Four Kinds Of People Part 2

INTRO: Well, we are still in our intermission on the minor prophets. We are right in the middle as we have finished 6 books and have 6 to go. Last message I spoke to you about 2 of the four soils in Matthew 13. I did not take time to introduce the passage and I want to do that this morning. I know a good number of Bible teachers would differ with me, but I believe Matthew 13 is a critical turning point in the life of Christ. And I believe that what is in view in these parables is that new entity which has never been mentioned in the Bible to this point, and is not mentioned until Matthew 16, which is just three chapters later than our present chapter. That new entity is the Church. I find a picture in prophetic form, of the next 2,000 years in the parables of Matthew 13. I did a number of messages on this some years ago and am sorry they are not available on CD.

So go with me to Matthew 13 (read 13:1). "On the same day…" Which day? Well, the same day Jesus had healed a man in their synagogue on the Sabbath, and the Pharisees took counsel to kill Him. It was on the same day they accused Him of casting out demons by Beelzebub, the devil. It was on the same day his mother and brothers came searching for Him.