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 If you have your Bible with you, please open it to Matthew chapter 13.

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 Matthew chapter 13.

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 It's seeding time here in Davidson.

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 Well, it's really almost over.

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 My latest intelligence report tells me that it's 85% done.

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 Thanks, Rob, for that information.

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 Most are done.

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 There's still a few that are out there finishing up.

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 And you've got to know that the question that's probably on all of these farmers' minds

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 is how will the seeds that I've planted in the ground do this year?

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 What kind of crop will they produce?

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 And, of course, there's all kinds of factors that affect that.

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 There's the moisture in the soil.

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 There's just the weather in general.

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 For those who have been having conversations with my neighbor,

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 do I get hail insurance for my crop or do I not?

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 Do I risk it this year?

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 There's all kinds of factors that affect the yield of the harvest.

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 And this morning as we dig into some of the teachings of Jesus,

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 one of the things I love about Jesus is that he takes from the ordinary stuff of life,

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 like farming, to teach extraordinary truths about God and about us

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 and about the kingdom of God.

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 For the next four Sundays, we're going to be talking about some of the parables that Jesus told.

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 All of them are here in Matthew chapter 13.

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 And this series of titled Parables of the Kingdom.

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 Because all of them have to do with the kingdom of God,

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 revealing something about the kingdom of God.

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 Well, this morning, the parable that we're going to look at,

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 Jesus addresses the question of what is not the only factor,

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 but one of the big factors that affects the yield of the harvest.

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 Let's read together, starting in verse 1.

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 Scattering the seed, some fell along the path,

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 and the birds came and ate it up.

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 Some fell on rocky places where it did not have much soil.

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 It sprang up quickly because the soil was shallow,

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 but when the sun came up, the plants were scorched,

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 and they withered because they had no root.

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 Other seed fell among thorns, which grew up and choked the plants.

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 Still other seed fell on good soil, where it produced a crop,

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 a hundred, sixty, or thirty times what was sown.

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 Whoever has ears, let him hear.

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 Now imagine that you're there standing on the shore,

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 and you're listening to Jesus' voice cascading across the water to you,

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 and you hear him speak this parable.

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 What are you thinking?

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 I imagine that some in the crowd there were thinking,

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 I came all the way out here to hear this?

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 Like, tell me something I don't know, Jesus.

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 This is common sense.

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 The seed falls in different places,

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 and depending on where it falls, it produces a crop.

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 What's so special about that?

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 What do you mean, whoever has ears, let him hear?

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 That's common sense.

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 Well, apparently Jesus' closest followers, the disciples,

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 they also didn't get it.

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 So in case we were wondering if Matthew forgot to include some context here

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 that would make this all make sense,

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 no, they didn't get it either.

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 In verse 10, they say this,

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 the disciples came to him and asked,

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 why do you speak to the people in parables?

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 Luke tells us that they asked at the same time specifically,

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 what's the meaning of this parable?

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 Mark tells us that this conversation with the disciples

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 happened while they were alone later.

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 Why do you speak to the people in parables?

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 What does this mean?

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 Why not just tell them directly

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 what the meaning of the parable is?

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 You want to be understood, don't you?

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 Make it clear.

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 Make it easy.

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 Jesus goes on and answers their question in verse 11.

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 He replied,

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 The reason I speak in parables

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 is because the knowledge of the secrets of the kingdom of heaven

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 has been given to you,

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 but not to them.

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 Whoever has will be given more

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 and they will have an abundance.

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 Whoever does not have,

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 even what they have will be taken from them.

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 This is why I speak to them in parables.

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 Though seeing, they do not see.

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 Though hearing, they do not hear or understand.

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 In them is fulfilled the prophecy of Isaiah.

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 You will be ever hearing,

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 but never understanding.

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 You will be ever seeing,

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 but never perceiving.

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 For this people's heart has become calloused.

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 They hardly hear with their ears,

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 and they have closed their eyes.

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 Otherwise they might see with their eyes,

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 hear with their ears,

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 understand with their hearts,

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 and turn, and I would heal them.

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 But blessed are your eyes,

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 he says to his disciples,

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 because they see,

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 and your ears because they hear.

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 For truly, I tell you,

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 many prophets and righteous people

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 longed to see what you see,

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 but did not see it,

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 and to hear what you hear,

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 but did not hear it.

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 This is Jesus' answer to the question,

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 why do you speak in parables?

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 It's interesting.

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 There's a lot in there.

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 One of the first things that I notice is

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 he talks a lot about hearing and seeing.

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 That's how the parable ended, remember?

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 He who has ears to hear,

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 let him hear.

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 Why do you speak to the crowds in parables?

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 Why not just tell them directly?

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 He says a lot about hearing and seeing.

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 Jesus makes a distinction.

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 There are people who hear,

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 and there are people who hear,

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 who really hear,

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 who understand.

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 There are people who see,

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 and there are people who see,

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 who really see,

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 who perceive what's really going on.

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 So why parables?

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 Why parables?

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 Why not just tell them

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 the meaning of these parables?

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 Jesus' answer is somewhat surprising.

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 Verse 11, he says,

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 because the knowledge of the secrets

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 of the kingdom of heaven

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 has been given to you,

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 but not to them.

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 What?

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 That doesn't sound fair.

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 Why?

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 I mean,

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 we are pretty awesome,

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 but why?

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 I mean,

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 we don't know what the disciples

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 were thinking here.

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 We know later on,

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 they were arguing about

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 which of them was the greatest

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 and who would have the most prominence

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 in this coming kingdom.

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 At the very least, though,

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 it doesn't seem that the disciples

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 are showing any signs

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 of being humble and thankful.

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 Wow,

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 it's been given to us,

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 but not to them.

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 This is strange.

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 Why not to everyone?

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 Why not?

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 I don't want to spend too much time

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 on this question of why parables.

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 It's a big question.

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 But a few things that we notice

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 from what Jesus says.

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 When it comes to these parables,

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 I speak in parables,

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 and it seems that there's

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 a couple different things

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 going on here.

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 There's a couple different reasons.

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 One of those reasons

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 seems to be to,

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 at least a little bit,

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 to veil the truth

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 of the kingdom.

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 So that people need to press in

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 to understand

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 they need to humble themselves.

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 They need to,

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 like the disciples did,

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 come to Jesus

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 and ask,

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 well,

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 what does this mean?

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 There's a little bit

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 of a sense here,

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 perhaps,

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 in verse 15,

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 the reason why

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 it's veiled like this

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 is

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 because

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 some people

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 have a heart

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 that's calloused,

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 that's hard.

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 they have hardened

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 their hearts

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 towards God.

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 It says,

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 they have closed

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 their eyes,

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 Jesus says.

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 Perhaps

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 a little bit of

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 just punishment

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 here.

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 They have closed

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 their eyes,

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 they don't want to see,

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 they don't want to hear,

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 and so

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 I'm going to veil

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 the truth

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 so that

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 those

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 who will

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 understand it

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 will be those

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 who truly

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 press in

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 and seek

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 to understand

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 and humble

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 themselves before me

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 and come to me.

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 That seems to be

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 one purpose here.

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 And of course,

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 the other purpose

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 is

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 a blessing

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 to some.

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 God wants

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 to give

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 the knowledge

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 of the secrets

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 of the kingdom

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 of heaven

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 to some.

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 Blessed

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 are your eyes

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 because they see

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 and your ears

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 because they hear.

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 Well,

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 why us?

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 Because we're

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 awesome?

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 Well,

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 no,

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 not really.

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 Because we were

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 somehow

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 more sensitive

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 to God

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 before?

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 I'm not sure

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 about that.

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 Jesus says,

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 God is going

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 to give

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 this knowledge

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 to you.

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 And so I'm

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 going to explain

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 to you

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 afterwards

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 what all these

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 parables mean.

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 I'm just going

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 to tell you.

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 There's a bit

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 of a

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 dual purpose

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 behind the

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 parables,

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 it seems.

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 In a nutshell,

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 Jesus speaks

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 in parables

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 to veil

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 the truth

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 of the

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 kingdom,

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 the good

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 news of

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 the kingdom

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 so that

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 those

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 who hear

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 will be

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 accountable

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 for what

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 they have

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 heard.

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 They'll be

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 on the

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 hook

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 for what

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 they have

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 heard,

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 but they

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 will also

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 be

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 responsible

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 to press

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 in

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 and seek

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 and understand

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 and respond

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 to what

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 they have

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 heard.

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 And then

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 there's a

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 sense of

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 he's saying

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 these parables

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 to reveal

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 the truth

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 of God

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 about the

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 kingdom.

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 It's a

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 parable,

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 it all

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 comes back

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 to this

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 issue of

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 hearing

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 and seeing

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 and this

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 kind of

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 strikes to

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 the heart

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 of what

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 this parable

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 is all

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 about.

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 If

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 anyone

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 has ears,

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 let him

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 hear,

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 is what

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 Jesus said

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 at the end

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 of the

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 parable.

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 And then

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 Jesus

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 goes on

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 to give

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 an

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 explanation

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 to his

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 disciples

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 about

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 what the

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 parable

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 means,

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 and that's

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 really what

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 we want

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 to look

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 at with

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 most of

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 our time

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 this morning.

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 So let's

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 look at

00:14:04.400 --> 00:14:04.879
 what Jesus

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 says in

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 verse 18.

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 He says,

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 listen then

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 to what the

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 parable of

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 the sower

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 means.

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 When

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 anyone

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 hears the

00:14:15.740 --> 00:14:16.460
 message about

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 the kingdom

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 and does

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 not understand

00:14:18.980 --> 00:14:19.420
 it,

00:14:20.259 --> 00:14:20.920
 the evil

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 one comes

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 and snatches

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 away what

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 was sown

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 in their

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 heart.

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 This is

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 the seed

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 sown along

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 the path.

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 The seed

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 falling on

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 the rocky

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 ground refers

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 to someone

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 who hears

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 the word

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 and at once

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 receives it

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 with joy.

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 But since

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 they have

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 no root,

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 they last

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 only a short

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 time.

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 When

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 trouble

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 or persecution

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 comes because

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 of the

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 word,

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 they quickly

00:14:48.639 --> 00:14:49.299
 fall away.

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 The seed

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 falling among

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 the thorns

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 refers to

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 someone who

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 hears the

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 word,

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 but the

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 worries of

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 this life

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 and the

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 deceitfulness

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 of wealth

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 choke the

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 word,

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 making it

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 unfruitful.

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 But the

00:15:06.699 --> 00:15:07.459
 seed falling

00:15:07.459 --> 00:15:08.079
 on good

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 soil refers

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 to someone

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 who hears

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 the word

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 and understands

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 it.

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 This is

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 the one

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 who produces

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 a crop

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 yielding

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 a hundred,

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 sixty,

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 or thirty

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 times

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 what was

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 sown.

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 The first

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 thing to notice

00:15:30.320 --> 00:15:30.700
 in this

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 explanation,

00:15:31.779 --> 00:15:32.840
 Jesus calls

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 this the

00:15:33.240 --> 00:15:33.759
 parable of

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 the sower.

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 That's his

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 own words.

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 But he

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 doesn't really

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 tell us what

00:15:38.560 --> 00:15:39.039
 the sower

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 refers to.

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 Who is the

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 sower?

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 What he

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 does tell

00:15:43.159 --> 00:15:43.360
 us,

00:15:43.419 --> 00:15:43.580
 though,

00:15:43.700 --> 00:15:44.320
 is what

00:15:44.320 --> 00:15:44.860
 the seed

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 represents.

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 In verse

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 19,

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 he says,

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 when anyone

00:15:48.240 --> 00:15:50.179
 hears the

00:15:50.179 --> 00:15:51.279
 message about

00:15:51.279 --> 00:15:51.879
 the kingdom

00:15:51.879 --> 00:15:53.139
 or the

00:15:53.139 --> 00:15:53.840
 word of

00:15:53.840 --> 00:15:54.399
 the kingdom

00:15:54.399 --> 00:15:56.220
 and does

00:15:56.220 --> 00:15:56.919
 not understand

00:15:56.919 --> 00:15:57.080
 it,

00:15:57.100 --> 00:15:57.460
 the evil

00:15:57.460 --> 00:15:57.960
 one comes

00:15:57.960 --> 00:15:58.639
 and snatches

00:15:58.639 --> 00:15:59.519
 away what

00:15:59.519 --> 00:16:00.379
 was sown.

00:16:01.039 --> 00:16:01.700
 What was

00:16:01.700 --> 00:16:01.980
 sown?

00:16:02.279 --> 00:16:02.700
 The seed.

00:16:02.840 --> 00:16:03.240
 What's the

00:16:03.240 --> 00:16:03.580
 seed?

00:16:04.620 --> 00:16:05.519
 The word

00:16:05.519 --> 00:16:05.980
 of the

00:16:05.980 --> 00:16:06.279
 kingdom.

00:16:07.379 --> 00:16:08.399
 The message

00:16:08.399 --> 00:16:09.340
 of the

00:16:09.340 --> 00:16:09.679
 kingdom.

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 Matthew is

00:16:10.739 --> 00:16:11.239
 the only

00:16:11.239 --> 00:16:11.759
 one who

00:16:11.759 --> 00:16:12.339
 records

00:16:12.339 --> 00:16:12.899
 Jesus

00:16:12.899 --> 00:16:14.079
 saying this

00:16:14.079 --> 00:16:14.919
 very specific

00:16:14.919 --> 00:16:16.579
 thing of

00:16:16.579 --> 00:16:16.919
 what the

00:16:16.919 --> 00:16:17.379
 seed is,

00:16:17.419 --> 00:16:17.759
 that it's

00:16:17.759 --> 00:16:18.279
 the word

00:16:18.279 --> 00:16:18.739
 of the

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 kingdom.

