 huge tangent about that,

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 but there's lots

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 of genetically modified foods,

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 and they are modified

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 to produce better,

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 to make more.

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 We may never see

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 this side of heaven,

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 the effects that's having

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 on our bodies,

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 drought resistant,

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 different things like that,

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 but I came across

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 a story of Monsanto,

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 which is a bad word

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 in some circles,

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 an organization

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 that had genetically

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 modified some wheat

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 that they found

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 to be incredibly bad,

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 and it was discovered

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 just this past year

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 on a farm in Oregon.

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 They had withdrawn it,

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 weren't sending it anymore,

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 but it somehow was found

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 that this plant was growing

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 on this farm in Oregon,

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 and as a result of that,

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 our wheat export

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 was boycotted by Japan,

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 South Korea,

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 and Taiwan

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 at the tune of $8.1 billion.

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 in revenue

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 this past year.

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 They recognized

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 that this was not

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 weak as it should be,

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 and they rejected it.

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 And here we find ourselves

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 as Americans

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 modifying the gospel,

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 right,

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 and then exporting it

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 all over the world.

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 And we're finding

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 that there are places

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 that are rejecting

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 much of the gospel,

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 the modified gospel

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 that comes out

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 of America.

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 Praise God

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 that there are countries

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 that are now

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 being missionaries

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 to the states.

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 South Koreans

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 are a good example

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 of that,

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 who have said,

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 what an evil,

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 wicked place

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 that needs the light

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 of Christ.

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 We will go there

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 and preach the gospel

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 to those people.

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 Fantastic.

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 Absolutely fantastic.

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 You remember these people,

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 the people that Jesus

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 is talking to here,

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 his disciples,

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 had much messianic expectation.

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 Right?

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 They were waiting

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 for the Christ.

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 They didn't know

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 that this was him

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 in various forms

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 quite yet,

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 but they were waiting

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 for him to come.

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 They knew the messianic

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 prophecies.

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 They were expecting

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 Jesus to come

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 to be a king

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 who would restore

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 the Davidic dynasty

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 and usher in a time

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 of justice

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 and peace.

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 And he will,

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 but it just didn't happen

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 the way they thought

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 that it would.

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 They were oppressed

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 by Rome.

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 They thought he was

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 going to come,

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 put Rome back

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 in its place,

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 restore the glory

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 of the Davidic kingdom.

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 They were familiar

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 with Isaiah 9, 6, and 7.

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 For to us a child is born,

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 to us a son is given,

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 and the government

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 shall be upon his shoulders,

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 and his name shall be called

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 Wonderful Counselor,

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 Mighty God,

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 Everlasting Father,

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 Prince of Peace.

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 Of the increase

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 of his government

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 and of peace

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 there will be no end

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 on the throne of David

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 and over his kingdom

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 to establish it

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 and to uphold it

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 with justice

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 and with righteousness

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 from this time forth

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 and forevermore.

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 The zeal of the Lord of hosts,

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 will do this.

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 Jesus Christ has,

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 in fact,

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 restored the

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 Davidic dynasty.

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 He was in the lineage

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 of David

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 and he has come

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 and he's reigned.

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 He's seated now

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 at the right hand of the Father

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 and he reigns in our hearts.

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 The kingdom of God

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 looked much different

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 than they thought it would.

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 And here he is

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 setting up

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 a paradigm-shifting parable

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 to understand

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 what this would look like.

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 You see why this is

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 really important

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 for us to get

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 as followers of Christ.

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 As evidence of this,

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 in Luke chapter 12,

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 verse 23,

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 his record ends.

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 Someone who was following

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 said to him,

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 Lord,

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 will those who are saved

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 be few?

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 Will those who are saved

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 be few?

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 Here's the parable

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 that helps us

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 to understand

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 what's going on

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 and happening

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 in this world.

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 I said to you before

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 this agricultural symbolism

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 may be a little bit

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 lost on us,

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 but they totally understood it.

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 This was an agrarian society.

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 And they got this parable

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 both physically and mentally.

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 And let me explain

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 what I mean by that.

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 Physically,

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 they got the picture.

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 They understood

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 what he was talking about

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 as he talked about

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 this field

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 and what it meant

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 to sow seed.

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 We talked previously

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 at the end of chapter 2

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 when the disciples

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 and Jesus

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 are chastised

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 for picking the heads

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 of wheat

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 and walking

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 and eating.

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 And I told you

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 that there were paths

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 that kind of crisscrossed

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 around the edges

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 of these fields.

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 And this is where

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 people traveled.

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 They have highways

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 that they were traveling on.

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 They would walk

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 these beaten paths

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 between the fields.

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 And it was permissible

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 by law

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 that you could gather

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 as you were walking along.

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 So the person

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 sojourning through

00:20:09.099 --> 00:20:09.740
 the country

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 could gather and eat

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 as they went along.

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 And this is what

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 they were attacked for

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 was doing that

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 on the Sabbath.

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 So these fields

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 were set up

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 in some form of a grid

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 and had these hard

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 paths around it.

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 And the fields

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 would be tilled.

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 Much the same way

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 we do now,

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 but we do it

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 with big machinery.

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 They would till

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 the fields up

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 so you would have

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 had a nice big blank

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 plot of land

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 with the soil

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 turned up

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 ready to go

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 and they would

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 sow seed

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 in a bag.

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 They would put it

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 in a bag,

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 carry it over their

00:20:35.680 --> 00:20:35.960
 shoulder,

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 and they would

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 cast the seed

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 like this.

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 Any of you

00:20:38.640 --> 00:20:39.360
 have ever done that?

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 I've seeded a lawn

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 that way,

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 hand seeding a lawn.

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 And you threw it

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 out there.

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 And you can't,

00:20:44.680 --> 00:20:45.180
 you can kind of

00:20:45.180 --> 00:20:46.060
 control where it goes,

00:20:46.420 --> 00:20:47.019
 but if you want

00:20:47.019 --> 00:20:47.820
 it to get to the edges,

00:20:47.980 --> 00:20:48.400
 you've definitely

00:20:48.400 --> 00:20:48.940
 got to do some

00:20:48.940 --> 00:20:49.440
 overlapping.

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 It's got to play out

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 a little bit

00:20:51.539 --> 00:20:52.180
 beyond that.

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 They would have

00:20:52.519 --> 00:20:53.140
 totally understood.

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 The picture of this

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 would have been

00:20:55.160 --> 00:20:55.519
 in their heads.

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 They possibly could

00:20:56.380 --> 00:20:56.960
 have looked at

00:20:56.960 --> 00:20:57.680
 somebody doing it.

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 Jesus may have.

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 Jesus may have

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 seen somebody doing it

00:20:59.720 --> 00:20:59.980
 and said,

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 I've got one for them.

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 The sign of a natural

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 teacher is that

00:21:03.720 --> 00:21:04.140
 they've always got

00:21:04.140 --> 00:21:05.380
 some beautiful analogy

00:21:05.380 --> 00:21:06.680
 to speak about

00:21:06.680 --> 00:21:07.700
 something of a

00:21:07.700 --> 00:21:09.060
 greater truth.

00:21:09.700 --> 00:21:10.600
 These people also

00:21:10.600 --> 00:21:12.180
 would have known

00:21:12.180 --> 00:21:13.019
 of the promises

00:21:13.019 --> 00:21:13.560
 of God,

00:21:14.019 --> 00:21:14.960
 which were very

00:21:14.960 --> 00:21:16.640
 agrarian in their

00:21:16.640 --> 00:21:17.080
 symbolism,

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 of Psalm 126,

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 Jeremiah chapter 31,

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 Hosea chapter 2.

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 Spend some time

00:21:23.599 --> 00:21:24.219
 looking at those.

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 They also would have

00:21:24.779 --> 00:21:25.679
 known of some

00:21:25.679 --> 00:21:26.459
 of the symbolism

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 of the judgment

00:21:27.159 --> 00:21:28.419
 of God using

00:21:28.419 --> 00:21:29.139
 these kind of

00:21:29.139 --> 00:21:30.619
 agrarian symbols.

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 Isaiah chapter 34

00:21:32.000 --> 00:21:33.759
 is an example of that.

00:21:33.879 --> 00:21:34.339
 So it was a very

00:21:34.339 --> 00:21:36.179
 timely way for him

00:21:36.179 --> 00:21:37.459
 to speak to these

00:21:37.459 --> 00:21:37.859
 people.

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 Note that there

00:21:40.019 --> 00:21:42.500
 are six soils.

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 Don't spend a ton

00:21:43.899 --> 00:21:44.379
 of time racking

00:21:44.379 --> 00:21:45.379
 your brain about six.

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 I think you counted

00:21:45.959 --> 00:21:46.879
 four already.

00:21:47.079 --> 00:21:47.599
 Don't spend a bunch

00:21:47.599 --> 00:21:48.059
 of time thinking

00:21:48.059 --> 00:21:48.519
 about that.

00:21:48.719 --> 00:21:49.439
 I'll get you to

00:21:49.439 --> 00:21:50.740
 that point here

00:21:50.740 --> 00:21:51.359
 readily.

00:21:51.459 --> 00:21:51.939
 But let's talk

00:21:51.940 --> 00:21:52.960
 one by one

00:21:52.960 --> 00:21:53.840
 about these

00:21:53.840 --> 00:21:54.400
 different soils.

00:21:54.519 --> 00:21:54.759
 Firstly,

00:21:54.880 --> 00:21:56.160
 we see the soil

00:21:56.160 --> 00:21:57.320
 that is along

00:21:57.320 --> 00:21:58.039
 the path.

00:21:58.620 --> 00:21:59.180
 The soil that's

00:21:59.180 --> 00:22:00.019
 at the edge

00:22:00.019 --> 00:22:00.539
 of the path.

00:22:00.620 --> 00:22:01.039
 The part that

00:22:01.039 --> 00:22:01.380
 would have been

00:22:01.380 --> 00:22:02.100
 beaten down.

00:22:02.320 --> 00:22:02.820
 The person that

00:22:02.820 --> 00:22:03.360
 didn't walk down

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 the middle of the

00:22:03.880 --> 00:22:04.539
 path but walked

00:22:04.539 --> 00:22:05.080
 a little off to

00:22:05.080 --> 00:22:05.480
 the edge of the

00:22:05.480 --> 00:22:05.960
 path would have

00:22:05.960 --> 00:22:06.900
 beat the ground

00:22:06.900 --> 00:22:07.820
 down quite well.

00:22:07.880 --> 00:22:08.480
 We see that in

00:22:08.480 --> 00:22:09.840
 verse 4 and then

00:22:09.840 --> 00:22:11.100
 the explanation of

00:22:11.100 --> 00:22:12.920
 it in verse 15.

00:22:13.600 --> 00:22:13.920
 This would have

00:22:13.920 --> 00:22:14.559
 been hard.

00:22:14.660 --> 00:22:15.360
 Hard packed.

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 Hard as a rock.

00:22:17.160 --> 00:22:18.279
 This area of the

00:22:18.279 --> 00:22:19.460
 world is very dry

00:22:19.460 --> 00:22:20.500
 for most of the

00:22:20.500 --> 00:22:20.880
 year.

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 Nothing's saturating.

00:22:22.779 --> 00:22:23.620
 Our paths would

00:22:23.620 --> 00:22:24.200
 have been mud

00:22:24.200 --> 00:22:25.220
 here in Georgia.

00:22:25.579 --> 00:22:26.279
 But in this place

00:22:26.279 --> 00:22:26.759
 it would have been

00:22:26.759 --> 00:22:27.700
 hard as a rock.

00:22:27.740 --> 00:22:28.340
 As if it was

00:22:28.340 --> 00:22:29.240
 paved.

00:22:29.680 --> 00:22:30.600
 And so we see

00:22:30.600 --> 00:22:31.519
 verse 4 that he

00:22:31.519 --> 00:22:32.160
 sows it and some

00:22:32.160 --> 00:22:33.200
 of it falls onto

00:22:33.200 --> 00:22:33.759
 the path.

00:22:34.420 --> 00:22:34.860
 And immediately

00:22:34.860 --> 00:22:35.779
 the birds follow

00:22:35.779 --> 00:22:36.460
 the sower along

00:22:36.460 --> 00:22:37.000
 and they snatch

00:22:37.000 --> 00:22:37.319
 it up.

00:22:37.420 --> 00:22:38.000
 It's food for

00:22:38.000 --> 00:22:38.400
 them and they

00:22:38.400 --> 00:22:38.779
 eat it.

00:22:39.220 --> 00:22:39.920
 In verse 15

00:22:39.920 --> 00:22:40.980
 we see that this

00:22:40.980 --> 00:22:41.440
 is Satan.

00:22:41.759 --> 00:22:42.440
 Comes and takes

00:22:42.440 --> 00:22:43.059
 the word away

00:22:43.059 --> 00:22:43.880
 that they might

00:22:43.880 --> 00:22:44.500
 not believe.

