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0:00Luke [music]
0:018 verse 1. So afterwards he began going
0:06around from one city and village [music]
0:07to another proclaiming and preaching the
0:10kingdom of God.
0:13The twel [music] were with him and also
0:15some women who had been healed of evil
0:18spirits and sicknesses.
0:20Mary, who was called Magdalene, from
0:23whom [music] seven demons had gone out,
0:26and Joanna, the wife of Chuza, Herod's
0:29[music] steward, and Susanna, and many
0:32others who were contributing to their
0:34[music] support out of their private
0:36means.
0:38So, it sounds [music] to me from this
0:40that Jesus is going with the 12 in a
0:43teaching and ministry [music] capacity,
0:45declaring the kingdom of God. But they
0:48also have a team of women who are
0:50ministering [music] to them in the
0:52practical areas. So they are
0:55contributing with their private means
0:58probably referring to some wealth, but
1:00they're also [music] that means they
1:01were probably helping with cooking and
1:03laundry and whatever else was going on
1:06at that time. But they were supporting.
1:10When a large crowd was coming together
1:13and those from various cities were
1:15journeying to him, he spoke by way of a
1:19parable.
1:20The sewer went out to sew his seed. And
1:24as he sowed, some fell beside the road,
1:28and it was trampled underfoot, and the
1:31birds of the air ate it up.
1:35Other seed fell on [music] rocky soil,
1:37and as soon as it grew up, it withered
1:40away because it had no moisture.
1:44Other seed fell among the thorns, and
1:46the thorns grew up with it and choked it
1:49out.
1:51Other seed fell into the good soil and
1:54grew up and produced a crop 100 times as
1:58great.
2:00As he said these things, he would call
2:02out, "He who has ears to hear, let him
2:06hear." So, he's just given four
2:08different kinds of soil. And and Luke
2:11says, "As he said these things, he would
2:14call out, he who has ears to hear, let
2:19him hear."
2:21What What do you think that suggests
2:23about what he's teaching?
2:26Why is he calling out in the middle of
2:28what he's saying? He who has ears to
2:31hear, let him hear. After he describes
2:34each one of the soils, he cries out, "He
2:37who has ears to hear, let him hear." Why
2:39do you [music] think that is?
2:42What he's suggesting is that the soil
2:47is how we hear,
2:50how we hear with our ears, how we hear
2:51with our hearts, our minds.
2:54And he's actually suggesting that we can
2:58change the soil.
3:01That we can move from being people with
3:03rocky soil to being people with fertile
3:06soil just in the way we listen.
3:11His disciples began questioning him as
3:14to what this parable meant. And he said,
3:18"To you it has been granted to know the
3:20mysteries of the kingdom of God,
3:23but to the rest it is in parables so
3:27that seeing they may not see and hearing
3:30they may not understand."
3:34Now the parable is this. The seed is the
3:38word of God.
3:40Those beside the road are those who have
3:43heard.
3:44Then the devil comes and takes away the
3:46word from their heart so that they will
3:49not believe and be saved.
3:53Those on the rocky soil are those who
3:56when they hear receive the word with joy
4:00and these have no firm root.
4:04They believe for a while and in time of
4:08temptation fall away.
4:12the seed which fell among the thorns.
4:14These are the ones who have heard. And
4:16as they go on their way, they are choked
4:19with worries and riches and pleasures of
4:21this life and bring no fruit to
4:24maturity.
4:27But the seed in the good soil, these are
4:29the ones who have heard the word in an
4:32honest and good heart and hold it fast
4:36and bear fruit with perseverance.
4:42So there's a theme here. One, the soil
4:45relates to hearing. Two,
4:49the soils that lost the truth often
4:53times had to do with not being able to
4:57continue, persevere, or have patience.
5:00So the conclusion is they bear fruit
5:03with perseverance.
5:05The others they had fruit but they
5:07couldn't bring it to maturity. The
5:08others they heard it but couldn't hold
5:10on to it. The others they had belief but
5:14they lost that initial belief.
5:18What's interesting is this parable is
5:20not written for seers.
5:24This is not cautioning seed planters to
5:27plant in less places.
5:30This parable is written for soil. It's
5:34written for hearers.