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 Mark and

00:16:20.139 --> 00:16:20.719
 Luke both

00:16:20.719 --> 00:16:21.159
 kind of are

00:16:21.159 --> 00:16:21.759
 more general.

00:16:22.000 --> 00:16:22.699
 The seed

00:16:22.699 --> 00:16:23.759
 refers to

00:16:23.759 --> 00:16:24.299
 the word

00:16:24.299 --> 00:16:25.199
 or the

00:16:25.199 --> 00:16:25.539
 word of

00:16:25.539 --> 00:16:25.919
 God.

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 I got

00:16:28.339 --> 00:16:28.879
 thinking about

00:16:28.879 --> 00:16:29.099
 this.

00:16:29.199 --> 00:16:29.939
 Why so

00:16:29.939 --> 00:16:30.579
 specific?

00:16:30.719 --> 00:16:31.299
 The word

00:16:31.299 --> 00:16:32.099
 of the

00:16:32.099 --> 00:16:32.439
 kingdom,

00:16:32.639 --> 00:16:33.079
 the message

00:16:33.079 --> 00:16:33.599
 about the

00:16:33.599 --> 00:16:33.899
 kingdom.

00:16:35.639 --> 00:16:36.159
 What's

00:16:36.159 --> 00:16:38.099
 so significant

00:16:38.100 --> 00:16:38.820
 about that?

00:16:40.080 --> 00:16:41.000
 Many people

00:16:41.000 --> 00:16:41.620
 as they've

00:16:41.620 --> 00:16:42.220
 read this

00:16:42.220 --> 00:16:42.759
 parable are

00:16:42.759 --> 00:16:43.460
 very quick

00:16:43.460 --> 00:16:44.800
 to kind of

00:16:44.800 --> 00:16:45.180
 draw the

00:16:45.180 --> 00:16:45.720
 line and

00:16:45.720 --> 00:16:45.920
 say,

00:16:46.279 --> 00:16:46.379
 well,

00:16:46.440 --> 00:16:46.899
 the seed

00:16:46.899 --> 00:16:47.500
 represents

00:16:47.500 --> 00:16:48.180
 the gospel,

00:16:48.740 --> 00:16:49.659
 the good

00:16:49.659 --> 00:16:50.040
 news.

00:16:51.040 --> 00:16:51.879
 Is the

00:16:51.879 --> 00:16:52.779
 seed the

00:16:52.779 --> 00:16:53.180
 gospel?

00:16:56.300 --> 00:16:56.899
 Yes,

00:16:57.300 --> 00:16:58.300
 it is.

00:16:58.299 --> 00:17:01.199
 God

00:17:01.199 --> 00:17:01.859
 but what

00:17:01.859 --> 00:17:03.199
 I find

00:17:03.199 --> 00:17:03.759
 really

00:17:03.759 --> 00:17:04.379
 interesting

00:17:04.379 --> 00:17:05.480
 is what

00:17:05.480 --> 00:17:07.139
 Mark says

00:17:07.139 --> 00:17:08.000
 about the

00:17:08.000 --> 00:17:08.419
 gospel,

00:17:08.599 --> 00:17:09.079
 about the

00:17:09.079 --> 00:17:09.639
 good news

00:17:09.639 --> 00:17:10.159
 of Jesus.

00:17:10.940 --> 00:17:11.480
 As Jesus

00:17:11.480 --> 00:17:12.200
 first begins

00:17:12.200 --> 00:17:12.799
 to preach,

00:17:14.119 --> 00:17:14.779
 Mark says

00:17:14.779 --> 00:17:15.059
 this,

00:17:15.159 --> 00:17:15.720
 Jesus went

00:17:15.720 --> 00:17:16.680
 into Galilee

00:17:16.680 --> 00:17:17.680
 proclaiming the

00:17:17.680 --> 00:17:18.279
 good news

00:17:18.279 --> 00:17:18.919
 of God.

00:17:19.379 --> 00:17:19.779
 And what

00:17:19.779 --> 00:17:20.259
 was it in

00:17:20.259 --> 00:17:20.659
 a nutshell?

00:17:20.960 --> 00:17:21.399
 Mark says

00:17:21.399 --> 00:17:22.680
 this is what

00:17:22.680 --> 00:17:22.960
 it was.

00:17:23.039 --> 00:17:23.619
 The time

00:17:23.619 --> 00:17:24.619
 has come,

00:17:25.220 --> 00:17:25.899
 Jesus said.

00:17:26.200 --> 00:17:26.919
 The kingdom

00:17:26.920 --> 00:17:27.740
 of God

00:17:27.740 --> 00:17:28.320
 has come

00:17:28.320 --> 00:17:28.700
 near.

00:17:29.759 --> 00:17:30.320
 Repent

00:17:30.320 --> 00:17:31.900
 and believe

00:17:31.900 --> 00:17:32.480
 the good

00:17:32.480 --> 00:17:32.880
 news.

00:17:35.620 --> 00:17:36.160
 Now,

00:17:36.380 --> 00:17:36.920
 if I was

00:17:36.920 --> 00:17:37.380
 to ask

00:17:37.380 --> 00:17:37.600
 you,

00:17:37.779 --> 00:17:38.120
 what's our

00:17:38.120 --> 00:17:38.840
 main message?

00:17:39.580 --> 00:17:39.980
 I hope

00:17:39.980 --> 00:17:40.279
 you would

00:17:40.279 --> 00:17:40.580
 say,

00:17:41.100 --> 00:17:41.960
 the gospel,

00:17:42.340 --> 00:17:42.640
 the good

00:17:42.640 --> 00:17:43.000
 news of

00:17:43.000 --> 00:17:43.300
 Jesus.

00:17:44.539 --> 00:17:45.060
 What's

00:17:45.060 --> 00:17:45.660
 the gospel?

00:17:46.980 --> 00:17:47.360
 I think

00:17:47.360 --> 00:17:48.640
 most of us

00:17:48.640 --> 00:17:49.019
 would say,

00:17:49.100 --> 00:17:49.580
 I would

00:17:49.580 --> 00:17:49.920
 say,

00:17:50.320 --> 00:17:51.720
 that Jesus

00:17:51.720 --> 00:17:52.500
 died on

00:17:52.500 --> 00:17:53.759
 the cross

00:17:53.759 --> 00:17:54.220
 so that we

00:17:54.220 --> 00:17:54.560
 could be

00:17:54.560 --> 00:17:55.140
 forgiven of

00:17:55.140 --> 00:17:55.800
 our sins.

00:17:56.340 --> 00:17:56.820
 And that

00:17:56.819 --> 00:17:57.220
 is,

00:17:57.700 --> 00:17:59.119
 there's a

00:17:59.119 --> 00:17:59.460
 little bit

00:17:59.460 --> 00:17:59.799
 of that

00:17:59.799 --> 00:18:00.119
 here.

00:18:00.960 --> 00:18:01.619
 He says,

00:18:01.700 --> 00:18:02.159
 repent

00:18:02.159 --> 00:18:03.740
 and believe.

00:18:04.059 --> 00:18:04.079
 Well,

00:18:04.579 --> 00:18:05.839
 the implication

00:18:05.839 --> 00:18:06.519
 is that if

00:18:06.519 --> 00:18:07.059
 we repent

00:18:07.059 --> 00:18:07.679
 to God

00:18:07.679 --> 00:18:08.679
 of our

00:18:08.679 --> 00:18:08.960
 sins,

00:18:09.059 --> 00:18:09.519
 he will

00:18:09.519 --> 00:18:10.299
 forgive us

00:18:10.299 --> 00:18:10.779
 of our

00:18:10.779 --> 00:18:11.099
 sins.

00:18:11.200 --> 00:18:11.460
 And the

00:18:11.460 --> 00:18:11.939
 cross is

00:18:11.939 --> 00:18:12.220
 the way

00:18:12.220 --> 00:18:12.559
 that that

00:18:12.559 --> 00:18:13.000
 happens.

00:18:13.480 --> 00:18:13.779
 But what

00:18:13.779 --> 00:18:15.159
 just really

00:18:15.159 --> 00:18:15.720
 struck a

00:18:15.720 --> 00:18:16.139
 chord in

00:18:16.139 --> 00:18:17.079
 me this

00:18:17.079 --> 00:18:17.679
 week is,

00:18:18.679 --> 00:18:19.399
 what's the

00:18:19.399 --> 00:18:20.099
 first thing

00:18:20.099 --> 00:18:21.139
 that Jesus

00:18:21.139 --> 00:18:22.519
 says is

00:18:22.519 --> 00:18:23.539
 the good

00:18:23.539 --> 00:18:23.879
 news,

00:18:23.980 --> 00:18:24.559
 the message

00:18:24.559 --> 00:18:25.359
 of the good

00:18:25.359 --> 00:18:25.799
 news?

00:18:25.799 --> 00:18:27.899
 the kingdom

00:18:27.899 --> 00:18:28.819
 of God

00:18:28.819 --> 00:18:29.639
 has come

00:18:29.639 --> 00:18:30.000
 near.

00:18:32.399 --> 00:18:33.259
 In fact,

00:18:33.399 --> 00:18:33.919
 in Mark,

00:18:34.480 --> 00:18:35.180
 back in

00:18:35.180 --> 00:18:35.599
 Matthew,

00:18:35.839 --> 00:18:36.119
 sorry,

00:18:36.720 --> 00:18:37.579
 chapter 4,

00:18:37.960 --> 00:18:38.579
 he says that

00:18:38.579 --> 00:18:39.299
 Jesus went

00:18:39.299 --> 00:18:40.139
 into Galilee

00:18:40.139 --> 00:18:41.059
 preaching the

00:18:41.059 --> 00:18:41.899
 good news

00:18:41.899 --> 00:18:44.139
 of the

00:18:44.139 --> 00:18:44.500
 kingdom.

00:18:47.200 --> 00:18:48.279
 It got me

00:18:48.279 --> 00:18:48.639
 thinking.

00:18:48.640 --> 00:18:49.680
 I wonder

00:18:49.680 --> 00:18:50.700
 if we

00:18:50.700 --> 00:18:51.180
 have tried

00:18:51.180 --> 00:18:52.820
 to define

00:18:52.820 --> 00:18:53.880
 or distill

00:18:53.880 --> 00:18:54.759
 the gospel

00:18:54.759 --> 00:18:56.700
 too narrowly.

00:19:03.520 --> 00:19:04.240
 Jesus,

00:19:04.520 --> 00:19:05.000
 of course,

00:19:05.160 --> 00:19:06.100
 is the

00:19:06.100 --> 00:19:06.680
 substitute

00:19:06.680 --> 00:19:08.420
 that took

00:19:08.420 --> 00:19:09.180
 our place

00:19:09.180 --> 00:19:10.880
 for our

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 sins to be

00:19:11.420 --> 00:19:11.840
 forgiven.

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 heaven.

00:19:12.959 --> 00:19:13.419
 He is

00:19:13.419 --> 00:19:14.299
 the ransom

00:19:14.299 --> 00:19:15.359
 that was

00:19:15.359 --> 00:19:16.000
 paid for

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 us.

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 But part

00:19:20.919 --> 00:19:21.159
 of the

00:19:21.159 --> 00:19:21.639
 good news,

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 at least

00:19:22.220 --> 00:19:22.579
 from what

00:19:22.579 --> 00:19:23.539
 I'm catching

00:19:23.539 --> 00:19:24.000
 here from

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 Matthew and

00:19:24.619 --> 00:19:25.099
 from Mark,

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 from Jesus,

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 is that he

00:19:28.379 --> 00:19:29.039
 is those

00:19:29.039 --> 00:19:29.359
 things,

00:19:29.459 --> 00:19:29.819
 but he

00:19:29.819 --> 00:19:30.599
 is also

00:19:30.599 --> 00:19:31.439
 the king.

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 He is the

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 king of

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 this kingdom

00:19:35.539 --> 00:19:36.139
 of heaven

00:19:36.139 --> 00:19:36.759
 that God

00:19:36.759 --> 00:19:37.639
 is bringing,

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 who has

00:19:41.759 --> 00:19:42.160
 come to

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 rule,

00:19:43.820 --> 00:19:44.200
 has come

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 to reign.

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 When's

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 the last

00:19:48.300 --> 00:19:48.680
 time you

00:19:48.680 --> 00:19:49.460
 shared the

00:19:49.460 --> 00:19:50.060
 gospel,

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 the good

00:19:51.320 --> 00:19:51.640
 news,

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 with someone

00:19:52.200 --> 00:19:52.700
 and said,

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 the good

00:19:53.680 --> 00:19:54.220
 news is

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 this,

00:19:54.700 --> 00:19:56.440
 Jesus is

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 the king

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 who is

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 coming,

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 who has

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 come and

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 who is

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 coming again

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 to rule

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 and to

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 reign and

00:20:03.120 --> 00:20:03.860
 to establish

00:20:03.860 --> 00:20:04.480
 the kingdom

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 of God.

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 And yet,

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 that seems

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 to be the

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 leading edge,

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 the leading

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 emphasis that

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 Jesus has

00:20:13.800 --> 00:20:14.240
 as he

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 declares the

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 good news.

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 It's the

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 good news

00:20:18.380 --> 00:20:19.440
 of the

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 kingdom.

00:20:21.240 --> 00:20:21.680
 And so,

00:20:21.920 --> 00:20:22.940
 what is our

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 main message?

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 This should

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 be at the

00:20:26.400 --> 00:20:27.400
 core of

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 who we

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 are as

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 Christians,

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 at the

00:20:30.940 --> 00:20:31.480
 core of

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 our church,

00:20:32.519 --> 00:20:32.920
 at the

00:20:32.920 --> 00:20:33.460
 core of

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 the gospel

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 that we

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 preach.

