Matthew 13:3-9, 18-23
Soils: 1. Hard 2. Shallow 3. Weedy 4. Good
Meaning:
. Seed – The Word of the Kingdom (God)
. Sower: Anyone who broadcasts the Gospel (truth)
. Soil: The human heart – Vs. 19
The Four Kinds of Heart
. 1. The Hard Heart – Vss. 18-19
. . Stiff-necked, proud, self-sufficient, not needing salvation
. . . Job 41:24, 2 Corinthians 4:3-4, the ‘fool’ in Proverbs, Romans 1:21-22
. 2. The Superficial Heart – Vs. 20
. . Initial response – Matthew 8:19-20
. . Shallow evangelism leads to false conversion – 1 John 2:19