5:36It's telling us that we are going to
5:39make the word of God fruitful or
5:42unfruitful based on how we hear and how
5:45we persevere in being faithful with what
5:49we heard. Because we can hear and lose
5:51it. We can believe and lose it. We can
5:53get grace and lose it. That's the
5:56parable.
5:58Those by the road are those who have
6:00heard the word and the devil comes and
6:03takes away the word from their heart so
6:05that they will not believe and be saved.
6:08The road represents
6:11hard packed soil where people walk a
6:13lot. When life has trampled you, when
6:18you've gone through a lot, your
6:20emotions, your heart can become harder.
6:24You're more jaded. You're less likely to
6:26be responsive.
6:28those on the rocky soil. This is just
6:31people who don't have depth.
6:34People who haven't gone through pain and
6:36experience enough to make them
6:38appreciate when something special is
6:41coming their way. So they are quick to
6:43respond. Oh, that was great. They spring
6:45up with joy,
6:47but they have no firm root. They believe
6:51for a while
6:53and in time of temptation fall away. So
6:56much for the idea that once you believe,
6:58you're always going to be saved. These
7:00people believe for a while, but in
7:02temptation, they fall away. He's telling
7:05us that falling away is ceasing to
7:06believe. He's making falling away and
7:10believe
7:11interchangeable.
7:13If you continue, then you're still
7:14believing. If you don't continue, you're
7:16you're unbelieving.
7:19The seed which fell among the thorns.
7:21This is the idea that there are other
7:23plants growing in your life that are
7:24already taking up the nutrients of your
7:27mind and heart and soil. There are
7:30thorns and those thorns are the worries,
7:35the fears that you haven't surrendered
7:36to God, the ambitions, the riches, the
7:39pleasures of this life. And in this
7:42case, the fruit is stunted. The plant is
7:45stunted. So the fruit comes but it never
7:48comes to maturity.
7:51You you can have a faith with God that
7:53grows like a little shrub among your
7:55thorns of worldliness,
7:58but it's never going to produce peaches
8:01that fully ripen. They're going to be
8:03these little stunted things and then
8:04they're going to die off before they
8:05ever turn red with ripeness. But the
8:09seed in the good soil, these are the
8:11ones who have heard the word in an
8:13honest and good heart.
8:18So the whole question is the condition
8:20of your heart and how you hear and how
8:22you persevere.
8:25The way he describes the good heart is
8:26honesty.
8:29What is the honesty? What is the
8:31dishonesty in the other three soils?
8:35The dishonesty in the other soils are
8:38they're not honest about the seriousness
8:40of their condition and so they don't
8:42appreciate what God has given. They're
8:44not honest about the shallowess of their
8:47own participation.
8:49They don't continue and persevere,
8:52right? They're not honest about the
8:54things in their life that are choking
8:56out the word. They're not honest about
8:59how much space and nutrients and energy
9:02they're giving to the cares of this
9:04world, the pleasures and riches of this
9:06world. Right? So, the good soil is
9:11honest. It lets God show them, are you
9:15bearing fruit? And if not, here's why.
9:18But again, this isn't written for seers.
9:20This is written for soil. And we are the
9:23soil. And we get to change because
9:27honesty is something that we can
9:29receive. We can learn to be honest. And
9:32thus, we can get a good heart.
9:36Says the good soil, they had a good
9:38heart. They had honesty. And it says
9:41they held it fast. That means they
9:45gripped it tenaciously.
9:47They held it fast.
9:50They viewed the word of God as precious
9:54as life. And they held it fast.
9:58And they bear fruit with what?
10:01Perseverance.
10:04Honesty, a good heart, hold it fast, and
10:08persevere.
10:09Those are the things that are going to
10:11mark the good soil.
10:14Now, no one after lighting a lamp covers
10:19it with a container or puts it under a
10:23table,
10:24but puts it on a lampstand
10:28so that those who come in may see the
10:32light.
10:34For nothing is hidden [clears throat]
10:36that will not become evident,
10:39nor anything secret that will not be
10:42made known and come to light.
10:45So
10:48take care
10:50how you listen.
10:54For whoever has,
10:57to him more shall be given.