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 Not just

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 that we

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 have a

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 sacrifice

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 for our

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 sins,

00:20:40.420 --> 00:20:40.700
 but that

00:20:40.700 --> 00:20:41.120
 we have

00:20:41.120 --> 00:20:41.820
 a king

00:20:41.820 --> 00:20:44.160
 who is

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 bringing

00:20:44.920 --> 00:20:45.519
 the

00:20:45.519 --> 00:20:45.920
 kingdom

00:20:45.920 --> 00:20:47.400
 of God.

00:20:48.460 --> 00:20:49.220
 He is

00:20:49.220 --> 00:20:50.000
 Jesus

00:20:50.000 --> 00:20:51.259
 Christ.

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 And

00:20:53.300 --> 00:20:53.680
 Christ

00:20:53.680 --> 00:20:55.180
 is not

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 just

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 his last

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 name.

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 As my

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 daughter

00:20:59.180 --> 00:21:00.400
 said when

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 I asked

00:21:00.840 --> 00:21:01.080
 her,

00:21:01.560 --> 00:21:02.519
 what's

00:21:02.519 --> 00:21:02.800
 Jesus'

00:21:02.960 --> 00:21:03.400
 last name?

00:21:03.580 --> 00:21:03.740
 It's

00:21:03.740 --> 00:21:05.140
 Christ.

00:21:05.160 --> 00:21:07.360
 Christ is

00:21:07.360 --> 00:21:07.800
 not his

00:21:07.800 --> 00:21:08.519
 last name.

00:21:08.660 --> 00:21:09.080
 It's a

00:21:09.080 --> 00:21:09.460
 title.

00:21:10.120 --> 00:21:10.800
 It comes

00:21:10.800 --> 00:21:11.279
 from the

00:21:11.279 --> 00:21:11.820
 original

00:21:11.820 --> 00:21:12.640
 Greek word

00:21:12.640 --> 00:21:13.519
 which means

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 anointed

00:21:14.120 --> 00:21:14.519
 one,

00:21:14.900 --> 00:21:15.460
 which means

00:21:15.460 --> 00:21:16.800
 more,

00:21:17.220 --> 00:21:17.880
 but not

00:21:17.880 --> 00:21:18.360
 less,

00:21:18.360 --> 00:21:18.920
 than

00:21:18.920 --> 00:21:19.400
 king.

00:21:20.680 --> 00:21:21.600
 He is

00:21:21.600 --> 00:21:22.019
 Jesus'

00:21:22.220 --> 00:21:22.600
 king.

00:21:23.100 --> 00:21:23.460
 Jesus

00:21:23.460 --> 00:21:24.019
 the

00:21:24.019 --> 00:21:24.560
 king

00:21:24.559 --> 00:21:28.859
 who brings

00:21:28.859 --> 00:21:29.319
 the

00:21:29.319 --> 00:21:29.779
 kingdom

00:21:29.779 --> 00:21:31.539
 of God

00:21:31.539 --> 00:21:34.019
 and

00:21:34.019 --> 00:21:34.879
 establishes

00:21:34.879 --> 00:21:35.419
 his

00:21:35.419 --> 00:21:35.940
 rule

00:21:35.940 --> 00:21:36.259
 and

00:21:36.259 --> 00:21:36.759
 reign

00:21:36.759 --> 00:21:37.799
 here on

00:21:37.799 --> 00:21:38.000
 earth.

00:21:38.059 --> 00:21:38.480
 And that's

00:21:38.480 --> 00:21:38.899
 the good

00:21:38.899 --> 00:21:39.399
 news.

00:21:39.940 --> 00:21:40.859
 That's part

00:21:40.859 --> 00:21:41.200
 of it.

00:21:42.000 --> 00:21:43.200
 I wonder if we've

00:21:43.200 --> 00:21:43.940
 separated that

00:21:43.940 --> 00:21:44.480
 too much

00:21:44.480 --> 00:21:44.700
 though.

00:21:44.779 --> 00:21:45.200
 The kingdom

00:21:45.200 --> 00:21:45.619
 of God,

00:21:45.700 --> 00:21:46.079
 that's a

00:21:46.079 --> 00:21:46.919
 future thing.

00:21:48.720 --> 00:21:49.279
 And

00:21:49.279 --> 00:21:49.759
 salvation,

00:21:50.259 --> 00:21:50.899
 that's the

00:21:50.899 --> 00:21:51.539
 present thing.

00:21:51.539 --> 00:21:52.059
 That's the

00:21:52.059 --> 00:21:53.180
 thing that

00:21:53.180 --> 00:21:54.000
 we're most

00:21:54.000 --> 00:21:54.819
 focused on.

00:21:57.019 --> 00:21:57.819
 That's what

00:21:57.819 --> 00:21:58.359
 Matthew

00:21:58.359 --> 00:22:00.659
 describes as

00:22:00.659 --> 00:22:02.200
 what Jesus

00:22:02.200 --> 00:22:02.899
 said is the

00:22:02.899 --> 00:22:03.159
 seed.

00:22:03.240 --> 00:22:03.619
 It's the

00:22:03.619 --> 00:22:04.180
 word of the

00:22:04.180 --> 00:22:04.500
 kingdom,

00:22:04.859 --> 00:22:05.659
 the message

00:22:05.659 --> 00:22:06.339
 about the

00:22:06.339 --> 00:22:06.639
 kingdom.

00:22:06.640 --> 00:22:06.740
 kingdom.

00:22:08.280 --> 00:22:09.120
 And what's

00:22:09.120 --> 00:22:09.820
 interesting is

00:22:09.820 --> 00:22:10.360
 that as the

00:22:10.360 --> 00:22:10.900
 seed is

00:22:10.900 --> 00:22:11.240
 sown,

00:22:11.540 --> 00:22:12.300
 it falls on

00:22:12.300 --> 00:22:13.040
 four different

00:22:13.040 --> 00:22:13.660
 places.

00:22:14.600 --> 00:22:15.520
 And there's

00:22:15.520 --> 00:22:16.440
 four different

00:22:16.440 --> 00:22:17.020
 outcomes.

00:22:18.420 --> 00:22:19.220
 But in

00:22:19.220 --> 00:22:20.120
 every case,

00:22:20.600 --> 00:22:22.400
 the same

00:22:22.400 --> 00:22:23.420
 seed fell

00:22:23.420 --> 00:22:24.660
 on each

00:22:24.660 --> 00:22:24.920
 of those

00:22:24.920 --> 00:22:25.420
 places.

00:22:25.920 --> 00:22:26.740
 In every

00:22:26.740 --> 00:22:27.160
 case,

00:22:27.320 --> 00:22:28.040
 Jesus says

00:22:28.040 --> 00:22:28.480
 this.

00:22:28.960 --> 00:22:29.320
 In the

00:22:29.320 --> 00:22:29.960
 first case,

00:22:30.100 --> 00:22:30.420
 on the

00:22:30.420 --> 00:22:30.840
 path,

00:22:31.880 --> 00:22:32.380
 when anyone

00:22:32.380 --> 00:22:33.600
 hears the

00:22:33.600 --> 00:22:34.580
 message about

00:22:34.580 --> 00:22:35.040
 the kingdom,

00:22:35.220 --> 00:22:35.759
 they heard the

00:22:35.759 --> 00:22:36.180
 message.

00:22:36.640 --> 00:22:37.420
 And the

00:22:37.420 --> 00:22:37.940
 rocky

00:22:37.940 --> 00:22:38.340
 seed,

00:22:38.660 --> 00:22:39.040
 the rocky

00:22:39.040 --> 00:22:39.460
 ground,

00:22:40.020 --> 00:22:40.940
 the seed

00:22:40.940 --> 00:22:41.460
 falling on

00:22:41.460 --> 00:22:41.840
 the rocky

00:22:41.840 --> 00:22:42.180
 ground,

00:22:42.280 --> 00:22:42.720
 verse 20,

00:22:42.820 --> 00:22:43.259
 refers to

00:22:43.259 --> 00:22:43.759
 someone who

00:22:43.759 --> 00:22:44.360
 hears the

00:22:44.360 --> 00:22:44.680
 word.

00:22:45.480 --> 00:22:46.160
 Verse 22,

00:22:46.300 --> 00:22:46.640
 the seed

00:22:46.640 --> 00:22:47.240
 falling among

00:22:47.240 --> 00:22:47.740
 the thorns

00:22:47.740 --> 00:22:48.259
 refers to

00:22:48.259 --> 00:22:48.680
 someone who

00:22:48.680 --> 00:22:49.259
 hears the

00:22:49.259 --> 00:22:49.620
 word.

00:22:50.080 --> 00:22:50.840
 Verse 23,

00:22:51.000 --> 00:22:51.380
 the seed

00:22:51.380 --> 00:22:51.900
 falling on

00:22:51.900 --> 00:22:52.240
 the good

00:22:52.240 --> 00:22:52.880
 soil refers

00:22:52.880 --> 00:22:53.360
 to someone

00:22:53.360 --> 00:22:53.980
 who hears

00:22:53.980 --> 00:22:54.540
 the word.

00:22:55.280 --> 00:22:56.120
 In every

00:22:56.120 --> 00:22:56.600
 case,

00:22:57.140 --> 00:22:58.900
 it refers to

00:22:58.900 --> 00:22:59.540
 people who

00:22:59.540 --> 00:23:00.259
 hear the

00:23:00.259 --> 00:23:00.540
 word,

00:23:00.680 --> 00:23:01.220
 who heard

00:23:01.220 --> 00:23:02.560
 the message

00:23:02.560 --> 00:23:03.680
 about the

00:23:03.680 --> 00:23:04.000
 kingdom,

00:23:04.500 --> 00:23:05.200
 the good

00:23:05.200 --> 00:23:06.500
 news of

00:23:06.500 --> 00:23:06.980
 Jesus

00:23:06.980 --> 00:23:07.819
 Christ.

00:23:11.200 --> 00:23:12.039
 But even

00:23:12.039 --> 00:23:12.359
 though they

00:23:12.359 --> 00:23:12.859
 all hear

00:23:12.859 --> 00:23:13.140
 it,

00:23:13.960 --> 00:23:16.299
 not

00:23:16.299 --> 00:23:17.140
 everyone

00:23:17.140 --> 00:23:18.599
 hears it

00:23:18.599 --> 00:23:21.019
 and understands

00:23:21.019 --> 00:23:21.559
 it.

00:23:24.099 --> 00:23:25.000
 What makes

00:23:25.000 --> 00:23:25.539
 the difference?

00:23:27.339 --> 00:23:28.240
 What makes

00:23:28.240 --> 00:23:28.700
 the difference?

00:23:28.980 --> 00:23:29.900
 Let's consider

00:23:29.900 --> 00:23:30.400
 for a moment

00:23:30.400 --> 00:23:31.079
 the outcomes.

00:23:31.460 --> 00:23:32.039
 Four different

00:23:32.039 --> 00:23:32.500
 outcomes.

00:23:32.500 --> 00:23:33.480
 the first,

00:23:33.900 --> 00:23:34.319
 the seed

00:23:34.319 --> 00:23:35.059
 lands on

00:23:35.059 --> 00:23:35.660
 the path.

00:23:36.900 --> 00:23:37.359
 It sits

00:23:37.359 --> 00:23:38.420
 there until

00:23:38.420 --> 00:23:38.740
 a bird

00:23:38.740 --> 00:23:39.740
 comes and

00:23:39.740 --> 00:23:40.380
 snatches it

00:23:40.380 --> 00:23:40.680
 away.

00:23:42.680 --> 00:23:43.380
 I would

00:23:43.380 --> 00:23:43.839
 say that's

00:23:43.839 --> 00:23:44.680
 zero yield.

00:23:45.279 --> 00:23:45.859
 Didn't even

00:23:45.859 --> 00:23:46.200
 go into

00:23:46.200 --> 00:23:48.500
 the ground.

00:23:49.880 --> 00:23:50.599
 In the

00:23:50.599 --> 00:23:51.319
 second instance,

00:23:51.420 --> 00:23:51.720
 the seed

00:23:51.720 --> 00:23:52.240
 goes into

00:23:52.240 --> 00:23:52.759
 the ground,

00:23:53.299 --> 00:23:54.640
 but not

00:23:54.640 --> 00:23:55.480
 too much

00:23:55.480 --> 00:23:55.819
 later,

00:23:55.900 --> 00:23:56.380
 after it's

00:23:56.380 --> 00:23:56.980
 sprouted up,

00:23:56.980 --> 00:23:57.700
 the sun

00:23:57.700 --> 00:23:58.319
 scorches

00:23:58.319 --> 00:23:58.839
 the plant,

00:23:58.839 --> 00:23:59.179
 and the

00:23:59.179 --> 00:23:59.740
 plant withers

00:23:59.740 --> 00:24:00.279
 and dies.

00:24:01.799 --> 00:24:02.159
 That's

00:24:02.159 --> 00:24:03.220
 zero yield.

00:24:05.220 --> 00:24:05.819
 In the

00:24:05.819 --> 00:24:06.459
 third case,

00:24:06.859 --> 00:24:07.240
 the seed

00:24:07.240 --> 00:24:07.699
 goes into

00:24:07.699 --> 00:24:08.139
 the ground,

00:24:08.240 --> 00:24:08.639
 the weeds

00:24:08.639 --> 00:24:09.119
 grow up

00:24:09.119 --> 00:24:09.639
 around it

00:24:09.639 --> 00:24:10.240
 and choke

00:24:10.240 --> 00:24:10.720
 it out

00:24:10.720 --> 00:24:12.659
 such that

00:24:12.659 --> 00:24:13.500
 it's

00:24:13.500 --> 00:24:14.019
 essentially

00:24:14.019 --> 00:24:15.359
 zero yield.

