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 Well, if you'd open up your Bibles to Matthew chapter 13, as you're turning there, I think

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 it's very important for you to know that last Sunday in our sermon, I launched a new men's

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 cologne.

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 I'm not sure if you remember that.

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 It's called Weekend Warrior.

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 It's a cologne made by men and for men.

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 It's one-third chainsaw exhaust extract, one-third wood chip extract, and one-third male sweat.

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 Call it musk.

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 Well, after the service last week, I went downstairs to the fellowship hall and I was sitting next

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 to two sisters in Christ and they had their own fragrance they wanted to launch.

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 And it was not a perfume.

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 It's a disinfectant called Be Gone Weekend Warrior.

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 A disinfectant made by women for men.

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 Last week, I sought to prime the pump of your heart to receive the parables of the kingdom

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 of heaven from Matthew chapter 13.

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 There are eight parables in Matthew 13 and they're all structured in a very special way.

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 It's like an arrow.

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 And so the first four parables, it's like the 45 degree angle down in the front of an arrow

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 and the last four parables are a 45 degree angle up in an arrow and they're all pointing

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 to the same thing in 34 through 43 and that's Jesus.

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 All the parables are about Jesus and specifically how we are to respond to Him.

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 And so this morning, we're going to be looking at the first parable, the parable of the sower or the parable of the soils.

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 And what we're going to do is we're going to look at the three sections that Matthew lays out for us.

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 There's the parable of the soils itself in verses 3 through 9.

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 And then there's the explanation for why Jesus speaks in parables in verses 10 through 17.

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 And then in verses 18 through 23, Jesus comes all the way back and explains for us what the parable of the sower means.

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 And just to let you know, that's a bit unusual.

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 When you have Jesus explaining one of His own parables, it's like gold.

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 It's awesome.

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 And He has something to say to all of us today.

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 I just want to remind you of a couple of other things.

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 A parable is a teaching tool in which Jesus will paint a very vivid picture of an everyday experience.

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 And this morning, it's going to be farming, sowing.

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 And He's painting that picture in order to make a spiritual point.

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 To reveal the truth of the kingdom of heaven.

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 And it calls for a response.

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 And so, the response begins now.

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 Here's what I'd like you to start thinking about.

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 As we make our way through the parable of the soils,

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 would you start asking yourself this question?

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 Which soil best characterizes my heart?

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 That's where I want you to start in right now.

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 Be asking that question as we walk through this passage.

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 And so, let's look now at the parable of the soils.

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 In verses 3 through 9, Jesus actually speaks the parable.

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 Read with me.

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 Let's start in verse 1.

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 That same day, Jesus went out of the house and sat beside the sea.

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 And great crowds gathered about Him so that He got into a boat and sat down.

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 And the whole crowd stood on the beach.

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 And He told them many things in parable, saying,

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 A sower went out to sow.

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 And as He sowed, some seeds fell along the path.

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 And the birds came and devoured them.

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 Other seeds fell on rocky ground where they did not have much soil.

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 And immediately they sprang up, since they had no depth of soil.

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 But when the sun rose, they were scorched.

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 And since they had no root, they withered away.

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 Other seeds fell among thorns.

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 And the thorns grew up and choked them.

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 Other seeds fell on good soil and produced grain.

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 Some a hundred fold.

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 Some sixty.

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 Some thirty.

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 He who has ears, let him hear.

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 So here's the background.

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 Jesus shows up on this beach on the Sea of Galilee.

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 And He takes a seat, which was the normal way rabbis would teach in that day.

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 But what happens is a huge throng of people come.

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 And He's out of space.

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 So He takes a step back.

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 He gets into this thirty-foot Galilean kind of fishing boat.

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 And the crowds kind of throng in.

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 And they're all standing on the beach.

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 So what you have here is a natural amphitheater.

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 And so Jesus starts to speak to them in parables.

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 And in verses three and four, He starts with this sower.

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 Now, if you don't know what a sower is, a sower is basically a farmer.

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 And everybody on the beach on that moment would know what Jesus is talking about.

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 Because either they were a sower themselves, they were a farmer.

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 Or they sowed kind of part-time, they were a farmer part-time.

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 Or they knew someone who was a farmer.

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 And so here's Jesus the carpenter in a fishing boat talking about kind of farming.

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 And everybody got it.

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 He is pointing, painting a picture of an everyday experience to make a spiritual point.

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 To bring some things out about the kingdom of heaven.

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 And so, what is this sower doing?

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 In verse four, we see that this sower is sowing his seed.

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 And back in the day, what would happen is a farmer, a sower, would have a basket with all the same seed in the basket.

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 And he would walk out on his plot.

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 And he would take the seed.

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 And he would scatter it in a very controlled manner.

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 And so he would scatter the seed all along his plot.

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 And you can imagine that seed, though falling on good soil, would fall on all other kinds of soils as well.

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 And that's where Jesus wants to draw our focus.

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 He wants us to show us four different kinds of soils.

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 And so let's look at verse number four.

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 We read, and as he sowed, some seeds fell along the path.

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 Now, the path would be a compacted soil.

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 Paths would be all around these farmer plots, even through them.

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 And so this is where people walked.

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 You had to get to the quick and save of the day.

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 You took a path.

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 You walked.

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 And so it would be the equivalent of if you're driving out 50 and you're driving by one of those big cornfields.

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 You know those side paths that the farmers drive their heavy equipment on?

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 You can't grow anything on those because it's compacted.

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 It's hard soil.

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 It's the soil of the path.

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 And what Jesus brings out is not only is it hard, it doesn't produce anything.

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 The seed falls on it, and you see what happens?

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 Birds of the air come and devour it.

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 It doesn't yield anything.

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 It doesn't produce anything.

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 That's the first soil condition.

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 It's the compacted soil.

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 Now look at verse 5.

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 This is the second soil.

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 Other seeds fell on rocky ground.

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 Now, when you hear rocky ground, I'm not in your brain, so I can't see what your brain is thinking right now.

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 But I'm guessing you're thinking, okay, there's a lot of big rocks on the ground.

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 Or there's this soil mixed with these little kind of small rocks.

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 That's not what Jesus is talking about.

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 That's not what Jesus is talking about.

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 In Galilee right now, there is this limestone bedrock that oftentimes lies within about an inch or a half inch underneath the soil.

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 So there's this very thin veneer of soil over this limestone bedrock.

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 So it's a concealed bedrock soil, if that makes any sense.

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 And so what you can imagine as a result of that is it's very shallow soil.

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 And so if you read for the rest on verse 5, other seeds fell on rocky ground where they did not have much soil.

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 And immediately they sprang up since they had no depth of soil.

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 But when the sun rose, they were scorched.

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 And since they had no root, they withered away.

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 And so here the seed is received in very thin soil.

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 And the result is a quick growth only to be withered and scorched by the rising sun.

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 So let me ask you, what's the yield?

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 There's no yield.

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 It doesn't produce anything.

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 Let's go on to the next soil.

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 Soil condition number 3.

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 We see that in verse 7.

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 Other seeds fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up and choked them.

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 So this is the soil of competing growths.

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 And so apparently, the sower sows the seed.

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 It falls into some good soil.

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 It's received.

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 It even starts to grow.

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 But alongside of it is growing some thorns.

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 Now, I don't know about you, but we had a house where we had a raspberry patch.

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 You know those crazy thorns?

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 There's no way you can plant anything.

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 You need napalm to get rid of raspberry bushes.

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 There's no growing anything.

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 And so what Jesus is pointing to here is this, oh yeah, the seed fell on pretty good soil, but as it started growing up, it got choked out by other things growing in the same soil.

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 What's the yield?

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 There's no yield.

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 It doesn't produce anything.

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 It has a little growth, but it gets choked out.

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 Now look at verse 8.

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 The fourth soil.

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 The quote unquote good soil.

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 The choice soil.

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 Other seeds fell on good soil and produced grain.

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 Some 100 fold, some 60, some 30.

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 So this choice soil is the soil that the seed grows in.

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 And it grows and produces a yield.

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 So this soil must not have been compacted.

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 Somehow it was loosened up.

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 Somehow this soil wasn't a shallow soil.

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 That there wasn't any bedrock underneath.

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 There was depth to the soil.

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 There was room for rooting.

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 And this soil must have been cleared.

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 Because there's no thorns to be found.

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 This is prepared soil.

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 This is soil that had been readied.

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 This is soil that was waiting for the seed.

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 This is the soil that produces.

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 Produces a yield.

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 The first three soils, the compacted soil, right?

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 The just under the surface soil,

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 that bedrock soil,

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 and then that weedy soil,

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 they didn't produce anything.

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 But the good soil,

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 it produces a yield.

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 100 fold, which was an amazing yield.

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 60 fold, which is a pretty good yield.

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 30 years, it was like,

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 yeah, that's okay.

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 But the point is,

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 it all yields.

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 So, we have four different soils,

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 but we have two different yields.

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 One produces grain in much abundance.

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 The other three don't produce anything.

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 Look at verse 9.

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 After speaking this parable to the crowds,

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 Jesus says something very interesting.

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 He says,

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 He who has ears,

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 let him hear.

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 Is he doing a mic check?

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 Hey, can you guys hear me out there?

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 He's not doing a mic check.

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 He's saying something much different.

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 He's saying,

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 if you can understand

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 what I'm saying

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 about the kingdom right now,

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 take it to heart.

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 Receive it.

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 And so what Jesus is doing here,

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 He's calling for a response.

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 And He seems to be very subtly

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 making a distinction.

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 Apparently, in Jesus' minds,

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 there are people who have ears

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 but can't hear.

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 And there are people

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 who have a different set of ears

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 that can hear.

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 And we're left asking the question,

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 well, what accounts for the difference?

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 Why can some people hear

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 but not hear

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 and produce nothing

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 where there's other people

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 who hear, receive,

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 and they produce a yield?

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 What accounts for the difference?

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 Well, that's where Jesus goes next.

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 So we've looked at the parables

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 themselves, 3 through 9.

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 Now we're going to look

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 at the next passage,

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 part of this passage,

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 10 through 17.

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 Read it with me.

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 Then the disciples came

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 and said to Him,

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 Why do you speak to them

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 in parables?

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 And He answered them,

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 To you it has been given

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 to know the secrets

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 of the kingdom of heaven,

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 but to them it has not been given.

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 For to the one who has,

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 more will be given,

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 and he will have an abundance,

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 but from the one who has not,

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 even what he has

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 will be taken away from him.

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 This is why I speak to them

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 in parables,

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 because seeing they do not see,

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 and hearing they do not hear,

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 nor do they understand.

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 Indeed, in their case,

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 the prophecy of Isaiah

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 is fulfilled that says,

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 You will indeed hear,

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 but never understand,

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 and you will indeed see,

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 but never perceive.

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 For this people's heart

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 has grown dull,

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 and with their ears

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 they can barely hear,

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 and their eyes they have closed,

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 lest they should see

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 with their eyes,

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 and hear with their ears,

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 and understand with their heart,

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 in turn,

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 and I would heal them.

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 But blessed are your eyes,

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 disciples,

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 for they see,

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 and your ears,

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 for they hear.

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 For truly, I say to you,

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 many prophets and righteous people

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 long to see what you see,

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 and did not see it,

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 and to hear what you hear,

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 and did not hear it.

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 There is a lot of seeing

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 and hearing going on here.

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 Here's what Jesus is doing.

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 Jesus just shares this parable.

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 His disciples quickly realized,

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 hey man,

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 He's changing His M.O. here.

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 He's preaching in parables now.

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 What's up with that?

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 And so you've got to imagine,

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 here's the crowd on the beach,

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 here's this 30-foot

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 kind of Galilean fishing boat,

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 and apparently,

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 the disciples are on the boat with Him,

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 and they take kind of an aside.

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 They're like,

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 Jesus,

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 why are You speaking to them

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 in parables?

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 And in this kind of little huddle

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 on the boat,

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 Jesus explains why.

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 And He explains why,

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 and He's explaining to us too.

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 He's helping us to understand

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 why some respond one way

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 and others respond another way.

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 So, in verse 10,

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 the disciples say,

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 why do you speak to them

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 to the crowds in parables?

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 And look where Jesus begins

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 in verse 11.

