Today I want to help us see that

play an important part personally in helping fulfill Jesus’ mission of people’s lives being transformed and lost people becoming found people. Note Matthew 13:3-9 , 18-23

1. Sharing the Greatest Good News of All-Time is Something I

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Note Matthew 13:3b-4a

What every follower of Jesus needs to understand and

embrace is that anyone can be outward-focused.

You and I can be

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in God’s hands to be a part of His mission of reaching lost people.

It doesn’t require

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- year intensive discipleship programs, have huge amounts of Bible verses memorized, be an accomplished public speaker, or be a gifted apologist who can answer every person’s questions and

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about the Christian faith to be used by God to help reach lost people.

2. Sharing the Greatest Good News of All-Time is Always High

and Often Low

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This parable helps

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us of what Jesus also taught us (note John 6:44).

Of course, we have a part to play; but the

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part is the Holy Spirit’s work in people’s lives.

3. Sharing the Greatest Good News of All-Time is a

The reality is most people need multiple

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with the truth of the gospel (words and deeds) before they are ready to say ‘YES!’ to Jesus as Lord.

The average person needs to hear the gospel at least

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times before responding.

The farmer expected something to happen, but knew it wasn’t up to him to make the sun shine, the rain fall, and the seeds to

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.

Our responsibility is to

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encourage someone to take another step or two towards Jesus.

God will use us, but ultimately, He’s the One who brings people to Himself, not how

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we can speak (note 1 Corinthians 3:5-8).

4. Sharing the Greatest Good News of All-Time Recognizes Different

Conditions

Not everyone is in the same place on their spiritual

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. The farmer was

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where he scattered the seeds. He didn’t

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the shallow, rocky, or thorny soil.

He wasn’t

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that only 25% of the soil responded well…

He didn’t feel

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that 75% of the soil didn’t respond favorably. He was responsible to scatter the seed, not for the

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of the soil.

What does it mean for CAC to MULTIPLY?:
Jesus is teaching us that a

minority of people are open to the gospel right now.
25% of all the population in a 10-mile radius of CAC =

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people!
And when one person says ‘YES!’ to Jesus as Lord, the impact is far greater because they have relationships with others…that they can share their story with in

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ways.
And also, because God is God (and we’re not), He is more than able to

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shallow, rocky, or thorny soil into good soil.
We’re not to be soil

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, just seed scatterers.
An act of kindness in Jesus’ Name, a loving word of God’s truth that someone genuinely hears…things like this can soften a hardened heart, help open a closed mind, can awaken a

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conscience, and help someone take a step closer to Jesus.