Four Soils
(King Jesus: The Gospel of Matthew-Part 30)
September 13, 2020
The Passage: Matthew 13:1-23
The Rejection prior to the Parable
-Matthew presents Jesus as King of the Jews.
-Jesus talks a lot about the Kingdom of Heaven.
-The greater evidence Jesus showed as the king, the greater the rejection.
The two-fold Purpose
-A short simple story to compare but most importantly to illustrate a spiritual lesson
-Jesus Parable concealed the truth from those who were hard-hearted but it revealed the truth to those who were soft-hearted.
More like 4 types of Soil
The roadside soil (hard) is the unresponsive heart.
The rocky soil is the impulsive heart.
The weed-infested soil is the preoccupied heart.
The fertile soil is the well-prepared heart.
What Jesus is teaching us
The false and truth will exist before the full-fulfillment of His Kingdom.
The good seed is the Gospel and we don’t need to change it.
What kind of soil are you? We need self-examination.