The
determines the
.
Psalm 90:12
Mark 4:13-20
The First Soil Is the
Heart.
You don’t want to experience the
As people heard Jesus tell these stories, they saw at once that they weren’t about God, so there was nothing in them threatening their own sovereignty. They relaxed their defenses. They walked away perplexed, wondering what they meant, the stories lodged in their imagination. And then, like a time bomb, they would explode in their unprotected hearts… He was talking about God; they had been invaded! —Eugene Peterson, The Contemplative Pastor, 32
The Second Soil Is the
Heart.
Mark 4:16-17
Mark 4:18-19
The Third Soil Is the
Heart
The Fourth Soil Is the
Heart
Mark 4:20
The parable emphasizes both receptivity and bearing fruit. Two of the three sowings that fail describe people who respond positively to the message. They even hear the message with joy, but their hearing is still superficial. Receiving the kingdom with joy is not enough — a message the modern church desperately needs to hear. Faith that is temporary and unproductive is not true faith… Any hearing that does not result in productive living in relation to the Father is not valid hearing. As C. Keener observes, ‘the only conversions that count in the kingdom are those confirmed by a life of discipleship.’ —– Klyne Snodgrass, Stories with Intent, 176
Mark 3:35
In the Bible,
is always correlated to
.
IF WE’RE TRULY
IN THE FOURTH QUARTER, IT’S TIME TO
THE FOURTH SOIL.
How Do We Become The 4th Soil? Through
&
Mark 4:26-27
Mark 4:9