11:00and whoever does not have even what he
11:03thinks he has shall be taken away from
11:05him.
11:07And his mother and brothers came to him,
11:10and they were unable to get to him
11:12because of the crowd.
11:14And it was reported to him, "Your mother
11:16and your brothers are standing outside
11:18wishing to see you."
11:20But he answered and said to them, "My
11:22mother and my brothers are those who
11:24hear the word of God and do it."
11:29So Luke is not randomly jotting down
11:33disconnected stories that somebody told
11:35him. There is a continuity of thought
11:38between the sewer, the lamp, and the
11:42story about his mom and brothers.
11:44And the continuity of thought is
11:48you people need to hear differently.
11:52So take care how you listen. For whoever
11:56has to him more shall be given and
11:59whoever does not have even what he
12:01thinks he has shall be taken away. So in
12:04the first situation he told about a seed
12:06that was taken away by the devil. A seed
12:08that was taken away by the wind. A seed
12:11that was taken away by thorns and by a
12:14lack of perseverance. Do you understand?
12:17And in the second one he's telling about
12:20a light that is going to be taken away.
12:25Do you understand? And he says, "No one
12:28after lighting a lamp covers it with a
12:31container or puts it under a bed, but
12:35puts it on a lampstand so that those who
12:38come in may see the light.
12:42For nothing is hidden that will not
12:44become evident, nor anything secret that
12:46will not be made known. So take care how
12:52you
12:53listen.
12:56For whoever has, to him more shall be
13:00given, and whoever does not have, even
13:03what he thinks he has, shall be taken
13:07away from him. So perhaps what he's
13:10saying is that
13:13if you are a person for whom God lights
13:17your lamp and you take that lamp and
13:21make it a small thing, you you make
13:23little of that light and you put it
13:25under a bed, under a basket,
13:28you're going to lose that light that was
13:29from God, just like you're going to lose
13:31the seed that was from God. Because the
13:34reason God sws into your life is not
13:37just about you. It's about the fruit
13:40you're going to bear for others. And
13:42it's the same with the lamp. When God
13:45speaks something to you, if it's all
13:47about you, you stick it under your own
13:49bed. You hide it under your lamp. Oh, I
13:53had a great word that was so special in
13:55the service last night.
13:57But God wants this to go to others. His
14:01grace toward you should not die with
14:03you. His grace toward you should shine
14:07on others.
14:09And so while he Jesus is being this lamp
14:13and he is bearing this fruit himself,
14:17his mother and brothers come
14:20and
14:22they show that they have the wrong kind
14:24of soil.
14:26They show that they haven't acted on the
14:29grace that God has given them.
14:32They don't know how to hear with honor.
14:35They hear him as just, "Oh, that's our
14:38relative. That's that's our son. Don't
14:41mind him." In Mark's version says they
14:44came to arrest him because they thought
14:46he'd gone insane.
14:49They thought faith was bizarre. They
14:52thought boldness was foolishness.
14:55Right? They thought courage was a lack
14:58of wisdom.
15:00So he answered and said, "My mother and
15:02brothers are those who hear the word of
15:06God and do it."
15:09Okay? Do it by bearing fruit. Do it by
15:12putting it on a lampstand. Do do it by
15:16letting the grace that was given to you
15:18become a grace that is multiplied to
15:21others.
15:22On one of those days, Jesus and his
15:24disciples got into a boat and he said to
15:26them, "Let us go over to the other side
15:28of the lake." So they launched out. But
15:31as they were sailing along, he fell
15:34asleep. And a fierce gale of wind
15:37descended on the lake, and they began to
15:40be swamped and to be in danger. They
15:43came to Jesus and woke him up, saying,
15:46"Master, master, we are perishing."
15:50And he got up and rebuked the wind and
15:52the surging waves and they stopped and
15:55it became calm. They came to Jesus and
15:58woke him up saying, "Master, master, we
16:00are perishing."
16:02And he got up and rebuked the wind and
16:04the surging waves. And they stopped and
16:07it became calm. And he said to them,
16:10"Where is your faith?"
16:13They were fearful and amazed, saying to
16:15one another, "Who is this them? That he
16:18commands even the wind and the water,
16:20and they obey him."