00:22:45.019 --> 00:22:45.579
 In the same

00:22:45.579 --> 00:22:46.200
 account in Luke

00:22:46.200 --> 00:22:46.799
 chapter 8

00:22:46.799 --> 00:22:48.460
 I like the

00:22:48.460 --> 00:22:49.559
 language here

00:22:49.559 --> 00:22:51.279
 in verse 15

00:22:51.279 --> 00:22:53.100
 of chapter 4

00:22:53.100 --> 00:22:53.480
 it says

00:22:53.480 --> 00:22:54.120
 and takes away

00:22:54.120 --> 00:22:54.680
 the word that

00:22:54.680 --> 00:22:55.559
 is sown in

00:22:55.559 --> 00:22:56.039
 them.

00:22:56.519 --> 00:22:56.819
 In Luke

00:22:56.819 --> 00:22:57.360
 chapter 8

00:22:57.360 --> 00:22:57.680
 it says

00:22:57.680 --> 00:22:59.180
 the ones along

00:22:59.180 --> 00:22:59.640
 the path of

00:22:59.640 --> 00:22:59.940
 those who

00:22:59.940 --> 00:23:00.440
 have heard

00:23:00.440 --> 00:23:01.000
 then the devil

00:23:01.000 --> 00:23:01.440
 comes and

00:23:01.440 --> 00:23:01.840
 takes away

00:23:01.840 --> 00:23:02.319
 the word

00:23:02.319 --> 00:23:03.039
 from their

00:23:03.039 --> 00:23:03.559
 hearts

00:23:03.559 --> 00:23:04.580
 so that it

00:23:04.580 --> 00:23:04.920
 may not

00:23:04.920 --> 00:23:05.380
 believe

00:23:05.380 --> 00:23:06.100
 and be

00:23:06.100 --> 00:23:06.539
 saved.

00:23:07.299 --> 00:23:08.059
 One thing

00:23:08.059 --> 00:23:08.319
 for us

00:23:08.319 --> 00:23:08.759
 just to hear

00:23:08.759 --> 00:23:09.080
 the word

00:23:09.080 --> 00:23:09.340
 in our

00:23:09.340 --> 00:23:09.620
 heads

00:23:09.620 --> 00:23:09.860
 but the

00:23:09.860 --> 00:23:10.240
 word must

00:23:10.240 --> 00:23:10.620
 come down

00:23:10.620 --> 00:23:11.120
 and penetrate

00:23:11.120 --> 00:23:11.539
 into our

00:23:11.539 --> 00:23:11.680
 hearts.

00:23:11.759 --> 00:23:11.920
 It must

00:23:11.920 --> 00:23:13.019
 plant itself

00:23:13.019 --> 00:23:14.559
 in us

00:23:14.559 --> 00:23:15.259
 and for

00:23:15.259 --> 00:23:15.799
 these people

00:23:15.799 --> 00:23:16.240
 this word

00:23:16.240 --> 00:23:16.700
 is snatched

00:23:16.700 --> 00:23:17.079
 away

00:23:17.079 --> 00:23:18.399
 before they

00:23:18.399 --> 00:23:18.980
 can believe.

00:23:20.059 --> 00:23:20.440
 Secondly

00:23:20.440 --> 00:23:20.740
 we see

00:23:20.740 --> 00:23:21.159
 the rocky

00:23:21.159 --> 00:23:21.579
 ground

00:23:21.579 --> 00:23:22.259
 in verses

00:23:22.259 --> 00:23:22.899
 5 and

00:23:22.899 --> 00:23:23.359
 6

00:23:23.359 --> 00:23:23.659
 and then

00:23:23.659 --> 00:23:23.779
 the

00:23:23.779 --> 00:23:24.299
 explanation

00:23:24.299 --> 00:23:25.299
 in verses

00:23:25.299 --> 00:23:26.379
 16 and

00:23:26.379 --> 00:23:26.899
 17.

00:23:27.299 --> 00:23:27.680
 It falls

00:23:27.680 --> 00:23:28.099
 on the rocky

00:23:28.099 --> 00:23:28.319
 ground

00:23:28.319 --> 00:23:28.559
 where it

00:23:28.559 --> 00:23:28.960
 didn't have

00:23:28.960 --> 00:23:29.919
 much soil

00:23:29.919 --> 00:23:30.419
 and immediately

00:23:30.419 --> 00:23:31.000
 sprang up

00:23:31.000 --> 00:23:31.259
 since it

00:23:31.259 --> 00:23:31.539
 had no

00:23:31.539 --> 00:23:32.119
 depth of

00:23:32.119 --> 00:23:32.419
 soil.

00:23:32.940 --> 00:23:33.139
 And when

00:23:33.139 --> 00:23:33.519
 the sun

00:23:33.519 --> 00:23:33.819
 rose it

00:23:33.819 --> 00:23:34.379
 was scorched

00:23:34.379 --> 00:23:34.720
 and since

00:23:34.720 --> 00:23:35.059
 it had

00:23:35.059 --> 00:23:35.559
 no root

00:23:35.559 --> 00:23:36.279
 it withered

00:23:36.279 --> 00:23:36.500
 away.

00:23:36.559 --> 00:23:36.779
 Now the

00:23:36.779 --> 00:23:37.319
 picture here

00:23:37.319 --> 00:23:37.779
 is not

00:23:37.779 --> 00:23:38.099
 that there's

00:23:38.099 --> 00:23:38.559
 rocks on

00:23:38.559 --> 00:23:39.220
 the surface

00:23:39.220 --> 00:23:39.779
 or that

00:23:39.779 --> 00:23:40.059
 there's

00:23:40.059 --> 00:23:40.819
 chunks of

00:23:40.819 --> 00:23:41.200
 rock in

00:23:41.200 --> 00:23:41.559
 the soil.

00:23:41.659 --> 00:23:41.859
 They would

00:23:41.859 --> 00:23:42.279
 have fixed

00:23:42.279 --> 00:23:42.680
 that.

00:23:42.839 --> 00:23:43.119
 They wouldn't

00:23:43.119 --> 00:23:43.439
 have let

00:23:43.439 --> 00:23:44.219
 that remain

00:23:44.219 --> 00:23:44.819
 in their

00:23:44.819 --> 00:23:45.199
 field but

00:23:45.199 --> 00:23:45.500
 that there

00:23:45.500 --> 00:23:46.259
 was rock

00:23:46.259 --> 00:23:46.939
 underneath

00:23:46.939 --> 00:23:47.919
 the soil.

00:23:48.399 --> 00:23:48.639
 That they

00:23:48.639 --> 00:23:49.099
 had tilled

00:23:49.099 --> 00:23:49.199
 it.

00:23:49.299 --> 00:23:49.779
 It looked

00:23:49.779 --> 00:23:50.299
 good and

00:23:50.299 --> 00:23:50.779
 fine on

00:23:50.779 --> 00:23:51.199
 the surface

00:23:51.199 --> 00:23:51.619
 so the

00:23:51.619 --> 00:23:51.959
 seed was

00:23:51.959 --> 00:23:52.419
 sown there.

00:23:52.859 --> 00:23:53.259
 But there's

00:23:53.259 --> 00:23:53.759
 rock down

00:23:53.759 --> 00:23:54.679
 below that

00:23:54.679 --> 00:23:55.279
 prevented those

00:23:55.279 --> 00:23:55.779
 roots from

00:23:55.779 --> 00:23:56.539
 going down

00:23:56.539 --> 00:23:57.179
 deep.

00:23:57.259 --> 00:23:57.719
 And again

00:23:57.719 --> 00:23:58.659
 in this area

00:23:58.659 --> 00:23:59.019
 it's very

00:23:59.019 --> 00:23:59.959
 arid and

00:23:59.959 --> 00:24:00.939
 roots had to

00:24:00.939 --> 00:24:01.479
 go down.

00:24:01.599 --> 00:24:01.859
 They had to

00:24:01.859 --> 00:24:02.479
 get down

00:24:02.479 --> 00:24:03.239
 deep into

00:24:03.239 --> 00:24:03.619
 where the

00:24:03.619 --> 00:24:04.319
 water table

00:24:04.319 --> 00:24:04.779
 would be

00:24:04.779 --> 00:24:05.219
 when the

00:24:05.219 --> 00:24:05.599
 water was

00:24:05.599 --> 00:24:05.919
 before they

00:24:05.919 --> 00:24:06.259
 could start

00:24:06.259 --> 00:24:06.779
 putting up

00:24:06.779 --> 00:24:07.479
 height.

00:24:08.399 --> 00:24:08.879
 If you don't

00:24:08.879 --> 00:24:09.179
 know much

00:24:09.179 --> 00:24:10.039
 about plants

00:24:10.039 --> 00:24:10.439
 that's the

00:24:10.439 --> 00:24:10.819
 first thing

00:24:10.819 --> 00:24:11.199
 that plants

00:24:11.199 --> 00:24:11.459
 do.

00:24:11.559 --> 00:24:11.859
 When you put a

00:24:11.859 --> 00:24:12.159
 seed in the

00:24:12.159 --> 00:24:12.439
 ground it

00:24:12.439 --> 00:24:12.779
 sends out

00:24:12.779 --> 00:24:13.619
 roots first

00:24:13.619 --> 00:24:14.099
 that it

00:24:14.099 --> 00:24:14.399
 might have

00:24:14.399 --> 00:24:14.879
 nourishment.

00:24:15.259 --> 00:24:15.699
 Then it

00:24:15.699 --> 00:24:16.199
 begins putting

00:24:16.199 --> 00:24:16.779
 energy into

00:24:16.779 --> 00:24:17.299
 setting up

00:24:17.299 --> 00:24:18.139
 the stalk

00:24:18.139 --> 00:24:18.619
 and setting

00:24:18.619 --> 00:24:18.979
 it up

00:24:18.979 --> 00:24:20.019
 above the

00:24:20.019 --> 00:24:20.339
 ground.

00:24:21.019 --> 00:24:21.479
 So in this

00:24:21.479 --> 00:24:22.199
 case they

00:24:22.199 --> 00:24:22.399
 would have

00:24:22.399 --> 00:24:22.779
 looked out

00:24:22.779 --> 00:24:23.279
 across the

00:24:23.279 --> 00:24:24.159
 field and

00:24:24.159 --> 00:24:24.339
 they would

00:24:24.339 --> 00:24:24.500
 have had

00:24:24.500 --> 00:24:24.879
 all their

00:24:24.879 --> 00:24:25.719
 little plants

00:24:25.719 --> 00:24:26.379
 and wheat

00:24:26.379 --> 00:24:26.779
 maybe in

00:24:26.779 --> 00:24:27.299
 this case

00:24:27.299 --> 00:24:28.219
 coming up.

00:24:28.979 --> 00:24:29.459
 But these

00:24:29.459 --> 00:24:30.059
 plants would

00:24:30.059 --> 00:24:30.319
 have come

00:24:30.319 --> 00:24:30.839
 up higher

00:24:30.839 --> 00:24:31.659
 and they

00:24:31.659 --> 00:24:31.879
 would have

00:24:31.879 --> 00:24:32.219
 known.

00:24:32.939 --> 00:24:33.399
 Planted that

00:24:33.399 --> 00:24:33.679
 one on

00:24:33.679 --> 00:24:34.039
 rock.

00:24:34.359 --> 00:24:34.619
 Because they

00:24:34.619 --> 00:24:34.819
 would have

00:24:34.819 --> 00:24:35.299
 jumped up.

00:24:35.379 --> 00:24:35.519
 They would

00:24:35.519 --> 00:24:36.339
 have sprung

00:24:36.339 --> 00:24:36.699
 up even

00:24:36.699 --> 00:24:37.240
 higher because

00:24:37.240 --> 00:24:37.719
 the plant

00:24:37.719 --> 00:24:38.399
 not able to

00:24:38.399 --> 00:24:38.299
!

00:24:38.299 --> 00:24:39.139
 Put roots

00:24:39.139 --> 00:24:39.599
 down any

00:24:39.599 --> 00:24:39.979
 deeper.

00:24:39.980 --> 00:24:40.460
 would have

00:24:40.460 --> 00:24:40.799
 been putting

00:24:40.799 --> 00:24:41.099
 all its

00:24:41.099 --> 00:24:41.539
 energy into

00:24:41.539 --> 00:24:41.980
 shooting a

00:24:41.980 --> 00:24:42.500
 stalk up

00:24:42.500 --> 00:24:42.740
 high.

00:24:43.019 --> 00:24:43.240
 And those

00:24:43.240 --> 00:24:43.539
 things would

00:24:43.539 --> 00:24:44.279
 have certainly

00:24:44.279 --> 00:24:45.240
 been pulled

00:24:45.240 --> 00:24:45.620
 out and

00:24:45.620 --> 00:24:45.819
 burned.

00:24:45.900 --> 00:24:46.000
 It would

00:24:46.000 --> 00:24:46.200
 have been

00:24:46.200 --> 00:24:46.519
 pointless.

00:24:46.620 --> 00:24:46.740
 It would

00:24:46.740 --> 00:24:47.120
 have never

00:24:47.120 --> 00:24:48.319
 produced any

00:24:48.319 --> 00:24:49.599
 fruit whatsoever.

00:24:49.779 --> 00:24:51.339
 Just vegetable

00:24:51.339 --> 00:24:52.579
 matter at that

00:24:52.579 --> 00:24:52.980
 point.

