The parable of the sower

Welcome to the Daily Grind podcast a Ministry of Faith Baptist Church. This is the daily podcast Monday through Friday at abortion on our daily walk with Christ hosted by Stephen and Andy butsko myself, and I'm Steven. Also the daily podcast is through Facebook right now as well as our our website at Faith Baptist, El Paso. Org. The items were going to be using today is the Logos Bible Software or your Bible alternatively Andy 365 days of Persian both can be found at logos.com the Logos Bible Software free. It's a free download. However, the 365 days of Spurgeon does cost it comes in six volumes were currently in volume number one as we are still at the beginning of the year, but you ever use that Logos Bible Software have used to it. Maybe twice. I don't actually have it on my computer but I use it everyday. I like it. It does help with those studying and references I use it for school as well. So Today is April 15th the title of the message for today out of spurgeon's book is the parable of the sower. The first text we're going to be looking at is Colossians chapter 1 verses 1 through 10. Feel free to pause for a moment while you find the verse. And in chapter number one auctions and verse number one Paul and Apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God in Tennessee has her brother to the Saints and faithful brethren in Christ, which are at colossi Grace be unto you in peace from God our father in the Lord. Jesus Christ will give thanks to God and the father of our Lord Jesus Christ fraying always for you since we have heard of your faith in Christ Jesus in a bottle of what she have to all the saint for the Hope which is laid up for you in heaven where the occurred before in the word of the truth of the Gospel which is coming to you as it is and all the world and bring us forth fruit as it does also in you since the day you've heard of it and knew the grace of God in the truth. As he also learned of epaphras our dear fellow servant who is for you official minister of Christ who also declared unto us your loving the spirit for this cause we also since the day we had since the day we heard it do not cease to pray for you and to desire that you might be filled with the knowledge of his will and always them and spiritual understanding that you might that you might walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing being fruitful in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God.

And the second couple of verses that were going to be reading his found in Luke chapter 8 verses 5 through 8.

Hopefully you found it and in a tracking number five A sower went out to sow his seed and as he sowed some fell by the wayside and it was trodden down in the files are the files of the are devoured it. He's some fell upon a rock and as soon as it was sprung up that was it away because it lacked moisture and some fell among the thorns in the thorn spring up with it and choked it another fell on good ground in spring up and bear fruit and hundredfold and when he had said these things he cried he that has ears to hear Let Him hear.

Today's the messages. The parable of the sower it was preached on April 15th and 1860 by Spurgeon South extra Hall. And I'm going to go ahead and read the text and text her out of the book. It says the ground was good. Not that it was by nature, but it had been made good by Grace. God had plowed it. He had stirred it up with the plow of conviction and they're laying Ridge in and Furrow as it should be and when the gospel is preached. The heart heard it in the man said that's just the Christ. I want Mercy said he is just what I needed Center requires a refuge. God helps me to fly it and fly to it for a refuge. I solely want the preaching of the Gospel was the vital thing which gave Comfort do this Disturbed and plowed soil down fell the seed just sprung up in some cases it produce a fever a fever in Sea of Love a large penis of heart, add Abode and devotedness of purpose like seed which produced a hundredfold. The Man became a mighty servant of God he spent himself and was

and was spent He took his place in the Vanguard of Christ's Army good in the hottest of the battle and did Deeds of Daring which fuse could accomplish the seed produced a hundred fold it fell into another heart of Life character. The man cannot do most still he did match he gave himself just as just as he was up to God and in his business, he had a word to say for the business of the world to come in his daily walk. He quietly adjourned the doctrine of God who savior he brought forth sixtyfold, then it fell on another Whose abilities and talents were but small. He cannot be a star. That would be a glow worm. She could not do as the greatest but he was content to do something. Even though it were the least the seed had brought forth in him tencel, perhaps 20 full. So here we have a story given by Spurgeon. about The soil and how the soil gets plowed and plowed through the preaching of the word of God. And he speaks of a man that hears the word of God and gets saved in really gets on fire for the Lord and really starts just you know, following God reading his word trying to him and I just presenting the gospel to other people in the person gets saved in the same light character and that person gets gets fired up in love with God and reaches another one. He gets fired up and love for God. But the thing is they all had three different. Qualities one had a hundred fold one had less than that. And then the third had even far less. But they still pursued to follow the lord and still was. was fired up in presenting the gospel to other people when when Andy read Colossians chapter 1 verses 1 through 10. It talks about.

Excuse me one when Andy talked about Luke chapter 5 verses I'm in chapter 8 verses 5 through 8 talks about the sower and the seed and some fell by the wayside and it was crowded down and the fowls of the air devoured it if some of the seeds fell upon a rock and as soon as it sprung up it withered away because it lacked moisture and some fell among thorns in the thorn sprung up with it and it choked it. Let's look at that that verse number 8 and other fell on good ground and sprung up in Baird bearfruit a hundredfold.