00:24:15.359 --> 00:24:18.939
 maybe it

00:24:18.939 --> 00:24:19.379
 ekes out

00:24:19.379 --> 00:24:20.639
 its existence

00:24:20.639 --> 00:24:21.539
 after that

00:24:21.539 --> 00:24:22.019
 as a

00:24:22.019 --> 00:24:22.899
 poor,

00:24:23.059 --> 00:24:23.539
 skimpy little

00:24:23.539 --> 00:24:23.819
 thing,

00:24:23.879 --> 00:24:24.799
 but it's

00:24:24.799 --> 00:24:25.539
 unfruitful,

00:24:25.779 --> 00:24:26.439
 Jesus says.

00:24:28.599 --> 00:24:29.439
 Only in

00:24:29.439 --> 00:24:29.859
 the case

00:24:29.859 --> 00:24:30.159
 of the

00:24:30.159 --> 00:24:30.919
 good soil

00:24:30.919 --> 00:24:32.179
 is there

00:24:32.179 --> 00:24:33.539
 any

00:24:33.539 --> 00:24:34.139
 yield.

00:24:35.719 --> 00:24:36.279
 This

00:24:36.279 --> 00:24:36.799
 is the

00:24:36.799 --> 00:24:37.079
 one,

00:24:37.240 --> 00:24:37.419
 Jesus

00:24:37.419 --> 00:24:37.879
 says,

00:24:38.019 --> 00:24:38.959
 who

00:24:38.959 --> 00:24:39.439
 produces

00:24:39.439 --> 00:24:40.079
 a crop,

00:24:40.939 --> 00:24:41.659
 and there's

00:24:41.659 --> 00:24:42.179
 a variety

00:24:42.179 --> 00:24:42.740
 of yields,

00:24:42.740 --> 00:24:44.640
 160

00:24:44.640 --> 00:24:45.779
 or 30

00:24:45.779 --> 00:24:46.359
 times

00:24:46.359 --> 00:24:46.980
 what was

00:24:46.980 --> 00:24:47.240
 sown.

00:24:47.380 --> 00:24:48.120
 So there's

00:24:48.120 --> 00:24:48.559
 essentially

00:24:48.559 --> 00:24:49.380
 two outcomes.

00:24:50.440 --> 00:24:50.859
 There's

00:24:50.859 --> 00:24:51.940
 zero yield

00:24:51.940 --> 00:24:52.500
 and there's

00:24:52.500 --> 00:24:53.019
 some yield.

00:24:56.339 --> 00:24:57.279
 What makes

00:24:57.279 --> 00:24:57.859
 the difference?

00:25:01.539 --> 00:25:02.480
 What makes

00:25:02.480 --> 00:25:03.039
 the difference

00:25:03.039 --> 00:25:03.480
 between

00:25:03.480 --> 00:25:04.420
 those who

00:25:04.420 --> 00:25:05.339
 hear the

00:25:05.339 --> 00:25:05.960
 word of

00:25:05.960 --> 00:25:06.440
 the kingdom

00:25:06.440 --> 00:25:09.019
 and there's

00:25:09.019 --> 00:25:09.480
 something that

00:25:09.480 --> 00:25:10.059
 comes out of

00:25:10.059 --> 00:25:10.200
 that?

00:25:10.279 --> 00:25:10.680
 There's a

00:25:10.680 --> 00:25:11.279
 harvest

00:25:11.279 --> 00:25:11.399
 harvest

00:25:11.399 --> 00:25:13.759
 and those

00:25:13.759 --> 00:25:14.559
 who hear

00:25:14.559 --> 00:25:16.119
 it and

00:25:16.119 --> 00:25:16.299
 it's

00:25:16.299 --> 00:25:16.660
 nothing.

00:25:17.299 --> 00:25:17.619
 It does

00:25:17.619 --> 00:25:18.139
 nothing for

00:25:18.139 --> 00:25:18.339
 them.

00:25:21.099 --> 00:25:22.019
 The simple

00:25:22.019 --> 00:25:23.579
 answer is

00:25:23.579 --> 00:25:25.139
 the soil

00:25:25.139 --> 00:25:26.500
 is the

00:25:26.500 --> 00:25:26.940
 difference.

00:25:29.399 --> 00:25:30.039
 That's

00:25:30.039 --> 00:25:30.440
 the big

00:25:30.440 --> 00:25:30.940
 factor

00:25:30.940 --> 00:25:32.660
 that changes

00:25:32.660 --> 00:25:33.779
 the yield

00:25:33.779 --> 00:25:34.519
 in all of

00:25:34.519 --> 00:25:35.099
 these cases.

00:25:35.319 --> 00:25:35.859
 The soil

00:25:35.859 --> 00:25:36.399
 is the

00:25:36.399 --> 00:25:36.839
 difference.

00:25:38.180 --> 00:25:38.960
 What does

00:25:38.960 --> 00:25:39.399
 the soil

00:25:39.399 --> 00:25:40.059
 represent?

00:25:40.059 --> 00:25:41.039
 Jesus

00:25:41.039 --> 00:25:41.460
 actually

00:25:41.460 --> 00:25:43.039
 tells us

00:25:43.039 --> 00:25:43.419
 in the way

00:25:43.419 --> 00:25:43.740
 that he

00:25:43.740 --> 00:25:44.279
 explains

00:25:44.279 --> 00:25:44.899
 the parable.

00:25:46.379 --> 00:25:47.359
 The soil

00:25:47.359 --> 00:25:48.579
 represents

00:25:48.579 --> 00:25:50.240
 the heart

00:25:50.240 --> 00:25:51.240
 of the

00:25:51.240 --> 00:25:51.619
 people

00:25:51.619 --> 00:25:52.740
 who are

00:25:52.740 --> 00:25:53.139
 listening,

00:25:53.599 --> 00:25:54.659
 who are

00:25:54.659 --> 00:25:55.000
 hearing.

00:25:55.460 --> 00:25:55.859
 Do you

00:25:55.859 --> 00:25:56.220
 see that

00:25:56.220 --> 00:25:56.579
 in verse

00:25:56.579 --> 00:25:57.079
 19?

00:25:58.000 --> 00:25:58.519
 He says,

00:25:58.879 --> 00:25:59.359
 when anyone

00:25:59.359 --> 00:26:00.179
 hears the

00:26:00.179 --> 00:26:00.839
 message about

00:26:00.839 --> 00:26:01.339
 the kingdom

00:26:01.339 --> 00:26:01.740
 and does

00:26:01.740 --> 00:26:02.399
 not understand

00:26:02.399 --> 00:26:02.779
 it,

00:26:03.119 --> 00:26:03.639
 the evil

00:26:03.639 --> 00:26:04.259
 one comes

00:26:04.259 --> 00:26:05.039
 and snatches

00:26:05.039 --> 00:26:05.419
 away what

00:26:05.419 --> 00:26:05.940
 was sown

00:26:05.940 --> 00:26:06.700
 where?

00:26:06.700 --> 00:26:09.080
 in their

00:26:09.080 --> 00:26:09.380
 heart.

00:26:11.200 --> 00:26:12.140
 In each

00:26:12.140 --> 00:26:12.480
 of these

00:26:12.480 --> 00:26:13.080
 cases,

00:26:13.559 --> 00:26:14.559
 the difference

00:26:14.559 --> 00:26:15.160
 between

00:26:15.160 --> 00:26:16.220
 hearing

00:26:16.220 --> 00:26:18.640
 and really

00:26:18.640 --> 00:26:19.799
 hearing and

00:26:19.799 --> 00:26:20.519
 understanding

00:26:20.519 --> 00:26:21.980
 is the

00:26:21.980 --> 00:26:22.580
 condition of

00:26:22.580 --> 00:26:23.059
 the soil.

00:26:24.080 --> 00:26:24.819
 It's the

00:26:24.819 --> 00:26:25.240
 condition

00:26:25.240 --> 00:26:26.340
 of the

00:26:26.340 --> 00:26:26.640
 heart.

00:26:28.860 --> 00:26:29.720
 There are

00:26:29.720 --> 00:26:30.059
 some

00:26:30.059 --> 00:26:31.500
 who have

00:26:31.500 --> 00:26:32.799
 a hard

00:26:32.799 --> 00:26:33.160
 heart.

00:26:35.319 --> 00:26:35.960
 Jesus

00:26:35.960 --> 00:26:36.599
 talks about

00:26:36.599 --> 00:26:37.039
 the seed

00:26:37.039 --> 00:26:37.619
 falling on

00:26:37.619 --> 00:26:38.140
 the path.

00:26:38.319 --> 00:26:39.079
 The seed

00:26:39.079 --> 00:26:39.779
 sits on

00:26:39.779 --> 00:26:40.220
 top.

00:26:40.359 --> 00:26:40.779
 The path

00:26:40.779 --> 00:26:41.359
 is packed

00:26:41.359 --> 00:26:41.880
 hard.

00:26:43.440 --> 00:26:44.339
 It doesn't

00:26:44.339 --> 00:26:45.599
 even go

00:26:45.599 --> 00:26:45.839
 in.

00:26:45.900 --> 00:26:46.339
 It doesn't

00:26:46.339 --> 00:26:46.940
 penetrate.

00:26:46.940 --> 00:26:50.900
 The barrier

00:26:50.900 --> 00:26:51.519
 is up.

00:26:52.759 --> 00:26:53.779
 I'm telling

00:26:53.779 --> 00:26:54.759
 you about

00:26:54.759 --> 00:26:56.400
 the God

00:26:56.400 --> 00:26:56.700
 of the

00:26:56.700 --> 00:26:57.120
 Bible,

00:26:57.920 --> 00:26:58.279
 Jesus,

00:26:58.580 --> 00:26:59.160
 the King.

00:27:00.740 --> 00:27:01.460
 And I

00:27:01.460 --> 00:27:01.779
 don't know

00:27:01.779 --> 00:27:03.779
 if I hear

00:27:03.779 --> 00:27:04.220
 what you're

00:27:04.220 --> 00:27:04.640
 saying,

00:27:05.360 --> 00:27:06.279
 but I'm

00:27:06.279 --> 00:27:07.340
 not hearing

00:27:07.340 --> 00:27:08.299
 what you're

00:27:08.299 --> 00:27:08.640
 saying.

00:27:09.519 --> 00:27:10.100
 The

00:27:10.100 --> 00:27:10.860
 firewall is

00:27:10.860 --> 00:27:11.100
 up.

00:27:13.080 --> 00:27:13.920
 My heart

00:27:13.920 --> 00:27:15.860
 is hard

00:27:15.860 --> 00:27:16.360
 towards

00:27:16.360 --> 00:27:16.700
 that.

00:27:16.940 --> 00:27:19.559
 It might

00:27:19.559 --> 00:27:20.000
 go into

00:27:20.000 --> 00:27:21.059
 my head.

00:27:21.140 --> 00:27:21.360
 It might

00:27:21.360 --> 00:27:21.980
 even sit

00:27:21.980 --> 00:27:22.420
 there in

00:27:22.420 --> 00:27:22.860
 my short

00:27:22.860 --> 00:27:23.440
 term memory

00:27:23.440 --> 00:27:23.820
 for a

00:27:23.820 --> 00:27:24.080
 while.

00:27:25.820 --> 00:27:26.600
 But just

00:27:26.600 --> 00:27:27.580
 like a

00:27:27.580 --> 00:27:28.160
 bird comes

00:27:28.160 --> 00:27:29.100
 and snatches

00:27:29.100 --> 00:27:29.640
 that seed

00:27:29.640 --> 00:27:30.039
 off the

00:27:30.039 --> 00:27:30.980
 path for

00:27:30.980 --> 00:27:31.539
 breakfast,

00:27:32.120 --> 00:27:32.860
 the devil

00:27:32.860 --> 00:27:34.220
 comes and

00:27:34.220 --> 00:27:34.940
 takes away

00:27:34.940 --> 00:27:35.640
 what was

00:27:35.640 --> 00:27:35.960
 sown.

00:27:37.779 --> 00:27:38.420
 Zero

00:27:38.420 --> 00:27:39.160
 yield.

00:27:41.240 --> 00:27:41.640
 There are

00:27:41.640 --> 00:27:42.240
 some whose

00:27:42.240 --> 00:27:43.200
 hearts are

00:27:43.200 --> 00:27:43.720
 hard.

00:27:43.720 --> 00:27:44.720
 heart.

00:27:44.720 --> 00:27:47.000
 And that's

00:27:47.000 --> 00:27:48.059
 why they

00:27:48.059 --> 00:27:49.640
 don't hear.

00:27:50.460 --> 00:27:51.039
 Why they

00:27:51.039 --> 00:27:51.339
 don't

00:27:51.339 --> 00:27:53.140
 understand and

00:27:53.140 --> 00:27:53.519
 perceive.

00:27:56.000 --> 00:27:56.579
 There are

00:27:56.579 --> 00:27:57.559
 some, and I'm

00:27:57.559 --> 00:27:58.019
 going to call

00:27:58.019 --> 00:27:59.839
 this by a

00:27:59.839 --> 00:28:00.299
 little bit of a

00:28:00.299 --> 00:28:00.779
 different name,

00:28:00.839 --> 00:28:01.279
 there are some

00:28:01.279 --> 00:28:02.400
 whose heart is a

00:28:02.400 --> 00:28:02.980
 fair weather

00:28:02.980 --> 00:28:03.500
 heart.

