24 September 2023
Intermediate Sunday School 24th September 2023 : "The Parables taught by the Lord Jesus"
Intermediate Sunday School 24th September 2023 : "The Parables taught by the Lord Jesus"
Text: Matthew 13:13-18
- Speaker:
- Rev Dr Charles Tan
- Series:
- Studies in the Gospel of Matthew
Message Notes
INTERMEDIATE SUNDAY SCHOOL 24 SEPTEMBER 2023
STUDIES IN THE GOSPEL OF MATTHEW
Text: Matthew 13:13-18
Subject: The Parables taught by the Lord Jesus
INTRODUCTION
1. Parables of the Lord Jesus
a) A major tool of instruction
b) Significant truths contained in the Parable
2. The Challenge:
a) To the Multitudes
b) To the Disciples
c) To us today
EXPLANATION OF THE PARABLE OF THE SOWER
18 “Therefore hear the parable of the sower:
19 When anyone hears the word of the kingdom, and does not understand it, then the wicked one comes and snatches away what was sown in his heart. This is he who received seed by the wayside.
20 But he who received the seed on stony places, this is he who hears the word and immediately receives it with joy;
21 yet he has no root in himself, but endures only for a while. For when tribulation or persecution arises because of the word, immediately he stumbles.
22 Now he who received seed among the thorns is he who hears the word, and the cares of this world and the deceitfulness of riches choke the word, and he becomes unfruitful.
23 But he who received seed on the good ground is he who hears the word and understands it, who indeed bears fruit and produces: some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.”Matthew 13:18-23