00:24:53.640 --> 00:24:54.039
 So this would

00:24:54.039 --> 00:24:54.519
 have been rock

00:24:54.519 --> 00:24:55.420
 up underneath

00:24:55.420 --> 00:24:56.519
 the soil.

00:24:57.319 --> 00:24:57.700
 And you can

00:24:57.700 --> 00:24:58.160
 see in the

00:24:58.160 --> 00:24:58.819
 explanation that

00:24:58.819 --> 00:24:59.339
 Jesus gives

00:24:59.339 --> 00:24:59.740
 us.

00:25:00.200 --> 00:25:01.059
 They hear the

00:25:01.059 --> 00:25:01.640
 word and they

00:25:01.640 --> 00:25:02.259
 immediately receive

00:25:02.259 --> 00:25:02.680
 it with joy.

00:25:02.759 --> 00:25:03.519
 It springs up

00:25:03.519 --> 00:25:04.180
 in them.

00:25:04.940 --> 00:25:05.700
 Praise God for

00:25:05.700 --> 00:25:06.059
 the growth in

00:25:06.059 --> 00:25:06.460
 this person's

00:25:06.460 --> 00:25:06.660
 life.

00:25:06.740 --> 00:25:07.079
 Some of you

00:25:07.079 --> 00:25:07.599
 may know

00:25:07.599 --> 00:25:08.339
 these type of

00:25:08.339 --> 00:25:08.579
 people.

00:25:08.680 --> 00:25:09.160
 I know quite

00:25:09.160 --> 00:25:09.640
 a few.

00:25:10.420 --> 00:25:11.400
 You rejoice in

00:25:11.400 --> 00:25:12.259
 this transformative

00:25:12.259 --> 00:25:12.740
 work.

00:25:12.860 --> 00:25:13.299
 It seems like

00:25:13.299 --> 00:25:13.880
 God has done a

00:25:13.880 --> 00:25:14.599
 great mighty

00:25:14.599 --> 00:25:15.660
 work in them.

00:25:16.200 --> 00:25:16.559
 But then,

00:25:16.860 --> 00:25:17.240
 because they

00:25:17.240 --> 00:25:17.740
 have no root,

00:25:17.920 --> 00:25:18.559
 they endure for

00:25:18.559 --> 00:25:18.980
 a while.

00:25:19.299 --> 00:25:19.539
 And when

00:25:19.539 --> 00:25:20.860
 tribulation or

00:25:20.860 --> 00:25:22.099
 persecution arises

00:25:22.099 --> 00:25:23.299
 because of their

00:25:23.299 --> 00:25:23.900
 faith, everything

00:25:23.900 --> 00:25:25.120
 doesn't go hunky

00:25:25.120 --> 00:25:25.740
 dory, everything

00:25:25.740 --> 00:25:26.960
 isn't great the

00:25:26.960 --> 00:25:28.000
 way they think it's

00:25:28.000 --> 00:25:29.200
 going to be, they

00:25:29.200 --> 00:25:29.660
 fall away.

00:25:30.240 --> 00:25:31.319
 They're scorched

00:25:31.319 --> 00:25:33.500
 by the sun and

00:25:33.500 --> 00:25:34.140
 they fall away.

00:25:34.140 --> 00:25:36.620
 I would say to

00:25:36.620 --> 00:25:37.060
 those of you,

00:25:37.100 --> 00:25:37.500
 especially those

00:25:37.500 --> 00:25:37.840
 of you who are

00:25:37.840 --> 00:25:38.600
 young and on

00:25:38.600 --> 00:25:39.360
 college campuses

00:25:39.360 --> 00:25:40.440
 and seeing people

00:25:40.440 --> 00:25:42.880
 come to repentance

00:25:42.880 --> 00:25:45.560
 and faith, push

00:25:45.560 --> 00:25:46.920
 new believers out

00:25:46.920 --> 00:25:47.580
 into the sun.

00:25:48.700 --> 00:25:50.280
 We tend to coddle

00:25:50.280 --> 00:25:51.340
 new believers a

00:25:51.340 --> 00:25:51.580
 lot.

00:25:51.920 --> 00:25:52.500
 And we must

00:25:52.500 --> 00:25:53.200
 disciple people.

00:25:53.300 --> 00:25:54.140
 We must build

00:25:54.140 --> 00:25:55.860
 foundation of truth

00:25:55.860 --> 00:25:56.100
 in them.

00:25:56.140 --> 00:25:57.220
 We must help

00:25:57.220 --> 00:25:58.580
 them be able to

00:25:58.580 --> 00:25:59.480
 stand firm.

00:25:59.599 --> 00:26:00.099
 But the truly

00:26:00.099 --> 00:26:01.000
 regenerate soul

00:26:01.000 --> 00:26:02.039
 does not reject

00:26:02.039 --> 00:26:02.960
 the gospel when

00:26:02.960 --> 00:26:04.019
 tribulation comes

00:26:04.019 --> 00:26:05.039
 as a result of

00:26:05.039 --> 00:26:05.519
 the gospel.

00:26:05.880 --> 00:26:06.579
 So push them.

00:26:06.819 --> 00:26:07.220
 Kick them out

00:26:07.220 --> 00:26:07.740
 into the sun.

00:26:07.860 --> 00:26:08.319
 Push them out

00:26:08.319 --> 00:26:08.700
 there and see

00:26:08.700 --> 00:26:09.180
 what happens.

00:26:10.240 --> 00:26:11.539
 Press them into

00:26:11.539 --> 00:26:12.099
 sharing their

00:26:12.099 --> 00:26:12.420
 faith.

00:26:12.839 --> 00:26:13.519
 Press them into

00:26:13.519 --> 00:26:14.440
 speaking freely

00:26:14.440 --> 00:26:15.339
 about the work of

00:26:15.339 --> 00:26:15.740
 God in their

00:26:15.740 --> 00:26:16.920
 life and see

00:26:16.920 --> 00:26:18.160
 what happens.

00:26:18.920 --> 00:26:19.799
 They may get a

00:26:19.799 --> 00:26:20.460
 little bit knocked

00:26:20.460 --> 00:26:20.860
 down.

00:26:20.960 --> 00:26:21.319
 You want to be

00:26:21.319 --> 00:26:22.180
 there to help

00:26:22.180 --> 00:26:23.059
 them in those

00:26:23.059 --> 00:26:23.579
 times.

00:26:23.759 --> 00:26:24.380
 But we'll see

00:26:24.380 --> 00:26:25.460
 very quickly

00:26:25.460 --> 00:26:26.559
 whether or not

00:26:26.559 --> 00:26:27.519
 they're truly

00:26:27.519 --> 00:26:28.779
 regenerate.

00:26:29.480 --> 00:26:30.319
 Those of us

00:26:30.319 --> 00:26:30.779
 who are found

00:26:30.779 --> 00:26:31.480
 in Christ

00:26:31.480 --> 00:26:33.220
 welcome

00:26:33.220 --> 00:26:34.740
 tribulation.

00:26:36.000 --> 00:26:37.240
 Rejoice in

00:26:37.240 --> 00:26:37.779
 tribulation.

00:26:38.299 --> 00:26:38.620
 It gives

00:26:38.620 --> 00:26:39.940
 evidence of

00:26:39.940 --> 00:26:40.620
 our faith.

00:26:41.279 --> 00:26:41.700
 The writer of

00:26:41.700 --> 00:26:42.200
 Hebrews in

00:26:42.200 --> 00:26:42.799
 chapter 12.

00:26:42.900 --> 00:26:43.259
 Actually, please

00:26:43.259 --> 00:26:44.140
 turn to Hebrews

00:26:44.140 --> 00:26:44.819
 chapter 12 with

00:26:44.819 --> 00:26:44.920
 me.

00:26:44.980 --> 00:26:46.140
 This is enough

00:26:46.140 --> 00:26:46.839
 text for you to

00:26:46.839 --> 00:26:47.259
 look at it with

00:26:47.259 --> 00:26:47.420
 me.

00:26:57.079 --> 00:26:58.000
 This is good if

00:26:58.000 --> 00:26:58.259
 you've been

00:26:58.259 --> 00:26:58.680
 feeling

00:26:58.680 --> 00:27:00.220
 disciplined by

00:27:00.220 --> 00:27:00.680
 the Lord.

00:27:00.799 --> 00:27:01.000
 If you've

00:27:01.000 --> 00:27:03.700
 been experiencing

00:27:03.700 --> 00:27:04.539
 tribulation of

00:27:04.539 --> 00:27:05.160
 any kind.

00:27:06.860 --> 00:27:07.279
 Hebrews chapter

00:27:07.279 --> 00:27:08.200
 12 beginning in

00:27:08.200 --> 00:27:08.740
 verse 5.

00:27:09.120 --> 00:27:09.440
 And have you

00:27:09.440 --> 00:27:10.200
 forgotten the

00:27:10.200 --> 00:27:11.279
 exhortation that

00:27:11.279 --> 00:27:12.720
 addresses you as

00:27:12.720 --> 00:27:13.100
 sons?

00:27:14.039 --> 00:27:14.960
 My son, do not

00:27:14.960 --> 00:27:15.880
 regard lightly the

00:27:15.880 --> 00:27:16.500
 discipline of the

00:27:16.500 --> 00:27:17.500
 Lord, nor be

00:27:17.500 --> 00:27:18.240
 weary when

00:27:18.240 --> 00:27:19.299
 reproved by him.

00:27:19.840 --> 00:27:20.420
 For the Lord

00:27:20.420 --> 00:27:21.420
 disciplines the

00:27:21.420 --> 00:27:22.960
 one he loves,

00:27:23.320 --> 00:27:24.340
 and chastises

00:27:24.340 --> 00:27:25.940
 every son whom

00:27:25.940 --> 00:27:27.440
 he receives.

00:27:27.440 --> 00:27:28.160
 Now you might

00:27:28.160 --> 00:27:28.600
 be saying, but

00:27:28.600 --> 00:27:29.460
 wait, tribulation

00:27:29.460 --> 00:27:30.279
 is not of God.

00:27:30.720 --> 00:27:31.400
 Sure, it's

00:27:31.400 --> 00:27:32.160
 permitted by him.

00:27:33.200 --> 00:27:33.840
 You are

00:27:33.840 --> 00:27:34.640
 chastised.

00:27:34.740 --> 00:27:34.980
 You are

00:27:34.980 --> 00:27:36.080
 reproved by the

00:27:36.080 --> 00:27:36.680
 actions of others

00:27:36.680 --> 00:27:37.320
 because everything

00:27:37.320 --> 00:27:38.539
 is held in God's

00:27:38.539 --> 00:27:39.360
 sovereign hand.

00:27:39.360 --> 00:27:40.059
 Verse 7.

00:27:40.420 --> 00:27:40.680
 It is for

00:27:40.680 --> 00:27:41.519
 discipline that you

00:27:41.519 --> 00:27:42.180
 have to endure.

00:27:42.600 --> 00:27:43.299
 God is treating

00:27:43.299 --> 00:27:44.759
 you as sons.

00:27:45.160 --> 00:27:45.900
 For what son is

00:27:45.900 --> 00:27:46.380
 there whom his

00:27:46.380 --> 00:27:47.759
 father does not

00:27:47.759 --> 00:27:48.299
 discipline?

00:27:49.299 --> 00:27:50.180
 Now this is a

00:27:50.180 --> 00:27:50.940
 general truth.

00:27:51.080 --> 00:27:51.519
 Some of us may

00:27:51.519 --> 00:27:52.019
 have had fathers

00:27:52.019 --> 00:27:52.620
 that did not

00:27:52.620 --> 00:27:53.539
 discipline us.

00:27:53.539 --> 00:27:55.200
 But because I

00:27:55.200 --> 00:27:56.619
 love my sons, I

00:27:56.619 --> 00:27:57.159
 discipline them.

00:27:57.759 --> 00:27:58.480
 Because I want

00:27:58.480 --> 00:27:59.399
 what is good for

00:27:59.399 --> 00:27:59.599
 them.

00:27:59.680 --> 00:28:00.200
 I want what is

00:28:00.200 --> 00:28:01.079
 right for them.

00:28:01.379 --> 00:28:02.119
 I teach that because

00:28:02.119 --> 00:28:03.359
 they do not know

00:28:03.359 --> 00:28:04.119
 it on their own.

00:28:04.899 --> 00:28:05.559
 Leave our little

00:28:05.559 --> 00:28:06.159
 kids alone, they

00:28:06.159 --> 00:28:07.379
 become absolutely

00:28:07.379 --> 00:28:07.779
 wretched.

00:28:08.420 --> 00:28:08.819
 Absolutely.

00:28:09.359 --> 00:28:10.500
 I discipline my

00:28:10.500 --> 00:28:12.480
 sons because I

00:28:12.480 --> 00:28:12.920
 love them.

00:28:13.460 --> 00:28:13.819
 Verse 8.

00:28:13.879 --> 00:28:14.339
 If you are left

00:28:14.339 --> 00:28:15.180
 without discipline in

00:28:15.180 --> 00:28:15.740
 which all have

00:28:15.740 --> 00:28:16.759
 participated, then

00:28:16.759 --> 00:28:17.859
 you are illegitimate

00:28:17.859 --> 00:28:19.019
 children and not

00:28:19.019 --> 00:28:19.379
 sons.