16:23The message is that
16:26they're learning who Jesus is. They
16:28don't understand, and they're learning
16:31who is this. He has authority over the
16:34wind and the waves.
16:36Amen.
16:38But he has authority over more than the
16:40wind and the waves. Then they sailed to
16:43the country of the Garrison, which is
16:45opposite Galilee. And when he came out
16:47onto the land, he was met by a man from
16:50the city who was possessed with demons,
16:53and who had not put on any clothing for
16:55a long time, and was not living in a
16:58house, but in the tombs.
17:01Seeing Jesus, he cried out and fell
17:03before him and said in a loud voice,
17:06"What business do we have with each
17:09other, Jesus, son of the most high God?
17:12I beg you, do not torment me."
17:16For he had commanded the unclean spirit
17:18to come out of the man.
17:20For it had seized him many times, and he
17:23was bound with chains and shackles, and
17:25kept under guard. And yet he would break
17:28his bonds and be driven by the demon
17:30into the desert. And Jesus asked him,
17:34"What is your name?" And he said,
17:38"Leion,
17:39for many demons had entered him."
17:43They were imploring him not to command
17:46them to go away into the abyss.
17:49Now there was a herd of many swine
17:52[clears throat] feeding there on the
17:54mountain. And the demons implored him to
17:57permit them to enter the swine.
18:00And he gave them permission.
18:03And the demons came out of the man and
18:05entered the swine. And the herd rushed
18:08down the steep bank into the lake and
18:10was drowned.
18:12When the herdsmen saw what had happened,
18:14they ran away and reported it to the
18:17city and out in the country. The people
18:20went out to see what had happened. And
18:22they came to Jesus and found the man
18:24from whom the demons had gone out
18:26sitting down at the feet of Jesus,
18:29clothed and in his right mind. And they
18:32became frightened.
18:36They're not frightened by a man who
18:37breaks chains, lives among the tombs.
18:39They're not frightened by a man who's
18:41possessed with a legion of demons.
18:43They're accustomed to that. That's
18:45become normal in the town. But an
18:48authority from God that casts it out,
18:50that frees people, sets them free,
18:53that's terrifying.
18:55Those who had seen it reported to them
18:57how the man was demonpossessed and had
19:00been made well. And all the people of
19:02the country of the garrison and the
19:04surrounding district asked him Jesus to
19:08leave them for they were gripped with
19:10great fear. And he got into the boat and
19:14returned. But the man from whom the
19:16demons had gone out was begging him that
19:19he might accompany him. But he sent him
19:22away saying, "Return to your house and
19:26describe what great things God has done
19:30for you." So he went away proclaiming
19:34throughout the whole city what great
19:36things Jesus had done for him.
19:40There's a profound lesson here.
19:43Jesus was coming to this country, this
19:47region, this city to minister, to bring
19:51the message of salvation.
19:54And they were getting a visitation from
19:56God.
19:58And yet their fear made the Lord get
20:02back into the boat and go over to the
20:04opposite side of the lake.
20:07And that tells us that even if God has a
20:10plan for us, our fear can exile that
20:14promise and send him back over to the
20:16other side of the lake. But in his
20:19mercy, he tells the man not to come with
20:23him, but to stay and tell his testimony.
20:28And through the telling of his
20:29testimony, many people are going to
20:32start to believe in what God has done
20:35through the eyewitness, through the
20:37firshand testimony accounts of those
20:40whose lives have been transformed.
20:42And as Jesus returned, the people
20:44welcomed him, for they had all been
20:46waiting for him. And there came a man
20:49named Gyrus, and he was an official of
20:52the synagogue. and he fell at Jesus's
20:54feet and began to implore him to come to
20:57his house, for he had an only daughter
21:00about 12 years old,
21:02and she was dying.
21:05But as he went, the crowds were pressing
21:08against him.
21:10And a woman who had a hemorrhage for 12
21:13years
21:15and could not be healed by anyone came
21:18up behind him and touched the fringe of
21:20his cloak. And immediately her
21:22hemorrhage stopped. And Jesus said, "Who
21:26is the one who touched me?" And while
21:29they were all denying it, Peter said,
21:33"Master, the people are crowding and
21:36pressing in on you." But Jesus said,
21:40"Someone
21:44someone did touch me, for I was aware
21:48that power had gone out of me.
