A Generous Sower” Matthew 13: 1-9,18-23

The entire point of the parable is not the soil. Jesus doesn't tell us to consider the soil. Jesus says consider the sower. Like that is the ultimate answer to everything being changed. He says it in the text in verse three. Consider the sower who went out to sow. [01:02:38] (24 seconds)  #ConsiderSower

And that's what I'm telling you. Don't get so obsessed with the soil. Become obsessed with the planter. Because praise God, Jesus is planting his word on every single kind of soil in the world. He never went, even though he should have. We can't plant right there. It's too hard. No. They'll never nothing will ever come of that. Can't plant right there because it's only gonna last just a little a couple hours, maybe. [01:05:50] (42 seconds)  #FocusOnThePlanter

And if you'll take the seed of this word and begin to believe what it says, specifically first, what it says about Jesus, that he is your generous sower. He is your generous savior who died on your cross and on my cross. He stood in our place. He paid the price for my sin, your sin. He paid the penalty. He wiped away the shame. He took away the guilt. He lifted the burden of our sin and our shame off of us, and he gave us new life. And I'm telling you today, this is the time to make that decision. Let's go public. [01:08:46] (44 seconds)  #BelieveInTheSower

I can't save you. You can't save somebody else, but man, I can tell you about Jesus. And before I tell you about Jesus, what we need to pray is for the Holy Spirit to pull the weeds out of your heart because that's a work that only the Holy Spirit can do. We need the Holy Spirit to remove the rocks out of your heart. We need the Holy Spirit to dig his fingers in your soul and begin to loosen things up. So we we need to deliberately pray. [00:56:27] (28 seconds)  #PrayForHolyWork

He knows that the seed is going to fall on the hard soil. He knows that the seed is gonna fall on the thorns. He knows that the seed is gonna fall among the rocks, and he knows that the seed is gonna fall on good soil. And some of you are thorns and rocks, and you're a hardened soul. But praise God that he still sowed the seed in you. [01:04:10] (26 seconds)  #SowedInEverySoil

He never said, if we plant here, it's gonna die, like, right now. No. He just filled his bag with seed, and Jesus scattered his word to every different kind of soul there is. And I'm so thankful that he planted his seed on me, that the seed of his word hit me, and I'm thankful that it's come to you. [01:06:32] (38 seconds)  #ThanksForTheSeed

Some of us today are far from Christ. We are walking as a dead man or a dead woman in this world, and God's been speaking to you, and his seed has fallen at your feet. And you gotta make a decision. Am I gonna step on it, or am I gonna pick it up? I want you to know that this word brings us to life. [01:08:20] (26 seconds)  #PickUpTheSeed

Some of us need to own it and acknowledge it. But I'm telling you, if you do if you do, it's the first step, and the Holy Spirit will begin to crack open your your hardened heart and soften it up. Because you and I both know that what you need is that good sower who's generous with his seeds. [01:07:56] (24 seconds)  #OwnAndAcknowledge