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Sunday January 24, 2020 Sermon Slides -- Mark 4:10-20
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Sower and Seed Explanation Mark 4:10-20
Introduction • Explanation of the Sower and Seed parable • Why talk in Parables?
Parables • Used for centuries • To code God’s secrets • Semitic people understood them • No need for Jesus to explain the parable
Multiple Interpretation • A reminder that parables offer several interpretations based on its surrounding
For Us Today • Obstacles to discipleship • Satan – more fun to be bad than good • Tribulations and persecution then and today • Wealth and Possessions ($ ok, use is the question) • Our task is to remove obstacles • First is from ourselves • Second is to help others remove obstacles