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 Jesus starts by saying,

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 because there's a difference

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 between you two.

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 You guys have something

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 that they don't.

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 Look at verse 11.

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 To you it has been given

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 to know the secrets

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 of the kingdom of heaven,

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 but to them it has not been given.

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 To you it's been given,

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 but to them it's not been given.

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 Jesus starts by saying,

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 there's a difference

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 between the two of you.

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 I'm speaking to them in parables

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 because there's a difference

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 between the two of you.

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 Do you notice

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 what makes the difference?

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 In verse 11,

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 I just want you to kind of focus in

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 on those two words,

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 to know.

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 To you it has been given

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 to know the secrets

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 of the kingdom of heaven.

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 You've been given an understanding.

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 You've been given an insight.

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 You've been given something

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 that you couldn't figure out yourself,

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 nor could they on their own.

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 You've been given something.

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 Jesus is saying that

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 they've been given a secret.

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 What have they been given?

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 The secrets of the kingdom of heaven.

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 Now when you see the word secret

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 being used by Jesus here,

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 and later Paul will talk about secrets.

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 What it is,

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 is not some kind of unknown mystery.

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 Rather,

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 it is truth that is hidden

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 from sinful minds

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 that is revealed by God's grace

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 to those who He prepares.

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 And so Jesus is saying,

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 to you it has been given

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 a God-given knowledge

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 of the secrets

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 of the kingdom of heaven.

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 I love planning surprises

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 for my wife.

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 I just love it.

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 I love doing things

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 in secret.

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 Whether it's buying a gift

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 or planning a little trip

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 for the two of us,

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 I just love doing it.

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 But here's the deal.

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 about two weeks in,

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 I can't keep the secret.

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 I get so excited.

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 I get so,

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 I want her to share

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 in this knowledge

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 that I am keeping

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 hidden from her.

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 And so I usually

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 spill the beans like this.

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 I know something

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 you don't know.

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 And after 21 and a half years

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 of marriage,

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 Jenny knows that means

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 in about three days

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 he's going to spill the beans.

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 And at that time,

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 I make known to her,

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 I reveal the truth

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 of this hidden secret

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 to her.

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 Jesus is talking about

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 when God gives

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 to know the secrets,

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 it's revelation.

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 God is giving eyes

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 to see.

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 God is giving ears

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 to hear.

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 He's giving understanding.

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 Not of unknowable mysteries,

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 but of the truth

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 of the kingdom

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 of heaven.

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 Like what?

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 What kind of secrets

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 are we talking about?

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 Well, the kingdom of heaven

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 is not for the rich,

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 but for the poor.

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 The poor in spirit.

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 The kingdom of heaven

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 is not for the healthy,

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 but for those who know

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 that they are sin-sick.

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 The kingdom of heaven

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 is not about your resume

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 of good deeds

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 that you can lay out

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 before God

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 and say,

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 look how wonderful I am.

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 The kingdom of heaven

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 is about your heart

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 for God.

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 It's about worship.

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 The kingdom of heaven

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 is not just limited

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 to Jews.

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 The kingdom of heaven

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 is open to Jews

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 and Gentiles.

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 That's a secret

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 that's being made known.

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 The kingdom of heaven

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 is not some

00:20:31.799 --> 00:20:33.019
 political kingdom

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 that uses political

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 muscle and military

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 might

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 to force an agenda.

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 The kingdom of heaven

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 conquers sinful,

00:20:43.519 --> 00:20:44.440
 rebellious hearts

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 through grace

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 of a suffering servant.

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 The king who inaugurated

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 the kingdom

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 is not a Caesar

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 on a white war horse

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 who enters in

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 leading legions

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 of ripped,

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 ready-to-battle warriors.

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 sinners.

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 No, Jesus.

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 It's Palm Sunday today.

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 Jesus came into Jerusalem

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 on a donkey.

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 And He came in

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 knowing that He was

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 not to be served,

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 but to serve

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 and to give His life

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 as a ransom for many.

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 The king of the kingdom

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 of heaven, Jesus,

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 was born in a backwater town.

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 He came in weakness,

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 not in human strength.

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 The secret of the kingdom

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 is that it's upside down

00:21:37.000 --> 00:21:37.920
 to the kingdom

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 of the world.

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 And God gives eyes

00:21:42.039 --> 00:21:42.779
 to see it.

00:21:45.440 --> 00:21:46.240
 In fact,

00:21:46.579 --> 00:21:47.460
 Jesus is saying

00:21:47.460 --> 00:21:50.140
 it's only by God's grace

00:21:50.140 --> 00:21:51.200
 that you can see

00:21:51.200 --> 00:21:52.299
 the upside-down kingdom

00:21:52.299 --> 00:21:52.799
 of Jesus.

00:21:56.960 --> 00:21:58.579
 That's why Jesus emphasizes

00:21:58.579 --> 00:21:59.400
 that word given

00:21:59.400 --> 00:22:00.740
 in verses 11 and 12.

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 To you it has been given

00:22:02.460 --> 00:22:03.920
 to know the secrets

00:22:03.920 --> 00:22:04.460
 of the kingdom.

00:22:04.660 --> 00:22:06.180
 It's not from themselves.

00:22:06.620 --> 00:22:07.319
 It was given

00:22:07.319 --> 00:22:08.500
 from someone else

00:22:08.500 --> 00:22:09.200
 to them.

00:22:10.700 --> 00:22:11.440
 And for these

00:22:11.440 --> 00:22:12.460
 unbelieving crowds,

00:22:12.579 --> 00:22:13.480
 to them it had not

00:22:13.480 --> 00:22:14.059
 been given.

00:22:15.420 --> 00:22:16.200
 When you hear

00:22:16.200 --> 00:22:16.940
 the word given,

00:22:17.079 --> 00:22:18.120
 you need to be thinking

00:22:18.120 --> 00:22:18.859
 grace.

00:22:20.140 --> 00:22:20.620
 Undeserved.

00:22:21.700 --> 00:22:22.299
 Unearned.

00:22:22.700 --> 00:22:23.140
 Even.

00:22:24.400 --> 00:22:24.839
 Unable.

00:22:24.839 --> 00:22:28.000
 God's grace

00:22:28.000 --> 00:22:29.740
 does something

00:22:29.740 --> 00:22:30.980
 that we can't do.

00:22:31.819 --> 00:22:32.819
 We see it in Ephesians 2.

00:22:33.500 --> 00:22:34.599
 We are dead in our sins,

00:22:34.939 --> 00:22:35.980
 but God in His mercy,

00:22:36.379 --> 00:22:37.759
 He made us alive

00:22:37.759 --> 00:22:38.740
 together with Christ.

00:22:38.899 --> 00:22:39.619
 By grace,

00:22:39.759 --> 00:22:41.220
 you have been saved.

00:22:41.299 --> 00:22:41.819
 Made alive.

00:22:43.439 --> 00:22:44.079
 And here,

00:22:44.159 --> 00:22:45.220
 we see God's grace

00:22:45.220 --> 00:22:46.959
 is enabling grace,

00:22:47.439 --> 00:22:48.839
 giving a knowledge

00:22:48.839 --> 00:22:50.019
 of the secrets

00:22:50.019 --> 00:22:51.279
 of the kingdom of heaven.

00:22:51.279 --> 00:22:53.279
 So what Jesus is saying here

00:22:53.279 --> 00:22:54.599
 is the only way

00:22:54.599 --> 00:22:55.740
 a sinner can know

00:22:55.740 --> 00:22:56.639
 the secrets of the kingdom

00:22:56.639 --> 00:22:57.899
 of heaven is if God

00:22:57.899 --> 00:22:58.680
 by His grace

00:22:58.680 --> 00:23:00.480
 gives them this knowledge.

00:23:01.460 --> 00:23:02.859
 He's preparing the soil.

00:23:03.899 --> 00:23:04.879
 He's getting it ready

00:23:04.879 --> 00:23:06.220
 to receive the word.

00:23:08.160 --> 00:23:09.660
 So what a parable does

00:23:09.660 --> 00:23:12.279
 is a parable simultaneously

00:23:12.279 --> 00:23:13.759
 hides the kingdom

00:23:13.759 --> 00:23:15.379
 from the heart of hearts

00:23:15.379 --> 00:23:16.720
 and reveals it

00:23:16.720 --> 00:23:18.399
 to those whose hearts

00:23:18.399 --> 00:23:19.819
 by God's grace

00:23:19.819 --> 00:23:20.879
 have been prepared

00:23:20.879 --> 00:23:21.939
 to receive it.

00:23:24.960 --> 00:23:25.980
 It's the good soil.

00:23:28.720 --> 00:23:29.899
 So what we're saying here

00:23:29.899 --> 00:23:30.500
 is that the kingdom

00:23:30.500 --> 00:23:31.119
 is revealed

00:23:31.119 --> 00:23:33.319
 by God's grace

00:23:33.319 --> 00:23:34.599
 and that helps you understand

00:23:34.599 --> 00:23:35.159
 and know what Jesus

00:23:35.159 --> 00:23:35.720
 is talking about

00:23:35.720 --> 00:23:36.220
 in verse 12

00:23:36.220 --> 00:23:37.039
 because in verse 12

00:23:37.039 --> 00:23:37.379
 you're like,

00:23:37.539 --> 00:23:38.339
 what are you saying?

00:23:38.759 --> 00:23:39.579
 For the one who has,

00:23:39.740 --> 00:23:41.519
 more of what will be given?

00:23:43.259 --> 00:23:44.799
 And he will have an abundance,

00:23:44.980 --> 00:23:46.179
 but from the one who has not,

00:23:46.759 --> 00:23:47.759
 even what he has

00:23:47.759 --> 00:23:48.399
 will be taken.

00:23:48.500 --> 00:23:49.639
 What is he talking about?

00:23:49.819 --> 00:23:53.500
 He who has been given

00:23:53.500 --> 00:23:55.779
 to know the secrets

00:23:55.779 --> 00:23:57.119
 of the kingdom of heaven

00:23:57.119 --> 00:23:59.439
 will be given more.

00:24:01.099 --> 00:24:03.919
 And those who have not been given

00:24:03.919 --> 00:24:06.259
 the knowledge of the secret

00:24:06.259 --> 00:24:07.500
 of the kingdom of heaven

00:24:07.500 --> 00:24:08.419
 by God's grace,

00:24:08.839 --> 00:24:09.659
 what they have

00:24:09.659 --> 00:24:10.980
 will be taken away.

00:24:11.720 --> 00:24:12.859
 It's a kind of judgment.

00:24:12.859 --> 00:24:18.819
 So Jesus begins his explanation

00:24:18.819 --> 00:24:19.979
 by pointing out

00:24:19.979 --> 00:24:20.479
 the difference

00:24:20.479 --> 00:24:21.419
 between the disciples

00:24:21.419 --> 00:24:23.979
 and the unresponsive crowds.

00:24:24.439 --> 00:24:24.919
 The difference,

00:24:25.039 --> 00:24:25.619
 Jesus says,

00:24:25.939 --> 00:24:26.099
 hey,

00:24:26.240 --> 00:24:28.000
 God has opened your eyes up

00:24:28.000 --> 00:24:28.899
 by his grace

00:24:28.899 --> 00:24:29.899
 so that you can receive

00:24:29.899 --> 00:24:30.719
 what I'm talking about

00:24:30.719 --> 00:24:31.240
 in parables,

00:24:31.419 --> 00:24:32.079
 but to them

00:24:32.079 --> 00:24:32.799
 it's not been given.

00:24:34.199 --> 00:24:35.439
 And the parables

00:24:35.439 --> 00:24:37.439
 are the vertical blinds

00:24:37.439 --> 00:24:38.979
 that are getting it done.

00:24:38.980 --> 00:24:42.960
 In verse 13,

00:24:43.339 --> 00:24:44.960
 we see that he says,

00:24:45.039 --> 00:24:45.960
 this is why I speak

00:24:45.960 --> 00:24:47.000
 in parables to them

00:24:47.000 --> 00:24:48.440
 because seeing they do not see,

00:24:48.740 --> 00:24:49.860
 hearing they do not hear,

00:24:50.120 --> 00:24:50.980
 nor do they understand.

00:24:51.779 --> 00:24:53.319
 It hasn't been given to them.

