Working the Dirt (Matthew 13:1-9)
Dennis R. Wiles, June 8, 2014Part of the PLANTED...In Fertile Ground series, preached at a Sunday Morning service
Dennis R. Wiles
FBC Arlington
June 8, 2014
PLANTED. . . In Fertile Ground
June 2014
Working the Dirt
Matthew 13:1-9
PLANTED . . . In Fertile Ground
Working the Dirt
Jesus Roots
Growing Together
Free Indeed
ROOTED . . . FOR GOD’S GLORY
Go to Class!
Worship God!
Fasting is for Baptists!
GPS: God’s Positioning System
The Spiritual Disciplines are tools in the process of spiritual formation. Spiritual formation affects the entire person.
A spiritual discipline is an activity I can engage in that helps me become more like Jesus.
Spiritual formation in Christ is the process leading to that ideal end, and its result is love of God with all of the heart, soul, mind, and strength, and of the neighbor as oneself. The human self is then fully integrated under God.
-Dallas Willard, Renovation of the Heart: Putting on the Character of Christ, NavPress, 2002, p. 31
Without proper spiritual formation, individuals remain spiritually immature. Some sure signs of immaturity are: self-centeredness, lack of perspective, impatience, defensiveness and vengeance.
Matthew 13:1-9
Jesus often used parables to teach truths about the Kingdom of God. These parables were confusing sometimes to the crowds, but were powerful tools of communication for the followers of Jesus.
The Gospel is always good seed!
The “soil of our hearts” needs to be “worked” so that the Gospel can produce its fullest manifestation of transformation.
Kingdom math is characterized by multiplication!