00:28:19.619 --> 00:28:20.299
 God leaves you

00:28:20.299 --> 00:28:21.019
 alone and doesn't

00:28:21.019 --> 00:28:21.859
 discipline you, then

00:28:21.859 --> 00:28:22.619
 you are not sons.

00:28:22.619 --> 00:28:23.819
 Besides this, we

00:28:23.819 --> 00:28:24.779
 have had earthly

00:28:24.779 --> 00:28:25.259
 fathers who

00:28:25.259 --> 00:28:25.939
 disciplined us and

00:28:25.939 --> 00:28:26.779
 we respected them.

00:28:27.019 --> 00:28:27.619
 Shall we not much

00:28:27.619 --> 00:28:28.319
 more be subject to

00:28:28.319 --> 00:28:29.199
 the father of

00:28:29.199 --> 00:28:30.359
 spirits and live?

00:28:30.699 --> 00:28:31.359
 For they disciplined

00:28:31.359 --> 00:28:32.399
 us for a short time

00:28:32.399 --> 00:28:33.299
 as it seemed best to

00:28:33.299 --> 00:28:35.799
 them, but he

00:28:35.799 --> 00:28:36.739
 disciplines us for

00:28:36.739 --> 00:28:37.779
 our good that we

00:28:37.779 --> 00:28:38.559
 may share his

00:28:38.559 --> 00:28:38.879
 holiness.

00:28:40.299 --> 00:28:41.079
 Speaking of my

00:28:41.079 --> 00:28:41.319
 son.

00:28:42.559 --> 00:28:43.459
 For the moment,

00:28:43.579 --> 00:28:44.539
 all discipline seems

00:28:44.539 --> 00:28:45.579
 painful rather than

00:28:45.579 --> 00:28:47.119
 pleasant, but later it

00:28:47.119 --> 00:28:48.000
 yields the peaceful

00:28:48.000 --> 00:28:49.239
 fruit of righteousness

00:28:49.239 --> 00:28:51.019
 to those who have

00:28:51.019 --> 00:28:52.099
 been trained by it.

00:28:52.099 --> 00:28:54.019
 This is good.

00:28:55.219 --> 00:28:56.219
 The son of

00:28:56.219 --> 00:28:58.179
 tribulation, if our

00:28:58.179 --> 00:28:59.259
 roots are down deep,

00:28:59.379 --> 00:29:00.419
 if we're good soil and

00:29:00.419 --> 00:29:01.319
 our roots are firmly

00:29:01.319 --> 00:29:02.079
 planted and we're

00:29:02.079 --> 00:29:04.219
 drinking deep from the

00:29:04.219 --> 00:29:05.339
 goodness of God in our

00:29:05.339 --> 00:29:06.379
 lives, the son of

00:29:06.379 --> 00:29:07.980
 tribulation causes

00:29:07.980 --> 00:29:08.679
 growth.

00:29:09.099 --> 00:29:10.000
 That's how plants work.

00:29:10.159 --> 00:29:10.779
 They send up the

00:29:10.779 --> 00:29:11.399
 shoot because they

00:29:11.399 --> 00:29:12.339
 need the sun to

00:29:12.339 --> 00:29:13.379
 continue that process

00:29:13.379 --> 00:29:14.439
 of photosynthesis

00:29:14.439 --> 00:29:15.079
 and all the things

00:29:15.079 --> 00:29:15.539
 that go along with

00:29:15.539 --> 00:29:15.639
 that.

00:29:15.699 --> 00:29:16.419
 We won't get into a

00:29:16.419 --> 00:29:17.939
 science lesson at

00:29:17.939 --> 00:29:18.339
 that point.

00:29:18.419 --> 00:29:19.079
 But the sun is then

00:29:19.079 --> 00:29:21.099
 good for us.

00:29:21.980 --> 00:29:22.599
 And so that's the

00:29:22.599 --> 00:29:23.299
 rocky ground.

00:29:24.019 --> 00:29:24.879
 Those who appear,

00:29:25.059 --> 00:29:26.059
 they appear to be

00:29:26.059 --> 00:29:26.859
 regenerate.

00:29:27.059 --> 00:29:27.799
 They appear to make

00:29:27.799 --> 00:29:29.039
 genuine confessions of

00:29:29.039 --> 00:29:29.240
 faith.

00:29:29.439 --> 00:29:30.379
 I have been duped.

00:29:30.919 --> 00:29:31.419
 I don't think it was

00:29:31.419 --> 00:29:32.199
 any fault of mine,

00:29:32.259 --> 00:29:32.879
 but people that I

00:29:32.879 --> 00:29:34.199
 really thought were

00:29:34.199 --> 00:29:35.099
 regenerate and ended

00:29:35.099 --> 00:29:36.639
 up not being at all.

00:29:36.859 --> 00:29:37.740
 We've had members of

00:29:37.740 --> 00:29:39.220
 our church were that

00:29:39.220 --> 00:29:39.500
 way.

00:29:40.639 --> 00:29:41.399
 Fooled us.

00:29:41.639 --> 00:29:42.099
 I mean, there's just

00:29:42.099 --> 00:29:43.079
 no way we thought that

00:29:43.079 --> 00:29:44.839
 they weren't not

00:29:44.839 --> 00:29:45.319
 Christians.

00:29:45.319 --> 00:29:46.000
 Christians, right?

00:29:46.220 --> 00:29:47.119
 Allowed them into our

00:29:47.119 --> 00:29:48.119
 fellowship and later had

00:29:48.119 --> 00:29:49.099
 to ask them to leave

00:29:49.099 --> 00:29:49.960
 our fellowship because

00:29:49.960 --> 00:29:51.759
 they were evidently not.

00:29:51.980 --> 00:29:53.139
 By their own admission

00:29:53.139 --> 00:29:54.279
 were not.

00:29:54.679 --> 00:29:55.079
 They say to them,

00:29:55.159 --> 00:29:56.059
 it doesn't make sense

00:29:56.059 --> 00:29:57.299
 for you to be a member

00:29:57.299 --> 00:29:58.240
 of a believing church

00:29:58.240 --> 00:29:58.720
 if you're not a

00:29:58.720 --> 00:29:58.980
 Christian.

00:29:59.079 --> 00:29:59.819
 They say, I agree.

00:30:00.659 --> 00:30:02.279
 We loved them in parted

00:30:02.279 --> 00:30:03.200
 ways in that.

00:30:03.319 --> 00:30:04.439
 We take sin seriously

00:30:04.439 --> 00:30:05.359
 here.

00:30:05.619 --> 00:30:06.159
 So this is the rocky

00:30:06.159 --> 00:30:06.460
 ground.

00:30:07.859 --> 00:30:09.139
 Thirdly, there was seed

00:30:09.139 --> 00:30:10.899
 that fell among thorns.

00:30:12.000 --> 00:30:12.839
 Now get here.

00:30:12.980 --> 00:30:13.899
 Again, the picture is

00:30:13.900 --> 00:30:15.620
 no farmer in his

00:30:15.620 --> 00:30:16.660
 right mind is going

00:30:16.660 --> 00:30:17.700
 to sow seed amongst

00:30:17.700 --> 00:30:19.060
 thorns and let thorns

00:30:19.060 --> 00:30:21.000
 naturally grow.

00:30:21.400 --> 00:30:21.780
 I shouldn't say

00:30:21.780 --> 00:30:22.080
 naturally.

00:30:22.220 --> 00:30:23.180
 Let them just propagate

00:30:23.180 --> 00:30:24.019
 in his field.

00:30:24.100 --> 00:30:24.680
 He's going to pull them

00:30:24.680 --> 00:30:24.920
 up.

00:30:25.040 --> 00:30:25.940
 In that tilling process,

00:30:25.980 --> 00:30:26.480
 he's going to pull them

00:30:26.480 --> 00:30:26.600
 up.

00:30:26.820 --> 00:30:27.600
 So here you find seed

00:30:27.600 --> 00:30:28.259
 that's going to land on

00:30:28.259 --> 00:30:29.600
 ground that has thorn

00:30:29.600 --> 00:30:30.320
 seed in it.

00:30:30.500 --> 00:30:31.519
 It's been blown from a

00:30:31.519 --> 00:30:32.100
 neighboring field.

00:30:32.220 --> 00:30:32.900
 It's come out of a

00:30:32.900 --> 00:30:33.540
 ditch somewhere.

00:30:34.040 --> 00:30:34.920
 We all experience that

00:30:34.920 --> 00:30:35.540
 in the southeast.

00:30:35.780 --> 00:30:37.040
 Weeds are everywhere

00:30:37.040 --> 00:30:38.000
 where we are.

00:30:38.300 --> 00:30:40.100
 And those plants, in

00:30:40.100 --> 00:30:41.320
 competition for sun,

00:30:41.780 --> 00:30:43.100
 sinned up quickly.

00:30:43.099 --> 00:30:44.039
 I mean, boy, do they

00:30:44.039 --> 00:30:44.759
 ever sinned up quickly.

00:30:44.879 --> 00:30:45.779
 They sinned up their

00:30:45.779 --> 00:30:46.279
 greenery.

00:30:46.439 --> 00:30:47.359
 They produce seed like

00:30:47.359 --> 00:30:48.579
 crazy so that they can

00:30:48.579 --> 00:30:49.839
 go and go and go and

00:30:49.839 --> 00:30:50.399
 go and go.

00:30:50.459 --> 00:30:51.319
 If you've ever tried to

00:30:51.319 --> 00:30:52.019
 have a garden in the

00:30:52.019 --> 00:30:53.240
 southeast, you know what

00:30:53.240 --> 00:30:53.980
 this looks like.

00:30:54.299 --> 00:30:55.659
 It comes up before.

00:30:55.759 --> 00:30:56.299
 You've got to get out

00:30:56.299 --> 00:30:57.039
 there and start weeding

00:30:57.039 --> 00:30:58.039
 before your good plants

00:30:58.039 --> 00:30:58.839
 come up to make sure

00:30:58.839 --> 00:30:59.779
 they don't get shaded

00:30:59.779 --> 00:31:00.039
 out.

00:31:00.299 --> 00:31:01.139
 So here we find in

00:31:01.139 --> 00:31:02.599
 verse 7, seed falling

00:31:02.599 --> 00:31:03.299
 among thorns.

00:31:03.379 --> 00:31:04.299
 And the thorns grew up

00:31:04.299 --> 00:31:05.259
 and choked it.

00:31:05.399 --> 00:31:06.339
 And it yielded no grain.

00:31:06.799 --> 00:31:08.119
 They grew up and they

00:31:08.119 --> 00:31:09.279
 shielded out the sun.

00:31:09.639 --> 00:31:09.819
 Right?

00:31:09.819 --> 00:31:11.039
 And they sucked up all

00:31:11.039 --> 00:31:12.339
 the nutrients from the

00:31:12.339 --> 00:31:12.699
 ground.

00:31:13.099 --> 00:31:15.459
 Jesus' explanation says

00:31:15.459 --> 00:31:16.559
 that they are those who

00:31:16.559 --> 00:31:18.879
 hear the word, but the

00:31:18.879 --> 00:31:20.639
 cares of the world and

00:31:20.639 --> 00:31:21.459
 the deceitfulness of

00:31:21.459 --> 00:31:23.379
 riches and the desire

00:31:23.379 --> 00:31:25.339
 for other things enter

00:31:25.339 --> 00:31:27.319
 in and choke the word

00:31:27.319 --> 00:31:28.980
 and it proves unfruitful.

00:31:28.980 --> 00:31:33.579
 I really fear this type of

00:31:33.579 --> 00:31:36.420
 soil is prevalent in our

00:31:36.420 --> 00:31:36.819
 churches.

00:31:37.839 --> 00:31:39.279
 That people hear the word,

00:31:39.920 --> 00:31:41.339
 make some sense to them,

00:31:41.759 --> 00:31:43.120
 seems to have some effect

00:31:43.120 --> 00:31:45.319
 in their hearts, but all of

00:31:45.319 --> 00:31:46.559
 the cares of the world,

00:31:46.839 --> 00:31:48.059
 this deceitfulness of

00:31:48.059 --> 00:31:49.360
 riches, the desire for

00:31:49.360 --> 00:31:51.940
 things, comes in and chokes

00:31:51.940 --> 00:31:52.940
 it out.

00:31:52.940 --> 00:31:56.740
 Beloved, being a disciple of

00:31:56.740 --> 00:31:59.500
 Christ comes at a cost.

00:32:00.500 --> 00:32:01.799
 It comes at a cost.

00:32:02.580 --> 00:32:04.259
 We've been given free grace,

00:32:04.400 --> 00:32:06.320
 but pursuing Him, being a

00:32:06.320 --> 00:32:09.019
 disciple, comes at a cost.

00:32:09.120 --> 00:32:11.320
 We must give things up.

00:32:11.420 --> 00:32:13.860
 You cannot love and serve the

00:32:13.860 --> 00:32:16.380
 world and love and serve God.

00:32:16.900 --> 00:32:17.000
 Right?

