The seed and the soils or the parable of the sower. The seed is the word and the soils are human hearts where the word is sown. the word falls on stubborn hearts, shallow hearts, strangled heart or submissive hearts. Which one are you?

1. THE SEED
AND THE
SOILS

2. (Luke 8:5-15) "A sower went out to
sow his seed. And as he sowed, some
fell by the wayside; and it was
trampled down, and the birds of the
air devoured it. {6} "Some fell on rock;
and as soon as it sprang up, it
withered away because it lacked
moisture. {7} "And some fell among
thorns, and the thorns sprang up with
it and choked it. {8} "But others fell
on good ground, sprang up, and
yielded a crop a hundredfold." When
He had said these things He cried,
"He who has ears to hear, let him
hear!“ >>>

3. {9} Then His disciples asked Him,
saying, "What does this parable mean?"
{10} And He said, "To you it has been
given to know the mysteries of the
kingdom of God, but to the rest it is
given in parables, that 'Seeing they may
not see, And hearing they may not
understand.' {11} "Now the parable is
this: The seed is the word of God.{12}
"Those by the wayside are the ones
who hear; then the devil comes and
takes away the word out of their hearts,
lest they should believe and be saved.
>>>

4. {13} "But the ones on the rock are those
who, when they hear, receive the word
with joy; and these have no root, who
believe for a while and in time of
temptation fall away. {14} "Now the
ones that fell among thorns are those
who, when they have heard, go out and
are choked with cares, riches, and
pleasures of life, and bring no fruit to
maturity. {15} "But the ones that fell on
the good ground are those who, having
heard the word with a noble and good
heart, keep it and bear fruit with
patience.

5. INTRODUCTION
When the Sower went out to sow, he
sowed the Word of God according to
verse 11.
The Word of God is sown when a
person hears the Word of God
preached.
The Word of God is sown when a
person listens to the Word of God
read.
The Word of God is sown when a
person reads the Word of God for
himself.

6. INTRODUCTION
When the Word of God is sown it
falls into one of four types of
soil.
Wayside soil
Rocky soil
Thorny soil
Good soil
The soil would be symbolic for
the heart.

7. INTRODUCTION
The Four Types of Heart Where
the Word falls:
Wayside soil = The stubborn Heart
Rocky soil = The Shallow Heart
Thorny soil = The Strangled Heart
Good soil = The submissive Heart

8. THE STUBBORN HEART - Vs. 12
"Those by the wayside are the
ones who hear; then the
devil comes and takes away
the word out of their hearts,
lest they should believe and
be saved.

9. THE STUBBORN HEART - Vs. 12
Satan takes the word out of their
heart
There is no time for the Word
There is no true interest in the
Word
(2 Cor 4:3-4) But even if our gospel is
veiled, it is veiled to those who are
perishing, {4} whose minds the god of
this age has blinded, who do not
believe, lest the light of the gospel of
the glory of Christ, who is the image
of God, should shine on them.

10. THE SHALLOW HEART - Vs. 13
"But the ones on the rock are
those who, when they hear,
receive the word with joy; and
these have no root, who believe
for a while and in time of
temptation fall away.

11. THE SHALLOW HEART - Vs. 13
There is an instant, joyous response
to the preaching of or reading of
God's Word.
However, it is surface level
response. They don't develop roots
The minute something arises in the
way of temptation, they fall away - (1
Th 3:5) For this reason, when I could
no longer endure it, I sent to know
your faith, lest by some means the
tempter had tempted you, and our
labor might be in vain.

12. THE STRANGLED HEART - Vs. 14
"Now the ones that fell among
thorns are those who, when they
have heard, go out and are
choked with cares, riches, and
pleasures of life, and bring no
fruit to maturity.

13. THE STRANGLED HEART - Vs. 14
The seed starts to grow but is
strangled by…
Cares of this life - (2 Tim 2:4)
No one engaged in warfare
entangles himself with the
affairs of this life, that he may
please him who enlisted him as
a soldier.

14. THE STRANGLED HEART - Vs. 14
 The seed starts to grow but is strangled
by…
Riches of this life - (Mark 10:23-25) Then
Jesus looked around and said to His
disciples, "How hard it is for those who
have riches to enter the kingdom of God!"
{24} And the disciples were astonished at
His words. But Jesus answered again and
said to them, "Children, how hard it is for
those who trust in riches to enter the
kingdom of God! {25} "It is easier for a
camel to go through the eye of a needle
than for a rich man to enter the kingdom
of God."

15. THE STRANGLED HEART - Vs. 14
 The seed starts to grow but is strangled
by…
Pleasures of this life - (2 Tim 3:1-5) But
know this, that in the last days perilous
times will come: {2} For men will be
lovers of themselves, lovers of money,
boasters, proud, blasphemers,
disobedient to parents, unthankful,
unholy, {3} unloving, unforgiving,
slanderers, without self-control, brutal,
despisers of good, {4} traitors,
headstrong, haughty, lovers of pleasure
rather than lovers of God, {5} having a
form of godliness but denying its power.
And from such people turn away!

16. THE STRANGLED HEART - Vs. 14
The seed starts to grow but is
strangled by the
Cares,
Riches
And pleasures of this life
As a result it does not bring fruit
to maturity - (John 15:8) "By this
My Father is glorified, that you
bear much fruit; so you will be My
disciples.

17. THE SUBMISSIVE HEART - Vs. 15
"But the ones that fell on the good
ground are those who, having
heard the word with a noble and
good heart, keep it and bear fruit
with patience.

18. THE SUBMISSIVE HEART - Vs. 15
The submissive heart is noble and
good - (Acts 17:11) These were
more (noble) fair-minded than
those in Thessalonica, in that
they received the word with all
readiness, and searched the
Scriptures daily to find out
whether these things were so.

19. THE SUBMISSIVE HEART - Vs. 15
The submissive heart is more than a hearer
of the Word. He is a doer also. He keeps it
and bears fruit - (James 1:22-25) But be
doers of the word, and not hearers only,
deceiving yourselves. {23} For if anyone is
a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is
like a man observing his natural face in a
mirror; {24} for he observes himself, goes
away, and immediately forgets what kind
of man he was. {25} But he who looks into
the perfect law of liberty and continues in
it, and is not a forgetful hearer but a doer
of the work, this one will be blessed in
what he does.

20. CONCLUSION
Where does the word fall in your
life?
What kind of heart does it hit?
Stubborn,
Shallow,
Strangled
Submissive.

22. TONIGHT’S SERMON
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