Take Heed How You HearTake Heed How You HearLuke 8:11-18Luke 8:11-18

The Key Interpretive The Key Interpretive Question about Each Question about Each Soil:Soil:

• Is the Lord Referring to a Is the Lord Referring to a Regenerate or Unregenerate Regenerate or Unregenerate Person Here?Person Here?

The Most Common The Most Common Understanding:Understanding:

Only Soil 4 Represents Only Soil 4 Represents Born-Again PeopleBorn-Again People

Another Option:Another Option:

• Soils 2, 3, & 4 All Represent Soils 2, 3, & 4 All Represent BelieversBelievers

• How Do We Decide Which Is How Do We Decide Which Is Correct?Correct?

Observations from the Observations from the TextText

• Spring Up and Not Springing Up Spring Up and Not Springing Up (Luke 8:5-8)(Luke 8:5-8)

The Pro Life The Pro Life Movement for Movement for PlantsPlants

• Believing and Not Believing Believing and Not Believing (Luke 8:12, 13)(Luke 8:12, 13)

• The Progression from Worst to The Progression from Worst to Best (Luke 8:5-8 & Luke 8:12-15)Best (Luke 8:5-8 & Luke 8:12-15)

VII.VII.              Conclusions Conclusions from Our Observationsfrom Our Observations

Soil 1: Never believed. Never Soil 1: Never believed. Never born again. born again.

Soil 2: Believed. Born again. Soil 2: Believed. Born again. But a failed Christian life. But a failed Christian life.

Soil 3: Believed. Born again. Soil 3: Believed. Born again. But a half-hearted Christian But a half-hearted Christian

life. life.

Soil 4: Believed. Born again. A Soil 4: Believed. Born again. A whole-hearted Christian life.whole-hearted Christian life.

Born again people have three Born again people have three different responses to God’s different responses to God’s

WordWord• Some fall away due to temptations Some fall away due to temptations

• Some continue to believe and apply Some continue to believe and apply God’s Word, but are not God’s Word, but are not wholehearted in the understanding wholehearted in the understanding and application and application

• Some put their whole heart into Some put their whole heart into understanding and applying God’s understanding and applying God’s Word. Word.

The Application of the The Application of the Parable: Parable:

How We Respond to God How We Respond to God Is Vitally Important to Our Is Vitally Important to Our

Well BeingWell Being(Luke 8:16-18)(Luke 8:16-18)

•Luke 19:11-27 Confirms Our Understanding of Luke 8:11-15

ConclusionConclusion

• Put your heart into it.Put your heart into it.

• That is important in business, sports, That is important in business, sports, marriage, and all aspects of life.marriage, and all aspects of life.

• Only those with a noble and good Only those with a noble and good heart will be the good soil and will heart will be the good soil and will one day hear the Lord say, “Well one day hear the Lord say, “Well done, good servant” (Luke 19:17).done, good servant” (Luke 19:17).