00:32:17.059 --> 00:32:18.580
 They're at odds with one

00:32:18.580 --> 00:32:18.900
 another.

00:32:18.900 --> 00:32:21.040
 That isn't to say that we

00:32:21.040 --> 00:32:21.960
 have to be monastic.

00:32:22.259 --> 00:32:22.900
 That isn't to say that we

00:32:22.900 --> 00:32:24.019
 have to take vows of

00:32:24.019 --> 00:32:24.560
 poverty.

00:32:24.759 --> 00:32:26.220
 But you need to really check

00:32:26.220 --> 00:32:28.940
 how much do I love the

00:32:28.940 --> 00:32:29.280
 world.

00:32:30.280 --> 00:32:32.340
 So often, even for those of

00:32:32.340 --> 00:32:34.420
 us who are good soil, who

00:32:34.420 --> 00:32:35.560
 are regenerate, who have

00:32:35.560 --> 00:32:37.460
 faith in Christ, so often

00:32:37.460 --> 00:32:38.900
 our love for Christ gets

00:32:38.900 --> 00:32:40.220
 trumped by our love for

00:32:40.220 --> 00:32:40.640
 this world.

00:32:41.360 --> 00:32:43.400
 We are absolutely inundated

00:32:43.400 --> 00:32:46.080
 at every turn by

00:32:46.080 --> 00:32:48.220
 materialism where we live.

00:32:48.900 --> 00:32:49.140
 Right?

00:32:49.259 --> 00:32:50.980
 I hate going down to the

00:32:50.980 --> 00:32:53.000
 Mall of Georgia area because

00:32:53.000 --> 00:32:54.259
 every time I go down there,

00:32:54.320 --> 00:32:55.620
 I'm usually driving one of

00:32:55.620 --> 00:32:57.340
 the crummiest vehicles down

00:32:57.340 --> 00:32:59.240
 there, and everyone's clothes

00:32:59.240 --> 00:33:00.320
 are more expensive than mine,

00:33:00.400 --> 00:33:01.060
 and there are billboards

00:33:01.060 --> 00:33:02.660
 everywhere, and every store is

00:33:02.660 --> 00:33:05.259
 new and flashy and nice, and

00:33:05.259 --> 00:33:07.140
 I can feel this pressure.

00:33:07.259 --> 00:33:08.720
 It kind of presses down on me

00:33:08.720 --> 00:33:10.720
 to want more.

00:33:11.400 --> 00:33:11.460
 Right?

00:33:11.620 --> 00:33:12.900
 I'm glad I live up here where

00:33:12.900 --> 00:33:14.259
 people drive crummy vehicles,

00:33:14.460 --> 00:33:15.660
 and I'm just thankful that my

00:33:15.660 --> 00:33:17.140
 truck is running as you see them

00:33:17.140 --> 00:33:18.040
 broken down on the side of the

00:33:18.039 --> 00:33:19.359
 road, and I'm like, praise God

00:33:19.359 --> 00:33:20.759
 I'm getting from point A to

00:33:20.759 --> 00:33:21.299
 point B.

00:33:22.339 --> 00:33:22.339


00:33:22.440 --> 00:33:24.200
 This is all around us.

00:33:25.539 --> 00:33:27.180
 Ask that God would test your

00:33:27.180 --> 00:33:28.460
 heart in this regard.

00:33:28.980 --> 00:33:30.139
 Are you good soil?

00:33:30.859 --> 00:33:31.079
 Right?

00:33:31.139 --> 00:33:32.059
 Are you good soil that's just

00:33:32.059 --> 00:33:33.079
 been distracted by the world?

00:33:33.319 --> 00:33:35.940
 Or are you this seed thrown

00:33:35.940 --> 00:33:36.759
 among the thorns?

00:33:37.259 --> 00:33:39.279
 Seed sown among the thorns?

00:33:39.379 --> 00:33:40.399
 Say that five times fast.

00:33:40.400 --> 00:33:41.380
 Right?

00:33:41.820 --> 00:33:43.000
 1 John 2.19

00:33:43.000 --> 00:33:45.280
 John says,

00:33:45.380 --> 00:33:47.000
 They went out from us, but they

00:33:47.000 --> 00:33:47.780
 were not of us.

00:33:47.960 --> 00:33:49.720
 For if they had been of us, they

00:33:49.720 --> 00:33:50.980
 would have continued with us.

00:33:51.040 --> 00:33:52.300
 But they went out, that it might

00:33:52.300 --> 00:33:54.500
 become plain, that they are all

00:33:54.500 --> 00:33:56.100
 not of us.

00:33:56.420 --> 00:33:58.140
 If we're going to be a community

00:33:58.140 --> 00:34:00.640
 of faith, right, disciple-making

00:34:00.640 --> 00:34:02.759
 disciples of Jesus Christ, we are

00:34:02.759 --> 00:34:05.000
 going to look different from this

00:34:05.000 --> 00:34:05.300
 world.

00:34:06.580 --> 00:34:07.800
 Not that we're going to wear special

00:34:07.799 --> 00:34:09.400
 outfits to look different.

00:34:09.619 --> 00:34:11.000
 But all of our activity, our

00:34:11.000 --> 00:34:11.900
 experience, our proclaiming,

00:34:11.940 --> 00:34:13.079
 displaying, is going to look

00:34:13.079 --> 00:34:14.079
 different from this world.

00:34:14.619 --> 00:34:15.699
 And people who come here and

00:34:15.699 --> 00:34:17.179
 want to sit amongst us are

00:34:17.179 --> 00:34:17.820
 going to have a couple of

00:34:17.820 --> 00:34:18.079
 emotions.

00:34:19.000 --> 00:34:21.000
 They're going to stay, feel

00:34:21.000 --> 00:34:22.039
 incredibly uncomfortable.

00:34:22.980 --> 00:34:24.639
 These people are so different

00:34:24.639 --> 00:34:25.159
 than I am.

00:34:25.239 --> 00:34:26.099
 Look at the way they press.

00:34:26.360 --> 00:34:27.219
 Look at the way they give

00:34:27.219 --> 00:34:27.559
 freely.

00:34:27.820 --> 00:34:29.199
 Look at the way they don't love

00:34:29.199 --> 00:34:30.199
 the things of this world.

00:34:30.259 --> 00:34:30.940
 And I do.

00:34:31.659 --> 00:34:32.599
 They're going to pull in the

00:34:32.599 --> 00:34:34.039
 parking lot in their car and

00:34:34.039 --> 00:34:35.340
 go, my car is a lot different

00:34:35.340 --> 00:34:36.659
 than all these other cars in

00:34:36.659 --> 00:34:37.279
 this parking lot.

00:34:37.800 --> 00:34:38.760
 They're going to walk in here

00:34:38.760 --> 00:34:39.740
 dressed a particular way and

00:34:39.740 --> 00:34:41.480
 say, I am dressed very strangely

00:34:41.480 --> 00:34:42.860
 compared to these people.

00:34:42.900 --> 00:34:43.440
 They're going to be here and

00:34:43.440 --> 00:34:44.120
 they're going to be uncomfortable.

00:34:44.220 --> 00:34:44.800
 That is an option.

00:34:46.140 --> 00:34:47.620
 Secondly, they could change.

00:34:48.420 --> 00:34:49.700
 They could pursue Christ with

00:34:49.700 --> 00:34:50.940
 us in a community.

00:34:51.060 --> 00:34:52.900
 We could press them towards that

00:34:52.900 --> 00:34:53.440
 type of thing.

00:34:53.500 --> 00:34:55.500
 Or they could leave.

00:34:55.600 --> 00:34:56.420
 And I'm not suggesting that

00:34:56.420 --> 00:34:57.440
 everyone who leaves our church

00:34:57.440 --> 00:34:59.100
 is a seat among thorns.

00:34:59.160 --> 00:35:00.420
 I'm not saying that at all.

00:35:00.660 --> 00:35:02.340
 But speaking of this particular

00:35:02.340 --> 00:35:05.000
 issue of loving the things of

00:35:05.000 --> 00:35:06.740
 this world over Christ, those are

00:35:06.740 --> 00:35:07.640
 the options for them.

00:35:07.639 --> 00:35:08.900
 We ought to be that kind of

00:35:08.900 --> 00:35:09.219
 people.

00:35:09.539 --> 00:35:10.359
 This shouldn't be the kind of

00:35:10.359 --> 00:35:12.059
 group where you can come in and

00:35:12.059 --> 00:35:12.579
 meld.

00:35:12.759 --> 00:35:14.019
 People who love the things of

00:35:14.019 --> 00:35:15.119
 this world shouldn't be

00:35:15.119 --> 00:35:15.779
 comfortable here.

00:35:16.779 --> 00:35:17.519
 It should be the case.

00:35:17.900 --> 00:35:17.920
 Right?

00:35:18.179 --> 00:35:19.619
 People should walk in and be

00:35:19.619 --> 00:35:21.000
 amongst us and spend time with

00:35:21.000 --> 00:35:22.179
 us, hear what's on our hearts,

00:35:22.319 --> 00:35:23.460
 and they should go, these people

00:35:23.460 --> 00:35:25.259
 love Jesus more than anything.

00:35:25.579 --> 00:35:27.759
 There is no doubt in my mind of

00:35:27.759 --> 00:35:28.460
 that fact.

00:35:28.940 --> 00:35:31.019
 And we pray that that causes

00:35:31.019 --> 00:35:32.579
 change in everybody's life.

00:35:32.579 --> 00:35:34.860
 Which brings us to our last three

00:35:34.860 --> 00:35:35.239
 soils.

00:35:36.099 --> 00:35:36.739
 Good soil.

00:35:37.019 --> 00:35:39.639
 We see good soil that yields

00:35:39.639 --> 00:35:42.219
 thirtyfold and sixtyfold and

00:35:42.219 --> 00:35:42.679
 a hundredfold.

00:35:42.799 --> 00:35:43.960
 There's your three different

00:35:43.960 --> 00:35:45.340
 types of soil.

00:35:45.759 --> 00:35:47.000
 And I have to say that I'm a

00:35:47.000 --> 00:35:48.039
 little bit encouraged by this

00:35:48.039 --> 00:35:49.559
 just as sometimes in my

00:35:49.559 --> 00:35:51.179
 Christian walk I want to see

00:35:51.179 --> 00:35:52.299
 more things happen.

00:35:52.420 --> 00:35:54.579
 I want more fruit to happen.

00:35:54.679 --> 00:35:55.500
 But to see that God has

00:35:55.500 --> 00:35:56.739
 particularly gifted people in

00:35:56.739 --> 00:35:58.480
 different ways and that I don't

00:35:58.480 --> 00:36:00.659
 need to be Billy Graham.

00:36:02.579 --> 00:36:03.599
 I would like to be.

00:36:03.659 --> 00:36:04.639
 I would like to be that

00:36:04.639 --> 00:36:05.619
 effective for the kingdom.

00:36:06.000 --> 00:36:07.740
 God wants to use me in that

00:36:07.740 --> 00:36:07.900
 way.

00:36:07.960 --> 00:36:09.240
 I am willing to do that.

00:36:09.320 --> 00:36:10.920
 But I don't have to be Billy

00:36:10.920 --> 00:36:11.159
 Graham.

00:36:11.260 --> 00:36:12.219
 There's not a pressure to that.

00:36:12.320 --> 00:36:14.440
 Like the measure of my faith is

00:36:14.440 --> 00:36:16.280
 not that I am Billy Graham.

00:36:16.400 --> 00:36:18.079
 That I accomplish what he has

00:36:18.079 --> 00:36:19.119
 accomplished by God's grace.

00:36:19.599 --> 00:36:20.840
 But that I could just be one

00:36:20.840 --> 00:36:22.079
 that yields thirtyfold.

00:36:23.240 --> 00:36:24.320
 Now understand that this

00:36:24.320 --> 00:36:25.619
 terminology for them,

00:36:25.980 --> 00:36:28.300
 thirtyfold and sixtyfold and

00:36:28.300 --> 00:36:29.680
 hundredfold would have been

00:36:29.680 --> 00:36:32.019
 astronomical crop yield.

00:36:32.960 --> 00:36:34.900
 Not like normal crop yield.

00:36:35.140 --> 00:36:36.440
 I tried to read up on this.

00:36:36.519 --> 00:36:37.720
 I really didn't understand

00:36:37.720 --> 00:36:38.980
 what I was reading when I was

00:36:38.980 --> 00:36:39.780
 trying to figure out the

00:36:39.780 --> 00:36:41.160
 percentages that it would be.

00:36:41.560 --> 00:36:43.039
 But essentially this would be

00:36:43.039 --> 00:36:45.300
 a yield of like three thousand,

00:36:45.780 --> 00:36:47.720
 six thousand and ten thousand

00:36:47.720 --> 00:36:48.240
 percent.

00:36:49.300 --> 00:36:50.519
 What they're measuring I'm not

00:36:50.519 --> 00:36:50.720
 sure.

00:36:50.840 --> 00:36:52.019
 Probably weight of crop versus

00:36:52.019 --> 00:36:53.000
 weight of yield.

00:36:53.560 --> 00:36:55.280
 But just get this was huge.

