Responding To The Good News
Larry Wynn
Matthew 13:1-9;18-23
INTRODUCTION
A. If you were to travel at the speed of light which is 186,000 miles per second:
1. In 2 sec. you would travel past the moon.
2. In 8 min. you would travel past the sun.
3. In 4 months you would be at the edge of the solar system.
4. In 5 years you would be at the closest star, Alpha Centauri A.
5. In 100,000 years you would exit from our galaxy.
6. In 1.5 million years you would reach the next closest galaxy.
Scientists now have telescopes that can see four and one-half billion light years into space. And yet the Bible says God holds all that in the palms of His hand.
B. God is a mighty and powerful God. Everyone ought to fall in love with a God like that, yet they don't.
C. Why?
1. Is it a problem of not knowing.
2. Not in this country. The Gospel is being shared in more ways than ever.
3. The problem is not hearing the Good news. It is in our response to it.
D. Jesus told a story to illustrate.
1. The sower is Christ.
2. The seed is the good news of Christ.
3. The soil represents the response to the good news.
E. We are responsible for our response to what we hear.
1. ill. Age where no one wants to take responsibility for anything. The fault is society, the system, or someone else.
2. With God there is no passing the blame. We are responsible.
F. Jesus, in this parable, described how people respond to the Gospel.
I. THE REBELLIOUS RESPONDER. VS. 4; VS. 19.
A. This person RECEIVES the message.
1. He hears it.
2. Maybe through a message, a song, a personal testimony of a friend, or a memory. (Being taken to church as a child, or something a parent said. Could be the prayer of a mom.)
B. This person is RESPONSIBLE for the message.
1. The question is often asked, ''What about those who have never heard?''
2. The Bible in Romans says we will be judged by the amount of light we have been given.
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Larry Wynn
Matthew 13:1-9;18-23
INTRODUCTION
A. If you were to travel at the speed of light which is 186,000 miles per second:
1. In 2 sec. you would travel past the moon.
2. In 8 min. you would travel past the sun.
3. In 4 months you would be at the edge of the solar system.
4. In 5 years you would be at the closest star, Alpha Centauri A.
5. In 100,000 years you would exit from our galaxy.
6. In 1.5 million years you would reach the next closest galaxy.
Scientists now have telescopes that can see four and one-half billion light years into space. And yet the Bible says God holds all that in the palms of His hand.
B. God is a mighty and powerful God. Everyone ought to fall in love with a God like that, yet they don't.
C. Why?
1. Is it a problem of not knowing.
2. Not in this country. The Gospel is being shared in more ways than ever.
3. The problem is not hearing the Good news. It is in our response to it.
D. Jesus told a story to illustrate.
1. The sower is Christ.
2. The seed is the good news of Christ.
3. The soil represents the response to the good news.
E. We are responsible for our response to what we hear.
1. ill. Age where no one wants to take responsibility for anything. The fault is society, the system, or someone else.
2. With God there is no passing the blame. We are responsible.
F. Jesus, in this parable, described how people respond to the Gospel.
I. THE REBELLIOUS RESPONDER. VS. 4; VS. 19.
A. This person RECEIVES the message.
1. He hears it.
2. Maybe through a message, a song, a personal testimony of a friend, or a memory. (Being taken to church as a child, or something a parent said. Could be the prayer of a mom.)
B. This person is RESPONSIBLE for the message.
1. The question is often asked, ''What about those who have never heard?''
2. The Bible in Romans says we will be judged by the amount of light we have been given.
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