I like many of you want to talk to me when I think of fruit I think about. During the school-age. It's a big deal to go to a to a store because you get to leave your house tonight and look forward to it that the way Walmart displays if you walk in the entrance of the grocery section of Walmart, the first thing that have there's fruit. And I remember when this The Cove at first started our bill just taking everything and so now the grocery stores have caught up to our demand and there's a lot of fruit there and I'll look at that rude and I as a lover fruit I check it all out and it's all shiny is all great. And you know, I try to pick the best one and when I'm looking at him I'm thinking of the houses fruit going to taste. Is it going to be sweet? Smooth products are not caught up with the toilet paper yet, but then I looked at it and you know I said, that's the one for me and I'm going to take that fruit. Because I called you that fruit is desirable. And the quality of the fruit of the essential just like how we are to Christ if we look in John chapter number 15, John chapter number 15. Let me get there in my Logos Bible Software Andy I got there faster. I just turned with my pipe.

Okay, I'll get that. Maybe it is quicker.

John chapter 15

inverse number 5 If you're with me, this is I am the vine you are the branches of me. And I in him the same bringeth forth much fruit for without me. You cannot do anything.

Here, we have a parable of Christ speaking of him being the vine and us to Christians being the branches and that if we're with him if we bide in him. We bring we bring forth much fruit. Now, what does that fruit? So if we

If we stay in line with Christ, we have a complete connection from the branches to the vine. We are we can bug that fruit that proof is other Christian a fruit Fizz. This is a work for Christ. Now. I understand that that works. If you're not saved does not give you salvation. But that works for crisis pleasing in an honor to him. So our works for him and you know, sometimes people say, you know, you have to do a Great and Mighty works for God and you know it I mean, I'm not asking unless it's called you but you know, not everyone's a frequent. That was my dog peanut. He found someone at the door right now and you know as as being a Christian Our work our commandant for being a Believer is to present the gospel to other people to share that gospel and we have that responsibility. Well, you may say oh, I can't remember the Romans road and you know, I get nervous when I talk to people about Christ and you don't understand that, you know, I I get nervous when I talk in front of large group. So I mean, you don't always have to talk you can be simply just send me a text message today or it's not anyting verbal or if I sharing, you know, what a church that they can go to or a pastor of another person or you know, if you can and you feel up to it, you can go ahead and open up your Bible and taking the Romans and in and show them verse by verse and I think we'll have a podcast that discusses how to be a soul winner. But we are all have that capability. We all have that strength regardless, even if we're in covid-19 now. Wellborn covid-19 owl we have one of the greatest opportunities of reaching out to others through Facebook or Twitter through text or seller through Faith Life Communities through other postmedia's that are out there and we could share a podcast like this one or we can share if you know a website or we can share just the gospel when the greatest things in life like for the local spot where you can actually yeah, you know, when you do see those verses that catch your eye I can cut and paste my Bible at school taking picture so you can take a picture of your Bible you take care of but also and Luke chapter 8 verses 8 and he's red. He said n other fell on good ground and sprang up and bear fruit a hundred full. and when he when he had said these things he cried he that has ears to hear Let Him hear and when the meanest things is

when that when that were the god falls upon the ground a good ground, and it does from the end meaning that person gets saved. The person needs to hear Christ. You know, he that hath ears ears to hear Let Him hear. You know, I hope and I say this with all caution as a Believer right now. I hope you're hearing it. I hope you're hearing God. I hope you're reading his word and hearing his convictions that he has for you. You know, everybody has a will of God. That was to be steadfast to follow God and day by day and being open to be used by him. But what do you mean? Will you be used by him? Well, like you see with Spurgeon said was that person found a refuge, which was Jesus Christ a person clung onto that Refuge that person went and told others about Christ that person was fired up and loved and loved Christ and wanted to be in his word and wanted to pray wanted to have that two-way communication that we've discussed before.

Living our daily walk with Christ is something that is so valuable. And you may say well I just yelled at my kids Steve and I'll be like you're absolutely right. I did to the mind if I'm not been right away, but trust me and you can you verify have I definitely have the correction in this house or come to do the point of settling down and coming to Christ and seeing what can I do for you? Let me hear you. Yes.

You know in some phone The Rock and it was front up and withered away in some fall upon the thorns and you know thorns came up with it and choked it. But with the the seeds that were on Wayside in the seeds that were at the Thorns those were both to there were opportunities for that to grow. You know, I think of it as get saved and then their friends in the family should pick him apart. Just imagine, you know, when you get your brand new Christian when someone comes up and says, how can you believe the Bible Bible says, you know some mythical being created everything, you know is the evolution did you know, you're brand-new you have no idea what that means. I think there's there's an element of a personal relationship with the new Christian know when you talking to someone they accept Christ him know you can have a personal relationship and to be honest. People going to ask you questions. You're not going to have answers with it, but you can go find an answer somewhere. I may not have the answer any question. I think that's important especially for you know, so many people know they get saved and then they just they either just get burned out for a couple months or their families and completely pick them apart. So many good Christians are in the missionaries are preachers that could be preaching or being missionaries right now. But as soon as they got saved those someone they just picking them apart and they didn't know where to go to get an answer for that. And I think that's something important. So we can all just choked out. Maybe there's someone that's listening to. Save 20 years ago and they were there was a time in their life when they were all fired up for the Lord & Taylor telling everybody I'm saved and buying them at church and you know take invite him to a potluck everything else and nothing wrong, but did something bad happen at Eliezer their wife left them or they lost a job or let you know, they're struggling and they they blamed

