The Seed, The Sower and The Soil

The Seed, The Sower and The Soil

Sermon by Pastor Brent Snook / Feb 12, 2023

Series: The Short Stories of Jesus

Text: Matthew 13:1-9

The same day went Jesus out of the house, and sat by the sea side. 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. And he spake many things unto them in parables, saying, Behold, a sower went forth to sow; And when he sowed, some seeds fell by the way side, and the fowls came and devoured them up: Some fell upon stony places, where they had not much earth: and forthwith they sprung up, because they had no deepness of earth: 

And when the sun was up, they were scorched; and because they had no root, they withered away.  And some fell among thorns; and the thorns sprung up, and choked them: But other fell into good ground, and brought forth fruit, some an hundredfold, some sixtyfold, some thirtyfold. Who hath ears to hear, let him hear. 

I. THE SEED IS THE SCRIPTURE

Read Hebrews 4:12 | Romans 1:6 

II. THE SOWER IS THE SAINT

A. THE COMMAND

B. THE COMPASSION

Read Psalm 126:6

B.O.B : Burden, Opportunity, Boldness

C. THE CONSEQUENCES

III. THE SOIL IS THE SOUL

A. THE PROBLEM SOIL

1. THE SOIL WHERE SEED CAN’T GET IN

Read Matthew 13:19 | Matthew 13:4 | Hebrews 4:7

2. THE SOIL WHERE SEED CAN’T GET DOWN

Read Matthew 13:21

3. THE SOIL WHERE SEED CAN’T GET OUT

Read Matthew 13:22

a. Problems 

b. Possessions

c. Pleasures

B. THE PRODUCTIVE SOIL 

Read Matthew 13:23

Three Levels of Fruit

1. Moderate Fruit = 30-fold

2. Marked Fruit = 60-fold

3. Marvelous Fruit = 100-fold 

Read Hosea 10:12