21:52When the woman saw that she had not
21:54escaped notice, she came trembling and
21:57fell down before him and declared in the
21:59presence of all the people the reason
22:02why she had touched him and how she had
22:06been immediately healed. And he said to
22:08her, "Daughter, your faith has made you
22:12well. Go in peace."
22:16While he was still speaking, someone
22:18came from the house of the synagogue
22:19official, saying, "Your daughter has
22:22died. Do not trouble the teacher
22:24anymore."
22:27But when Jesus heard this, he answered,
22:30"Do not be afraid any longer. Only
22:32believe and she will be made well."
22:36Okay, let's look at this a little bit
22:37closely.
22:39So Jesus is chased out of one place
22:43because they're afraid of the move of
22:45God.
22:47And they're more afraid of deliverance
22:49than they are of bondage. So he gets in
22:51the boat and the people are waiting for
22:53him on the other side. So it's pretty
22:56stark contrast. Some crowds are begging
22:59him to leave. Other crowds are begging
23:00him to come. Gyrus is imploring him to
23:05come to his house.
23:08and he's setting out to do it. We have a
23:1112-year-old daughter and then we have a
23:15woman come up who's been bound for 12
23:19years. So, we really have two daughters
23:22and two 12-year periods,
23:25but both are to bring to this point of
23:29revelation to see the glory of God.
23:33The woman is in a crowd and the crowd is
23:35pressing in around him. But
23:39Jesus and this story tells us that
23:43touching God with faith is different
23:47than touching him by coincidence or
23:50touching him in the crowd. that when you
23:53touch with a faith,
23:56with a a confidence, a belief, a plea, a
23:59prayer, that touch releases power that
24:03the other touches didn't release. And
24:06Peter didn't understand this. So, in his
24:08sarcasm, he's like, "Lord, there's a
24:11crowd around you. That's a pretty silly
24:13thing to say. Someone touched me." And
24:17Jesus says, "No,
24:19I was aware that power had gone out of
24:22me."
24:25And the woman's terrified because she
24:27didn't ask for this. She was deeply
24:29embarrassed.
24:31Her affliction was an embarrassing
24:33affliction. And so, she was hoping she
24:35could just sneak up and touch him
24:38quietly and go away. But her faith
24:43pulled power from God. When you go to
24:46touch the Lord in prayer, in song, in
24:50the hearing of his word,
24:53don't be like the crowd.
24:56Touch him with faith, with an
24:58expectation that if I can connect,
25:02I'm going to be changed. The other
25:05gospels tell us that the woman was
25:07saying to herself, "If only I can touch
25:10the hymn of his garment, I know I will
25:13be healed."
25:15That's faith. And a touch in faith
25:18releases power. A jostling with the
25:20crowd does not. And he calls her,
25:22"Daughter, your faith has made you
25:25well." We're still on the way to Gyrus's
25:27house, and he's just told them, "Do not
25:29be afraid. Only believe."
25:33When he came to the house, [music] he
25:35did not allow anyone to enter with him
25:37except Peter, James, and John, and the
25:41girl's father and mother.
25:44Now they were all weeping and lamenting
25:46for her.
25:48But he said, "Stop weeping, for she has
25:52not died, but is asleep."
25:57Is Jesus telling the truth?
26:04In our reality, the answer would be no.
26:08In the manbound, humanbound reality,
26:14that would be an untrue statement.
26:17But in the reality where all things are
26:19possible, that's the truth.
26:22This is [music] not a permanent
26:24condition and death is a permanent
26:26condition. So he is declaring consistent
26:30with [music] his own power
26:33that this girl is not going to die. Stop
26:36weeping for she is not dead for she has
26:40not died but is asleep. And they began
26:43laughing at him knowing that she had
26:46died.
26:48He however took her by the hand and
26:52called her saying child arise.
26:56And her spirit returned and she got up
26:58immediately. And he gave orders for
27:01something to be given her to eat. Her
27:03parents were amazed, but he instructed
27:06them to tell no one what had happened.
27:10[music]

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