00:28:03.500 --> 00:28:03.539
 heart.

00:28:05.200 --> 00:28:05.880
 I don't know if

00:28:05.880 --> 00:28:06.440
 you've had one of

00:28:06.440 --> 00:28:07.180
 those friends,

00:28:08.200 --> 00:28:08.720
 fair weather

00:28:08.720 --> 00:28:09.980
 friend, person

00:28:09.980 --> 00:28:10.799
 who's happy to be

00:28:10.799 --> 00:28:11.299
 with you and

00:28:11.299 --> 00:28:12.000
 spend time with

00:28:12.000 --> 00:28:12.539
 you when things

00:28:12.539 --> 00:28:13.339
 are good, but as

00:28:13.339 --> 00:28:14.480
 soon as you're in

00:28:14.480 --> 00:28:15.259
 a jam or in a

00:28:15.259 --> 00:28:15.900
 bind or things

00:28:15.900 --> 00:28:16.339
 aren't going

00:28:16.339 --> 00:28:17.599
 well, it's, oh,

00:28:17.640 --> 00:28:18.400
 he's not doing so

00:28:18.400 --> 00:28:18.680
 good.

00:28:18.740 --> 00:28:19.380
 That's negative

00:28:19.380 --> 00:28:20.119
 energy there.

00:28:20.180 --> 00:28:20.759
 I don't want to be

00:28:20.759 --> 00:28:21.440
 around that.

00:28:21.440 --> 00:28:23.940
 I like to call

00:28:23.940 --> 00:28:24.400
 that a fair

00:28:24.400 --> 00:28:25.019
 weather friend.

00:28:25.279 --> 00:28:25.720
 Well, there are

00:28:25.720 --> 00:28:26.680
 some who have a

00:28:26.680 --> 00:28:27.160
 fair weather

00:28:27.160 --> 00:28:27.580
 heart.

00:28:30.759 --> 00:28:31.840
 The word of the

00:28:31.840 --> 00:28:32.680
 kingdom, the word

00:28:32.680 --> 00:28:33.559
 of Jesus, the

00:28:33.559 --> 00:28:34.380
 king, they hear

00:28:34.380 --> 00:28:34.700
 that.

00:28:35.080 --> 00:28:36.180
 That sounds good.

00:28:36.900 --> 00:28:38.019
 I like that.

00:28:39.240 --> 00:28:40.340
 What Jesus is

00:28:40.340 --> 00:28:41.180
 promising, what

00:28:41.180 --> 00:28:42.019
 Jesus is offering,

00:28:42.160 --> 00:28:42.940
 I want that.

00:28:43.940 --> 00:28:44.779
 That kingdom

00:28:44.779 --> 00:28:46.279
 sounds good.

00:28:46.360 --> 00:28:47.140
 I want to be a

00:28:47.140 --> 00:28:47.920
 part of that.

00:28:47.920 --> 00:28:53.560
 until the

00:28:53.560 --> 00:28:54.100
 going gets

00:28:54.100 --> 00:28:54.560
 tough.

00:28:56.240 --> 00:28:56.759
 Maintaining

00:28:56.759 --> 00:28:58.000
 loyalty to this

00:28:58.000 --> 00:28:59.279
 king draws some

00:28:59.279 --> 00:29:01.180
 fire from some

00:29:01.180 --> 00:29:02.039
 people, some

00:29:02.039 --> 00:29:02.980
 opposition, and in

00:29:02.980 --> 00:29:04.100
 some cases, fierce

00:29:04.100 --> 00:29:05.600
 opposition, and

00:29:05.600 --> 00:29:06.759
 then, well, I

00:29:06.759 --> 00:29:07.400
 don't know if it's

00:29:07.400 --> 00:29:07.740
 for me.

00:29:08.740 --> 00:29:09.680
 I don't know if I

00:29:09.680 --> 00:29:10.279
 want to have

00:29:10.279 --> 00:29:12.120
 anything to do

00:29:12.120 --> 00:29:12.960
 with Jesus

00:29:12.960 --> 00:29:13.519
 anymore.

00:29:15.400 --> 00:29:16.360
 Jesus says,

00:29:16.460 --> 00:29:17.320
 the sun comes

00:29:17.319 --> 00:29:18.359
 and scorches

00:29:18.359 --> 00:29:19.500
 the plant, and

00:29:19.500 --> 00:29:21.200
 that refers to

00:29:21.200 --> 00:29:22.460
 trouble or

00:29:22.460 --> 00:29:23.179
 persecution.

00:29:24.559 --> 00:29:25.119
 Trouble.

00:29:25.939 --> 00:29:26.939
 Even just the

00:29:26.939 --> 00:29:28.399
 difficulty of

00:29:28.399 --> 00:29:30.439
 following Christ,

00:29:31.099 --> 00:29:32.039
 of having him as

00:29:32.039 --> 00:29:32.659
 our king, of

00:29:32.659 --> 00:29:33.359
 submitting our

00:29:33.359 --> 00:29:34.279
 lives to him.

00:29:36.299 --> 00:29:37.439
 Sounds like a

00:29:37.439 --> 00:29:38.159
 lot of trouble.

00:29:38.919 --> 00:29:39.980
 Sounds difficult.

00:29:43.179 --> 00:29:44.159
 And they fall

00:29:44.159 --> 00:29:44.460
 away.

00:29:44.460 --> 00:29:47.160
 They don't

00:29:47.160 --> 00:29:47.880
 persevere.

00:29:48.700 --> 00:29:49.799
 The reason why,

00:29:49.880 --> 00:29:50.620
 Jesus says, is

00:29:50.620 --> 00:29:51.880
 because the soil

00:29:51.880 --> 00:29:52.799
 is shallow.

00:29:54.840 --> 00:29:56.519
 The seed, it

00:29:56.519 --> 00:29:58.620
 goes in, but

00:29:58.620 --> 00:29:59.299
 beneath the

00:29:59.299 --> 00:30:00.759
 shallow soil is

00:30:00.759 --> 00:30:02.579
 rocky.

00:30:03.740 --> 00:30:04.299
 Rocks.

00:30:04.380 --> 00:30:04.920
 It's rocky

00:30:04.920 --> 00:30:05.360
 soil.

00:30:05.660 --> 00:30:06.680
 The roots can't

00:30:06.680 --> 00:30:09.000
 get down into

00:30:09.000 --> 00:30:09.240
 there.

00:30:09.340 --> 00:30:10.000
 There's something

00:30:10.000 --> 00:30:11.539
 there that they're

00:30:11.539 --> 00:30:12.640
 not allowing

00:30:12.640 --> 00:30:15.620
 those roots to

00:30:15.620 --> 00:30:16.220
 go deep.

00:30:19.300 --> 00:30:20.120
 Some people

00:30:20.120 --> 00:30:20.700
 have a fair

00:30:20.700 --> 00:30:21.940
 weather heart

00:30:21.940 --> 00:30:24.240
 when they hear

00:30:24.240 --> 00:30:25.060
 the word of

00:30:25.060 --> 00:30:25.360
 God.

00:30:27.040 --> 00:30:27.759
 Some people

00:30:27.759 --> 00:30:28.120
 have a

00:30:28.120 --> 00:30:29.100
 distracted heart

00:30:29.100 --> 00:30:31.080
 as they listen

00:30:31.080 --> 00:30:31.580
 to the word

00:30:31.580 --> 00:30:32.020
 of God.

00:30:33.420 --> 00:30:34.100
 The third

00:30:34.100 --> 00:30:34.800
 place that the

00:30:34.800 --> 00:30:35.820
 seed falls is

00:30:35.820 --> 00:30:36.960
 among thorns

00:30:36.960 --> 00:30:37.740
 or weeds.

00:30:38.900 --> 00:30:39.960
 Jesus describes

00:30:39.960 --> 00:30:40.840
 how the weeds,

00:30:40.839 --> 00:30:42.339
 they grow up

00:30:42.339 --> 00:30:43.579
 around it,

00:30:43.759 --> 00:30:44.220
 and they

00:30:44.220 --> 00:30:44.980
 choke out

00:30:44.980 --> 00:30:45.579
 the plant.

00:30:46.980 --> 00:30:48.459
 They steal

00:30:48.459 --> 00:30:48.980
 from the

00:30:48.980 --> 00:30:49.599
 plant all

00:30:49.599 --> 00:30:50.500
 of the

00:30:50.500 --> 00:30:52.000
 water and

00:30:52.000 --> 00:30:52.679
 the nutrients

00:30:52.679 --> 00:30:53.199
 that it

00:30:53.199 --> 00:30:53.939
 needs to

00:30:53.939 --> 00:30:54.399
 live and

00:30:54.399 --> 00:30:55.000
 to thrive,

00:30:55.500 --> 00:30:56.240
 and the

00:30:56.240 --> 00:30:56.539
 plant,

00:30:56.939 --> 00:30:58.759
 it loses

00:30:58.759 --> 00:31:00.079
 the battle.

00:31:01.079 --> 00:31:01.679
 What are the

00:31:01.679 --> 00:31:02.039
 weeds?

00:31:03.740 --> 00:31:04.799
 Jesus names

00:31:04.799 --> 00:31:05.899
 two here

00:31:05.899 --> 00:31:07.099
 in Matthew's

00:31:07.099 --> 00:31:07.699
 telling of the

00:31:07.699 --> 00:31:08.039
 story.

00:31:08.039 --> 00:31:09.879
 the first

00:31:09.879 --> 00:31:11.220
 is the

00:31:11.220 --> 00:31:11.759
 worries of

00:31:11.759 --> 00:31:12.359
 this life.

00:31:13.960 --> 00:31:15.099
 The general

00:31:15.099 --> 00:31:16.019
 cares and

00:31:16.019 --> 00:31:17.279
 concerns of

00:31:17.279 --> 00:31:18.059
 this life

00:31:18.059 --> 00:31:20.039
 can be like

00:31:20.039 --> 00:31:20.619
 weeds.

00:31:23.019 --> 00:31:24.159
 We get so

00:31:24.159 --> 00:31:25.659
 preoccupied and

00:31:25.659 --> 00:31:26.680
 focused on

00:31:26.680 --> 00:31:29.299
 the things of

00:31:29.299 --> 00:31:29.799
 life, the

00:31:29.799 --> 00:31:30.639
 concerns of

00:31:30.639 --> 00:31:31.019
 life.

00:31:31.559 --> 00:31:32.339
 We get anxious

00:31:32.339 --> 00:31:32.859
 about it.

00:31:33.019 --> 00:31:34.379
 Our time and

00:31:34.379 --> 00:31:34.980
 our attention

00:31:34.980 --> 00:31:37.559
 is monopolized

00:31:37.559 --> 00:31:40.960
 by all

00:31:40.960 --> 00:31:41.220
 of the

00:31:41.220 --> 00:31:41.799
 stuff that

00:31:41.799 --> 00:31:42.160
 we have

00:31:42.160 --> 00:31:42.700
 going on

00:31:42.700 --> 00:31:43.140
 in life,

00:31:43.200 --> 00:31:43.620
 all of the

00:31:43.620 --> 00:31:44.059
 things we

00:31:44.059 --> 00:31:44.420
 need to

00:31:44.420 --> 00:31:44.980
 do to

00:31:44.980 --> 00:31:45.380
 make sure

00:31:45.380 --> 00:31:45.819
 this is,

00:31:45.940 --> 00:31:46.420
 make sure

00:31:46.420 --> 00:31:47.039
 that is,

00:31:48.440 --> 00:31:48.920
 and there's

00:31:48.920 --> 00:31:49.599
 no time

00:31:49.599 --> 00:31:50.819
 and attention

00:31:50.819 --> 00:31:51.940
 left to

00:31:51.940 --> 00:31:53.380
 listen and

00:31:53.380 --> 00:31:54.980
 hear what

00:31:54.980 --> 00:31:55.480
 God has

00:31:55.480 --> 00:31:55.779
 said,

00:31:56.319 --> 00:31:56.839
 the word

00:31:56.839 --> 00:31:57.180
 of the

00:31:57.180 --> 00:31:57.440
 kingdom,

00:31:57.599 --> 00:31:58.360
 to be a

00:31:58.360 --> 00:31:59.099
 participant

00:31:59.099 --> 00:32:00.699
 in the

00:32:00.699 --> 00:32:01.119
 kingdom,

00:32:02.119 --> 00:32:04.899
 choked

00:32:04.899 --> 00:32:06.740
 out by

00:32:06.740 --> 00:32:07.639
 the worries

00:32:07.639 --> 00:32:07.980
 of this

00:32:07.980 --> 00:32:08.240
 life.

00:32:08.339 --> 00:32:08.619
 And this

00:32:08.619 --> 00:32:09.279
 kind of

00:32:09.279 --> 00:32:09.879
 goes back

00:32:09.879 --> 00:32:10.259
 to what

00:32:10.259 --> 00:32:11.279
 Jesus said

00:32:11.279 --> 00:32:11.539
 in the

00:32:11.539 --> 00:32:11.919
 Sermon on

00:32:11.919 --> 00:32:12.259
 the Mount.

00:32:12.379 --> 00:32:12.799
 That's why

00:32:12.799 --> 00:32:13.859
 he said to

00:32:13.859 --> 00:32:14.519
 his disciples,

00:32:14.740 --> 00:32:15.480
 do not worry

00:32:15.480 --> 00:32:16.039
 about your

00:32:16.039 --> 00:32:16.480
 life.

00:32:18.079 --> 00:32:18.879
 Do not be

00:32:18.879 --> 00:32:19.719
 anxious about

00:32:19.719 --> 00:32:20.299
 your life,

00:32:20.359 --> 00:32:20.879
 what you will

00:32:20.879 --> 00:32:21.639
 eat or

00:32:21.639 --> 00:32:22.339
 drink or

00:32:22.339 --> 00:32:22.659
 what you

00:32:22.659 --> 00:32:23.179
 will wear.

