Guard What God Gave You
Jeremiah 3:15 KJV
15 And I will give you pastors according to mine heart, which shall feed you with knowledge and understanding.
James 1:21 KJV
21 Wherefore lay apart all filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness, and receive with meekness THE ENGRAFTED WORD, which is able to save your souls.
ENGRAFTED: inborn, implanted by nature, implanted by others instruction (someone who is anointed by God has to deposit the word into your life.
Matthew 13:1-3 KJV
1 The same day went Jesus out of the house, and sat by the sea side.
2 And great multitudes were gathered together unto him, so that he went into a ship, and sat; and the whole multitude stood on the shore.
3 And he spake many things unto them in parables, saying, Behold, a sower went forth to sow;
1. SOME SEEDS FELL BY THE WAYSIDE
Matthew 13:4 KJV
4 And when he sowed, some seeds fell by the way side, and the fowls came and devoured them up:
DEVOURED: to consume by eating, to strip one of his goods, to squander, to waste substance. (1 Peter 5:8)
2. SOME FELL UPON STONY PLACES
Matthew 13:5-6 KJV
5 Some fell upon stony places, where they had not much earth: and forthwith THEY SPRUNG UP, because they had no deepness of earth:
6 And when the sun was up, they were scorched; and BECAUSE THEY HAD NO ROOT, THEY WITHERED AWAY.
THEY WITHERED AWAY: to make dry, to waste away
3. SOME FELL AMONG THORNS
Matthew 13:7 KJV
7 And some fell among thorns; and the thorns sprung up, and choked them:
CHOKE: to stifle, to suffocate with water, to drown. (Isa. 59:19)
4. OTHER FELL INTO GOOD GROUND
Matthew 13:8-9 KJV
8 But other fell into good ground, and brought forth fruit, some an hundredfold, some sixtyfold, some thirtyfold.
9 Who hath ears to hear, let him hear.
THE PARABLE EXPLAINED
Matthew 13:10-11,18-19 KJV
10 And the disciples came, and said unto him, Why speakest thou unto them in parables?
11 He answered and said unto them, Because it is given unto you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given.
18 Hear ye therefore the parable of the sower.
19 WHEN ANYONE HEARETH THE WORD OF THE KINGDOM, and UNDERSTANDETH IT NOT, THEN COMETH THE WICKED ONE, and catcheth away that which was sown in his heart. This is he which received seed by the way side.
UNDERSTANDETH IT NOT: does not comprehend, (does not get it)…
CATCHETH AWAY: to seize, to carry off by force, to snatch, to claim for one’s self eagerly, to pull, to pluck…
Mark 4:15 KJV
15 And these are they by the way side, where the word is sown; but when they have heard, SATAN COMETH IMMEDIATELY, and TAKETH AWAY THE WORD that was sown in their hearts.
2 Timothy 1:14 NLT
14 Through the power of the Holy Spirit who lives within us, CAREFULLY GUARD THE PRECIOUS TRUTH THAT HAS BEEN ENTRUSTED TO YOU.
Matthew 13:20-21 KJV
20 But he that received the seed into STONY PLACES, the same is he that heareth the word, and anon with joy receiveth it;
21 Yet hath he not root in himself, but dureth for a while: FOR WHEN TRIBULATION OR PERSECUTION ARISETH BECAUSE OF THE WORD, BY AND BY HE IS OFFENDED.
Luke 22:31-32 KJV
31 And the Lord said, Simon, Simon, behold, Satan hath desired to have you, that he may sift you as wheat:
32 But I have prayed for thee, that thy faith fail not: and when thou art converted, strengthen thy brethren.
TRIBULATION: pressure, anguish, affliction, distress, a pressing together, trouble
PERSECUTION: hostility and ill-treatment, harassment…
Hebrews 10:32 KJV
32 “But call to remembrance the former days, in which, AFTER YE WERE ILLUMINATED, YE ENDURED A GREAT FIGHT OF AFFLICTIONS;”
1 Peter 5:8-9 KJV
8 Be sober, be vigilant; because YOUR ADVERSARY THE DEVIL, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:
9 Whom resist stedfast in the faith, knowing that the same AFFLICTIONS are accomplished in your brethren that are in the world.
AFFLICTIONS: a suffering, misfortune, calamity, hardship or pain, evil…
John 16:33 KJV
33 These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have TRIBULATION: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.
Job 1:22 KJV
22 In all this Job sinned not, nor charged God foolishly.
Matthew 13:22 KJV
Matthew 13:22 KJV
22 He also that received seed among the thorns is he that heareth the word; and THE CARE OF THIS WORLD, AND THE DECEITFULNESS OF RICHES, CHOKE THE WORD, AND HE BECOMETH UNFRUITFUL.
THE CARES OF THIS WORLD: anxiety: a feeling of worry, nervousness, or unease, typically about an imminent event or something with an uncertain outcome.
THE DECEITFULLNESS OF RICHES: money is your idol and you are willing to do anything to get it.
Matthew 13:23 KJV
23 But he that received seed into THE GOOD GROUND IS HE THAT HEARETH THE WORD, AND UNDERSTANDETH IT; WHICH ALSO BEARETH FRUIT, and bringeth forth, some an hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.
UNDERSTANDETH: to comprehend