TRUTH UNDER FIRE

MARK 4:1-2, 9-13

Pastor Rick Jackson

 

I. FOUR SOILS, 3 ENEMIES, 2 TYPES OF PEOPLE

1. The Way Side – Satan & the Unsaved [v. 3-4, 14-15]

2. The Stony Ground – the Flesh & the Unsaved [v. 5-6, 16-17]

3. The Thorny Ground – the Saved & the World [v. 7, 18-19]

4. The Good Ground- the Saved and the Spirit [v. 8-9, 20]

 

II. ENEMIES OF?

1. Enemies of the Saviour [v. 14, Mt. 13:37-39]

He answered and said unto them, He that soweth the good seed is the Son of man; The field is the world; the good seed are the children of the kingdom; but the tares are the children of the wicked one; The enemy that sowed them is the devil; the harvest is the end of the world; and the reapers are the angels.

2. Enemies of the Bible [v. 14-20]

3. Enemies of the Soul [v. 15-19, 1 Pt. 5:8, 2 Cor. 4:3-4]

-Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:

-But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost: In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.

 

III. SIMPLE LESSONS FROM THE SCRIPTURE

1. Every Christian Should Produce Fruit [v. 19]

2. Not Every Christian Produces the Same Amount of Fruit [v. 19-20]

3. God Desires Fruit [v. 20-21, John 15:8, Phil. 4:17]

- Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit; so shall ye be my disciples.

- Not because I desire a gift: but I desire fruit that may abound to your account.