00:32:23.759 --> 00:32:24.119
 Is not

00:32:24.119 --> 00:32:24.759
 life more

00:32:24.759 --> 00:32:25.939
 than food

00:32:25.940 --> 00:32:27.400
 and the

00:32:27.400 --> 00:32:27.980
 body more

00:32:27.980 --> 00:32:28.820
 than clothes?

00:32:30.799 --> 00:32:31.519
 What should

00:32:31.519 --> 00:32:31.940
 you do?

00:32:32.660 --> 00:32:33.059
 Seek

00:32:33.059 --> 00:32:34.000
 first

00:32:34.000 --> 00:32:34.759
 his

00:32:34.759 --> 00:32:35.279
 kingdom.

00:32:37.180 --> 00:32:37.920
 And all

00:32:37.920 --> 00:32:38.900
 these things

00:32:38.900 --> 00:32:39.400
 will be given

00:32:39.400 --> 00:32:39.880
 to you as

00:32:39.880 --> 00:32:40.120
 well.

00:32:41.860 --> 00:32:42.700
 Don't let

00:32:42.700 --> 00:32:44.960
 the cares

00:32:44.960 --> 00:32:45.400
 of this

00:32:45.400 --> 00:32:45.700
 life,

00:32:45.799 --> 00:32:46.440
 the concerns

00:32:46.440 --> 00:32:47.200
 of life,

00:32:48.860 --> 00:32:49.480
 steal

00:32:49.480 --> 00:32:51.320
 your time

00:32:51.320 --> 00:32:51.820
 and attention

00:32:51.820 --> 00:32:52.380
 so much

00:32:52.380 --> 00:32:53.019
 that you

00:32:53.019 --> 00:32:54.180
 fail to

00:32:54.180 --> 00:32:54.779
 respond

00:32:54.779 --> 00:32:55.620
 and to

00:32:55.619 --> 00:32:56.819
 hear what

00:32:56.819 --> 00:32:57.439
 God has

00:32:57.439 --> 00:32:57.759
 said.

00:33:00.500 --> 00:33:01.579
 The second

00:33:01.579 --> 00:33:02.279
 weed that

00:33:02.279 --> 00:33:03.059
 Jesus mentions

00:33:03.059 --> 00:33:04.099
 is the

00:33:04.099 --> 00:33:04.679
 deceitfulness

00:33:04.679 --> 00:33:05.339
 of wealth.

00:33:05.679 --> 00:33:06.319
 It's another

00:33:06.319 --> 00:33:07.379
 of those

00:33:07.379 --> 00:33:08.079
 weeds that

00:33:08.079 --> 00:33:09.199
 chokes the

00:33:09.199 --> 00:33:09.879
 word out.

00:33:12.219 --> 00:33:13.519
 The deceitfulness

00:33:13.519 --> 00:33:14.679
 of wealth.

00:33:15.359 --> 00:33:16.079
 If I can

00:33:16.079 --> 00:33:17.219
 just get

00:33:17.219 --> 00:33:19.299
 fill in the

00:33:19.299 --> 00:33:19.619
 blank,

00:33:20.359 --> 00:33:21.299
 then I

00:33:21.299 --> 00:33:21.839
 will be

00:33:21.839 --> 00:33:24.379
 fill in the

00:33:24.379 --> 00:33:24.719
 blank.

00:33:25.619 --> 00:33:29.299
 we strive

00:33:29.299 --> 00:33:29.619
 for,

00:33:29.699 --> 00:33:30.239
 we chase

00:33:30.239 --> 00:33:30.659
 after,

00:33:30.799 --> 00:33:31.079
 and we

00:33:31.079 --> 00:33:31.679
 put our

00:33:31.679 --> 00:33:32.259
 time and

00:33:32.259 --> 00:33:32.719
 attention

00:33:32.719 --> 00:33:33.159
 into

00:33:33.159 --> 00:33:33.819
 researching

00:33:33.819 --> 00:33:34.759
 that

00:33:34.759 --> 00:33:36.839
 upgraded

00:33:36.839 --> 00:33:37.599
 version of

00:33:37.599 --> 00:33:38.259
 that thing

00:33:38.259 --> 00:33:38.639
 that we

00:33:38.639 --> 00:33:38.979
 have.

00:33:39.759 --> 00:33:40.319
 Not because

00:33:40.319 --> 00:33:40.779
 there's anything

00:33:40.779 --> 00:33:41.299
 wrong with

00:33:41.299 --> 00:33:41.500
 this,

00:33:41.579 --> 00:33:42.319
 but maybe

00:33:42.319 --> 00:33:42.819
 one day

00:33:42.819 --> 00:33:43.239
 this thing

00:33:43.239 --> 00:33:43.739
 will break

00:33:43.739 --> 00:33:44.179
 and then I'm

00:33:44.179 --> 00:33:44.539
 going to need

00:33:44.539 --> 00:33:44.939
 to know

00:33:44.939 --> 00:33:45.500
 which one

00:33:45.500 --> 00:33:46.239
 I'm going

00:33:46.239 --> 00:33:46.579
 to buy.

00:33:46.659 --> 00:33:47.019
 We spend

00:33:47.019 --> 00:33:47.459
 all of our

00:33:47.459 --> 00:33:47.859
 time and

00:33:47.859 --> 00:33:48.279
 attention

00:33:48.279 --> 00:33:48.859
 chasing

00:33:48.859 --> 00:33:49.619
 after these

00:33:49.619 --> 00:33:50.179
 things.

00:33:51.159 --> 00:33:51.459
 And Jesus

00:33:51.459 --> 00:33:52.139
 just calls it

00:33:52.139 --> 00:33:52.639
 what it is

00:33:52.640 --> 00:33:53.400
 right off

00:33:53.400 --> 00:33:53.800
 the bat.

00:33:54.060 --> 00:33:54.540
 It's the

00:33:54.540 --> 00:33:55.320
 deceitfulness

00:33:55.320 --> 00:33:56.000
 of wealth.

00:33:56.420 --> 00:33:56.940
 It's a

00:33:56.940 --> 00:33:57.259
 lie.

00:33:58.600 --> 00:33:59.460
 It can't

00:33:59.460 --> 00:34:00.140
 fulfill you.

00:34:01.020 --> 00:34:01.720
 It can't

00:34:01.720 --> 00:34:02.160
 make you

00:34:02.160 --> 00:34:02.740
 happy.

00:34:04.740 --> 00:34:05.320
 It's a

00:34:05.320 --> 00:34:05.900
 mirage.

00:34:07.860 --> 00:34:08.780
 So what if

00:34:08.780 --> 00:34:09.220
 you get the

00:34:09.220 --> 00:34:09.860
 next new

00:34:09.860 --> 00:34:10.599
 thing?

00:34:13.380 --> 00:34:14.059
 Oh, if I

00:34:14.059 --> 00:34:14.400
 could just

00:34:14.400 --> 00:34:14.840
 get that

00:34:14.840 --> 00:34:15.579
 number in

00:34:15.579 --> 00:34:16.940
 my retirement

00:34:16.940 --> 00:34:17.780
 account, if I

00:34:17.780 --> 00:34:18.140
 could just

00:34:18.140 --> 00:34:18.700
 get into

00:34:18.700 --> 00:34:20.320
 this fund,

00:34:20.320 --> 00:34:20.680
 if I

00:34:20.680 --> 00:34:21.200
 could just

00:34:21.200 --> 00:34:23.820
 know that

00:34:23.820 --> 00:34:24.180
 I'll be

00:34:24.180 --> 00:34:25.240
 secure, that

00:34:25.240 --> 00:34:25.600
 things will

00:34:25.600 --> 00:34:25.940
 be going

00:34:25.940 --> 00:34:26.539
 well for

00:34:26.539 --> 00:34:26.780
 me?

00:34:28.740 --> 00:34:29.300
 It's a

00:34:29.300 --> 00:34:29.600
 lie.

00:34:31.019 --> 00:34:31.620
 That's just

00:34:31.620 --> 00:34:32.120
 a weed.

00:34:32.220 --> 00:34:32.620
 It's something

00:34:32.620 --> 00:34:33.039
 that just

00:34:33.039 --> 00:34:33.760
 sucks your

00:34:33.760 --> 00:34:34.380
 time and

00:34:34.380 --> 00:34:34.920
 your energy

00:34:34.920 --> 00:34:35.200
 and your

00:34:35.200 --> 00:34:36.400
 attention and

00:34:36.400 --> 00:34:37.380
 distracts you

00:34:37.380 --> 00:34:38.960
 from really

00:34:38.960 --> 00:34:41.940
 hearing the

00:34:41.940 --> 00:34:42.440
 word of the

00:34:42.440 --> 00:34:43.200
 kingdom, the

00:34:43.200 --> 00:34:43.820
 word of God,

00:34:43.900 --> 00:34:44.360
 from really

00:34:44.360 --> 00:34:45.680
 participating and

00:34:45.680 --> 00:34:47.039
 being involved

00:34:47.039 --> 00:34:48.019
 in the

00:34:48.019 --> 00:34:48.380
 kingdom.

00:34:50.320 --> 00:34:54.360
 there's the

00:34:54.360 --> 00:34:55.000
 hard heart,

00:34:55.760 --> 00:34:56.460
 there's the

00:34:56.460 --> 00:34:56.960
 fair weather

00:34:56.960 --> 00:34:58.340
 heart, there's

00:34:58.340 --> 00:34:59.019
 the distracted

00:34:59.019 --> 00:35:00.660
 heart, and

00:35:00.660 --> 00:35:01.140
 then there's the

00:35:01.140 --> 00:35:02.920
 good soil, says

00:35:02.920 --> 00:35:03.340
 Jesus.

00:35:07.360 --> 00:35:08.580
 The seed falling

00:35:08.580 --> 00:35:09.100
 on the good

00:35:09.100 --> 00:35:10.240
 soil refers to

00:35:10.240 --> 00:35:10.840
 someone who

00:35:10.840 --> 00:35:11.380
 hears the

00:35:11.380 --> 00:35:11.880
 word like

00:35:11.880 --> 00:35:12.620
 everyone else

00:35:12.620 --> 00:35:13.780
 and understands

00:35:13.780 --> 00:35:14.280
 it.

00:35:15.640 --> 00:35:16.680
 They get it.

00:35:17.920 --> 00:35:19.160
 They listen to

00:35:19.160 --> 00:35:19.600
 it, which

00:35:19.599 --> 00:35:20.400
 implies that

00:35:20.400 --> 00:35:21.239
 they respond.

00:35:22.339 --> 00:35:23.339
 They take it

00:35:23.339 --> 00:35:23.880
 seriously.

00:35:24.099 --> 00:35:24.559
 They obey

00:35:24.559 --> 00:35:24.819
 it.

00:35:24.980 --> 00:35:26.860
 They prioritize

00:35:26.860 --> 00:35:28.799
 the word of

00:35:28.799 --> 00:35:29.360
 the kingdom

00:35:29.360 --> 00:35:31.420
 above the

00:35:31.420 --> 00:35:32.139
 concerns of

00:35:32.139 --> 00:35:32.719
 life, the

00:35:32.719 --> 00:35:34.339
 wealth and

00:35:34.339 --> 00:35:35.319
 getting that.

00:35:36.159 --> 00:35:36.940
 They remain

00:35:36.940 --> 00:35:38.500
 loyal to

00:35:38.500 --> 00:35:39.940
 the king and

00:35:39.940 --> 00:35:40.799
 to the

00:35:40.799 --> 00:35:41.159
 kingdom.

00:35:41.159 --> 00:35:42.079
 Even when it

00:35:42.079 --> 00:35:42.819
 gets tough,

00:35:43.079 --> 00:35:44.059
 they persevere.

00:35:44.059 --> 00:35:48.500
 their hearts,

00:35:49.299 --> 00:35:51.599
 I guess a

00:35:51.599 --> 00:35:51.840
 way to

00:35:51.840 --> 00:35:52.460
 describe this

00:35:52.460 --> 00:35:53.019
 would be the

00:35:53.019 --> 00:35:53.820
 soft heart,

00:35:54.460 --> 00:35:55.880
 the heart

00:35:55.880 --> 00:35:56.679
 that is soft

00:35:56.679 --> 00:35:57.779
 towards God

00:35:57.779 --> 00:35:58.539
 and towards

00:35:58.539 --> 00:35:59.599
 what he has

00:35:59.599 --> 00:35:59.940
 said.

00:36:01.420 --> 00:36:02.139
 Not the

00:36:02.139 --> 00:36:02.659
 good heart.

00:36:03.460 --> 00:36:04.199
 The Bible

00:36:04.199 --> 00:36:04.659
 is clear,

00:36:04.799 --> 00:36:05.259
 Jesus is

00:36:05.259 --> 00:36:05.500
 clear.

00:36:05.619 --> 00:36:05.940
 We don't

00:36:05.940 --> 00:36:06.420
 have good

00:36:06.420 --> 00:36:06.779
 hearts,

00:36:06.860 --> 00:36:07.219
 that's why

00:36:07.219 --> 00:36:07.639
 we need

00:36:07.639 --> 00:36:07.860
 him.

00:36:08.799 --> 00:36:09.420
 Our hearts

00:36:09.420 --> 00:36:10.059
 are evil.

