Battle Inside the Church

Luke 8:5-15 - Living the Abundant Life
* We all want to live a life of abundance.
* Biblical abundance is about what you

, not what you

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.
* God wants to do something

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you so He can do it

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you.
* So Jesus is going to teach this principle to the people. How?
* Vs 4 - a parable is an earthly story with a

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meaning.
* His parable was about a farmer sowing seed and producing a bumper crop.
* Tony Evans - “The success of the seed had nothing to do with the seed itself; rather, it had everything to do with where it landed.”
* Seed = the

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for life.
* Soil = the

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for life.
* If the soil is good, you will see LIFE.
* Vs 5-8a - If we want a bumper crop (that abundant life), we have to be
* Four types of soil:
* Hard
* Rocky (shallow)
* Thorny
* Good
* Jesus explains:
* Vs 11 - the Word of God brings life.
* Logos -

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words of God (Bible).
* Rhema -

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word to you.
* Vs 12 - Hard - closed off to God.
* Vs 13 - Shallow - when trials comes, they pull back.
* Vs 14 - Thorny - worries, wealth, widgets keep them back.
* Vs 15 - Good:
*

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and good heart - sincere (want God’s thing over theirs).
*

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it - they bath themselves in God’s Word.
*

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it fast - recognize it’s importance (hold it tight).
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- they won’t let it go (they’re in, they’re committed)
* God promises an abundant life for this type of heart!