1. What were the other four qualities that identifies a good soil stated in the previous sermons?

2. Can someone have assurance of salvation while continuing to live in disobedience?

3. What are some factors that causes a genuine believer to persevere in his walk with God?

1. What two things were mentioned in last week's sermon that Luke, Matthew and Mark described as good soil?

2. What does it mean to hold fast the word of God?

3. What must first happen to someone before he can bear fruit?

4. What is the primary agent that causes us to bear fruit?

5. Do all fruits look the same? Why or why not?

1. What qualities are stated in Luke that made it a good soil?

2. How can someone have an honest and good heart?

3. What are some tangible fruits that we can observe that is evidence of it being a "good soil"?

1. When did the thorns grow along with the seed planted?

2. What three things caused the plant to choke and not bear fruit?

3. If you were to examine yourself based on the warnings of these first three soils, how would you be certain that you are not part of those soils?

4. How can you tell if someone is a struggling Christian or if someone is not a Christian at all?

1. Which of the four soils are Christian and why?

2. What is the criteria in which we are able to identify a true believer verses a false believer?

3. Who is the one who snatches away the seed for the first soil. What does that tell us about who they belong to?

4. What does it mean when it says that they believed for a short while for the second soil. What does it mean for them to have believed then to fall away? Are they saved but not bearing fruit? Or did they lose their salvation?

1. What is the context in which the parable of the sower was given? Who was it given to and why?

2. What does the seed represent according to verse 11?

3. Who is the seed planter?

4. Why did Jesus speak to them in parables according to verses 9 and 10?

POINT 1 -  Identify the sin of partiality.

POINT 2 - God’s glorious impartial character

POINT 3 - Your judgment must be in keeping with your God’s law.  

POINT 3 A - Verse 8-11: Partiality is Contrary to the law of God

POINT 3 B Verse 5 & 6a: Partiality is Contrary to the Mercy of God

POINT 4 | Speak and Act as those who are judged by the law of liberty.  

1. What caused Jesus to weep on Palm Sunday?

2. In what way did Israel expect peace that was different from the peace that Jesus came to bring?

3. Do you think you would have been able to recognize Jesus' coming if you were a Jew during that time?

4. What kind of spiritual blinders are we in danger of in our generation?

1. What was Jesus preaching about when he visited all the towns?

2. Who are the ladies mentioned here who supported Jesus and His ministry?

3. In what way was the kingdom of God that Jesus preached radically different from the Kingdom that the Israelites were anticipating?

1. How is this passage related to the previous passage?

2. Why did Simon the Pharisee invite Jesus to his home?

3. Was Simon a believer?

4. Was this a private dinner or an open banquet?

5. What does it mean for the woman to be described as a sinner?

6. Why did the woman have the alabaster jar with her to pour on Jesus? What does it reveal about her and what she did?

7. Where does great love for Jesus come from?