Agricultural Methodologies of Ancient Israel

Message Outline:

The Gospel According to Mark

The Servant’s Attends His People: Galilee and Beyond (1:14-8:26) (Part 20)

Jesus’ Ministry Opposed (2:14-5:43)

Part 11: The Confirmation of the King and the Kingdom (3:7-5:43) (G)

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

Part 2: The Parable of the Sower (4:3-9, 13-25) (Part A)

The Place of the Parables

The Types of Parables

● Categories

● Benefits

Definition of a Parable

● Parables are verbal/literary devices used by Jesus in which He
explained or expounded truths regarding His perspective and understanding of the kingdom and the life that is commensurate with it through fictional stories, events, or happenings that corresponded to real life experiences or potential experiences of His specific audience and reflected those truths in specific points with which He connected them within the story itself

Tools for Studying Parables

● The Context

● Historical Plausibility

● The Characters

● The Connection

● The Conclusion

B. Jesus’ Ministry Opposed (2:14-5:43)

1. The Conflict over the King and the Kingdom (2:14-3:6)

2. The Confirmation of the King and the Kingdom (3:7-5:43)

a. The Identity of the King’s Authentic Followers (3:7-35)

b. The Instructions for the Kings Authentic Followers (4:1-34)

1) The Expanded Setting (4:1-2, 10-12, 21-25, 33-34)

2) The Parable of the Sower and the Soils (4:3-9, 13-25)

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

(1) Agricultural Methodologies of Ancient Israel

(a) Preparing the Soil

(b) Planting the Seed

(2) Implications of the Methodology to the Parable

(a) The Soils in the One Field

(b) The Seeds among the Soils