00:36:14.059 --> 00:36:14.800
 But the

00:36:14.800 --> 00:36:15.420
 soft heart,

00:36:16.220 --> 00:36:17.400
 the heart

00:36:17.400 --> 00:36:18.000
 that humbly

00:36:18.000 --> 00:36:18.559
 comes to

00:36:18.559 --> 00:36:19.000
 God and

00:36:19.000 --> 00:36:19.320
 says,

00:36:19.320 --> 00:36:22.420
 I value

00:36:22.420 --> 00:36:23.320
 what you

00:36:23.320 --> 00:36:23.960
 have said

00:36:23.960 --> 00:36:24.539
 and I

00:36:24.539 --> 00:36:25.100
 don't

00:36:25.100 --> 00:36:25.860
 understand it.

00:36:26.000 --> 00:36:26.480
 Help me

00:36:26.480 --> 00:36:27.400
 understand it.

00:36:29.120 --> 00:36:29.920
 That's the

00:36:29.920 --> 00:36:30.440
 good soil.

00:36:31.519 --> 00:36:32.080
 The word

00:36:32.080 --> 00:36:33.059
 gets into

00:36:33.059 --> 00:36:34.200
 there and

00:36:34.200 --> 00:36:34.900
 it produces

00:36:34.900 --> 00:36:36.080
 a crop.

00:36:37.420 --> 00:36:37.780
 And there

00:36:37.780 --> 00:36:38.700
 are varying

00:36:38.700 --> 00:36:39.220
 yields.

00:36:40.519 --> 00:36:41.240
 Sometimes it's

00:36:41.240 --> 00:36:41.940
 an amazing

00:36:41.940 --> 00:36:42.600
 yield.

00:36:42.860 --> 00:36:43.160
 A hundred

00:36:43.160 --> 00:36:43.760
 times what

00:36:43.760 --> 00:36:44.220
 was sown.

00:36:46.000 --> 00:36:46.600
 Sometimes it's

00:36:46.600 --> 00:36:47.240
 a really,

00:36:47.420 --> 00:36:48.180
 really good

00:36:48.180 --> 00:36:48.720
 yield.

00:36:48.900 --> 00:36:49.240
 Sixty

00:36:49.239 --> 00:36:49.719
 times what

00:36:49.719 --> 00:36:50.059
 was sown.

00:36:50.139 --> 00:36:50.479
 And sometimes

00:36:50.479 --> 00:36:51.039
 it's just a

00:36:51.039 --> 00:36:51.539
 good yield.

00:36:52.059 --> 00:36:52.399
 Thirty

00:36:52.399 --> 00:36:53.039
 times what

00:36:53.039 --> 00:36:53.500
 was sown.

00:36:55.779 --> 00:36:56.359
 And I

00:36:56.359 --> 00:36:56.739
 think some

00:36:56.739 --> 00:36:56.939
 of the

00:36:56.939 --> 00:36:57.500
 implication

00:36:57.500 --> 00:36:58.119
 there is

00:36:58.119 --> 00:37:00.459
 the better

00:37:00.459 --> 00:37:01.079
 the soil,

00:37:01.739 --> 00:37:02.259
 the better

00:37:02.259 --> 00:37:02.779
 the yield.

00:37:04.379 --> 00:37:05.239
 The softer

00:37:05.239 --> 00:37:05.879
 your heart

00:37:05.879 --> 00:37:07.979
 before God,

00:37:08.559 --> 00:37:09.139
 the more

00:37:09.139 --> 00:37:09.739
 humbly you

00:37:09.739 --> 00:37:10.219
 come to

00:37:10.219 --> 00:37:11.159
 him and

00:37:11.159 --> 00:37:12.619
 listen and

00:37:12.619 --> 00:37:13.759
 seek and

00:37:13.759 --> 00:37:14.500
 cry out for

00:37:14.500 --> 00:37:15.259
 understanding.

00:37:15.839 --> 00:37:16.699
 As Solomon

00:37:16.699 --> 00:37:17.359
 said in

00:37:17.359 --> 00:37:18.359
 Proverbs,

00:37:18.360 --> 00:37:20.700
 he will

00:37:20.700 --> 00:37:21.820
 speak to

00:37:21.820 --> 00:37:22.079
 you.

00:37:22.220 --> 00:37:22.519
 He will

00:37:22.519 --> 00:37:23.440
 reveal to

00:37:23.440 --> 00:37:23.820
 you.

00:37:24.099 --> 00:37:24.620
 He will

00:37:24.620 --> 00:37:25.360
 help you

00:37:25.360 --> 00:37:27.059
 to understand.

00:37:28.160 --> 00:37:28.760
 You will

00:37:28.760 --> 00:37:29.220
 get it.

00:37:29.700 --> 00:37:30.019
 He will

00:37:30.019 --> 00:37:30.420
 make you

00:37:30.420 --> 00:37:30.940
 wise.

00:37:30.940 --> 00:37:31.140
 He will

00:37:31.140 --> 00:37:31.340
 make you

00:37:31.340 --> 00:37:31.620
 wise.

00:37:40.099 --> 00:37:40.840
 So where

00:37:40.840 --> 00:37:41.300
 do we go

00:37:41.300 --> 00:37:42.180
 with this?

00:37:42.179 --> 00:37:44.719
 I think

00:37:44.719 --> 00:37:45.059
 there's a

00:37:45.059 --> 00:37:45.679
 warning here.

00:37:46.879 --> 00:37:47.480
 You've got

00:37:47.480 --> 00:37:48.059
 three different

00:37:48.059 --> 00:37:49.679
 soils and

00:37:49.679 --> 00:37:50.119
 all of them

00:37:50.119 --> 00:37:51.239
 zero yield

00:37:51.239 --> 00:37:52.859
 and only

00:37:52.859 --> 00:37:54.960
 one where

00:37:54.960 --> 00:37:55.500
 a harvest

00:37:55.500 --> 00:37:57.159
 comes,

00:37:57.519 --> 00:37:58.319
 where there

00:37:58.319 --> 00:37:59.159
 is some

00:37:59.159 --> 00:37:59.559
 yield.

00:38:01.139 --> 00:38:01.859
 There's a bit

00:38:01.859 --> 00:38:02.299
 of a warning

00:38:02.299 --> 00:38:02.639
 there.

00:38:05.559 --> 00:38:06.599
 In the past,

00:38:06.859 --> 00:38:07.379
 we've been

00:38:07.379 --> 00:38:08.059
 quick to take

00:38:08.059 --> 00:38:08.579
 this parable

00:38:08.579 --> 00:38:08.899
 and say,

00:38:09.019 --> 00:38:09.079
 well,

00:38:09.139 --> 00:38:09.619
 this is all

00:38:09.619 --> 00:38:10.639
 about evangelism.

00:38:10.639 --> 00:38:11.920
 this is all

00:38:11.920 --> 00:38:13.139
 about how

00:38:13.139 --> 00:38:13.960
 can we expect

00:38:13.960 --> 00:38:14.599
 people to

00:38:14.599 --> 00:38:15.279
 respond to

00:38:15.279 --> 00:38:15.779
 the message

00:38:15.779 --> 00:38:16.179
 when we

00:38:16.179 --> 00:38:16.619
 share it

00:38:16.619 --> 00:38:16.960
 with them

00:38:16.960 --> 00:38:18.039
 and absolutely

00:38:18.039 --> 00:38:18.819
 it is.

00:38:19.379 --> 00:38:20.000
 I think

00:38:20.000 --> 00:38:20.619
 that's part

00:38:20.619 --> 00:38:20.940
 of why

00:38:20.940 --> 00:38:21.659
 Jesus gave

00:38:21.659 --> 00:38:23.199
 it to us,

00:38:23.339 --> 00:38:23.639
 to his

00:38:23.639 --> 00:38:24.079
 disciples.

00:38:25.719 --> 00:38:26.359
 But I

00:38:26.359 --> 00:38:26.659
 think that

00:38:26.659 --> 00:38:27.079
 the first

00:38:27.079 --> 00:38:27.699
 place that

00:38:27.699 --> 00:38:28.539
 Jesus wants

00:38:28.539 --> 00:38:29.139
 us to go

00:38:29.139 --> 00:38:29.599
 with this

00:38:29.599 --> 00:38:30.579
 parable is

00:38:30.579 --> 00:38:31.079
 to ask

00:38:31.079 --> 00:38:31.779
 the question,

00:38:32.659 --> 00:38:33.839
 which soil

00:38:33.839 --> 00:38:34.299
 am I?

00:38:34.300 --> 00:38:37.200
 what kind

00:38:37.200 --> 00:38:37.660
 of soil

00:38:37.660 --> 00:38:38.180
 is my

00:38:38.180 --> 00:38:38.539
 heart

00:38:38.539 --> 00:38:40.320
 today?

00:38:43.700 --> 00:38:44.480
 Is there

00:38:44.480 --> 00:38:45.080
 some hardness

00:38:45.080 --> 00:38:45.620
 there

00:38:45.620 --> 00:38:48.160
 towards God?

00:38:49.940 --> 00:38:50.860
 Is there

00:38:50.860 --> 00:38:52.700
 some rocks

00:38:52.700 --> 00:38:53.560
 beneath the

00:38:53.560 --> 00:38:54.019
 surface?

00:38:54.019 --> 00:38:54.159
 weeds?

00:38:57.659 --> 00:38:58.440
 Are there

00:38:58.440 --> 00:38:59.579
 some weeds?

00:39:00.219 --> 00:39:00.880
 Some things

00:39:00.880 --> 00:39:01.159
 that are

00:39:01.159 --> 00:39:02.860
 distracting me

00:39:02.860 --> 00:39:03.259
 and I

00:39:03.259 --> 00:39:03.820
 know it,

00:39:04.019 --> 00:39:06.239
 but I

00:39:06.239 --> 00:39:06.619
 haven't done

00:39:06.619 --> 00:39:07.280
 anything about

00:39:07.280 --> 00:39:07.679
 it yet.

00:39:11.440 --> 00:39:12.239
 What kind

00:39:12.239 --> 00:39:12.699
 of soil

00:39:12.699 --> 00:39:13.500
 is your

00:39:13.500 --> 00:39:13.980
 heart

00:39:13.980 --> 00:39:15.000
 today?

00:39:17.539 --> 00:39:18.340
 What kind

00:39:18.340 --> 00:39:18.759
 of harvest

00:39:18.759 --> 00:39:19.139
 do you want

00:39:19.139 --> 00:39:19.599
 to have

00:39:19.599 --> 00:39:20.219
 from your

00:39:20.219 --> 00:39:20.599
 life?

00:39:20.599 --> 00:39:22.679
 as you

00:39:22.679 --> 00:39:22.980
 think of

00:39:22.980 --> 00:39:23.579
 your life,

00:39:23.719 --> 00:39:24.400
 you standing

00:39:24.400 --> 00:39:25.339
 before God

00:39:25.339 --> 00:39:26.480
 when the

00:39:26.480 --> 00:39:27.839
 king returns

00:39:27.839 --> 00:39:28.719
 to bring

00:39:28.719 --> 00:39:29.380
 his kingdom,

00:39:30.380 --> 00:39:31.679
 what kind

00:39:31.679 --> 00:39:32.139
 of yield

00:39:32.139 --> 00:39:32.539
 do you

00:39:32.539 --> 00:39:32.799
 want to

00:39:32.799 --> 00:39:33.179
 have?

00:39:35.099 --> 00:39:35.860
 It all

00:39:35.860 --> 00:39:36.519
 comes down

00:39:36.519 --> 00:39:37.460
 to here,

00:39:38.119 --> 00:39:38.659
 to your

00:39:38.659 --> 00:39:38.980
 heart.

00:39:41.639 --> 00:39:42.380
 You could

00:39:42.380 --> 00:39:42.839
 be somebody

00:39:42.839 --> 00:39:43.279
 who comes

00:39:43.279 --> 00:39:43.699
 to church

00:39:43.699 --> 00:39:44.619
 every Sunday

00:39:44.619 --> 00:39:46.159
 without fail

00:39:46.159 --> 00:39:47.219
 and hears

00:39:47.219 --> 00:39:49.019
 somebody

00:39:49.019 --> 00:39:49.480
 preaching

00:39:49.480 --> 00:39:49.960
 from the

00:39:49.960 --> 00:39:50.339
 Bible.

00:39:50.599 --> 00:39:53.400
 but whether

00:39:53.400 --> 00:39:55.619
 you hear

00:39:55.619 --> 00:39:57.360
 and understand

00:39:57.360 --> 00:39:57.980
 or whether

00:39:57.980 --> 00:39:59.420
 you just

00:39:59.420 --> 00:40:01.119
 hear and

00:40:01.119 --> 00:40:01.519
 it doesn't

00:40:01.519 --> 00:40:02.119
 make a

00:40:02.119 --> 00:40:02.420
 dent,

00:40:03.519 --> 00:40:05.500
 that comes

00:40:05.500 --> 00:40:05.920
 down to

00:40:05.920 --> 00:40:06.400
 your heart.

00:40:07.339 --> 00:40:07.860
 You could

00:40:07.860 --> 00:40:08.239
 be someone

00:40:08.239 --> 00:40:08.779
 who opens

00:40:08.779 --> 00:40:09.279
 your Bible

00:40:09.279 --> 00:40:10.079
 every day

00:40:10.079 --> 00:40:10.900
 and reads

00:40:10.900 --> 00:40:11.199
 a little

00:40:11.199 --> 00:40:11.460
 bit,

00:40:12.019 --> 00:40:14.239
 but whether

00:40:14.239 --> 00:40:14.719
 or not

00:40:14.719 --> 00:40:16.460
 this has

00:40:16.460 --> 00:40:17.199
 an impact

00:40:17.199 --> 00:40:17.880
 on you

00:40:17.880 --> 00:40:18.839
 comes down

00:40:18.839 --> 00:40:19.159
 to your

00:40:19.159 --> 00:40:19.500
 heart.