00:36:55.500 --> 00:36:55.580
 Right.

00:36:55.680 --> 00:36:56.440
 The gradient of society would

00:36:56.440 --> 00:36:57.760
 have gone thirtyfold, sixtyfold

00:36:57.760 --> 00:36:58.520
 and a hundredfold.

00:36:58.600 --> 00:36:59.420
 Are you crazy?

00:37:00.200 --> 00:37:01.840
 But this is the kind of fruit

00:37:01.840 --> 00:37:03.280
 that Christians yield.

00:37:03.640 --> 00:37:05.380
 That we sow the seed.

00:37:05.640 --> 00:37:07.000
 We put the seed out in the world.

00:37:07.140 --> 00:37:09.040
 God does this work that causes

00:37:09.040 --> 00:37:10.600
 this propagation to happen.

00:37:10.720 --> 00:37:12.920
 The growth of God's church.

00:37:13.340 --> 00:37:13.480
 Right.

00:37:13.520 --> 00:37:17.360
 That his people amass and amass

00:37:17.360 --> 00:37:18.920
 and amass and amass.

00:37:18.920 --> 00:37:21.659
 And sometimes I get a little bit

00:37:21.659 --> 00:37:23.820
 discouraged as an American

00:37:23.820 --> 00:37:24.940
 Christian running in the circles

00:37:24.940 --> 00:37:25.559
 that I run in.

00:37:26.760 --> 00:37:29.139
 That we don't see massive

00:37:29.139 --> 00:37:30.159
 regeneration.

00:37:30.720 --> 00:37:31.639
 We've been praying as a church

00:37:31.639 --> 00:37:33.240
 for quite some time for revival.

00:37:33.360 --> 00:37:35.320
 We want to see a big movement

00:37:35.320 --> 00:37:36.700
 of people towards God.

00:37:36.800 --> 00:37:38.159
 And that's a good thing to desire

00:37:38.159 --> 00:37:39.240
 and we should continue to press

00:37:39.240 --> 00:37:39.700
 into that.

00:37:39.920 --> 00:37:40.720
 And sometimes I feel a little bit

00:37:40.720 --> 00:37:42.159
 discouraged as if God's not

00:37:42.159 --> 00:37:43.260
 moving and working in the world.

00:37:43.659 --> 00:37:44.900
 But you only have to open your

00:37:44.900 --> 00:37:46.159
 eyes a little bit and read some

00:37:46.159 --> 00:37:47.079
 of the accounts of some of the

00:37:47.079 --> 00:37:47.799
 things that are happening

00:37:47.799 --> 00:37:48.619
 around the world.

00:37:48.699 --> 00:37:50.019
 The last time I kind of checked

00:37:50.019 --> 00:37:51.319
 in on what was going on in China

00:37:51.319 --> 00:37:53.219
 it's reported that about

00:37:53.219 --> 00:37:56.079
 10,000 people a day are coming

00:37:56.079 --> 00:37:57.879
 to faith in Christ in China.

00:37:57.980 --> 00:38:00.539
 10,000 people a day God is at work.

00:38:00.980 --> 00:38:01.099
 Right.

00:38:01.460 --> 00:38:03.799
 Seed is being sown and it is

00:38:03.799 --> 00:38:05.899
 meeting good soil.

00:38:06.399 --> 00:38:06.539
 Right.

00:38:06.579 --> 00:38:08.440
 It is growing up and it is

00:38:08.440 --> 00:38:10.119
 producing more.

00:38:10.559 --> 00:38:11.420
 And hear this.

00:38:11.779 --> 00:38:13.920
 The way that God came into this

00:38:13.920 --> 00:38:15.119
 world that brought the kingdom.

00:38:15.119 --> 00:38:16.400
 He brought it through His Son

00:38:16.400 --> 00:38:18.339
 Jesus Christ who picked a little

00:38:18.339 --> 00:38:19.460
 band of brothers.

00:38:19.940 --> 00:38:20.059
 Right.

00:38:20.179 --> 00:38:21.460
 Inadequate for the task.

00:38:21.739 --> 00:38:22.900
 Totally uneducated.

00:38:23.019 --> 00:38:24.859
 Just normal guys.

00:38:25.380 --> 00:38:25.579
 Right.

00:38:25.719 --> 00:38:27.819
 And He left them with the task

00:38:27.819 --> 00:38:29.440
 of being disciple making disciples

00:38:29.440 --> 00:38:31.639
 and from this little place

00:38:31.639 --> 00:38:32.839
 in the Middle East

00:38:32.839 --> 00:38:35.440
 the fire of the kingdom of God

00:38:35.440 --> 00:38:38.179
 has spread rampantly across the world

00:38:38.179 --> 00:38:40.659
 because these people got

00:38:40.659 --> 00:38:43.339
 that the task of propagating the truth

00:38:43.339 --> 00:38:44.920
 of sowing seed was theirs.

00:38:44.920 --> 00:38:46.760
 What is happening to us in America?

00:38:47.380 --> 00:38:48.880
 Have we forgotten that that is

00:38:48.880 --> 00:38:50.860
 what we're supposed to be about?

00:38:51.800 --> 00:38:52.159
 Right.

00:38:52.539 --> 00:38:54.599
 Not merely about learning things

00:38:54.599 --> 00:38:55.800
 knowing who our God is

00:38:55.800 --> 00:38:56.820
 but knowing who our God is

00:38:56.820 --> 00:38:58.280
 so that other people can know

00:38:58.280 --> 00:38:59.200
 who our God is

00:38:59.200 --> 00:39:00.920
 so that we can sing His praises

00:39:00.920 --> 00:39:02.019
 more accurately

00:39:02.019 --> 00:39:03.599
 and more loudly

00:39:03.599 --> 00:39:05.320
 for the world to hear.

00:39:05.700 --> 00:39:07.680
 I want a big bag of seed.

00:39:07.820 --> 00:39:08.760
 That's why I should be studying

00:39:08.760 --> 00:39:09.340
 the Word of God.

00:39:09.420 --> 00:39:09.539
 Right.

00:39:09.559 --> 00:39:10.880
 I want to spread it everywhere.

00:39:10.880 --> 00:39:12.740
 I want to feel speaking to people's lives

00:39:12.740 --> 00:39:13.700
 at every turn

00:39:13.700 --> 00:39:15.240
 and at every occasion.

00:39:17.740 --> 00:39:19.559
 So we see this good seed

00:39:19.559 --> 00:39:20.480
 and I hope

00:39:20.480 --> 00:39:21.940
 genuinely

00:39:21.940 --> 00:39:24.360
 immense desire in my heart

00:39:24.360 --> 00:39:25.340
 that everyone in this room

00:39:25.340 --> 00:39:25.680
 can say

00:39:25.680 --> 00:39:26.960
 I'm good soil.

00:39:27.460 --> 00:39:28.380
 I'm good soil.

00:39:28.760 --> 00:39:30.360
 I may be distracted often.

00:39:30.480 --> 00:39:31.579
 I may not live

00:39:31.579 --> 00:39:33.280
 and be devoted to Christ

00:39:33.280 --> 00:39:34.820
 the way I should be today

00:39:34.820 --> 00:39:35.720
 but I'm good soil

00:39:35.720 --> 00:39:36.880
 and I can say that with confidence.

00:39:36.880 --> 00:39:38.320
 I know for a fact

00:39:38.320 --> 00:39:39.280
 that the seed of the Word

00:39:39.280 --> 00:39:40.519
 is taking root in my heart

00:39:40.519 --> 00:39:41.740
 and it's working on me

00:39:41.740 --> 00:39:42.860
 and it's changing me.

00:39:43.099 --> 00:39:44.420
 I feel conviction for sin.

00:39:44.640 --> 00:39:46.000
 I desire to be more holy.

00:39:46.300 --> 00:39:48.099
 I want to give my life

00:39:48.099 --> 00:39:48.960
 for the kingdom.

00:39:50.000 --> 00:39:51.500
 I hope that's true

00:39:51.500 --> 00:39:52.700
 of you.

00:39:53.920 --> 00:39:55.140
 2 Corinthians chapter 2

00:39:55.140 --> 00:39:56.320
 verse 14 and 17

00:39:56.320 --> 00:39:56.880
 Turn there with me

00:39:56.880 --> 00:39:57.460
 if you will please.

00:39:57.460 --> 00:40:14.199
 Now I don't try

00:40:14.199 --> 00:40:15.019
 to like to play

00:40:15.019 --> 00:40:16.380
 with symbolism too much

00:40:16.380 --> 00:40:17.380
 in the scriptures.

00:40:17.800 --> 00:40:18.860
 So often we try to draw

00:40:18.860 --> 00:40:20.179
 these neat little connections

00:40:20.179 --> 00:40:21.860
 between various parables

00:40:21.860 --> 00:40:23.460
 or various analogies

00:40:23.460 --> 00:40:24.860
 that Paul gives to us

00:40:24.860 --> 00:40:25.980
 and they're not really

00:40:25.980 --> 00:40:27.400
 always meant to be done.

00:40:27.460 --> 00:40:28.380
 So I just want you

00:40:28.380 --> 00:40:30.079
 to hear that clearly.

00:40:31.039 --> 00:40:32.500
 Don't draw connections

00:40:32.500 --> 00:40:33.400
 between my analogies

00:40:33.400 --> 00:40:33.960
 because analogies

00:40:33.960 --> 00:40:35.639
 fall short at every point.

00:40:35.720 --> 00:40:36.300
 There's always something

00:40:36.300 --> 00:40:37.500
 that kind of doesn't quite.

00:40:37.900 --> 00:40:38.780
 A lesser truth

00:40:38.780 --> 00:40:39.559
 meant to expose

00:40:39.559 --> 00:40:40.300
 a larger truth

00:40:40.300 --> 00:40:40.960
 just doesn't quite

00:40:40.960 --> 00:40:41.780
 get there all the time.

00:40:42.139 --> 00:40:43.500
 But in 2 Corinthians chapter 2

00:40:43.500 --> 00:40:44.860
 verses 14 through 17

00:40:44.860 --> 00:40:46.099
 Paul says

00:40:46.099 --> 00:40:47.019
 But thanks be to God

00:40:47.019 --> 00:40:48.500
 who in Christ Jesus

00:40:48.500 --> 00:40:50.420
 always leads us

00:40:50.420 --> 00:40:52.000
 in triumphal procession

00:40:52.000 --> 00:40:52.980
 there's a great victory

00:40:52.980 --> 00:40:53.539
 in that

00:40:53.539 --> 00:40:54.740
 and through us

00:40:54.740 --> 00:40:56.099
 spreads the fragrance

00:40:56.099 --> 00:40:57.280
 of the knowledge of Him

00:40:57.280 --> 00:40:57.640
 everywhere.

00:40:57.800 --> 00:40:58.880
 I love that language.

00:40:59.060 --> 00:40:59.700
 Spreads the fragrance

00:40:59.700 --> 00:41:00.280
 of the knowledge

00:41:00.280 --> 00:41:01.080
 of Him everywhere.

