“KEY” POINT: Understanding this parable is the key for unlocking all the parables (v. 13).

RESPONSES FROM RECEIVING GOD’S WORD

Response 1: Seed snatched … Satan steals it.
Result? A false conversion that bears no fruit.
(vv. 4 & 15)

Response 2: Seed scorched … difficulty destroys it.
Result? A false conversion that bears no fruit.
(vv. 5-6 & 16-17)

Response 3: Seed strangled … desire depletes it.
Result? A false conversion that bears no fruit.
(vv. 7 & 18-19)

Response 4: Seed sprouts … God grows it.
Result? A true conversion that bears much fruit.
(vv. 8 & 20)

TRUTH #1: We have only one message.

TAKE AWAY REMINDER: Commitment to this one message is everything.

TRUTH #2: This message IS the reason we see fruit.

TAKE AWAY REMINDER: Faithfulness determines blessing.

TRUTH #3: We have only once source of power.

TAKE AWAY REMINDER: Our power comes from an inspired text delivered under the power of the Spirit.

TRUTH #4: We must always “be with Jesus” to avail ourselves of His power.

TAKE AWAY REMINDER: The core way we can “be with Jesus” is to be in His Word!