00:24:55.660 --> 00:24:57.220
 He speaks in parables

00:24:57.220 --> 00:24:58.200
 to hide the kingdom

00:24:58.200 --> 00:25:00.559
 from those with hardened hearts.

00:25:00.559 --> 00:25:02.359
 But in verses 14-15,

00:25:02.480 --> 00:25:03.399
 we see more.

00:25:04.079 --> 00:25:08.319
 He quotes Isaiah 6, 9-10.

00:25:08.659 --> 00:25:09.960
 The unresponsiveness

00:25:09.960 --> 00:25:11.679
 of the Jewish crowds

00:25:11.679 --> 00:25:13.319
 at that time

00:25:13.319 --> 00:25:16.839
 fulfilled Isaiah 6, 9, and 10.

00:25:18.179 --> 00:25:19.759
 You will indeed hear

00:25:19.759 --> 00:25:20.720
 but never understand

00:25:20.720 --> 00:25:21.879
 and you will indeed see

00:25:21.879 --> 00:25:23.539
 but never perceive.

00:25:24.139 --> 00:25:25.559
 For this people's heart

00:25:25.559 --> 00:25:26.759
 has grown dull

00:25:26.759 --> 00:25:27.940
 and with their ears

00:25:27.940 --> 00:25:29.099
 they can barely hear

00:25:29.099 --> 00:25:30.939
 and their eyes

00:25:30.939 --> 00:25:31.799
 they have closed

00:25:31.799 --> 00:25:32.699
 lest they should see

00:25:32.699 --> 00:25:33.179
 with their eyes

00:25:33.179 --> 00:25:34.059
 and hear with their ears

00:25:34.059 --> 00:25:35.339
 and understand with their hearts

00:25:35.339 --> 00:25:35.819
 and turn

00:25:35.819 --> 00:25:37.039
 and I would heal them.

00:25:37.199 --> 00:25:38.039
 This is Jesus

00:25:38.039 --> 00:25:39.500
 speaking to his disciples

00:25:39.500 --> 00:25:40.699
 on that boat

00:25:40.699 --> 00:25:41.619
 with the crowds

00:25:41.619 --> 00:25:42.480
 mingling around.

00:25:42.740 --> 00:25:43.159
 He's saying

00:25:43.159 --> 00:25:44.099
 they haven't been given

00:25:44.099 --> 00:25:44.819
 eyes to see.

00:25:45.959 --> 00:25:46.839
 And it's a fulfillment

00:25:46.839 --> 00:25:49.599
 of Isaiah 6, 9, and 10.

00:25:50.359 --> 00:25:51.019
 And I just want you

00:25:51.019 --> 00:25:51.639
 to remind you

00:25:51.639 --> 00:25:53.159
 someone greater

00:25:53.159 --> 00:25:54.599
 than Isaiah is here.

00:25:56.559 --> 00:25:58.119
 If Isaiah is preaching

00:25:58.119 --> 00:26:00.279
 hardened Israel's hearts

00:26:00.279 --> 00:26:02.599
 the preaching of the parables

00:26:02.599 --> 00:26:04.279
 by the Prince of Peace

00:26:04.279 --> 00:26:06.619
 would not just hide the kingdom

00:26:06.619 --> 00:26:09.619
 but it would further hand

00:26:09.619 --> 00:26:11.339
 hardened hearts over.

00:26:13.839 --> 00:26:15.339
 It's a kind of judgment.

00:26:17.239 --> 00:26:19.059
 The parables hide the kingdom

00:26:19.059 --> 00:26:21.579
 and hand over the hardened hearts.

00:26:21.579 --> 00:26:25.399
 But not all Jews in Jesus' day

00:26:25.399 --> 00:26:27.559
 were spiritually blind and deaf.

00:26:28.119 --> 00:26:29.399
 Look at verse 16.

00:26:30.379 --> 00:26:31.679
 He turns from the crowds

00:26:31.679 --> 00:26:33.599
 and he turns to his disciples

00:26:33.599 --> 00:26:34.759
 and he says

00:26:34.759 --> 00:26:36.859
 but blessed are your eyes

00:26:36.859 --> 00:26:38.059
 for they see

00:26:38.059 --> 00:26:39.299
 and your eyes

00:26:39.299 --> 00:26:39.819
 for they hear.

00:26:39.859 --> 00:26:40.459
 He comes back

00:26:40.459 --> 00:26:40.879
 hey

00:26:40.879 --> 00:26:42.759
 God's grace

00:26:42.759 --> 00:26:43.919
 has lit you up.

00:26:44.959 --> 00:26:45.539
 You've been given

00:26:45.539 --> 00:26:46.059
 a knowledge

00:26:46.059 --> 00:26:46.859
 not your own

00:26:46.859 --> 00:26:48.139
 from outside of you.

00:26:48.719 --> 00:26:50.299
 It's God's kindness to you.

00:26:50.819 --> 00:26:51.899
 You're blessed

00:26:51.899 --> 00:26:53.059
 by that.

00:26:54.219 --> 00:26:54.559
 And so

00:26:54.559 --> 00:26:55.639
 for the hardened hearts

00:26:55.640 --> 00:26:56.980
 a parable serves

00:26:56.980 --> 00:26:58.080
 to hide the truth

00:26:58.080 --> 00:26:59.300
 and to further

00:26:59.300 --> 00:27:00.800
 harden their hearts.

00:27:01.800 --> 00:27:03.120
 But for those

00:27:03.120 --> 00:27:04.880
 who have hearts

00:27:04.880 --> 00:27:06.480
 that God's grace

00:27:06.480 --> 00:27:07.220
 has prepared

00:27:07.220 --> 00:27:08.860
 a parable reveals

00:27:08.860 --> 00:27:09.860
 the truth of the kingdom

00:27:09.860 --> 00:27:10.480
 to them.

00:27:10.900 --> 00:27:12.740
 And they're blessed by it.

00:27:12.960 --> 00:27:13.759
 And you know what further?

00:27:15.480 --> 00:27:16.600
 They bear fruit.

00:27:19.960 --> 00:27:20.800
 Just one more

00:27:20.800 --> 00:27:21.720
 couple of things.

00:27:21.800 --> 00:27:22.480
 Verse 17

00:27:22.480 --> 00:27:25.120
 For truly I say to you

00:27:25.120 --> 00:27:25.759
 many prophets

00:27:25.759 --> 00:27:26.539
 and righteous people

00:27:26.539 --> 00:27:27.720
 long to see what you see

00:27:27.720 --> 00:27:28.799
 and do not see it

00:27:28.799 --> 00:27:29.799
 and to hear what you hear

00:27:29.799 --> 00:27:30.740
 and did not hear it.

00:27:30.900 --> 00:27:31.500
 You know what Jesus

00:27:31.500 --> 00:27:32.240
 is saying there?

00:27:32.519 --> 00:27:32.799
 He's saying

00:27:32.799 --> 00:27:33.360
 you know what

00:27:33.360 --> 00:27:33.880
 there's prophets

00:27:33.880 --> 00:27:34.799
 back in the Old Testament

00:27:34.799 --> 00:27:35.740
 and righteous people too

00:27:35.740 --> 00:27:37.039
 that were just waiting

00:27:37.039 --> 00:27:38.259
 for this time.

00:27:38.819 --> 00:27:39.720
 They were waiting

00:27:39.720 --> 00:27:40.740
 to hear what I'm telling

00:27:40.740 --> 00:27:41.539
 you all these people.

00:27:43.839 --> 00:27:45.180
 They longed for it.

00:27:46.180 --> 00:27:47.360
 But they never heard it.

00:27:48.599 --> 00:27:49.680
 You got to hear it.

00:27:50.519 --> 00:27:51.460
 Blessed are you.

00:27:52.480 --> 00:27:54.360
 I just want you

00:27:54.360 --> 00:27:55.120
 to see one more thing.

00:27:56.900 --> 00:27:58.220
 We see in verse 11

00:27:58.220 --> 00:28:00.000
 it's God who initiates

00:28:00.000 --> 00:28:01.000
 by His grace.

00:28:01.180 --> 00:28:02.339
 He gives insight

00:28:02.339 --> 00:28:03.620
 into the kingdom of heaven.

00:28:04.440 --> 00:28:05.839
 And then in verse 12

00:28:05.839 --> 00:28:06.360
 I believe

00:28:06.360 --> 00:28:06.940
 no excuse me

00:28:06.940 --> 00:28:07.620
 13

00:28:07.620 --> 00:28:08.620
 no excuse me

00:28:08.620 --> 00:28:09.160
 14

00:28:09.160 --> 00:28:11.360
 He says

00:28:11.360 --> 00:28:12.720
 these people on the beach

00:28:12.720 --> 00:28:14.680
 they fulfill Isaiah 6

00:28:14.680 --> 00:28:15.640
 9 and 10.

00:28:16.120 --> 00:28:17.860
 And then in verse 17

00:28:17.860 --> 00:28:18.360
 He says

00:28:18.360 --> 00:28:19.200
 hey many prophets

00:28:19.200 --> 00:28:19.960
 and righteous people

00:28:19.960 --> 00:28:21.220
 long to see what you see.

00:28:21.220 --> 00:28:23.380
 Are you getting the sense

00:28:23.380 --> 00:28:24.660
 of what Jesus is saying here?

00:28:25.039 --> 00:28:26.120
 God is sovereign

00:28:26.120 --> 00:28:27.160
 and in control

00:28:27.160 --> 00:28:28.259
 of all things.

00:28:29.019 --> 00:28:30.579
 He's reigning over everything.

00:28:31.059 --> 00:28:32.680
 He even gives people

00:28:32.680 --> 00:28:33.740
 insight

00:28:33.740 --> 00:28:34.940
 into the secrets

00:28:34.940 --> 00:28:36.079
 of the kingdom of heaven.

00:28:36.680 --> 00:28:37.620
 It's by His grace.

00:28:41.360 --> 00:28:42.700
 He's sovereign over all.

00:28:43.779 --> 00:28:44.920
 So why is Jesus speaking

00:28:44.920 --> 00:28:45.480
 in parables?

00:28:45.480 --> 00:28:45.599
 Parables?

00:28:47.720 --> 00:28:48.339
 Well parables

00:28:48.339 --> 00:28:50.099
 are the vertical blinds

00:28:50.099 --> 00:28:50.860
 that hide

00:28:50.860 --> 00:28:51.440
 and harden

00:28:51.440 --> 00:28:52.880
 the unbelieving

00:28:52.880 --> 00:28:53.700
 and reveal

00:28:53.700 --> 00:28:54.319
 and bless

00:28:54.319 --> 00:28:55.380
 those whose hearts

00:28:55.380 --> 00:28:56.180
 God has prepared.

00:28:57.000 --> 00:28:57.700
 And those

00:28:57.700 --> 00:28:58.140
 whose God

00:28:58.140 --> 00:28:59.839
 has prepared

00:28:59.839 --> 00:29:00.420
 their hearts

00:29:00.420 --> 00:29:02.279
 they bear fruit.

00:29:03.240 --> 00:29:03.819
 So here's what

00:29:03.819 --> 00:29:04.700
 this means for us.

00:29:06.940 --> 00:29:07.680
 Let's say

00:29:07.680 --> 00:29:08.200
 we're out

00:29:08.200 --> 00:29:08.839
 on the street

00:29:08.839 --> 00:29:09.460
 in your neighborhood

00:29:09.460 --> 00:29:10.059
 and you're sharing

00:29:10.059 --> 00:29:11.120
 the gospel with people.

00:29:11.299 --> 00:29:12.240
 You've got people

00:29:12.240 --> 00:29:12.799
 you love.

00:29:13.460 --> 00:29:13.880
 You're seeking

00:29:13.880 --> 00:29:14.340
 to see them

00:29:14.340 --> 00:29:15.080
 become Christians.

00:29:15.380 --> 00:29:16.100
 You're sharing

00:29:16.100 --> 00:29:17.220
 the kingdom with them.

00:29:17.280 --> 00:29:17.600
 You're telling

00:29:17.600 --> 00:29:18.520
 about King Jesus

00:29:18.520 --> 00:29:20.260
 and they don't

00:29:20.260 --> 00:29:20.780
 give a rip.

