The Parable of the Seed

Message Outline:

The Gospel According to Mark

The Servant’s Attends His People: Galilee and Beyond (1:14-8:26) (Part 23)

Jesus’ Ministry Opposed (2:14-5:43)

Part 14: The Confirmation of the King and the Kingdom (3:7-5:43) (J)

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

Part 5: The Parable of the Seed (4:26-29)

The Sovereignty of God

● The Underlying Point in the Parables

● A Working Definition

● God Controls All Events

● God Controls the Time of All Events

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 King’s 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 (4:1-9, 13-25)

3) The Parable of the Seed (4:26-29)

a) Agriculture: The Setting Involved in the Parable (4:26)

(1) The Physical Setting (4:26b)

(2) The Spiritual Setting (4:26a)

b) Agricultural Growth: The Emphasis of the Parable (27-28)

(1) The Growth Overviewed (4:27)

(2) The Growth Expanded (4:28)

(a) The Growth is Independent of Man

● by itself automate

(b) The Growth is Unabated

(c) The Growth Process is the Same

c) Agricultural Harvest: The End of the Parable (4:29)

(1) The Physical Harvest (4:29)

● permitsto hand over, hand down, entrust, or commend

(2) The Spiritual Harvest