February 18, 2024 • Pastor Peter Kim • Luke 7:18–20
1. When did the thorns grow along with the seed planted? 2. What three things caused the plant to choke and not bear fruit? 3. If you were to examine yourself based on the warnings of these first three soils, how would you be certain that you are not part of those soils? 4. How can you tell if someone is a struggling Christian or if someone is not a Christian at all?
1. Which of the four soils are Christian and why? 2. What is the criteria in which we are able to identify a true believer verses a false believer? 3. Who is the one who snatches away the seed for the first soil. What does that tell us about who they belong to? 4. What does it mean when it says that they believed for a short while for the second soil. What does it mean for them to have believed then to fall away? Are they saved but not bearing fruit? Or did they lose their salvation?
1. What is the context in which the parable of the sower was given? Who was it given to and why? 2. What does the seed represent according to verse 11? 3. Who is the seed planter? 4. Why did Jesus speak to them in parables according to verses 9 and 10?