00:29:23.180 --> 00:29:24.220
 Well we rest

00:29:24.220 --> 00:29:24.760
 in knowing

00:29:24.760 --> 00:29:25.260
 that God

00:29:25.260 --> 00:29:25.880
 is in control.

00:29:26.920 --> 00:29:27.620
 We don't need

00:29:27.620 --> 00:29:28.100
 to jump

00:29:28.100 --> 00:29:29.140
 and start asking

00:29:29.140 --> 00:29:29.580
 the question

00:29:29.580 --> 00:29:30.180
 is there something

00:29:30.180 --> 00:29:31.160
 wrong with the message?

00:29:33.160 --> 00:29:33.820
 We're just going

00:29:33.820 --> 00:29:34.640
 to rest and know

00:29:34.640 --> 00:29:35.100
 okay God

00:29:35.100 --> 00:29:36.200
 now's not the time.

00:29:36.840 --> 00:29:37.140
 We're going to

00:29:37.140 --> 00:29:37.660
 trust you.

00:29:39.680 --> 00:29:40.640
 But what happens

00:29:40.640 --> 00:29:41.720
 if as we're out there

00:29:41.720 --> 00:29:42.980
 preaching the gospel

00:29:42.980 --> 00:29:43.740
 people start

00:29:43.740 --> 00:29:44.460
 to respond?

00:29:46.680 --> 00:29:47.660
 They say yes

00:29:47.660 --> 00:29:48.140
 I want to become

00:29:48.140 --> 00:29:49.180
 a follower of Jesus.

00:29:49.759 --> 00:29:51.059
 Well we rejoice.

00:29:51.839 --> 00:29:52.859
 We rejoice

00:29:52.859 --> 00:29:54.259
 in that God

00:29:54.259 --> 00:29:55.279
 by His grace

00:29:55.279 --> 00:29:56.400
 would open up

00:29:56.400 --> 00:29:57.200
 their eyes.

00:29:58.120 --> 00:29:58.980
 So this morning

00:29:58.980 --> 00:29:59.960
 in this baptism

00:29:59.960 --> 00:30:00.960
 we rejoice

00:30:00.960 --> 00:30:01.900
 that Kelly

00:30:01.900 --> 00:30:02.559
 and Dan

00:30:02.559 --> 00:30:03.099
 and Megan

00:30:03.099 --> 00:30:04.120
 and me

00:30:04.120 --> 00:30:04.720
 and if you're

00:30:04.720 --> 00:30:05.039
 a believer

00:30:05.039 --> 00:30:06.200
 you that God

00:30:06.200 --> 00:30:07.519
 would open your eyes

00:30:07.519 --> 00:30:08.839
 up by His grace.

00:30:10.240 --> 00:30:11.120
 He didn't wait

00:30:11.120 --> 00:30:11.980
 for you to invite Him.

00:30:11.980 --> 00:30:14.299
 He initiated

00:30:14.299 --> 00:30:14.960
 that in you

00:30:14.960 --> 00:30:17.240
 by His grace.

00:30:18.599 --> 00:30:19.420
 Here's what this

00:30:19.420 --> 00:30:20.200
 means for us.

00:30:20.980 --> 00:30:22.339
 In our evangelism

00:30:22.339 --> 00:30:24.940
 this produces

00:30:24.940 --> 00:30:26.039
 resolve.

00:30:27.339 --> 00:30:28.420
 The effect is

00:30:28.420 --> 00:30:28.779
 okay

00:30:28.779 --> 00:30:29.259
 we're going to

00:30:29.259 --> 00:30:29.660
 move forward

00:30:29.660 --> 00:30:29.980
 we're going to

00:30:29.980 --> 00:30:30.559
 share the gospel

00:30:30.559 --> 00:30:31.120
 with people

00:30:31.120 --> 00:30:31.880
 people are going

00:30:31.880 --> 00:30:32.220
 to respond

00:30:32.220 --> 00:30:33.000
 in different ways

00:30:33.000 --> 00:30:34.380
 we're trusting God

00:30:34.380 --> 00:30:35.740
 to light people up

00:30:35.740 --> 00:30:36.420
 to give them

00:30:36.420 --> 00:30:37.220
 insight into the

00:30:37.220 --> 00:30:37.860
 kingdom of heaven.

00:30:37.859 --> 00:30:39.519
 we'll trust Him

00:30:39.519 --> 00:30:39.919
 for that

00:30:39.919 --> 00:30:40.899
 but it gives us

00:30:40.899 --> 00:30:41.379
 confidence

00:30:41.379 --> 00:30:42.319
 moving forward.

00:30:44.379 --> 00:30:45.299
 We can trust

00:30:45.299 --> 00:30:45.679
 our God.

00:30:49.019 --> 00:30:49.939
 This section

00:30:49.939 --> 00:30:50.939
 in 10-17

00:30:50.939 --> 00:30:51.879
 gives us

00:30:51.879 --> 00:30:52.859
 a little key

00:30:52.859 --> 00:30:55.000
 to understanding

00:30:55.000 --> 00:30:56.319
 what Jesus

00:30:56.319 --> 00:30:57.240
 means when He

00:30:57.240 --> 00:30:57.579
 says

00:30:57.579 --> 00:30:58.879
 if you have

00:30:58.879 --> 00:30:59.339
 hears

00:30:59.339 --> 00:31:00.819
 hear.

00:31:02.479 --> 00:31:03.399
 Because now

00:31:03.399 --> 00:31:04.019
 look at the

00:31:04.019 --> 00:31:04.719
 first word

00:31:04.720 --> 00:31:06.279
 in verse 18

00:31:06.279 --> 00:31:09.059
 He says

00:31:09.059 --> 00:31:09.799
 to His disciples

00:31:09.799 --> 00:31:10.660
 hear then

00:31:10.660 --> 00:31:11.299
 the parables

00:31:11.299 --> 00:31:11.960
 of the sower.

00:31:13.400 --> 00:31:14.039
 He's saying

00:31:14.039 --> 00:31:14.860
 to His disciples

00:31:14.860 --> 00:31:16.620
 okay guys

00:31:16.620 --> 00:31:18.579
 understand the

00:31:18.579 --> 00:31:18.940
 parable.

00:31:20.039 --> 00:31:21.079
 God has given

00:31:21.079 --> 00:31:21.519
 you

00:31:21.519 --> 00:31:23.360
 to know

00:31:23.360 --> 00:31:24.500
 the secrets.

00:31:25.240 --> 00:31:26.220
 Let me explain

00:31:26.220 --> 00:31:26.660
 it to you.

00:31:27.940 --> 00:31:28.220
 And so

00:31:28.220 --> 00:31:28.779
 He starts off

00:31:28.779 --> 00:31:29.360
 with that word

00:31:29.360 --> 00:31:29.740
 hear

00:31:29.740 --> 00:31:32.039
 in verse 18

00:31:32.039 --> 00:31:33.240
 He's saying

00:31:33.240 --> 00:31:34.859
 understand this.

00:31:35.460 --> 00:31:35.799
 And then in

00:31:35.799 --> 00:31:36.559
 verse 19

00:31:36.559 --> 00:31:37.200
 He says

00:31:37.200 --> 00:31:37.660
 when anyone

00:31:37.660 --> 00:31:38.339
 hears the word

00:31:38.339 --> 00:31:38.779
 of the kingdom

00:31:38.779 --> 00:31:39.339
 and does not

00:31:39.339 --> 00:31:40.059
 understand it

00:31:40.059 --> 00:31:41.900
 see what He's

00:31:41.900 --> 00:31:42.140
 doing?

00:31:43.059 --> 00:31:43.799
 Back in the

00:31:43.799 --> 00:31:44.279
 parable

00:31:44.279 --> 00:31:45.519
 Jesus talked

00:31:45.519 --> 00:31:46.259
 about a sower

00:31:46.259 --> 00:31:47.460
 sowing seed.

00:31:48.279 --> 00:31:48.960
 And what Jesus

00:31:48.960 --> 00:31:49.620
 is doing here

00:31:49.620 --> 00:31:50.200
 is He's making

00:31:50.200 --> 00:31:50.839
 the connection

00:31:50.839 --> 00:31:52.220
 between a sower

00:31:52.220 --> 00:31:53.259
 sowing seed

00:31:53.259 --> 00:31:54.779
 and Him

00:31:54.779 --> 00:31:56.740
 sowing the seed

00:31:56.740 --> 00:31:57.339
 of the kingdom

00:31:57.339 --> 00:31:57.839
 of heaven.

00:31:57.839 --> 00:32:00.000
 the word

00:32:00.000 --> 00:32:00.599
 of the kingdom.

00:32:01.359 --> 00:32:02.399
 It's like seed

00:32:02.399 --> 00:32:04.759
 that we scatter.

00:32:06.799 --> 00:32:07.759
 When Jesus

00:32:07.759 --> 00:32:08.899
 spoke in

00:32:08.899 --> 00:32:09.559
 parables of

00:32:09.559 --> 00:32:09.959
 the kingdom

00:32:09.959 --> 00:32:11.259
 He was

00:32:11.259 --> 00:32:11.939
 sowing

00:32:11.939 --> 00:32:12.879
 seed

00:32:12.879 --> 00:32:13.919
 of the kingdom.

00:32:14.919 --> 00:32:15.279
 He was

00:32:15.279 --> 00:32:16.299
 evangelizing.

00:32:17.899 --> 00:32:18.679
 And what we

00:32:18.679 --> 00:32:19.259
 see here

00:32:19.259 --> 00:32:19.959
 in the remaining

00:32:19.959 --> 00:32:20.740
 of this

00:32:20.740 --> 00:32:21.759
 explanation

00:32:21.759 --> 00:32:23.439
 is we see

00:32:23.439 --> 00:32:24.259
 how the word

00:32:24.259 --> 00:32:24.819
 of the kingdom

00:32:24.819 --> 00:32:26.500
 is received

00:32:26.500 --> 00:32:28.140
 and then

00:32:28.140 --> 00:32:29.720
 responded to.

00:32:31.460 --> 00:32:32.299
 So let's

00:32:32.299 --> 00:32:33.160
 look at these

00:32:33.160 --> 00:32:34.579
 four heart

00:32:34.579 --> 00:32:35.200
 conditions.

00:32:35.880 --> 00:32:36.339
 And notice

00:32:36.339 --> 00:32:37.380
 it's all about

00:32:37.380 --> 00:32:37.819
 the heart.

00:32:38.420 --> 00:32:38.900
 Look at the

00:32:38.900 --> 00:32:39.559
 end of verse

00:32:39.559 --> 00:32:40.380
 19.

00:32:41.740 --> 00:32:42.579
 Middle of it.

00:32:42.859 --> 00:32:43.339
 The evil one

00:32:43.339 --> 00:32:44.240
 comes and snatches

00:32:44.240 --> 00:32:45.240
 away what has

00:32:45.240 --> 00:32:45.759
 been sown

00:32:45.759 --> 00:32:46.859
 in his heart.

00:32:47.220 --> 00:32:47.720
 And then if you

00:32:47.720 --> 00:32:48.380
 look at 14

00:32:48.380 --> 00:32:49.819
 or actually 15

00:32:49.819 --> 00:32:50.920
 for this people's

00:32:50.920 --> 00:32:51.660
 heart has

00:32:51.660 --> 00:32:52.299
 grown dull.

00:32:52.559 --> 00:32:52.980
 And if you look

00:32:52.980 --> 00:32:53.619
 further down and

00:32:53.619 --> 00:32:54.339
 understand where

00:32:54.339 --> 00:32:54.759
 their heart

00:32:54.759 --> 00:32:55.599
 turned, then I

00:32:55.599 --> 00:32:56.160
 would heal them.

00:32:56.160 --> 00:32:57.240
 Jesus is very

00:32:57.240 --> 00:32:57.800
 concerned about

00:32:57.800 --> 00:32:58.240
 the heart.

00:32:59.920 --> 00:33:00.960
 He wants your

00:33:00.960 --> 00:33:01.259
 heart.

00:33:03.060 --> 00:33:04.080
 Your heart,

00:33:05.040 --> 00:33:05.540
 according to

00:33:05.540 --> 00:33:06.380
 the Jewish

00:33:06.380 --> 00:33:07.680
 mind, would

00:33:07.680 --> 00:33:09.220
 be the seat

00:33:09.220 --> 00:33:10.440
 of your thinking,

00:33:10.660 --> 00:33:11.320
 of your feeling,

00:33:11.420 --> 00:33:11.980
 and of your

00:33:11.980 --> 00:33:12.279
 will.