22 true have that reunions with Christ and get right because you ever lose that salvation, but you don't know and I mean why we're here on the earth in you know, the Bible refers to the Holy Spirit as a comforter and you know as a comforter if you're struggling and you've lost that says that spirit in that Zeal the Holy Spirit can guide you back to it again. Let's go to our second Point here. Which is John chapter 15 verse 16. The point we're going to illustrate is that fruit that has gone moldy is useless. Okay, I mean I guess so. So if you have the quality fruit, it's good. It's pleasing useless. No one's going to get pleasure out of moldy fruit. So and I John chapter 15 verse number 16 in your King James Bible says he have not chosen me, but I have chosen you in ordained you that you should go and bring forth fruit and that your fruit should remain that whatsoever. Ye shall ask of the father in my name. He may give it to you. well Let's talk about this verse year for a second. You have not chosen me, but I have chosen you in ordained you.

Now you should go and bring forth fruit. You know.

That the gospel is preached and it's you know, we preach it too many people and there may be someone listening today. That's or nope. Not today brother Steve. No, I'm not going to accept Christ. I'm just going to sit here and just stare at my thumbs and not worry about anyting. Don't worry. Everything will be fine. But you gotta understand that price has chosen you that Christ wants you to accept him as his personal savior. I want to give you that free gift of eternal life. And by ordaining you mean he is charging you to do a great work for him and that is to go and bring forth fruit to go cuz that's the gospel star Tina found someone else at the door. Yeah. It's okay. Peanut, we're okay. We're okay. We should go out and find fruit will bring forth fruit and that latter part of the verse in that your future should remain so if your food's going to remain so what's that prove that that's your fruit you you found that fruit for Christ, OK and they're in love with God and I love of Christ as it should we just let that fruit just go and just let it wander. It's a one-and-done mentality. Stop it. You know, there is a follow-up to it. There's a thing called discipleship. There's a There's a thing saying hey, you know what? I'm glad you accepted Christ but let's take that next step of obedient, which is baptism. Let's go. Let's go talk to the preacher right now or let's go find a puddle and you know, so there is more that's falling through than just presenting the gospel. We want to be there and be an encouragement for them and you know, I know Fathers out there that I have accepted Christ and they presented the gospel to their family and their children get saved and their wife gets saved. That's not checking the box office 8. Okay, everyone saved in my house, but also you have to have that moment where you do try to encourage and what's that word? I say Stupid at the end for the piano.

This time we should encourage and motivate them and Empower them to be the best Christian that they possibly can be and that's to Bible study. That's through US on discipleship. I know at the the church were at right now. I know what's what's heavy on my heart is to be able to have a men's group study to be able to have that we can meet together as a church, but you know what today's technology it's so amazing to be able to gather people together and still go through the discipleship program.

And whoever shall ask of the father in my name. He may give it to you. So if we ask in the lord's name given to us meaning that you always give us an answer. It's it's yes, it's no and you know later on out of his word of God. And I hope you enjoy the today's podcast and one of the things that were trying to do Andy and I are trying to spread this podcast as much as we can and one of the best ways you can do this right now. And after you're done listening to this is go down to the page and click on that share button and type in whatever social media. You have our email addresses you have in your address book. Some people are thousands of people in the address book Sandy, you know that you got nine, but there's not there's got to be a business person that's listening right now with thousands of contacts. I need before 2000x a month on 9 contacts as much as you can for as many people as possible shared on Facebook shared on Twitter. I don't know where else you can be. I mean we're trying to get it into the Apple Store. I know it on Spotify Spotify only have Pandora, but I know they have that podcast there. So we're trying to spread the the word share as much as we can. But we really can't do anything more than what we're doing then then then what we're doing if you could just help us out and I'll share this podcast. I'm obviously we do have a great website with the full of resources at Faith Baptist. El Paso. Org. You can go there. You can see the podcast you can see other messages that we have. We have plenty of video there that's archives of our preacher pastor rinka preaching and you know you share those as well to other people if they can't get to church and also we do have a livestream on a Sunday Sunday morning and Sunday evening. If you want to go there or Sunday service starts at eleven. You can just click on watch live stream now at the homepage and we also have another service in the evening at 6:30 and obviously find us at Faith Life Faith Life Community. We have our own private Community there where we can interact with you. Basically, it's our virtual church right now presently in there and that's where we share a prayer request our needs and Announcements for week stay in the know who got to be in the know today. I didn't even the weekend video each other, even though it's going to be on our website. That's pass rink is Bible study. It's an audible. You can listen to it when the greatest things about this Technologies. You can you can download it if you want to listen to it later on during the day while you're on the treadmill or while you're cooking chicken. It's always available there for you. So we try to give you a lot of resources at Faith Baptist. So please check this out and let them hear from you. And have a good day and God bless.