Sunday 06/14/15
Series: The Power of the Gospel XI
Message – The Power to Bear Fruit unto Godliness VII.mp3
The Four Hearts
Thorny:
Mat 13:22/Luke 8:14 As for what was sown among the thorn bushes, this is the person who listens to the word, but as they go on their way they are choked by the worries of life (Flesh) and the deceitfulness of pleasures of life (EYES) and wealth (PRIDE) so that the fruit doesn’t come to maturity and can’t produce a crop.
This is a heart that CANNOT glorify God – Jn. 15:8, 16
Note the difference between their method of learning from the word and their method of learning from the world.
Describing the difference:
A one time exposure to another person’s thoughts.
or
An ongoing inner dialogue between oneself and the word.
READ – Prov. 7:1-4
“How I love Your teaching! It is my meditation all day long.” ~ Psa 119:97
“My mouth shall speak wisdom, And the meditation of my heart shall give understanding. I will incline my ear to a proverb; I will disclose my dark saying on the harp.” ~ Psa 49:3-4
In order for fruit to come to maturity it MUST continue to draw nutrients from the soil.
“For the earth which drinks in the rain that often comes upon it, and bears herbs useful for those by whom it is cultivated, receives blessing from God; but if it bears thorns and briers, it is rejected and near to being cursed, whose end is to be burned. But, beloved, we are confident of better things concerning you, yes, things that accompany salvation, though we speak in this manner.” ~ Heb 6:7-9
The earth (heart) has IN IT all that is necessary to produce anything that is planted in it.
This is why we are told to guard it!
Remember our Key passage for this heart (and all the hearts really) is
Prov. 4:20-23,
“My son, give attention to my words; Incline your ear to my sayings.
Do not let them depart from your eyes; Keep them in the midst of your heart;
For they are life to those who find them, And health to all their flesh.
Keep your heart with all diligence, For out of it spring the issues of life.”
All a heart needs to grow ANYTHING is…
- Seed
- Water
- Sunlight
- Time
Seed = the word of God or the “word” of this world. (cares of life, deceitfulness of riches & desires for other things)
Water = Dialogue either between you and God or you and the world. What has been planted is fed with thoughts which are consistent with the seed that was planted. It takes the form of Discussion…pondering…meditation.
This is where we ended this week. We will begin with hurtles to bearing fruit in our next message.
I realize that the graphic on the video says this is week 3 but that was my mistake and I did not feel like redoing the video so, I kept it like it is – my apologies.
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