00:33:12.720 --> 00:33:13.480
 What controls

00:33:13.480 --> 00:33:13.960
 your heart

00:33:13.960 --> 00:33:14.640
 controls your

00:33:14.640 --> 00:33:15.019
 life.

00:33:15.440 --> 00:33:16.140
 It's from your

00:33:16.140 --> 00:33:16.980
 heart that you

00:33:16.980 --> 00:33:17.340
 worship.

00:33:18.000 --> 00:33:18.759
 It's from your

00:33:18.759 --> 00:33:19.500
 heart that you

00:33:19.500 --> 00:33:20.500
 live for things.

00:33:21.820 --> 00:33:22.519
 And so Jesus

00:33:22.519 --> 00:33:23.360
 is making the

00:33:23.360 --> 00:33:24.220
 connection for us

00:33:24.220 --> 00:33:24.660
 that when he

00:33:24.660 --> 00:33:25.400
 talks about the

00:33:25.400 --> 00:33:25.860
 soils,

00:33:26.160 --> 00:33:26.880
 he's talking

00:33:26.880 --> 00:33:27.360
 about the

00:33:27.360 --> 00:33:27.960
 condition of

00:33:27.960 --> 00:33:28.759
 people's hearts.

00:33:30.380 --> 00:33:31.300
 So let's look

00:33:31.300 --> 00:33:31.620
 at these

00:33:31.620 --> 00:33:32.140
 conditions.

00:33:33.500 --> 00:33:33.880
 Condition

00:33:33.880 --> 00:33:34.519
 number one,

00:33:35.180 --> 00:33:36.000
 verse 19,

00:33:37.000 --> 00:33:37.900
 we read this,

00:33:39.240 --> 00:33:40.160
 when anyone

00:33:40.160 --> 00:33:40.960
 hears the word

00:33:40.960 --> 00:33:41.480
 of the kingdom

00:33:41.480 --> 00:33:43.480
 and does not

00:33:43.480 --> 00:33:45.680
 understand it,

00:33:46.680 --> 00:33:47.820
 the evil one

00:33:47.820 --> 00:33:48.320
 comes and

00:33:48.320 --> 00:33:49.060
 snatches away

00:33:49.060 --> 00:33:49.580
 what has been

00:33:49.580 --> 00:33:50.259
 sown in his

00:33:50.259 --> 00:33:50.540
 heart.

00:33:51.200 --> 00:33:51.900
 This is what

00:33:51.900 --> 00:33:52.820
 was sown

00:33:52.820 --> 00:33:53.580
 along the

00:33:53.580 --> 00:33:53.980
 path.

00:33:53.980 --> 00:33:55.140
 What Jesus

00:33:55.140 --> 00:33:55.680
 is saying

00:33:55.680 --> 00:33:56.279
 is that

00:33:56.279 --> 00:33:57.700
 this first

00:33:57.700 --> 00:33:58.400
 heart condition

00:33:58.400 --> 00:33:59.059
 is the

00:33:59.059 --> 00:33:59.700
 calloused

00:33:59.700 --> 00:34:00.440
 heart.

00:34:01.360 --> 00:34:01.920
 I'm guessing

00:34:01.920 --> 00:34:02.440
 if you talk

00:34:02.440 --> 00:34:03.279
 to a person

00:34:03.279 --> 00:34:03.720
 about this

00:34:03.720 --> 00:34:04.279
 about Jesus

00:34:04.279 --> 00:34:04.599
 that you're

00:34:04.599 --> 00:34:05.360
 speaking the

00:34:05.360 --> 00:34:05.920
 gospel to

00:34:05.920 --> 00:34:06.120
 them and

00:34:06.120 --> 00:34:06.360
 it just

00:34:06.360 --> 00:34:06.599
 kind of

00:34:06.599 --> 00:34:07.319
 bounces off,

00:34:07.440 --> 00:34:07.660
 they're like,

00:34:07.740 --> 00:34:07.900
 well,

00:34:07.960 --> 00:34:08.119
 I don't

00:34:08.119 --> 00:34:08.420
 know what

00:34:08.420 --> 00:34:08.519
 you're

00:34:08.519 --> 00:34:08.940
 talking about.

00:34:11.320 --> 00:34:12.000
 They haven't

00:34:12.000 --> 00:34:12.519
 been given

00:34:12.519 --> 00:34:13.260
 eyes to see

00:34:13.260 --> 00:34:13.659
 it yet,

00:34:13.840 --> 00:34:14.320
 hearts to

00:34:14.320 --> 00:34:14.920
 receive it.

00:34:14.920 --> 00:34:17.900
 there's no

00:34:17.900 --> 00:34:18.780
 yield in

00:34:18.780 --> 00:34:19.480
 this person's

00:34:19.480 --> 00:34:19.840
 life.

00:34:20.960 --> 00:34:21.500
 And furthermore,

00:34:21.559 --> 00:34:22.079
 we read what

00:34:22.079 --> 00:34:22.500
 happens.

00:34:22.940 --> 00:34:23.740
 The devil

00:34:23.740 --> 00:34:24.340
 comes and

00:34:24.340 --> 00:34:24.900
 snatches it

00:34:24.900 --> 00:34:25.180
 away.

00:34:27.680 --> 00:34:28.700
 We're in a

00:34:28.700 --> 00:34:29.000
 battle.

00:34:31.820 --> 00:34:32.659
 But God is

00:34:32.659 --> 00:34:33.119
 reigning over

00:34:33.119 --> 00:34:33.400
 it all.

00:34:36.659 --> 00:34:37.320
 When we

00:34:37.320 --> 00:34:37.820
 encounter

00:34:37.820 --> 00:34:38.519
 someone with

00:34:38.519 --> 00:34:39.019
 a heart

00:34:39.019 --> 00:34:39.460
 that's

00:34:39.460 --> 00:34:40.159
 callous to

00:34:40.159 --> 00:34:40.740
 the gospel,

00:34:42.300 --> 00:34:43.079
 you don't

00:34:43.079 --> 00:34:43.480
 need to take

00:34:43.480 --> 00:34:44.000
 it personally.

00:34:44.920 --> 00:34:45.680
 What you

00:34:45.680 --> 00:34:45.920
 need to

00:34:45.920 --> 00:34:46.700
 understand is

00:34:46.700 --> 00:34:47.079
 that, okay,

00:34:47.159 --> 00:34:47.680
 God hasn't

00:34:47.680 --> 00:34:48.200
 moved in

00:34:48.200 --> 00:34:48.860
 this person's

00:34:48.860 --> 00:34:49.360
 heart yet.

00:34:50.240 --> 00:34:51.059
 And here's

00:34:51.059 --> 00:34:51.539
 where you go

00:34:51.539 --> 00:34:51.880
 with that.

00:34:52.019 --> 00:34:52.740
 You pray.

00:34:53.760 --> 00:34:54.240
 You say,

00:34:54.320 --> 00:34:54.940
 oh, Lord,

00:34:55.079 --> 00:34:55.740
 would you,

00:34:56.000 --> 00:34:56.420
 by your

00:34:56.420 --> 00:34:57.059
 grace as

00:34:57.059 --> 00:34:57.400
 you did

00:34:57.400 --> 00:34:57.840
 with me,

00:34:58.159 --> 00:34:58.539
 would you

00:34:58.539 --> 00:34:59.599
 open this

00:34:59.599 --> 00:35:00.400
 person's

00:35:00.400 --> 00:35:01.000
 heart to

00:35:01.000 --> 00:35:01.659
 the gospel?

00:35:02.119 --> 00:35:02.420
 Would you

00:35:02.420 --> 00:35:02.720
 give them

00:35:02.720 --> 00:35:03.099
 eyes?

00:35:03.200 --> 00:35:03.420
 Would you

00:35:03.420 --> 00:35:03.820
 give them

00:35:03.820 --> 00:35:04.159
 ears?

00:35:04.280 --> 00:35:04.460
 Would you

00:35:04.460 --> 00:35:04.740
 give them

00:35:04.740 --> 00:35:05.320
 understanding

00:35:05.320 --> 00:35:05.880
 so that they

00:35:05.880 --> 00:35:06.860
 can see

00:35:06.860 --> 00:35:07.480
 and hear

00:35:07.480 --> 00:35:08.280
 and respond

00:35:08.280 --> 00:35:08.680
 and you

00:35:08.680 --> 00:35:09.099
 would heal

00:35:09.099 --> 00:35:09.480
 them?

00:35:10.599 --> 00:35:10.960
 We go to

00:35:10.960 --> 00:35:11.519
 our God.

00:35:11.519 --> 00:35:14.579
 heart

00:35:14.579 --> 00:35:14.980
 condition

00:35:14.980 --> 00:35:15.539
 number two,

00:35:15.619 --> 00:35:15.980
 we see in

00:35:15.980 --> 00:35:16.480
 verses 20

00:35:16.480 --> 00:35:17.000
 and 21,

00:35:17.199 --> 00:35:17.860
 as for what

00:35:17.860 --> 00:35:18.300
 was sown

00:35:18.300 --> 00:35:18.780
 on rocky

00:35:18.780 --> 00:35:19.159
 ground,

00:35:19.400 --> 00:35:19.820
 this is the

00:35:19.820 --> 00:35:20.119
 one who

00:35:20.119 --> 00:35:20.539
 hears the

00:35:20.539 --> 00:35:20.840
 word and

00:35:20.840 --> 00:35:21.259
 immediately

00:35:21.259 --> 00:35:21.960
 receives it

00:35:21.960 --> 00:35:22.420
 with joy,

00:35:22.800 --> 00:35:23.039
 yet he

00:35:23.039 --> 00:35:23.519
 does not

00:35:23.519 --> 00:35:24.420
 root in

00:35:24.420 --> 00:35:24.559
 it,

00:35:24.619 --> 00:35:24.940
 he has

00:35:24.940 --> 00:35:25.400
 no root

00:35:25.400 --> 00:35:26.139
 in himself,

00:35:26.360 --> 00:35:27.039
 but endures

00:35:27.039 --> 00:35:27.719
 for a while,

00:35:27.900 --> 00:35:28.599
 and when

00:35:28.599 --> 00:35:29.820
 tribulation

00:35:29.820 --> 00:35:30.800
 or persecution

00:35:30.800 --> 00:35:31.679
 arises on

00:35:31.679 --> 00:35:32.079
 account of

00:35:32.079 --> 00:35:32.679
 the word,

00:35:33.139 --> 00:35:33.679
 immediately

00:35:33.679 --> 00:35:34.820
 he falls

00:35:34.820 --> 00:35:35.300
 away.

00:35:35.559 --> 00:35:35.800
 So,

00:35:36.159 --> 00:35:36.840
 remember the

00:35:36.840 --> 00:35:38.599
 soil of the

00:35:38.599 --> 00:35:40.019
 shallow bedrock

00:35:40.019 --> 00:35:40.679
 right underneath

00:35:40.679 --> 00:35:41.360
 the limestone

00:35:41.360 --> 00:35:42.000
 bedrock,

00:35:42.320 --> 00:35:42.800
 Jesus is

00:35:42.800 --> 00:35:43.380
 saying that

00:35:43.380 --> 00:35:44.019
 pointed to

00:35:44.019 --> 00:35:44.539
 a particular

00:35:44.539 --> 00:35:45.039
 kind of

00:35:45.039 --> 00:35:45.340
 person.

00:35:46.460 --> 00:35:47.139
 That when

00:35:47.139 --> 00:35:47.980
 you preach

00:35:47.980 --> 00:35:48.500
 the gospel

00:35:48.500 --> 00:35:48.840
 to them,

00:35:48.900 --> 00:35:49.460
 they receive

00:35:49.460 --> 00:35:49.739
 it and

00:35:49.739 --> 00:35:50.000
 they're like,

00:35:50.320 --> 00:35:50.840
 oh yeah,

00:35:51.000 --> 00:35:51.420
 I'm going

00:35:51.420 --> 00:35:52.079
 to respond,

00:35:52.199 --> 00:35:52.619
 woohoo,

00:35:53.259 --> 00:35:53.539
 I'm going

00:35:53.539 --> 00:35:53.820
 to be a

00:35:53.820 --> 00:35:54.420
 follower of

00:35:54.420 --> 00:35:54.800
 Jesus.

