An Earthly Story with a Heavenly Meaning

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An Earthly Story with a Heavenly Meaning

• Luke 81-15

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Introduction The Parable of the Sower

• 1 After this, Jesus traveled about from one town
  and village to another, proclaiming the good news
  of the kingdom of God. The Twelve were with him, 
  2 and also some women who had been cured of evil
  spirits and diseases Mary (called Magdalene)
  from whom seven demons had come out  3 Joanna
  the wife of Chuza, the manager of Herods
  household Susanna and many others. These women
  were helping to support them out of their own
  means.

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1. What did Jesus tell a large crowd of people?
Luke 84

• While a large crowd was gathering and people were
  coming to Jesus from town after town, he told
  this parable

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2. What happened to the seed that fell along the
path? Luke 85

• A farmer went out to sow his seed. As he was
  scattering the seed, some fell along the path it
  was trampled on, and the birds ate it up. 

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3. What type of ground that caused the plants to
wither from no moisture? Luke 86

• Some fell on rocky ground, and when it came up,
  the plants withered because they had no
  moisture. 

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4. What happened to the plants that grew up
among thorns? Luke 84

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

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5. How much did the crop on good soil produce?
Luke 88

• Still other seed fell on good soil. It came up
  and yielded a crop, a hundred times more than was
  sown.
• Read Matthew 138

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Seeds that Fell
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6. Did Jesus' followers understand the parable?
yes no

• His disciples asked him what this parable meant.
• Read Luke 810

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7. What is the seed the farmer sowed? Luke 811

• This is the meaning of the parable The seed is
  the word of God.

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8. What is the reason people do not believe and
be saved? Luke 812

• Those along the path are the ones who hear, and
  then the devil comes and takes away the word from
  their hearts, so that they may not believe and be
  saved. 

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9. Are the rocky ground folks the temporary
Christians? Luke 813 yes no

• Those on the rocky ground are the ones who
  receive the word with joy when they hear it, but
  they have no root. They believe for a while, but
  in the time of testing they fall away. 

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Do you think Hebrews 512-14 is similar to Luke
814?

• yes no comparison chart
• next slide

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11. What are the characteristics of "good soil"
people? Luke 815

• But the seed on good soil stands for those with a
  noble and good heart, who hear the word, retain
  it, and by persevering produce a crop.

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The Word of God
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Review

• 1. What did Jesus tell a large crowd of people?
  
• 2. What happened to the seed that fell along the
  path?
• 3. What type of ground that caused the plants to
  wither from no moisture?
• 4. What happened to the plants that grew up
  among thorns?
• 5. How much did the crop on good soil produce?

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Review

• 6. Did Jesus' followers understand the parable?
  
• 7. What is the seed the farmer sowed?
• 8. What is the reason people do not believe and
  be saved?
• 9. Are the rocky ground folks the temporary
  Christians?

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Review

• Do you think that Hebrews 512-14 is similar to
  Luke 814?
• 11. What are the characteristics of "good soil"
  people?

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What is the GOOD NEWS in this lesson?