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Introduction Today we’re going to look at this parable that Jesus gives unto the multitude by the seaside that day 2,000 years ago. Today we’re going to examine this message titled ‘Soil Test’. In it, later on I will ask you to examine the various types of soil that Jesus describes and claim one of them…

Review • Cooking • Fishing • Feasts • Money Parable of the Sower & the Seed 3 PARTS: 1. The Parable itself 2. Explanation of the Style 3. Explanation of the Parable Many refer to this parable as the parable of the soils because it is not really about the sower or the seed - it's really about the different…

Big Idea: God’s Word only produces fruit when it is received by good soil And when a great crowd was gathering and people from town after town came to him, he said in a parable, “A sower went out to sow his seed. And as he sowed, some fell along the path and was trampled underfoot, and the birds of the…

“A Heart Issue” Today we are going to begin a new series on the Parables. We are going to look specifically at Matthew chapter 13 at the Parable of the Sower. I hope that you would turn with me there as I read not only the parable, but also the meaning of this parable. 1 That same day Jesus went out…

Countdown Video: Happy New Year 3 Thank you for joining Faith Vision Christian Ministries Faith Vision i s a Christian church, based on the Word of God. We are a training ground for all things Jesus Christ. We are loving God , Loving People living by faith Thank you for joining us today , Please set…

Introduction: Research suggests that the average person hears between 20,000 and 30,000 words every single day! That is a ton of communication that people hear daily. With all of this communication coming our way, how do we sort out what is most important? And even more pressing, how do we discern what…

Introduction We are walking through a series this summer called The Gospel in the Gospels We began this series by looking at a handful of interactions Jesus had with the people around him. How Jesus presented the Gospel is very different than how we present the Gospel in our world. Some of this is because…

Intro: I’m excited to share with you all this morning. We are gonna talk parables. A parable is not a real story. A parable is not a real story, but inside it contains a very real truth. Its a story that has a point. Jesus used parables often. Stories are memorable. The parable we are studying today…

Healthy Soil If I were a farmer, I would need to learn from another the proper way to plant my crops. Thankfully, my mom grew a garden each year and taught us how to look for good soil and to grow healthy crops. In the planting of these crops, we were fortunate to live right along the Ohio river. Each…

What a year it has been. Today is a special day. It is New Year’s Day, and the fact that it falls on a Sunday this year makes it even more special. When Christmas comes, we celebrate the birth of Christ, but then there is a week of anticipation as the end of one year brings the beginning of the next.…

Jesus spent a day at the shore, but people still followed him. There were so many people that Jesus had to get in a boat. Thankfully, sound carries very well across the water. In a sense, Jesus’ pulpit was a boat. Jesus spoke in another parable. Something very familiar to the people of his time. Nearly…

Welcome! Turn with me to Matthew 13 . We are going to be looking at this chapter today. Matthew 13 gives us an interesting concept taught my Jesus… that I think we often miss… You see, we often break it apart… looking just at the parables individually… Honestly… How many of you have read it as one section,…

You are not an accident. Each one of you was created by God for a special purpose. Your life in Christ begins with a spiritual rebirth. What that means is that everything you’ve ever done wrong is erased… forgiven and forgotten by God. It’s like restarting your phone. God is saying, let’s get a new start.…

I. Introduction 1. Prayers 2. Scripture memory But if we hope for what we do not see, we wait for it with patience. Title and start Life replicates... According to Nasa “All living things have certain traits in common: Cellular organization, the ability to reproduce, growth & development, energy use,…

Jesus Teaching in Parables Until now, as we have been looking at several passages, we learned that Jesus was teaching in synagogues, and to His disciples. At times, He was teaching people outside of the synagogues. If we read the Gospel of Matthew until chapter 12, we will notice that there was a great…

Lesson Text: Hearken; Behold, there went out a sower to sow: And it came to pass, as he sowed, some fell by the way side, and the fowls of the air came and devoured it up. And some fell on stony ground, where it had not much earth; and immediately it sprang up, because it had no depth of earth: But when…

- Supporting Idea: Many people will reject the truth because of Satanic opposition, their own hard hearts, and because God will blind them further. But some will receive the truth and bear spiritual fruit. Jesus’ first parable might be thought of as a parable about parables. It explained the need for…

Our Scripture this morning comes from Mark 4 . Again he began to teach beside the sea. And a very large crowd gathered about him, so that he got into a boat and sat in it on the sea, and the whole crowd was beside the sea on the land. And he was teaching them many things in parables, and in his teaching…

Hebrews 11 is all about trusting God’s words in action. Learning from the Reformers We can learn a thing or two from the Reformers when it comes to thinking rightly about faith or trust. The Reformers understood that all believing is not the same. This is a very biblical idea. They taught that there…

Introduction Text You have cause to give thanks. vv. 3-4 Source of thanks of Paul, but also other believers as they observed one another. Growth of faith and love - things you control. Your growth causes others to give thanks - look for growth! Even in affliction. We normalize the extremes. Features…

Introduction This Torah Portion goes from Numbers 13:1-15:41 So far, we have discussed how God longed to show Himself to Israel. If they had come up to mount Sinai the complete restoration back to God would have been accomplished as the Lord would have tabernacled in them. They could not do it. We have…

Introduction: The parable of the sower is such a familiar story. From Sunday school on, we’ve heard it. It’s easily remembered, and it seems so readily understood. Besides, Jesus himself provides an explanation, so how can anyone improve on that or go wrong? Still, a most critical point of the parable…

Sometimes in life warning signs can be glaring in our face and so blatant that we must deal with them. And yet there are other times where they are subtle and we often miss them. A few weeks ago I went to a baseball game in Denver Colorado and outside the baseball park was a gentlemen who had a little…

Strengthen yourself in the Lord: Be honest with what you are feeling and seeing. Give thanks to God. Move to what your Spirit knows to be true. Declare with boldness and confidence of Him with you. Show Pictures of Kayne West preforming at a Texas Prison. Show video: Kayne West Reinforcing your Identity…