First General Baptist

Message: The gospel according to Luke

Text: Luke 8:4-15 (8, 15)

Parable of the Seed & Soils—

Unresponsive, Impulsive,

Preoccupied, Responsive

~The only point of sowing seed is so the seed can multiply, make more seed

~What culture group among us is the most mentally, emotionally healthy...who worries the least?

~New Seed, New Shoes

~Good soil is always looking for more good soil. Galatians 6:9

Message: The gospel according to Luke

Text: Luke 8:4-15 (7, 14)

Parable of the Seed & Soils—

Unresponsive, Impulsive,

Preoccupied, Responsive

Observations/notes: ________

What is the difference between this soil that produced thorns and the 2         previous soils?

Best word to describe the person who is this soil _________?

Jesus mentions 3 things that can be thorns in our life that choke out the Word of God and keep us from reproducing into other’s lives:

Cares

Riches

Pleasures

Message: But the snake is still in the tree

Texts:

Genesis 3:1, the lying snake

3:2-3, death is the ultimate curse

3:24, guarding the tree

Galatians 3:13, 2 Corinthians 5:21, Jesus is the ultimate cure for our curse

There is no longer any hope for the snake, he is eternally defeated. But the snake is still in the tree.

Parable of the Seed & Soils—

Unresponsive, Impulsive, Preoccupied, Responsive

Observations/notes:______________

What is the difference between this soil that produced thorns and the 2 previous soils in Jesus’ parable?

How is this soil like the last soil      mentioned—the good soil? What is the    difference between the 2 last soils?

Best word to describe the person who is this soil? _________

Jesus mentions 3 things that can be thorns in our life that choke out the Word of God and keep us from reproducing into other’s lives:

Cares—1 Peter 5:7

Riches

Pleasures

Message: The gospel according to Luke

Text: Luke 8:4-15 (6, 13))

Parable of the Seed & Soils—

Unresponsive; Impulsive;

Preoccupied; Responsive

Observations/notes: _____________

The Word brings—Emotion

The emotion of joy/enthusiasm is a great by product of receiving the Word, but a lasting relationship with Jesus must be based on deeper things.  Emotions are too transitory to trust them too much.  (Love)

The Word in deeper soil—Endures

Temptation/testing/trouble/trial.      Thin, superficial soil won’t survive  without rain every few days, but it won’t rain every few days. A deeper       heart/soul/mind moves beyond emotion into endurance.

What is the sign of genuine, lasting faith? If it can endure testing.

Faith that endures...no matter what!

Message: The gospel according to Luke

Text: Luke 8:4-15 (5, 11-12)

Parable of the Seed & Soils—

Unresponsive; Impulsive; Preoccupied; Responsive

Observations/notes: _____________

The wayside is a foot path thru the field; a road; a hardened path...so the seed does not sink in at all.

John 10:10, the thief exists to steal, to steal from you. How can a thief steal from you? Proverbs 4:23 (NIV)

How would you describe a hard heart?

How do you get one? How do you not get one?

Message: The gospel according to Luke

Text: Luke 8:1-3

~Preaching the glad tidings is proclaiming the good news (gospel) This is the point of everything. This is why FGBC is here.  Proclaiming is telling, not asking. In a way, faith is contagious.

~Ministry of presence. 12 apostles, 3 women, and many more.  Why did Mary Magdalene get to be the first person to see Jesus after His resurrection?

Note: there is no record in the gospels of any woman being opposed to Jesus. Women mentioned in the gospels are usually receiving or giving help.

~Jesus has done something great in the life of every person mentioned in this text. But they are not trying to pay Jesus back for what He has done, they are responding to what He has done for them.

Does God need help proclaiming the gospel? The best thing you can do for yourself is respond to what Jesus has done for you.

Message: The gospel according to Luke

Text: Luke 7:36-50

Worship is seeing who Jesus is, seeing who you are, and seeing the difference

What we know from 37-38:

She knew she was a sinner; she knew where Simon’s house was, and she knew Jesus was there; she came    prepared with a flask of oil (1 year’s average wage); she stood for a while, weeping; then washed Jesus’ feet with her tears; then wiped His feet with her hair; kissed His feet; then anointed His feet with oil from her flask; no one    invited her; she took an extreme       initiative and overcame her shame, she knew they knew who she was.

So…

She knows who she is and what she’s done. She knows who Jesus is and what He’s done for her. She knows the other people in the room and what they’ve done. She worships only      Jesus. When you allow yourself to not worship Jesus, you are worshiping yourself. When you allow anyone else to stop you from worshiping Jesus, you are worshiping them.

Message: The gospel according to Luke

Text: Luke 7:36-50

Simon the Pharisee, and a sinful woman

Simon’s mistakes:

1) Thinking Jesus is like Simon—that He thinks about and sees other people as Simon does. He was amazed that Jesus would let the woman approach Him, but should have been amazed that Jesus accepted the invitation to Simon’s house.

2) That Jesus didn’t notice his lack of worship. Simon didn’t even notice it himself.

3) That inviting Jesus into his home was going to go as planned. That Simon would be in charge and Jesus would  follow his lead.

4) That Jesus couldn’t know what Simon was thinking. That Jesus didn’t really know him. Simon is a hypocrite, a fake.

Message: The gospel according to Luke

Text: Luke 7:36-50

How to start a discipleship class?

Did Jesus ever not have a discipleship class?

Invitation and Opportunity

~Invitation is someone knocking on your door asking you to open it.

~Opportunity is you facing an open door.

Luke 7:  ~Centurion’s servant healed

~Widow of Nain’s son raised from the dead

~Answers John’s disciples then teaches the crowd

~The home of Simon the Pharisee

If following the will of God is   boring to you, you’re not doing it right!