Getting A Grip On God’s Word . . . So God’s Word Can Get a Grip On
You
From congregational readings in Mark 1-5, April 6,
‘08 – bk@kluth.org
Mark
4:1-8 Jesus began to teach by the lake. The crowd
that gathered around him was so large that he got into a boat and sat in it out
on the lake, while all the people were along the shore at the water's edge. He
taught them many things by parables, and in his teaching said: "Listen! A
farmer went out to sow his seed. As he was scattering the seed, some fell along
the path, and the birds came and ate it up. Some fell on rocky places, where it
did not have much soil. It sprang up quickly, because the soil was shallow. But
when the sun came up, the plants were scorched, and they withered because they
had no root. Other seed fell among thorns, which grew up and choked the plants,
so that they did not bear grain. Still other seed fell on good soil. It came
up, grew and produced a crop, multiplying thirty, sixty, or even a hundred
times."
1 – The Word snatched from your life
Mark
4:14-15 The farmer sows the
word. Some people are like seed along the path, where the word is sown. As soon
as they hear it, Satan comes and takes away the word that was sown in them.
2 – The Word scorched from your life
Mark
4:16-17 Others, like seed sown
on rocky places, hear the word and at once receive it with joy. But since they
have no root, they last only a short time. When trouble or persecution comes
because of the word, they quickly fall away.
3 – The Word squeezed from your life
Mark
4:18-19 Still others, like
seed sown among thorns, hear the word; but the worries of this life, the
deceitfulness of wealth and the desires for other things come in and choke the
word, making it unfruitful.
4 – The Word succeeding in your life
Mark
4:20 Others, like seed sown on good soil, hear the
word, accept it, and produce a crop-thirty, sixty or even a hundred times what
was sown.
HEAR
Prov
4:20 My
son, pay attention to what I say; listen closely to my words.
READ
Ps
119:18 Open my eyes that I
may see wonderful things in your law.
STUDY 2 Tim 2:15-16 Do your best to present yourself
to God as one approved, a workman who does not need to be ashamed and who
correctly handles the word of truth.
MEMORIZE & MEDITATE Ps 119:11
I have hidden your word in my heart that I might not sin against you. Ps
119:97 Oh,
how I love your law! I meditate on it
all day long.
APPLY / OBEY Ps 119:129
Your statutes are wonderful; therefore I obey them. Josh
1:7 Obey
all the laws Moses gave you. Do not turn away from them, and you will be
successful in everything you do.
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