A Sower Went Out to Sow

A SOWER WENT OUT TO SOW
TEXT: Mark 4:1-20

SUMMARY: The parable of the sower brings man face to face with the desperate condition of his heart, and with God's plan to change it.

I. WE SEE GOD SEEKING: "A Sower went out to sow."
A. The Symbols and Their Meaning.
B. The Spirit and His Work.

II. WE SEE THE NATURAL HEART REJECTING: "some seed fell…"
A The Seed Sown by the Wayside, v. 4, 15.
B. The Seed Sown on Stony Ground, vv. 5, 16-17.
C. The Seed Sown on Thorny Ground, vv. 7, 18-19.

III. WE SEE THE REGENERATED HEART RECEIVING: "but other seed fell on good ground…"
A. The Seed in Good Ground, v. 8, 20.
B. Thirty, Sixty, a Hundred Fold.