00:35:58.059 --> 00:35:58.699
 And they

00:35:58.699 --> 00:35:59.320
 start following

00:35:59.320 --> 00:35:59.820
 Jesus,

00:36:00.940 --> 00:36:02.019
 and then they

00:36:02.019 --> 00:36:02.759
 start catching

00:36:02.759 --> 00:36:03.699
 heat for being

00:36:03.699 --> 00:36:04.460
 a follower of

00:36:04.460 --> 00:36:04.759
 Jesus.

00:36:04.920 --> 00:36:05.400
 The very

00:36:05.400 --> 00:36:06.099
 word that they

00:36:06.099 --> 00:36:06.800
 think that they

00:36:06.800 --> 00:36:07.400
 believed,

00:36:07.840 --> 00:36:08.780
 they start

00:36:08.780 --> 00:36:09.559
 catching

00:36:09.559 --> 00:36:10.860
 heat for.

00:36:11.539 --> 00:36:12.039
 Remember the

00:36:12.039 --> 00:36:12.440
 sun that

00:36:12.440 --> 00:36:12.779
 rose,

00:36:13.139 --> 00:36:13.599
 scorched?

00:36:14.320 --> 00:36:14.759
 It's the

00:36:14.759 --> 00:36:15.039
 heat of

00:36:15.039 --> 00:36:15.639
 persecution

00:36:15.639 --> 00:36:16.460
 and tribulation

00:36:16.460 --> 00:36:18.239
 for the

00:36:18.239 --> 00:36:18.840
 word.

00:36:20.480 --> 00:36:20.799
 You see

00:36:20.799 --> 00:36:21.299
 what happens

00:36:21.299 --> 00:36:21.579
 in the

00:36:21.579 --> 00:36:21.920
 text?

00:36:24.199 --> 00:36:24.880
 They fall

00:36:24.880 --> 00:36:25.179
 away.

00:36:26.679 --> 00:36:27.299
 It's the

00:36:27.299 --> 00:36:27.719
 word that we

00:36:27.719 --> 00:36:27.880
 get,

00:36:28.119 --> 00:36:28.860
 we get the

00:36:28.860 --> 00:36:29.480
 word scandal

00:36:29.480 --> 00:36:30.019
 from that

00:36:30.019 --> 00:36:30.259
 word.

00:36:31.019 --> 00:36:31.440
 It can be

00:36:31.440 --> 00:36:32.059
 very confusing.

00:36:34.279 --> 00:36:34.900
 Look what

00:36:34.900 --> 00:36:35.519
 happens.

00:36:35.659 --> 00:36:36.000
 I want you

00:36:36.000 --> 00:36:36.360
 to see the

00:36:36.360 --> 00:36:36.960
 word immediately

00:36:36.960 --> 00:36:37.460
 in verse

00:36:37.460 --> 00:36:37.940
 20.

00:36:38.619 --> 00:36:39.039
 As for what

00:36:39.039 --> 00:36:39.400
 was sown

00:36:39.400 --> 00:36:39.820
 on rocky

00:36:39.820 --> 00:36:40.139
 ground,

00:36:40.219 --> 00:36:40.679
 this is the

00:36:40.679 --> 00:36:41.059
 one who

00:36:41.059 --> 00:36:41.519
 hears the

00:36:41.519 --> 00:36:42.000
 word and

00:36:42.000 --> 00:36:42.659
 immediately

00:36:42.659 --> 00:36:43.320
 receives it

00:36:43.320 --> 00:36:43.820
 with joy,

00:36:44.779 --> 00:36:45.400
 yet has no

00:36:45.400 --> 00:36:45.800
 root in

00:36:45.800 --> 00:36:46.199
 himself,

00:36:47.000 --> 00:36:47.679
 but endures

00:36:47.679 --> 00:36:48.259
 for a while,

00:36:48.340 --> 00:36:48.679
 and when the

00:36:48.679 --> 00:36:49.360
 tribulation or

00:36:49.360 --> 00:36:50.300
 persecution arises

00:36:50.300 --> 00:36:50.860
 on account of

00:36:50.860 --> 00:36:51.259
 the word,

00:36:51.679 --> 00:36:52.380
 immediately he

00:36:52.380 --> 00:36:52.860
 falls away.

00:36:53.139 --> 00:36:53.739
 Immediately he

00:36:53.739 --> 00:36:54.320
 receives it,

00:36:54.539 --> 00:36:54.940
 he catches

00:36:54.940 --> 00:36:55.400
 some heat,

00:36:55.400 --> 00:36:56.559
 and immediately

00:36:56.559 --> 00:36:57.360
 he falls away.

00:36:59.119 --> 00:36:59.679
 Do you know

00:36:59.679 --> 00:37:00.059
 what that means?

00:37:02.659 --> 00:37:03.360
 God hadn't

00:37:03.360 --> 00:37:03.860
 opened up their

00:37:03.860 --> 00:37:04.159
 eyes.

00:37:05.699 --> 00:37:06.559
 They didn't

00:37:06.559 --> 00:37:06.980
 have true

00:37:06.980 --> 00:37:07.480
 knowledge.

00:37:08.519 --> 00:37:09.099
 They weren't

00:37:09.099 --> 00:37:09.840
 really saved.

00:37:11.739 --> 00:37:12.500
 They had an

00:37:12.500 --> 00:37:14.860
 experience, but

00:37:14.860 --> 00:37:15.519
 that's about it.

00:37:16.539 --> 00:37:16.980
 And when they

00:37:16.980 --> 00:37:18.519
 experienced the

00:37:18.519 --> 00:37:19.079
 heat of

00:37:19.079 --> 00:37:21.079
 persecution, that

00:37:21.079 --> 00:37:21.920
 clarified things

00:37:21.920 --> 00:37:22.440
 real quick.

00:37:26.199 --> 00:37:26.940
 If someone

00:37:26.940 --> 00:37:27.799
 professes to be a

00:37:27.799 --> 00:37:28.659
 Christian with joy,

00:37:29.000 --> 00:37:29.619
 and at the first

00:37:29.619 --> 00:37:31.299
 time they suffer

00:37:31.299 --> 00:37:32.679
 on account of the

00:37:32.679 --> 00:37:33.739
 kingdom, they pack

00:37:33.739 --> 00:37:34.320
 it up and say,

00:37:34.420 --> 00:37:34.900
 I'm done with

00:37:34.900 --> 00:37:35.840
 Jesus, it shows

00:37:35.840 --> 00:37:36.320
 that they were

00:37:36.320 --> 00:37:37.780
 never truly a

00:37:37.780 --> 00:37:38.139
 believer.

00:37:39.420 --> 00:37:40.220
 That they never

00:37:40.220 --> 00:37:40.780
 were truly

00:37:40.780 --> 00:37:41.300
 converted.

00:37:42.960 --> 00:37:44.019
 It was a false

00:37:44.019 --> 00:37:44.980
 profession.

00:37:47.340 --> 00:37:48.180
 There's a bunch

00:37:48.180 --> 00:37:48.860
 of guys who are

00:37:48.860 --> 00:37:49.400
 studying the book

00:37:49.400 --> 00:37:50.139
 of Hebrews on

00:37:50.139 --> 00:37:50.820
 Saturday mornings

00:37:50.820 --> 00:37:51.320
 here, and guys,

00:37:51.400 --> 00:37:51.880
 if you're listening,

00:37:52.019 --> 00:37:52.420
 I just wanted to

00:37:52.420 --> 00:37:52.760
 let you know

00:37:52.760 --> 00:37:53.039
 something.

00:37:53.400 --> 00:37:53.960
 You're coming up

00:37:53.960 --> 00:37:54.760
 on Hebrews 6.

00:37:54.860 --> 00:37:55.380
 It's either this

00:37:55.380 --> 00:37:56.320
 coming Saturday

00:37:56.320 --> 00:37:56.960
 or the next

00:37:56.960 --> 00:37:57.840
 Saturday.

00:37:58.720 --> 00:37:59.220
 And the

00:37:59.220 --> 00:38:00.720
 parables of the

00:38:00.720 --> 00:38:02.280
 soils will help

00:38:02.280 --> 00:38:03.500
 you to understand

00:38:03.500 --> 00:38:04.019
 it.

00:38:04.900 --> 00:38:08.400
 When someone

00:38:08.400 --> 00:38:10.240
 claims to have

00:38:10.240 --> 00:38:10.720
 become a

00:38:10.720 --> 00:38:12.720
 Christian, do

00:38:12.720 --> 00:38:13.119
 you know what?

00:38:14.340 --> 00:38:15.320
 Time in

00:38:15.320 --> 00:38:16.599
 suffering will

00:38:16.599 --> 00:38:17.700
 prove whether

00:38:17.700 --> 00:38:18.400
 their faith is

00:38:18.400 --> 00:38:18.780
 genuine.

00:38:22.519 --> 00:38:23.440
 Let's look at the

00:38:23.440 --> 00:38:24.559
 third condition,

00:38:24.680 --> 00:38:25.340
 heart condition.

00:38:25.619 --> 00:38:26.180
 Oh, by the way,

00:38:27.320 --> 00:38:28.340
 was there any

00:38:28.340 --> 00:38:28.860
 yield?

00:38:30.800 --> 00:38:31.639
 No fruit.

00:38:32.960 --> 00:38:33.680
 It shot up,

00:38:33.679 --> 00:38:34.960
 it withered away,

00:38:35.419 --> 00:38:36.059
 no fruit.

00:38:36.739 --> 00:38:37.359
 Heart condition

00:38:37.359 --> 00:38:38.019
 number three.

00:38:40.679 --> 00:38:41.480
 We read in

00:38:41.480 --> 00:38:42.099
 verse 22.

00:38:42.899 --> 00:38:44.079
 As for what was

00:38:44.079 --> 00:38:44.819
 sown among the

00:38:44.819 --> 00:38:46.279
 thorns, this is the

00:38:46.279 --> 00:38:47.659
 one who hears the

00:38:47.659 --> 00:38:49.000
 word, but the cares

00:38:49.000 --> 00:38:50.000
 of the world and the

00:38:50.000 --> 00:38:50.839
 deceitfulness of

00:38:50.839 --> 00:38:52.179
 riches choke the

00:38:52.179 --> 00:38:54.019
 word, and it

00:38:54.019 --> 00:38:57.299
 proves unfruitful.

00:38:57.300 --> 00:39:01.200
 So, in the

00:39:01.200 --> 00:39:02.060
 parable, those

00:39:02.060 --> 00:39:04.100
 thorns that grew

00:39:04.100 --> 00:39:04.680
 out of the

00:39:04.680 --> 00:39:06.300
 soil alongside

00:39:06.300 --> 00:39:07.080
 of the word,

00:39:07.840 --> 00:39:08.380
 you know what it's

00:39:08.380 --> 00:39:09.160
 pointing to, Jesus

00:39:09.160 --> 00:39:09.700
 is saying?

00:39:10.500 --> 00:39:11.320
 There are some

00:39:11.320 --> 00:39:11.860
 people who are

00:39:11.860 --> 00:39:12.539
 going to receive

00:39:12.539 --> 00:39:14.260
 the word, and

00:39:14.260 --> 00:39:14.660
 there's going to

00:39:14.660 --> 00:39:15.620
 be what appears

00:39:15.620 --> 00:39:16.140
 to be some

00:39:16.140 --> 00:39:17.660
 growth, but out

00:39:17.660 --> 00:39:18.620
 of the same

00:39:18.620 --> 00:39:20.019
 heart is

00:39:20.019 --> 00:39:20.620
 growing

00:39:20.620 --> 00:39:21.680
 competing

00:39:21.680 --> 00:39:22.800
 loves.

00:39:23.660 --> 00:39:24.180
 And those

00:39:24.180 --> 00:39:25.160
 competing loves

00:39:25.160 --> 00:39:26.160
 for things that

00:39:26.159 --> 00:39:27.079
 are not Christ or

00:39:27.079 --> 00:39:28.319
 His kingdom, they

00:39:28.319 --> 00:39:29.679
 will choke out

00:39:29.679 --> 00:39:30.399
 the word.

