07/17/2022 The four types of soil #1
/The four types of soil #1
Today, we are going to read the Bible together as I teach you because the Bible verses are already kind of a sermon of Jesus Himself. So I will just read what Jesus said and give you a little more explanation.
1Another time Jesus began teaching by the lake. A great crowd gathered around him. So he got into a boat and went out on the lake. All the people stayed on the shore close to the water. 2Jesus used many stories to teach them. He said, 3“Listen! A farmer went out to plant his seed. 4While the farmer was planting, some seed fell by the road. The birds came and ate all that seed. 5Some seed fell on rocky ground where there wasn’t much dirt. The seed grew very fast there because the ground was not deep. 6But when the sun rose, the plants withered. The plants died because they did not have deep roots. 7Some other seed fell among thorny weeds. The weeds grew and choked the good plants. So those plants did not make grain. 8Some other seed fell on good ground. In the good ground, the seed began to grow. It grew and made a crop of grain. Some plants made 30 times more grain, some 60 times more grain, and some 100 times more grain.”
9Then Jesus said, “Let those with ears use them and listen!”
10Later, when Jesus was alone, the 12 apostles and others around him asked him about the stories.
11Jesus said, “Only you can know the secret truth about the kingdom of God. But to other people I tell everything by using stories. 12I do this so that:
‘They will look and look, but they will not learn.
They will listen and listen, but they will not understand.
If they did learn and understand,
they would come back to me and be forgiven.’” Isaiah 6:9-10
Jesus Explains the Seed Story
13Then Jesus said to the followers, “Do you understand this story? If you don’t, then how will you understand any story? 14The farmer is like a person who plants God’s teaching in people. 15Sometimes the teaching falls on the road. This is like some people. They hear the teaching of God. But Satan quickly comes and takes away the teaching that was planted in them.
Do you guys get it?
So there are four different grounds which means there are four different responses when they hear God's Word.
The first ground the seed fell was a road where people keep walking.
It is a hard ground where seeds can never take root.
So seeds that fell there were eaten by birds quickly.
Nothing left.
Jesus said the seeds were the teaching of God.
So you guys learn God’s word every week.
That means the seed fell on your hearts.
Were these seeds planted well in you?
How long do you remember what you learn? If you do not carefully keep in your heart what you learn, your hearts are like the hard ground, like a road. No wonder no seeds could take root.
No plant can grow there. Nothing left.
No wonder that The word of God you learn doesn’t do anything in your life.
Why is this happening?
There are a few reasons behind it.
First, they thought they knew everything already. They think they do not need God’s Word.
Second, they have no interest in learning from God, so they do not care to listen.
Third, maybe it was a little too hard to understand for some of you.
What do you think you are like here?
Are you listening to me very well right now?
Yeah? What about last week? What do you remember about things you learned last week? If you cannot remember, what does that prove?
If you have trouble listening well, what you need to do is asking God to transform your hearts into a good ground. Jesus is the farmer who would totally change the ground! But we need to give ourselves to Jesus to do that. When you give yourselves to Jesus, He will change it into a good ground.
Then it will bear at least 30 times, or 60 times, or 100 times more fruit.
Now you learn the word of God today, how will you do with this seed this time? Will you keep this in your heart and think about it again, and again? Or just forget in a few hours.
What type of grounds are you now?
Suggested Questions (아이에 맞게 새로운 질문을 해보세요!)
What do you remember from today’s message?
What are the differences among the four grounds?
Do you listen well?
How do we become a good ground?
Prayer
Dear Father,
We just learned the word of God about our attitude. When we listen to you through the pastor, or parents, or the Bible let all of us have a good attitude like the good ground. So that what we learn from you grow well in our lives. So that people around us can see the beautiful fruit and see Jesus from them.
We pray in the name of
The good farmer of our hearts Jesus,
Amen.
하나님 아버지,
오늘 우리는 하나님의 말씀을 듣는 우리의 태도에 대해서 배웠습니다.
우리가 목사님이나, 부모님이나 또 성경책을 통해서 하나님의 말씀을 들을 때에
좋은 밭과 같이 좋은 태도로 듣게 해주세요. 그래서 우리 주변의 사람들이 우리 삶에 맺히는 아름다운 열매들을 보고, 그 열매들을 통해 예수님을 보길 원합니다.
우리의 마음을 다스리시는 좋은 농부 예수님의 이름으로 기도합니다.
아멘.