The Fourth Soil

Message Outline:

The Gospel According to Mark

The Servant’s Attends His People: Galilee and Beyond (1:14-8:26) (Part 22)

Jesus’ Ministry Opposed (2:14-5:43)

Part 13: The Confirmation of the King and the Kingdom (3:7-5:43) (I)

The Mystery of the Kingdom of God (4:1-34)

Part 4: The Parable of the Sower (4:3-9, 13-20) (Part C)

2) The Parable of the Sower and the Soils (4:3-9, 13-20)

a) The Parable Itself (4:3-9)

b) The Parable Interpreted (4:13-20)

(1) The Sower (4:14)

(2) The Seed That Fell upon the Path: Satanic Resistance to Conversion
(4:15)

(3) The Seed That Fell upon Rocky Places: Enthusiasm Vs. Conversion (4:16-17)

(4) The Seed That Fell among the Thorns: Circumstances Overcoming
Conversion (4:18-19)

(5) The Seed That Fell upon the Good Soil: The Result of True Conversion (4:20)

(a) The Nature of This Soul (4:20a)

● good healthy, beautiful, attractive, useable

(b) The Character of Their Response (4:20b1-8)

● accept acknowledge or admit something

(c) The Result of Their Conversion (4:20b9-16)

(6) Parenthesis: Spiritual Fruit

(a) Isaiah 55: Its Foundation in the Word

(b) Hebrews 6: Its Revelation of Actual Character

(7) The Problem of False Profession

(a) The Problem Itself

(b) The Solution to the Problem

(c) The Problem Worked Out