00:39:30.719 --> 00:39:31.259
 And what are the

00:39:31.259 --> 00:39:31.960
 competing loves?

00:39:32.239 --> 00:39:33.359
 Jesus tells us.

00:39:34.859 --> 00:39:36.079
 He says, but the

00:39:36.079 --> 00:39:37.000
 cares of the

00:39:37.000 --> 00:39:37.480
 world.

00:39:38.519 --> 00:39:39.000
 What are the

00:39:39.000 --> 00:39:39.500
 cares of the

00:39:39.500 --> 00:39:39.719
 world?

00:39:40.079 --> 00:39:40.799
 The cares of the

00:39:40.799 --> 00:39:41.420
 world are the

00:39:41.420 --> 00:39:41.899
 things that the

00:39:41.899 --> 00:39:43.500
 world cares about.

00:39:44.099 --> 00:39:44.779
 What the world

00:39:44.779 --> 00:39:46.239
 values above all

00:39:46.239 --> 00:39:46.799
 things.

00:39:47.559 --> 00:39:48.159
 And there are a

00:39:48.159 --> 00:39:49.159
 lot of warnings in

00:39:49.159 --> 00:39:50.059
 our Bibles about

00:39:50.059 --> 00:39:50.460
 this.

00:39:52.119 --> 00:39:53.500
 1 John 2, 15.

00:39:54.019 --> 00:39:54.619
 Don't love the

00:39:54.619 --> 00:39:54.920
 world.

00:39:56.159 --> 00:39:57.239
 It talks about

00:39:57.239 --> 00:39:58.799
 the desires of

00:39:58.799 --> 00:39:59.460
 the flesh, the

00:39:59.460 --> 00:40:00.379
 desires of the

00:40:00.379 --> 00:40:01.420
 eyes, the pride

00:40:01.420 --> 00:40:02.179
 of life.

00:40:03.779 --> 00:40:05.000
 It's not from the

00:40:05.000 --> 00:40:05.799
 Father, it's from

00:40:05.799 --> 00:40:06.319
 the world.

00:40:08.659 --> 00:40:10.279
 If there's someone

00:40:10.279 --> 00:40:11.379
 who professes to be

00:40:11.379 --> 00:40:13.139
 a Christian, and

00:40:13.139 --> 00:40:14.299
 they're loving things

00:40:14.299 --> 00:40:15.179
 of the world more

00:40:15.179 --> 00:40:16.940
 than Jesus, it is

00:40:16.940 --> 00:40:18.619
 going to choke the

00:40:18.619 --> 00:40:21.179
 word in them to no

00:40:21.179 --> 00:40:21.500
 yield.

00:40:21.500 --> 00:40:24.360
 And he goes on to

00:40:24.360 --> 00:40:24.940
 talk about the

00:40:24.940 --> 00:40:25.940
 deceitfulness of

00:40:25.940 --> 00:40:26.980
 riches as another

00:40:26.980 --> 00:40:29.739
 weed that will

00:40:29.739 --> 00:40:31.099
 choke out the good

00:40:31.099 --> 00:40:31.579
 seed.

00:40:33.880 --> 00:40:35.000
 There's a lot your

00:40:35.000 --> 00:40:35.860
 Bible has to say

00:40:35.860 --> 00:40:36.699
 about the deceitfulness

00:40:36.699 --> 00:40:37.280
 of riches.

00:40:38.860 --> 00:40:39.860
 Jesus in Luke 12

00:40:39.860 --> 00:40:40.800
 tells us to take

00:40:40.800 --> 00:40:42.179
 care, be on guard.

00:40:42.699 --> 00:40:43.079
 Why?

00:40:43.920 --> 00:40:45.019
 Because a man's

00:40:45.019 --> 00:40:45.920
 life does not

00:40:45.920 --> 00:40:46.780
 consist in the

00:40:46.780 --> 00:40:47.579
 abundance of his

00:40:47.579 --> 00:40:48.059
 possessions.

00:40:48.059 --> 00:40:48.199
 Christians.

00:40:48.799 --> 00:40:50.019
 It's a lie.

00:40:52.759 --> 00:40:54.340
 1 Timothy 6, 9

00:40:54.340 --> 00:40:54.980
 through 10.

00:40:55.719 --> 00:40:56.759
 Strong, strong

00:40:56.759 --> 00:40:58.820
 warnings about love

00:40:58.820 --> 00:40:59.480
 for money.

00:41:00.460 --> 00:41:01.460
 It's a trap.

00:41:04.400 --> 00:41:05.860
 Matthew 19, 22.

00:41:06.179 --> 00:41:06.980
 There's this guy that

00:41:06.980 --> 00:41:08.179
 came to Jesus and

00:41:08.179 --> 00:41:09.179
 said, what must I do

00:41:09.179 --> 00:41:10.139
 to inherit eternal

00:41:10.139 --> 00:41:10.599
 life?

00:41:10.880 --> 00:41:11.279
 And he was a

00:41:11.279 --> 00:41:11.880
 wealthy guy.

00:41:12.159 --> 00:41:13.079
 And Jesus says, go

00:41:13.079 --> 00:41:13.799
 sell everything you

00:41:13.799 --> 00:41:14.340
 have, give to the

00:41:14.340 --> 00:41:14.900
 poor, and come

00:41:14.900 --> 00:41:15.559
 follow me, you'll

00:41:15.559 --> 00:41:16.179
 treasure in heaven.

00:41:16.179 --> 00:41:17.460
 And this guy walked

00:41:17.460 --> 00:41:20.500
 away sad because he

00:41:20.500 --> 00:41:22.319
 loved the treasure of

00:41:22.319 --> 00:41:23.619
 earth more.

00:41:25.639 --> 00:41:26.519
 And of course,

00:41:26.619 --> 00:41:27.879
 there's Matthew 26.

00:41:28.879 --> 00:41:30.739
 Judas betrayed

00:41:30.739 --> 00:41:34.599
 Jesus for four months

00:41:34.599 --> 00:41:35.480
 of pain.

00:41:38.079 --> 00:41:39.699
 The deceitfulness of

00:41:39.699 --> 00:41:39.980
 riches.

00:41:39.980 --> 00:41:40.199
 Jesus.

00:41:43.260 --> 00:41:44.639
 What Jesus says here

00:41:44.639 --> 00:41:48.280
 is that these competing

00:41:48.280 --> 00:41:50.059
 loves choke out the

00:41:50.059 --> 00:41:52.500
 word and it proves

00:41:52.500 --> 00:41:53.420
 unfruitful.

00:41:53.800 --> 00:41:54.800
 There's no yield.

00:41:56.039 --> 00:41:56.699
 No yield.

00:42:00.960 --> 00:42:02.300
 When people profess to

00:42:02.300 --> 00:42:03.340
 be Christians, but

00:42:03.340 --> 00:42:05.519
 their loves for the

00:42:05.519 --> 00:42:07.079
 world and for riches

00:42:07.079 --> 00:42:09.639
 go unchanged.

00:42:09.980 --> 00:42:11.740
 It chokes out the

00:42:11.740 --> 00:42:13.639
 word and it shows

00:42:13.639 --> 00:42:14.440
 that they're

00:42:14.440 --> 00:42:16.320
 unfruitful and that

00:42:16.320 --> 00:42:17.320
 the penny never

00:42:17.320 --> 00:42:18.019
 dropped.

00:42:20.659 --> 00:42:21.800
 This too is a kind

00:42:21.800 --> 00:42:22.300
 of a false

00:42:22.300 --> 00:42:22.940
 profession.

00:42:25.940 --> 00:42:27.280
 Their true loves

00:42:27.280 --> 00:42:29.800
 choke out love for

00:42:29.800 --> 00:42:30.539
 Christ in the

00:42:30.539 --> 00:42:30.840
 kingdom.

00:42:31.920 --> 00:42:33.000
 They may have heard

00:42:33.000 --> 00:42:34.340
 the word and even

00:42:34.340 --> 00:42:35.740
 been sympathetic to

00:42:35.740 --> 00:42:35.900
 it.

00:42:36.119 --> 00:42:37.059
 They may even have a

00:42:37.059 --> 00:42:38.240
 great worshipful

00:42:38.240 --> 00:42:39.059
 experience.

00:42:39.980 --> 00:42:41.619
 But their cares for

00:42:41.619 --> 00:42:42.639
 this world and the

00:42:42.639 --> 00:42:45.699
 riches, it proves to

00:42:45.699 --> 00:42:46.559
 be what they really

00:42:46.559 --> 00:42:47.019
 love.

00:42:48.820 --> 00:42:50.059
 It's not Jesus.

00:42:54.539 --> 00:42:56.059
 Jesus is saying that

00:42:56.059 --> 00:42:57.519
 it's a false

00:42:57.519 --> 00:42:58.000
 profession.

00:42:59.159 --> 00:43:00.059
 And for those of us

00:43:00.059 --> 00:43:01.019
 living in the West,

00:43:02.320 --> 00:43:04.360
 it's a stern warning,

00:43:04.420 --> 00:43:04.740
 isn't it?

00:43:04.740 --> 00:43:04.800
 It's not.

00:43:04.800 --> 00:43:09.260
 We live in abundance.

00:43:13.720 --> 00:43:15.180
 The last soil,

00:43:16.039 --> 00:43:16.880
 heart condition number

00:43:16.880 --> 00:43:18.220
 four, is the choice

00:43:18.220 --> 00:43:18.800
 soil.

00:43:20.160 --> 00:43:21.840
 It points to a heart

00:43:21.840 --> 00:43:22.519
 that's been given

00:43:22.519 --> 00:43:23.840
 understanding from

00:43:23.840 --> 00:43:24.420
 verse 11.

00:43:25.440 --> 00:43:26.440
 We read this.

00:43:26.640 --> 00:43:27.039
 23.

00:43:27.280 --> 00:43:27.980
 As for what was

00:43:27.980 --> 00:43:28.800
 sown on good soil,

00:43:28.880 --> 00:43:29.580
 this is the one who

00:43:29.580 --> 00:43:30.420
 hears the word and

00:43:30.420 --> 00:43:31.900
 understands it.

00:43:32.220 --> 00:43:32.860
 He's been given

00:43:32.860 --> 00:43:33.460
 understanding.

00:43:33.460 --> 00:43:34.820
 And it indeed bears

00:43:34.820 --> 00:43:35.559
 fruit and yields.

00:43:35.679 --> 00:43:36.240
 In one case,

00:43:36.300 --> 00:43:36.740
 a hundredfold.

00:43:37.019 --> 00:43:37.440
 In another,

00:43:37.559 --> 00:43:37.820
 sixty.

00:43:37.920 --> 00:43:38.220
 In another,

00:43:38.380 --> 00:43:38.699
 thirty.

00:43:42.019 --> 00:43:43.139
 The one who hears

00:43:43.139 --> 00:43:43.720
 the word and

00:43:43.720 --> 00:43:44.720
 understands it

00:43:44.720 --> 00:43:47.240
 produces a yield.

00:43:48.519 --> 00:43:50.579
 Their life has been

00:43:50.579 --> 00:43:51.500
 changed.

00:43:52.500 --> 00:43:53.539
 The other three

00:43:53.539 --> 00:43:54.300
 heart conditions,

00:43:54.800 --> 00:43:55.900
 no change.

00:43:55.900 --> 00:44:01.619
 the one God gives

00:44:01.619 --> 00:44:03.980
 this insight by His

00:44:03.980 --> 00:44:04.980
 grace into the

00:44:04.980 --> 00:44:05.280
 kingdom.

00:44:05.500 --> 00:44:06.500
 They see the

00:44:06.500 --> 00:44:07.480
 gospel for what it

00:44:07.480 --> 00:44:07.920
 is.

00:44:08.920 --> 00:44:11.980
 They produce a yield.

00:44:12.460 --> 00:44:15.460
 They produce fruit.

00:44:15.860 --> 00:44:16.740
 And the question that

00:44:16.740 --> 00:44:17.579
 you may be asking

00:44:17.579 --> 00:44:18.400
 right now is,

00:44:18.960 --> 00:44:19.700
 well, what kind of

00:44:19.700 --> 00:44:19.920
 fruit?

