Mark 3:1-9 “Again he began to teach beside the sea. And a very large crowd gathered about him, so that he got into a boat and sat in it on the sea, and the whole crowd was beside the sea on the land. 2 And he was teaching them many things in parables, and in his teaching he said to them: 3 “Listen! Behold, a sower went out to sow. 4 And as he sowed, some seed fell along the path, and the birds came and devoured it. 5 Other seed fell on rocky ground, where it did not have much soil, and immediately it sprang up, since it had no depth of soil. And when the sun rose, it was scorched, and since it had no root, it withered away. 7 Other seed fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up and choked it, and it yielded no grain. 8 And other seeds fell into good soil and produced grain, growing up and increasing and yielding thirtyfold and sixtyfold and a hundredfold.” 9 And he said, “He who has ears to hear, let him hear. “
Notice: Jesus begins this section with a command! “LISTEN” and “Behold”! The word “listen” means ”
POINT: And the invitation is a demonstration of His
“He who has ears to hear, let him hear”.
POINT: If you’re
Q: What kind of soil are you today?
POINT: Only
POINT: Same opportunity for all (remember the seed was sown on ALL different kinds of soil)….
POINT: there were different
Jesus said…
“To you has been given the secret of the kingdom of God, but for those outside everything is in parables,”
POINT:
*POINT:*Jesus invites you to
Maybe you’re here and wonder…
Q: Is there any hope?
A: The answer is
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