00:40:20.599 --> 00:40:22.319
 is it

00:40:22.319 --> 00:40:22.759
 soft?

00:40:22.860 --> 00:40:23.099
 Is it

00:40:23.099 --> 00:40:23.440
 humble

00:40:23.440 --> 00:40:24.219
 before the

00:40:24.219 --> 00:40:24.519
 Lord

00:40:24.519 --> 00:40:26.839
 to hear

00:40:26.839 --> 00:40:27.199
 what he

00:40:27.199 --> 00:40:27.819
 has said?

00:40:28.819 --> 00:40:29.980
 The Pharisees,

00:40:30.019 --> 00:40:30.500
 they had the

00:40:30.500 --> 00:40:31.259
 whole Old Testament

00:40:31.259 --> 00:40:32.119
 memorized and

00:40:32.119 --> 00:40:32.699
 Jesus says,

00:40:32.819 --> 00:40:33.420
 you know the

00:40:33.420 --> 00:40:33.839
 scriptures,

00:40:34.779 --> 00:40:37.119
 but you've

00:40:37.119 --> 00:40:37.619
 missed the

00:40:37.619 --> 00:40:38.339
 whole thing.

00:40:38.340 --> 00:40:40.340
 you've missed

00:40:40.340 --> 00:40:41.079
 it completely.

00:40:41.079 --> 00:40:42.960
 There is

00:40:42.960 --> 00:40:43.680
 that danger.

00:40:44.579 --> 00:40:45.420
 There is a

00:40:45.420 --> 00:40:45.740
 warning,

00:40:46.059 --> 00:40:47.039
 but I think

00:40:47.039 --> 00:40:47.539
 there's also

00:40:47.539 --> 00:40:48.260
 an invitation.

00:40:48.260 --> 00:40:56.840
 I think Jesus

00:40:56.840 --> 00:40:57.860
 intends for us

00:40:57.860 --> 00:40:58.740
 as we hear

00:40:58.740 --> 00:41:00.320
 this parable

00:41:00.320 --> 00:41:00.680
 of the

00:41:00.680 --> 00:41:01.140
 soils

00:41:01.140 --> 00:41:03.080
 to do

00:41:03.080 --> 00:41:03.500
 a soil

00:41:03.500 --> 00:41:04.000
 test,

00:41:04.780 --> 00:41:07.120
 to open

00:41:07.120 --> 00:41:07.600
 our hearts

00:41:07.600 --> 00:41:08.080
 to him

00:41:08.080 --> 00:41:08.500
 and say,

00:41:08.640 --> 00:41:09.140
 where am I

00:41:09.140 --> 00:41:09.460
 at?

00:41:09.460 --> 00:41:11.960
 And to take

00:41:11.960 --> 00:41:12.260
 that,

00:41:12.440 --> 00:41:13.420
 to admit

00:41:13.420 --> 00:41:14.400
 and acknowledge,

00:41:14.640 --> 00:41:14.840
 Lord,

00:41:15.020 --> 00:41:15.740
 this is where

00:41:15.739 --> 00:41:16.299
 I'm at.

00:41:21.259 --> 00:41:22.019
 I don't

00:41:22.019 --> 00:41:22.599
 think Jesus

00:41:22.599 --> 00:41:23.139
 gave this

00:41:23.139 --> 00:41:23.639
 parable to

00:41:23.639 --> 00:41:24.319
 just tell us

00:41:24.319 --> 00:41:24.539
 that,

00:41:24.879 --> 00:41:25.379
 well,

00:41:25.599 --> 00:41:26.519
 there's four

00:41:26.519 --> 00:41:27.079
 different kinds

00:41:27.079 --> 00:41:27.519
 of people.

00:41:27.679 --> 00:41:28.199
 Some of them

00:41:28.199 --> 00:41:28.639
 are doomed

00:41:28.639 --> 00:41:29.619
 and some of

00:41:29.619 --> 00:41:30.159
 them are good

00:41:30.159 --> 00:41:30.819
 soil.

00:41:31.139 --> 00:41:31.579
 And those

00:41:31.579 --> 00:41:31.959
 will be the

00:41:31.959 --> 00:41:32.359
 ones that

00:41:32.359 --> 00:41:32.459
 will,

00:41:34.539 --> 00:41:35.000
 I think

00:41:35.000 --> 00:41:36.459
 what he

00:41:36.459 --> 00:41:37.019
 wants is

00:41:37.019 --> 00:41:37.619
 for us

00:41:37.619 --> 00:41:38.339
 to respond,

00:41:38.539 --> 00:41:39.139
 to look

00:41:39.139 --> 00:41:39.639
 at our

00:41:39.639 --> 00:41:40.079
 lives,

00:41:40.179 --> 00:41:40.639
 our hearts,

00:41:40.699 --> 00:41:41.199
 in light

00:41:41.199 --> 00:41:41.639
 of this

00:41:41.639 --> 00:41:42.079
 parable.

00:41:42.419 --> 00:41:42.739
 Which

00:41:42.739 --> 00:41:43.639
 soil am I?

00:41:43.639 --> 00:41:45.719
 And we're

00:41:45.719 --> 00:41:46.099
 all going

00:41:46.099 --> 00:41:46.779
 to realize,

00:41:46.980 --> 00:41:48.019
 myself included,

00:41:48.579 --> 00:41:49.379
 that there's

00:41:49.379 --> 00:41:49.759
 weeds,

00:41:50.619 --> 00:41:51.859
 that there's

00:41:51.859 --> 00:41:52.440
 hardness,

00:41:53.279 --> 00:41:54.000
 that there's

00:41:54.000 --> 00:41:56.099
 rocky rocks

00:41:56.099 --> 00:41:56.739
 beneath the

00:41:56.739 --> 00:41:57.179
 surface,

00:41:57.319 --> 00:41:58.059
 preventing the

00:41:58.059 --> 00:41:58.559
 roots from

00:41:58.559 --> 00:41:59.259
 growing deep.

00:42:01.099 --> 00:42:02.159
 And once we

00:42:02.159 --> 00:42:03.039
 come to own

00:42:03.039 --> 00:42:03.480
 that and

00:42:03.480 --> 00:42:04.199
 admit that

00:42:04.199 --> 00:42:05.039
 to God,

00:42:05.799 --> 00:42:07.359
 the good

00:42:07.359 --> 00:42:07.779
 news is

00:42:07.779 --> 00:42:08.119
 this,

00:42:09.000 --> 00:42:10.319
 God can

00:42:10.319 --> 00:42:11.420
 change the

00:42:11.420 --> 00:42:12.059
 human heart.

00:42:13.639 --> 00:42:14.199
 this whole

00:42:14.199 --> 00:42:15.000
 book is

00:42:15.000 --> 00:42:15.639
 full of

00:42:15.639 --> 00:42:17.059
 examples of

00:42:17.059 --> 00:42:18.219
 God changing

00:42:18.219 --> 00:42:18.980
 people's hearts.

00:42:19.059 --> 00:42:19.539
 We read about

00:42:19.539 --> 00:42:20.000
 one of them

00:42:20.000 --> 00:42:20.579
 this morning.

00:42:24.480 --> 00:42:25.259
 I love

00:42:25.259 --> 00:42:26.579
 what God

00:42:26.579 --> 00:42:27.699
 says through

00:42:27.699 --> 00:42:28.440
 Ezekiel,

00:42:28.500 --> 00:42:28.960
 the prophet.

00:42:33.900 --> 00:42:34.579
 I will

00:42:34.579 --> 00:42:35.179
 give you,

00:42:35.299 --> 00:42:36.019
 this is to

00:42:36.019 --> 00:42:36.579
 his people,

00:42:36.839 --> 00:42:37.179
 I will

00:42:37.179 --> 00:42:37.719
 give you

00:42:37.719 --> 00:42:38.400
 a new

00:42:38.400 --> 00:42:39.639
 heart and

00:42:39.639 --> 00:42:40.259
 put a new

00:42:40.259 --> 00:42:41.059
 spirit in

00:42:41.059 --> 00:42:41.219
 you.

00:42:41.319 --> 00:42:41.559
 I will

00:42:41.559 --> 00:42:42.299
 remove from

00:42:42.299 --> 00:42:42.739
 you your

00:42:42.739 --> 00:42:43.159
 heart of

00:42:43.159 --> 00:42:43.559
 stone,

00:42:43.639 --> 00:42:44.659
 and give

00:42:44.659 --> 00:42:45.420
 you a

00:42:45.420 --> 00:42:45.819
 heart of

00:42:45.819 --> 00:42:46.219
 flesh.

00:42:47.420 --> 00:42:48.239
 So don't

00:42:48.239 --> 00:42:49.000
 be afraid to

00:42:49.000 --> 00:42:49.420
 admit to

00:42:49.420 --> 00:42:49.839
 the Lord

00:42:49.839 --> 00:42:50.659
 where you're

00:42:50.659 --> 00:42:51.319
 truly at

00:42:51.319 --> 00:42:53.579
 today and

00:42:53.579 --> 00:42:54.179
 call out to

00:42:54.179 --> 00:42:54.779
 him and ask

00:42:54.779 --> 00:42:55.679
 him to

00:42:55.679 --> 00:42:56.259
 change,

00:42:56.759 --> 00:42:57.420
 to break

00:42:57.420 --> 00:42:58.199
 up the

00:42:58.199 --> 00:42:59.460
 rocks that

00:42:59.460 --> 00:42:59.859
 are beneath

00:42:59.859 --> 00:43:00.619
 the surface,

00:43:01.059 --> 00:43:05.079
 to bring

00:43:05.079 --> 00:43:06.639
 the herbicide

00:43:06.639 --> 00:43:07.719
 of heaven to

00:43:07.719 --> 00:43:08.440
 bear on those

00:43:08.440 --> 00:43:09.579
 weeds and

00:43:09.579 --> 00:43:10.059
 knock them

00:43:10.059 --> 00:43:10.379
 out.

00:43:10.380 --> 00:43:11.940
 because at

00:43:11.940 --> 00:43:12.200
 the end of

00:43:12.200 --> 00:43:12.480
 the day,

00:43:12.559 --> 00:43:12.680
 we're

00:43:12.680 --> 00:43:13.380
 powerless to

00:43:13.380 --> 00:43:13.780
 change

00:43:13.780 --> 00:43:14.860
 ourselves,

00:43:15.360 --> 00:43:15.760
 our own

00:43:15.760 --> 00:43:16.220
 hearts.

00:43:17.440 --> 00:43:17.800
 Some of

00:43:17.800 --> 00:43:19.000
 those weeds

00:43:19.000 --> 00:43:19.800
 have very

00:43:19.800 --> 00:43:20.500
 deep roots,

00:43:21.160 --> 00:43:22.240
 but the

00:43:22.240 --> 00:43:22.619
 Lord can

00:43:22.619 --> 00:43:23.220
 take care of

00:43:23.220 --> 00:43:23.760
 all of that

00:43:23.760 --> 00:43:25.619
 and make

00:43:25.619 --> 00:43:26.000
 us good

00:43:26.000 --> 00:43:26.380
 soil.

00:43:28.160 --> 00:43:29.079
 He who

00:43:29.079 --> 00:43:29.760
 has ears,

00:43:30.760 --> 00:43:31.300
 let him

00:43:31.300 --> 00:43:31.519
 hear.

00:43:31.519 --> 00:43:31.940
 Let's

00:43:31.940 --> 00:43:34.280
 pray.

00:43:34.280 --> 00:43:41.700
 Father in

00:43:41.700 --> 00:43:41.920
 heaven,

00:43:42.380 --> 00:43:42.900
 thank you

00:43:42.900 --> 00:43:43.460
 for these

00:43:43.460 --> 00:43:43.960
 words.

00:43:45.200 --> 00:43:45.780
 Don't let

00:43:45.780 --> 00:43:46.160
 us hear

00:43:46.160 --> 00:43:47.340
 them this

00:43:47.340 --> 00:43:48.800
 morning and

00:43:48.800 --> 00:43:49.940
 do nothing

00:43:49.940 --> 00:43:50.760
 with them and

00:43:50.760 --> 00:43:51.300
 let them just

00:43:51.300 --> 00:43:52.220
 sit on the

00:43:52.220 --> 00:43:54.260
 surface until

00:43:54.260 --> 00:43:55.060
 the devil comes

00:43:55.060 --> 00:43:55.780
 and snatches

00:43:55.780 --> 00:43:56.220
 them away.

00:43:56.580 --> 00:43:57.080
 Don't let

00:43:57.080 --> 00:43:57.680
 that be the

00:43:57.680 --> 00:43:58.820
 case for us

00:43:58.820 --> 00:43:59.140
 today,

00:43:59.260 --> 00:43:59.460
 Lord.

00:43:59.900 --> 00:44:00.500
 Convict us

00:44:00.500 --> 00:44:00.940
 by your

00:44:00.940 --> 00:44:03.000
 spirit and

00:44:03.000 --> 00:44:03.480
 bring us to

00:44:03.480 --> 00:44:04.019
 that place

00:44:04.019 --> 00:44:04.380
 where we

00:44:04.380 --> 00:44:05.000
 respond,

00:44:05.659 --> 00:44:06.219
 where we

00:44:06.219 --> 00:44:07.800
 truly hear.

00:44:09.400 --> 00:44:10.139
 We ask

00:44:10.139 --> 00:44:10.460
 this in

00:44:10.460 --> 00:44:10.860
 Christ's

00:44:10.860 --> 00:44:11.039
 name.

00:44:12.079 --> 00:44:12.360
 Amen.