00:44:20.920 --> 00:44:22.000
 What does this yield

00:44:22.000 --> 00:44:22.579
 look like?

00:44:22.579 --> 00:44:24.599
 Well, we don't have

00:44:24.599 --> 00:44:25.380
 to go any further

00:44:25.380 --> 00:44:26.139
 than the passage.

00:44:29.199 --> 00:44:30.219
 This heart,

00:44:30.440 --> 00:44:31.319
 this choice heart,

00:44:31.519 --> 00:44:33.199
 is a contrite heart.

00:44:34.980 --> 00:44:36.219
 It's turned over.

00:44:37.659 --> 00:44:38.340
 Deep soil.

00:44:39.340 --> 00:44:40.039
 Cleared of other

00:44:40.039 --> 00:44:40.440
 loves.

00:44:41.319 --> 00:44:42.380
 Receives the word.

00:44:43.420 --> 00:44:44.599
 A contrite heart

00:44:44.599 --> 00:44:46.139
 will receive the word

00:44:46.139 --> 00:44:47.039
 and it will

00:44:47.039 --> 00:44:48.900
 persevere

00:44:48.900 --> 00:44:50.099
 when the heat

00:44:50.099 --> 00:44:50.819
 rises.

00:44:52.500 --> 00:44:53.579
 Someone who has

00:44:53.579 --> 00:44:54.699
 received the word

00:44:54.699 --> 00:44:56.179
 and believes in it,

00:44:56.980 --> 00:44:57.960
 they will endure

00:44:57.960 --> 00:44:58.799
 tribulation

00:44:58.799 --> 00:44:59.940
 and persecution.

00:45:00.599 --> 00:45:01.079
 And they will

00:45:01.079 --> 00:45:01.859
 endure it

00:45:01.859 --> 00:45:03.400
 while blessing

00:45:03.400 --> 00:45:04.579
 the name of Jesus.

00:45:08.420 --> 00:45:09.659
 A contrite heart

00:45:09.659 --> 00:45:10.839
 will not only

00:45:10.839 --> 00:45:11.679
 persevere in

00:45:11.679 --> 00:45:12.059
 hardship,

00:45:12.059 --> 00:45:13.539
 a contrite heart,

00:45:13.839 --> 00:45:14.799
 a God-given

00:45:14.799 --> 00:45:15.299
 heart,

00:45:15.300 --> 00:45:18.260
 will not

00:45:18.260 --> 00:45:19.360
 get choked

00:45:19.360 --> 00:45:20.260
 out by

00:45:20.260 --> 00:45:21.240
 other loves.

00:45:22.860 --> 00:45:23.600
 But their

00:45:23.600 --> 00:45:24.580
 love for Christ

00:45:24.580 --> 00:45:25.420
 and their love

00:45:25.420 --> 00:45:26.180
 for His kingdom,

00:45:26.500 --> 00:45:27.680
 it will crowd

00:45:27.680 --> 00:45:28.760
 out and

00:45:28.760 --> 00:45:29.220
 choke

00:45:29.220 --> 00:45:29.780
 out

00:45:29.780 --> 00:45:30.380
 all

00:45:30.380 --> 00:45:30.960
 other

00:45:30.960 --> 00:45:31.900
 claims.

00:45:33.620 --> 00:45:34.120
 We'll be

00:45:34.120 --> 00:45:34.820
 less and less

00:45:34.820 --> 00:45:35.620
 controlled by

00:45:35.620 --> 00:45:36.220
 the cares of

00:45:36.220 --> 00:45:36.780
 this world.

00:45:37.060 --> 00:45:37.420
 We'll be

00:45:37.420 --> 00:45:38.200
 less and less

00:45:38.200 --> 00:45:40.200
 deceived

00:45:40.200 --> 00:45:41.180
 by riches.

00:45:41.500 --> 00:45:42.220
 One's life

00:45:42.220 --> 00:45:42.760
 does not

00:45:42.760 --> 00:45:43.519
 consist of

00:45:43.519 --> 00:45:44.000
 the abundance

00:45:44.000 --> 00:45:44.519
 of his

00:45:44.519 --> 00:45:45.039
 possessions.

00:45:45.300 --> 00:45:48.500
 Here's what

00:45:48.500 --> 00:45:49.220
 happens when

00:45:49.220 --> 00:45:50.320
 someone gets

00:45:50.320 --> 00:45:51.560
 radically changed

00:45:51.560 --> 00:45:52.240
 by the gospel

00:45:52.240 --> 00:45:52.780
 of Jesus.

00:45:52.920 --> 00:45:53.600
 When God's

00:45:53.600 --> 00:45:55.420
 grace shows up

00:45:55.420 --> 00:45:55.960
 and changes

00:45:55.960 --> 00:45:56.340
 them.

00:45:57.180 --> 00:45:57.860
 The things

00:45:57.860 --> 00:45:58.420
 they once

00:45:58.420 --> 00:45:59.019
 saw and

00:45:59.019 --> 00:45:59.480
 valued,

00:45:59.960 --> 00:46:00.960
 they become

00:46:00.960 --> 00:46:02.260
 opportunities to

00:46:02.260 --> 00:46:03.140
 make much of

00:46:03.140 --> 00:46:03.620
 their king.

00:46:04.900 --> 00:46:05.220
 So,

00:46:05.420 --> 00:46:06.280
 what was once

00:46:06.280 --> 00:46:07.000
 the things I was

00:46:07.000 --> 00:46:07.640
 running after

00:46:07.640 --> 00:46:08.420
 cares for this

00:46:08.420 --> 00:46:08.760
 world.

00:46:09.140 --> 00:46:09.880
 If I've got

00:46:09.880 --> 00:46:10.640
 any possessions,

00:46:11.060 --> 00:46:11.740
 I'm going to use

00:46:11.740 --> 00:46:12.440
 it for the glory

00:46:12.440 --> 00:46:12.960
 of Jesus.

00:46:14.760 --> 00:46:15.280
 Money,

00:46:15.820 --> 00:46:16.840
 we use it,

00:46:16.920 --> 00:46:17.659
 it's entrusted

00:46:17.659 --> 00:46:18.099
 to us,

00:46:18.179 --> 00:46:18.960
 we're now stewards

00:46:18.960 --> 00:46:20.240
 of it for the glory

00:46:20.240 --> 00:46:21.139
 of Christ,

00:46:21.300 --> 00:46:21.940
 the advancement

00:46:21.940 --> 00:46:23.840
 of his kingdom.

00:46:25.200 --> 00:46:26.220
 All that he has

00:46:26.220 --> 00:46:26.760
 given us,

00:46:26.840 --> 00:46:27.800
 we become stewards

00:46:27.800 --> 00:46:28.820
 of in order to

00:46:28.820 --> 00:46:30.400
 advance his kingdom

00:46:30.400 --> 00:46:31.340
 for the glory

00:46:31.340 --> 00:46:32.179
 of his name.

00:46:34.059 --> 00:46:34.740
 We're not

00:46:34.740 --> 00:46:35.360
 controlled by

00:46:35.360 --> 00:46:35.920
 other loves.

00:46:35.920 --> 00:46:37.500
 our love for

00:46:37.500 --> 00:46:38.539
 Christ puts

00:46:38.539 --> 00:46:39.180
 these other

00:46:39.180 --> 00:46:39.760
 loves in their

00:46:39.760 --> 00:46:40.240
 place.

00:46:42.360 --> 00:46:43.519
 A contrite heart

00:46:43.519 --> 00:46:44.099
 will obey

00:46:44.099 --> 00:46:45.400
 Jesus in all

00:46:45.400 --> 00:46:45.920
 that he commands.

00:46:47.380 --> 00:46:48.200
 We live for

00:46:48.200 --> 00:46:48.840
 Jesus now.

00:46:49.400 --> 00:46:49.920
 We live for

00:46:49.920 --> 00:46:50.700
 his kingdom.

00:46:52.460 --> 00:46:53.260
 When Jesus

00:46:53.260 --> 00:46:54.119
 is raised from

00:46:54.119 --> 00:46:54.440
 the dead,

00:46:54.480 --> 00:46:54.740
 we're going to

00:46:54.740 --> 00:46:55.500
 see this next

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 week on Easter

00:46:56.200 --> 00:46:56.599
 Sunday.

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 When Jesus

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 is raised from

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 the dead,

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 he then goes

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 and commands

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 all of his

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 disciples everywhere

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 to go make

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 disciples of the

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 nations.

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 Now, you may be

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 a Christian in

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 this sanctuary

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 and you say,

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 yes, I agree

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 with that.

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 Great.

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 But what Jesus

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 is saying is,

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 I want more

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 than your

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 agreement.

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 I want you to

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 bear the fruit

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 of prioritizing

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 your life and

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 actually making

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 disciples of the

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 nations.

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 That's what he's

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 called us to.

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 We live for him

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 now.

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 When our grace

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 awakened hearts

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 compel us,

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 it compels us

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 to obey him

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 in all things.

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 It moves from

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 more than

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 agreement to

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 now I

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 prioritize.

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 My life

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 changes because

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 he's changed

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 me.

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 When we

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 proclaim Jesus

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 and his

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 kingdom,

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 we're going to

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 get a variety

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 of responses.

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 But we need

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 not be surprised.

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 Jesus has

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 prepared us.

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 But we also

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 know this.

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 God in

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 his sovereign

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 grace continues

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 to pour out

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 his kindness

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 on sinners

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 to open

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 their eyes,

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 to give them

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 ears to hear,

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 to give them

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 understanding so

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 that they can

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 receive the good

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 news of the

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 kingdom and

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 produce a

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 bumper crop

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 of holiness,

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 fruit in keeping

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 with repentance.

00:48:24.900 --> 00:48:27.519
 At the

00:48:27.519 --> 00:48:27.780
 beginning,

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 I asked you

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 to be asking

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 yourself a

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 question.

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 What soil

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 best characterizes

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 your heart?

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 The compacted

00:48:37.139 --> 00:48:37.440
 soil?

00:48:37.639 --> 00:48:38.700
 The callous

00:48:38.700 --> 00:48:38.920
 heart?

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 Is it the

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 concealed layer

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 of bedrock?

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 That

00:48:44.639 --> 00:48:46.160
 cursory heart

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 that moves

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 real quick,

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 receives an

00:48:48.180 --> 00:48:48.639
 excitement,

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 and just falls

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 away just as

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 fast?

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 The competing

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 weeds soil?

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 The compromised

00:48:55.679 --> 00:48:56.319
 heart?

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 Is that where

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 your heart

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 is?

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 Or the

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 choice soil?

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 The

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 contrite

00:49:03.659 --> 00:49:04.079
 heart?

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 The heart

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 that's been

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 changed by

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 God's grace?

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 Which one

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 best characterizes

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 you?

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 And no matter

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 where you are,

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 do you know

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 what you can

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 do?

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 You can cry

00:49:18.000 --> 00:49:18.739
 out to the

00:49:18.739 --> 00:49:19.420
 God who

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 gives all

00:49:20.340 --> 00:49:21.440
 grace and

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 you can cry

00:49:22.059 --> 00:49:22.640
 out to him

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 and say,

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 oh God,

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 give me a

00:49:25.380 --> 00:49:26.240
 contrite heart,

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 a heart that

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 bears more

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 and more

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 fruit for

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 the glory

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 of your

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 name.

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 Let me

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 pray.

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 God in

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 heaven,

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 we ask that

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 you would do

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 a work in

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 our midst in

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 which you

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 would pour

00:49:42.200 --> 00:49:42.539
 out your

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 grace.

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 Give us

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 eyes to see

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 more and

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 more what

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 you value

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 above all

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 and that we

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 would value

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 it too.

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 God,

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 we pray for

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 those in

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 the room

00:49:52.579 --> 00:49:52.960
 who may

00:49:52.960 --> 00:49:54.059
 now realize

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 that they

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 are not

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 good soil,

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 that they

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 need you

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 and that

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 you're calling

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 them to

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 you.

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 God,

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 would you

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 today draw

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 them to

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 yourself?

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 Thank you

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 for giving us

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 eyes to see

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 and it's in

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 the name of

00:50:09.700 --> 00:50:10.240
 Jesus we

00:50:10.240 --> 00:50:10.579
 pray.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.