00:41:01.320 --> 00:41:02.720
 And as I was reading that

00:41:02.720 --> 00:41:04.000
 these last couple of weeks

00:41:04.000 --> 00:41:06.019
 the idea in my mind

00:41:06.019 --> 00:41:06.360
 is that

00:41:06.360 --> 00:41:07.920
 we're talking probably

00:41:07.920 --> 00:41:08.600
 about wheat

00:41:08.600 --> 00:41:09.780
 in this parable here

00:41:09.780 --> 00:41:11.080
 but that as fruit

00:41:11.080 --> 00:41:12.940
 the way that fruit

00:41:12.940 --> 00:41:14.240
 gets on the ground

00:41:14.240 --> 00:41:15.980
 and then like an apple tree

00:41:15.980 --> 00:41:16.519
 for example

00:41:16.519 --> 00:41:17.420
 as it falls to the ground

00:41:17.420 --> 00:41:18.080
 and it rots

00:41:18.079 --> 00:41:19.799
 and apple trees

00:41:19.799 --> 00:41:21.319
 smell amazing

00:41:21.319 --> 00:41:22.940
 when they're doing that

00:41:22.940 --> 00:41:23.860
 for a while

00:41:23.860 --> 00:41:24.659
 they can stink

00:41:24.659 --> 00:41:26.139
 after that rot

00:41:26.139 --> 00:41:26.840
 goes too far

00:41:26.840 --> 00:41:27.799
 so there's the analogy

00:41:27.799 --> 00:41:28.380
 falling short

00:41:28.380 --> 00:41:29.480
 so you walk by

00:41:29.480 --> 00:41:29.900
 an apple tree

00:41:29.900 --> 00:41:30.679
 that's got apples

00:41:30.679 --> 00:41:31.039
 on the ground

00:41:31.039 --> 00:41:31.539
 that are rotting

00:41:31.539 --> 00:41:32.420
 and it just smells

00:41:32.420 --> 00:41:33.079
 wonderful

00:41:33.079 --> 00:41:34.199
 because those fruits

00:41:34.199 --> 00:41:34.779
 have gotten riper

00:41:34.779 --> 00:41:35.139
 and riper

00:41:35.139 --> 00:41:35.840
 they've got all that

00:41:35.840 --> 00:41:36.860
 good sugar in them

00:41:36.860 --> 00:41:37.239
 which is there

00:41:37.239 --> 00:41:38.579
 to nourish the seed

00:41:38.579 --> 00:41:39.420
 in its beginning stage

00:41:39.420 --> 00:41:40.299
 it starts to break down

00:41:40.299 --> 00:41:40.739
 so that seed

00:41:40.739 --> 00:41:41.340
 can get in the ground

00:41:41.340 --> 00:41:42.179
 and make a new

00:41:42.179 --> 00:41:43.340
 apple tree

00:41:43.340 --> 00:41:44.559
 and so there's my

00:41:44.559 --> 00:41:45.519
 mixing of analogies

00:41:45.519 --> 00:41:46.680
 for you today

00:41:46.680 --> 00:41:47.740
 verse 15

00:41:47.740 --> 00:41:48.720
 for we the aroma

00:41:48.720 --> 00:41:49.440
 of Christ

00:41:49.440 --> 00:41:50.460
 to God

00:41:50.460 --> 00:41:51.039
 among those

00:41:51.039 --> 00:41:51.840
 who are being saved

00:41:51.840 --> 00:41:53.140
 and among those

00:41:53.140 --> 00:41:54.340
 who are perishing

00:41:54.340 --> 00:41:55.420
 to one a fragrance

00:41:55.420 --> 00:41:56.240
 from death to death

00:41:56.240 --> 00:41:57.160
 to the other fragrance

00:41:57.160 --> 00:41:58.120
 from life to life

00:41:58.120 --> 00:41:59.620
 who is sufficient

00:41:59.620 --> 00:42:01.140
 for these things

00:42:01.140 --> 00:42:02.300
 we've been given

00:42:02.300 --> 00:42:02.920
 the task

00:42:02.920 --> 00:42:04.800
 of propagating

00:42:04.800 --> 00:42:05.720
 of sowing seed

00:42:05.720 --> 00:42:06.539
 who is sufficient

00:42:06.539 --> 00:42:07.700
 for these things

00:42:07.700 --> 00:42:08.640
 for we are not

00:42:08.640 --> 00:42:09.900
 like so many

00:42:09.900 --> 00:42:10.900
 peddlers

00:42:10.900 --> 00:42:11.740
 of God's word

00:42:11.740 --> 00:42:13.180
 but as men of sincerity

00:42:13.179 --> 00:42:13.859
 as commissioned

00:42:13.859 --> 00:42:14.440
 by God

00:42:14.440 --> 00:42:15.359
 in the sight of God

00:42:15.359 --> 00:42:16.179
 we speak

00:42:16.179 --> 00:42:17.539
 in Christ

00:42:17.539 --> 00:42:18.399
 right

00:42:18.399 --> 00:42:19.339
 we are sufficient

00:42:19.339 --> 00:42:20.279
 for these things

00:42:20.279 --> 00:42:21.559
 because we are

00:42:21.559 --> 00:42:22.480
 in Christ

00:42:22.480 --> 00:42:23.199
 we're sufficient

00:42:23.199 --> 00:42:23.779
 for them

00:42:23.779 --> 00:42:24.879
 because Christ

00:42:24.879 --> 00:42:25.899
 is sufficient

00:42:25.899 --> 00:42:26.659
 Christ is more

00:42:26.659 --> 00:42:27.199
 than sufficient

00:42:27.199 --> 00:42:28.059
 for these things

00:42:28.059 --> 00:42:28.659
 Christ is

00:42:28.659 --> 00:42:30.019
 the great

00:42:30.019 --> 00:42:30.899
 sower

00:42:30.899 --> 00:42:33.239
 now as you think

00:42:33.239 --> 00:42:34.259
 about all of this

00:42:34.259 --> 00:42:37.219
 I mentioned before

00:42:37.219 --> 00:42:38.460
 sometimes I get depressed

00:42:38.460 --> 00:42:39.639
 being an American Christian

00:42:39.639 --> 00:42:41.119
 oh I want to see

00:42:41.119 --> 00:42:42.480
 good soil

00:42:42.480 --> 00:42:43.599
 springing up

00:42:43.599 --> 00:42:44.079
 and fruit

00:42:44.079 --> 00:42:44.920
 being produced

00:42:44.920 --> 00:42:48.240
 and we see

00:42:48.240 --> 00:42:48.559
 these different

00:42:48.559 --> 00:42:49.599
 types of soils

00:42:49.599 --> 00:42:51.740
 just to give you

00:42:51.740 --> 00:42:53.400
 some comfort

00:42:53.400 --> 00:42:54.199
 in thinking

00:42:54.199 --> 00:42:55.519
 well it seems

00:42:55.519 --> 00:42:56.619
 hopeless

00:42:56.619 --> 00:42:57.800
 it seems hard

00:42:57.800 --> 00:42:58.599
 you shouldn't be

00:42:58.599 --> 00:42:59.240
 hearing it that way

00:42:59.240 --> 00:42:59.639
 you should be hearing

00:42:59.639 --> 00:43:00.639
 that there is good soil

00:43:00.639 --> 00:43:01.199
 right

00:43:01.199 --> 00:43:02.000
 and that the sower

00:43:02.000 --> 00:43:03.000
 puts the seed

00:43:03.000 --> 00:43:03.579
 in the good soil

00:43:03.579 --> 00:43:04.840
 and that it does

00:43:04.840 --> 00:43:06.000
 in fact produce

00:43:06.000 --> 00:43:06.740
 fruit

00:43:06.740 --> 00:43:08.019
 but let's listen

00:43:08.019 --> 00:43:10.059
 to some other promises

00:43:10.059 --> 00:43:11.219
 that the sower

00:43:11.219 --> 00:43:12.460
 will yield

00:43:12.460 --> 00:43:13.780
 his harvest

00:43:13.780 --> 00:43:14.940
 turn with me

00:43:14.940 --> 00:43:15.980
 to the book of Hosea

00:43:15.980 --> 00:43:17.099
 Old Testament book

00:43:17.099 --> 00:43:17.719
 of Hosea

00:43:17.719 --> 00:43:19.920
 just after Daniel

00:43:19.920 --> 00:43:20.699
 if that helps you

00:43:20.699 --> 00:43:21.139
 if you're flipping

00:43:21.139 --> 00:43:21.980
 back and forth

00:43:21.980 --> 00:43:30.259
 Hosea is referred to

00:43:30.259 --> 00:43:31.300
 as a minor prophet

00:43:31.300 --> 00:43:32.739
 which doesn't mean

00:43:32.739 --> 00:43:33.460
 he's less important

00:43:33.460 --> 00:43:34.199
 but just that the book

00:43:34.199 --> 00:43:34.659
 is shorter

00:43:34.659 --> 00:43:36.360
 major and minor prophets

00:43:36.360 --> 00:43:37.680
 this is a minor prophet

00:43:37.680 --> 00:43:39.440
 my favorite

00:43:39.440 --> 00:43:40.700
 of the minor prophets

00:43:40.700 --> 00:43:42.320
 really really love

00:43:42.320 --> 00:43:43.460
 the book of Hosea

00:43:43.460 --> 00:43:44.940
 Hosea is commanded

00:43:44.940 --> 00:43:45.500
 by God

00:43:45.500 --> 00:43:47.019
 to go and take

00:43:47.019 --> 00:43:47.820
 a wife

00:43:47.820 --> 00:43:48.579
 who's a harlot

00:43:48.579 --> 00:43:50.760
 she's said

00:43:50.760 --> 00:43:51.900
 she will cheat

00:43:51.900 --> 00:43:52.400
 on you

00:43:52.400 --> 00:43:53.460
 she will not be

00:43:53.460 --> 00:43:53.940
 faithful to you

00:43:53.940 --> 00:43:54.240
 and it's meant

00:43:54.240 --> 00:43:55.079
 to be this picture

00:43:55.079 --> 00:43:56.360
 this great display

00:43:56.360 --> 00:43:57.220
 of the way that

00:43:57.220 --> 00:43:58.880
 Israel betrayed

00:43:58.880 --> 00:43:59.559
 God

00:43:59.559 --> 00:44:00.500
 the way that Israel

00:44:00.500 --> 00:44:01.599
 was unfaithful

00:44:01.599 --> 00:44:02.460
 to God

00:44:02.460 --> 00:44:03.200
 and they have

00:44:03.200 --> 00:44:04.539
 three children

00:44:04.539 --> 00:44:05.380
 that are recorded here

00:44:05.380 --> 00:44:06.740
 it's presumed

00:44:06.740 --> 00:44:08.160
 the way the account

00:44:08.160 --> 00:44:09.539
 speaks of it

00:44:09.539 --> 00:44:10.420
 in chapter 1

00:44:10.420 --> 00:44:11.340
 you'll notice

00:44:11.340 --> 00:44:12.059
 in verse 4

00:44:12.059 --> 00:44:13.360
 they have a son

00:44:13.360 --> 00:44:13.960
 together

00:44:13.960 --> 00:44:16.119
 God tells Hosea

00:44:16.119 --> 00:44:16.920
 to name him

00:44:16.920 --> 00:44:18.160
 Jezreel

00:44:18.160 --> 00:44:18.619
 which means

00:44:18.619 --> 00:44:19.360
 to scatter

00:44:19.360 --> 00:44:23.039
 then it would appear

00:44:23.039 --> 00:44:24.180
 she has a daughter

00:44:24.180 --> 00:44:25.860
 not likely with him

00:44:25.860 --> 00:44:26.920
 but it's also

00:44:26.920 --> 00:44:28.079
 Hosea's daughter

00:44:28.079 --> 00:44:29.660
 because he is a good

00:44:29.660 --> 00:44:30.619
 husband and father

00:44:30.619 --> 00:44:31.180
 in that way

00:44:31.180 --> 00:44:32.740
 and God tells him

00:44:32.740 --> 00:44:33.660
 to name her

00:44:33.659 --> 00:44:35.059
 Lo-Ruhamah

00:44:35.059 --> 00:44:36.019
 which means

00:44:36.019 --> 00:44:36.559
 no mercy

00:44:36.559 --> 00:44:37.879
 your translation

00:44:37.879 --> 00:44:38.440
 probably says

00:44:38.440 --> 00:44:39.039
 no mercy

00:44:39.039 --> 00:44:40.699
 then again

00:44:40.699 --> 00:44:41.940
 likely she has

00:44:41.940 --> 00:44:42.299
 a son

00:44:42.299 --> 00:44:43.000
 not with him

00:44:43.000 --> 00:44:43.440
 because he's

00:44:43.440 --> 00:44:44.179
 a good husband

00:44:44.179 --> 00:44:45.000
 and father

00:44:45.000 --> 00:44:46.379
 calls him his own

00:44:46.379 --> 00:44:47.239
 and God tells him

00:44:47.239 --> 00:44:48.299
 to name him

00:44:48.299 --> 00:44:49.199
 Lo-Ami

00:44:49.199 --> 00:44:49.960
 which means

00:44:49.960 --> 00:44:51.359
 not my people

00:44:51.359 --> 00:44:52.139
 or those for

00:44:52.139 --> 00:44:54.099
 kid names for you

00:44:54.099 --> 00:44:56.099
 to scatter

00:44:56.099 --> 00:44:57.239
 no mercy

00:44:57.239 --> 00:44:58.460
 and not

00:44:58.460 --> 00:44:59.319
 my people

00:44:59.319 --> 00:44:59.799
 but then turn

00:44:59.799 --> 00:45:00.719
 to Hosea chapter 2

00:45:00.719 --> 00:45:03.579
 we see in this

00:45:03.579 --> 00:45:04.819
 great pageant

00:45:04.819 --> 00:45:05.459
 played out

00:45:05.459 --> 00:45:07.699
 God

00:45:07.699 --> 00:45:08.879
 calling Israel

00:45:08.879 --> 00:45:09.899
 back to himself

00:45:09.899 --> 00:45:11.039
 in the same way

00:45:11.039 --> 00:45:11.379
 as we

00:45:11.379 --> 00:45:12.599
 get further on

00:45:12.599 --> 00:45:13.500
 in Hosea chapter 2

00:45:13.500 --> 00:45:14.019
 and then into

00:45:14.019 --> 00:45:15.159
 chapter 3

00:45:15.159 --> 00:45:16.959
 Hosea goes

00:45:16.959 --> 00:45:17.899
 and calls Gomer

00:45:17.899 --> 00:45:19.099
 back to himself

00:45:19.099 --> 00:45:20.439
 it's such a beautiful picture

00:45:20.439 --> 00:45:21.179
 but listen to what God says

00:45:21.179 --> 00:45:22.119
 beginning in verse 21

00:45:22.119 --> 00:45:23.359
 and in that day

00:45:23.359 --> 00:45:24.139
 I will answer

00:45:24.139 --> 00:45:24.900
 declares the Lord

00:45:24.900 --> 00:45:26.359
 I will answer the heavens

00:45:26.359 --> 00:45:27.299
 and they shall answer

00:45:27.299 --> 00:45:27.759
 the earth

00:45:27.759 --> 00:45:28.859
 and the earth

00:45:28.859 --> 00:45:30.079
 shall answer the grain

00:45:30.079 --> 00:45:30.779
 the wine

00:45:30.779 --> 00:45:31.299
 and the oil

00:45:31.299 --> 00:45:32.900
 and they shall answer

00:45:32.900 --> 00:45:34.079
 Jezreel

00:45:34.079 --> 00:45:34.619
 now remember

00:45:34.619 --> 00:45:35.960
 first son

00:45:35.960 --> 00:45:36.699
 is named Jezreel

00:45:36.699 --> 00:45:37.579
 which means to scatter

00:45:37.579 --> 00:45:38.839
 but it also meant

00:45:38.839 --> 00:45:39.679
 to plant

00:45:39.679 --> 00:45:40.480
 what do you do to plant

00:45:40.480 --> 00:45:41.019
 seed

00:45:41.019 --> 00:45:42.299
 you scatter it

00:45:42.299 --> 00:45:42.799
 right

00:45:42.799 --> 00:45:43.279
 so it had both

00:45:43.279 --> 00:45:44.119
 a negative meaning

00:45:44.119 --> 00:45:45.199
 as well as a positive

00:45:45.199 --> 00:45:46.159
 and he's putting the positive

00:45:46.159 --> 00:45:48.199
 application here

00:45:48.199 --> 00:45:49.079
 at the end of verse 22

00:45:49.079 --> 00:45:49.940
 they shall answer

00:45:49.940 --> 00:45:50.699
 Jezreel

00:45:50.699 --> 00:45:52.239
 we are planted

00:45:52.239 --> 00:45:53.259
 verse 23

00:45:53.259 --> 00:45:54.279
 and I will sow her

00:45:54.279 --> 00:45:55.059
 for myself

00:45:55.059 --> 00:45:56.199
 in the land

00:45:56.199 --> 00:45:57.419
 and I will have

00:45:57.419 --> 00:45:58.299
 mercy

00:45:58.299 --> 00:45:59.579
 or ruhamah

00:45:59.579 --> 00:46:00.939
 on no mercy

00:46:00.939 --> 00:46:02.219
 and I will say

00:46:02.219 --> 00:46:03.179
 to not my people

00:46:03.179 --> 00:46:04.839
 you are my people

00:46:04.839 --> 00:46:05.739
 or ami

00:46:05.739 --> 00:46:07.159
 and he shall say

00:46:07.159 --> 00:46:09.079
 you are my God

00:46:09.079 --> 00:46:11.239
 isn't that a beautiful picture

00:46:11.239 --> 00:46:12.419
 of him sowing

00:46:12.419 --> 00:46:13.799
 and establishing

00:46:13.799 --> 00:46:14.879
 his people

00:46:14.879 --> 00:46:15.980
 in his land

00:46:15.980 --> 00:46:17.159
 after Jesus teaches

00:46:17.159 --> 00:46:18.139
 about the drinking

00:46:18.139 --> 00:46:18.639
 of his blood

00:46:18.639 --> 00:46:19.659
 and the eating of his flesh

00:46:19.659 --> 00:46:21.699
 in John chapter 6

00:46:21.699 --> 00:46:23.159
 verse 65

00:46:23.159 --> 00:46:23.759
 he says

00:46:23.759 --> 00:46:25.119
 this is why I told you

00:46:25.119 --> 00:46:26.139
 that no one can come to me

00:46:26.139 --> 00:46:26.920
 unless it is granted

00:46:26.920 --> 00:46:28.299
 him by the father

00:46:28.299 --> 00:46:29.199
 this is a great example

00:46:29.199 --> 00:46:29.699
 of this

00:46:29.699 --> 00:46:30.259
 right

00:46:30.259 --> 00:46:31.199
 after this

00:46:31.199 --> 00:46:32.099
 many of the disciples

00:46:32.099 --> 00:46:32.839
 turned back

00:46:32.839 --> 00:46:33.440
 and no longer

00:46:33.440 --> 00:46:34.059
 walked with him

00:46:34.059 --> 00:46:36.059
 he explained to them

00:46:36.059 --> 00:46:37.119
 that what it meant

00:46:37.119 --> 00:46:38.299
 to abide with him

00:46:38.299 --> 00:46:38.920
 what it meant

00:46:38.920 --> 00:46:40.839
 to be in Christ

00:46:40.839 --> 00:46:41.699
 and it was hard

00:46:41.699 --> 00:46:42.699
 for them to understand it

00:46:42.699 --> 00:46:43.359
 it's hard for them

00:46:43.359 --> 00:46:43.960
 to understand it

00:46:43.960 --> 00:46:44.480
 and he says

00:46:44.480 --> 00:46:45.659
 this is why I told you

00:46:45.659 --> 00:46:46.199
 that no one can come to me

00:46:46.199 --> 00:46:46.879
 unless the father is granted

00:46:46.879 --> 00:46:47.960
 by the father

00:46:47.960 --> 00:46:48.279
 right

00:46:48.279 --> 00:46:49.460
 this is the evidence of that

00:46:49.460 --> 00:46:50.559
 you don't understand this

00:46:50.559 --> 00:46:51.400
 because it was not given

00:46:51.400 --> 00:46:52.079
 to you by the father

00:46:52.079 --> 00:46:53.139
 that you should come to me

00:46:53.139 --> 00:46:54.420
 and the disciples left

00:46:54.420 --> 00:46:56.179
 verse 67

00:46:56.179 --> 00:46:57.079
 so Jesus said

00:46:57.079 --> 00:46:57.860
 to the twelve

00:46:57.860 --> 00:46:59.780
 do you want to go away

00:46:59.780 --> 00:47:00.420
 as well

00:47:00.420 --> 00:47:01.940
 and Simon Peter

00:47:01.940 --> 00:47:02.619
 answered him

00:47:02.619 --> 00:47:03.320
 Lord

00:47:03.320 --> 00:47:05.179
 to whom shall we go

00:47:05.179 --> 00:47:07.800
 where would we go

00:47:07.800 --> 00:47:09.300
 where would we go

00:47:09.300 --> 00:47:10.740
 you have the words

00:47:10.740 --> 00:47:11.599
 of eternal life

00:47:11.599 --> 00:47:12.980
 and we have believed

00:47:12.980 --> 00:47:14.039
 and have come to know

00:47:14.039 --> 00:47:16.059
 that you are the holy one

00:47:16.059 --> 00:47:17.059
 of God

00:47:17.059 --> 00:47:18.500
 good soil

00:47:18.500 --> 00:47:18.960
 right

00:47:18.960 --> 00:47:19.579
 the word

00:47:19.579 --> 00:47:21.019
 had taken root

00:47:21.019 --> 00:47:22.059
 in his heart

00:47:22.059 --> 00:47:22.980
 where are we going

00:47:22.980 --> 00:47:23.519
 to go

00:47:23.519 --> 00:47:24.280
 right

00:47:24.280 --> 00:47:26.360
 they followed him

00:47:26.360 --> 00:47:27.219
 to death

00:47:27.219 --> 00:47:28.219
 right

00:47:28.219 --> 00:47:29.820
 through various circumstances

00:47:29.820 --> 00:47:31.119
 but they followed him

00:47:31.119 --> 00:47:32.059
 to death

00:47:32.059 --> 00:47:32.739
 the disciples

00:47:32.739 --> 00:47:34.719
 martyred on his behalf

00:47:34.719 --> 00:47:37.099
 Isaiah chapter 55

00:47:37.099 --> 00:47:38.239
 gotta go here too

00:47:38.239 --> 00:47:39.860
 Isaiah chapter 55

00:47:39.860 --> 00:47:41.320
 Isaiah is a major prophet

00:47:41.320 --> 00:47:42.619
 again because of the length

00:47:42.619 --> 00:47:42.980
 of the book

00:47:42.980 --> 00:47:56.619
 Isaiah chapter 55

00:47:56.619 --> 00:47:57.639
 there's some classically

00:47:57.639 --> 00:47:59.240
 quoted texts here

00:47:59.240 --> 00:48:00.519
 that

00:48:00.519 --> 00:48:02.440
 that I hear

00:48:02.440 --> 00:48:03.300
 by themselves

00:48:03.300 --> 00:48:04.599
 very often

00:48:04.599 --> 00:48:05.420
 but not together

00:48:05.420 --> 00:48:06.219
 all that often

00:48:06.219 --> 00:48:06.440
 and

00:48:06.440 --> 00:48:07.179
 I was

00:48:07.179 --> 00:48:09.619
 very invigorated

00:48:09.619 --> 00:48:10.199
 when I saw

00:48:10.199 --> 00:48:11.320
 their nature

00:48:11.320 --> 00:48:11.880
 together

00:48:11.880 --> 00:48:13.000
 and why it is

00:48:13.000 --> 00:48:13.760
 that

00:48:13.760 --> 00:48:14.980
 that God spoke

00:48:14.980 --> 00:48:15.640
 through Isaiah

00:48:15.640 --> 00:48:16.320
 in this way

00:48:16.320 --> 00:48:17.420
 it says in verse 8

00:48:17.420 --> 00:48:18.080
 for my thoughts

00:48:18.080 --> 00:48:19.000
 are not your thoughts

00:48:19.000 --> 00:48:20.640
 neither are your ways

00:48:20.640 --> 00:48:21.500
 my ways

00:48:21.500 --> 00:48:22.280
 declares the Lord

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 for as the heavens

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 are higher than the earth

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 so are my ways

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 higher than your ways

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 and my thoughts

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 than your thoughts

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 so as you're contemplating

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 this soil condition

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 right

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 as you're trying to work

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 through

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 the schemes of man

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 to bring about salvation

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 right

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 hear this

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 my thoughts

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 are not your thoughts

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 neither are my ways

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 your ways

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 declare the Lord

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 verse 10

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 for as the rain

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 and the snow

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 come down from heaven

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 and do not return there

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 but water the earth

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 making it bring forth

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 and sprout

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 giving seed to the sower

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 and bread to the eater

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 so shall my word be

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 that goes out

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 from my mouth

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 it shall not return

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 to me empty

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 but it shall accomplish

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 that which I purchase

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 purpose

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 and shall succeed

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 in the thing

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 for which I sent it

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 the rain

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 will accomplish

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 what I sent it

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 to do

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 right

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 we use this

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 we speak of this

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 speaking of the word of God

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 all the time

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 right

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 it is my prayer

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 before I preach

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 that God will accomplish

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 what he intends to accomplish

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 on a Sunday morning

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 right

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 in spite of all of my frailty

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 and all of my inability

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 and all of my insecurity

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 right

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 that he will accomplish

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 what he intends to accomplish

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 by that

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 in verse 12

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 for you shall go out in joy

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 and be led forth in peace

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 it's in this promise

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 to those of us

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 who believe

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 in the gospel

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 the mountains and the hills

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 before you

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 shall break forth

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 into singing

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 and all the trees

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 of the field

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 shall clap their hands

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 right

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 the knowledge

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 of the glory of God

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 being spread

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 amongst the world

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 instead of the thorn

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 shall come up the cypress

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 instead of the briar

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 shall come up the myrtle

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 and it shall make

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 a name for the Lord

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 an everlasting sign

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 that shall not be

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 cut off

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 there's promise

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 in this

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 that there is

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 good soil

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 right

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 it exists

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 in the world

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 and therefore

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 as the synod of Dort

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 concluded

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 we ought to be

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 sowing seed

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 right

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 promiscuously

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 such a negative word

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 so often

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 right

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 but we ought to be

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 throwing it

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 in abundance

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 we ought to be going out

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 being people

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 of the word

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 that sow

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 the knowledge

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 of Jesus Christ

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 everywhere

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 so

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 what kind of soil

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 are you

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 you must

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 ask yourself

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 that question

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 you must pray

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 if you are not

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 good soil

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 if you don't have

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 a confidence

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 in that

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 you must

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 pray

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 that God

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 would save your soul

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 repent

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 and believe

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 recognize

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 the depth

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 of your sin

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 your offense

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 to God

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 and turn to him

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 right

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 he's a loving God

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 he has a bounding mercy

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 to pour out on you

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 there's nothing

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 you can do

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 there's no great sin

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 that would cause God

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 to not want to show you mercy

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 so cry out to him

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 if you're good soil

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 you may find yourself

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 this morning

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 and I would imagine

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 that most of us do

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 not bearing fruit

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 thirty fold

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 and sixty fold

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 and a hundred fold

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 right

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 but cold

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 in our affection

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 for Christ

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 pray this morning

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 that God would work

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 in you

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 right

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 that the roots

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 would go down

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 deeper

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 sprout up more

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 that you might produce

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 and produce

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 and produce

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 and I promise you

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 if you will do this

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 you will never

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 regret it

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 to the end of your life

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 wherever God takes you

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 to the hardest places

00:51:36.059 --> 00:51:36.599
 of the world

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 the great trial

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 and persecution

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 even possibly

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 to death

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 for your faith

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 you will never regret

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 trading the things

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 of this world

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 the lesser joy

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 for the greater joy

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 that is found

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 in Christ

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 let's pray together

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 a lot of times

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 a lot of times

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 a lot of times

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