Oídos para oír｜Mateo 13 — Transcript

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1. 0:00Ask the Lord for ears to hear.
2. 0:03You have already heard that phrase when
3. 0:04the Lord said, "He who has ears to hear
4. 0:06, let him hear, let him hear what the
5. 0:08Spirit says to the churches." He who has
6. 0:10ears to hear. It means that there are
7. 0:12many people who have ears, but do not
8. 0:14hear the word of God. And do you know
9. 0:16what the problem is? When we have a
10. 0:17hardened heart. How are you doing,
11. 0:19brothers? Today we continue with our
12. 0:20series on the Gospel according to
13. 0:22Matthew. We are on chapter 13. There in
14. 0:24Matthew chapter 13, I want to ask you to
15. 0:26have it in front of you, several
16. 0:27parables stand out.
17. 0:28And parables are earthly stories with a
18. 0:31heavenly message.
19. 0:33The Lord told these stories that
20. 0:34everyone can relate to because they were
21. 0:36about everyday situations, but they had
22. 0:38a profound spiritual message.
23. 0:41He was communicating spiritual truths
24. 0:43about the kingdom of God and he did it
25. 0:44through stories that were easy to
26. 0:46understand.
27. 0:47But many people did not have ears to
28. 0:49hear. That is why, look, let us thank
29. 0:51God.
30. 0:52If you attend a church and understand
31. 0:54the word of God, if you make the effort
32. 0:56to read a portion of the scriptures and
33. 0:58the Lord speaks to you, thank God that
34. 1:00He gave you ears to hear; He has given
35. 1:02you a heart that is fertile soil for the
36. 1:05good seed of the word.
37. 1:07That is the first parable we are going
38. 1:09to see today, it is the main one in
39. 1:10Matthew 13, the parable of the sower.
40. 1:13Basically, it talks about a sower who
41. 1:14sowed the good seed, but it fell into
42. 1:16four different types of soil.
43. 1:18If you like, let us read it. Have
44. 1:19Matthew 13 in front of you and let us go
45. 1:22to verse 3.
46. 1:23It says at the end, behold, the sower
47. 1:25went out to sow and while he sowed, part
48. 1:26of the seed fell by the wayside.
49. 1:28The birds came and ate it. Some fell on
50. 1:31stony ground, where there was not much
51. 1:33earth and it sprang up soon because it
52. 1:35had no depth of earth. But when the sun
53. 1:37rose it was scorched because it had no
54. 1:38root, it withered. Some fell among
55. 1:40thorns and the thorns grew up and choked
56. 1:42it.
57. 1:43But some fell on good ground where it
58. 1:45yielded fruit, some a hundred, some
59. 1:47sixty, and some thirty.
60. 1:49He who has ears to hear, let him hear,
61. 1:51says the Lord. And look, thank God that
62. 1:54the Lord Jesus himself explained this
63. 1:56parable to his disciples. You can read
64. 1:58that at home. Starting from verse 18,
65. 2:00the Lord himself gives the explanation.
66. 2:02But let us look at the four types of
67. 2:03soil. By the wayside, on stony ground,
68. 2:06among the thorns, and on good ground.
69. 2:09Ask the Lord to be that good soil that
70. 2:11will bear fruit a hundredfold or
71. 2:13thirtyfold; ask the Lord for ears to
72. 2:16hear.
73. 2:17Here the Lord explains that the soil is
74. 2:19the human heart.
75. 2:21And well, the Lord Jesus Christ is
76. 2:22sowing the good seed of His word, but it
77. 2:24will fall on hardened hearts, it will
78. 2:26fall on hearts among thorns, it will
79. 2:28fall on hearts full of rocks, and some,
80. 2:30by the grace of God, will fall on
81. 2:31fertile soil.
82. 2:34Look, thank God that you received the
83. 2:36good news of Jesus and you bore fruit.
84. 2:39You gave your life to the Lord, and it
85. 2:41is only by His grace and mercy. Out
86. 2:43there, there are people who have
87. 2:44received the same preaching as you and
88. 2:46have not borne fruit.
89. 2:48The truth is that if it weren't for the
90. 2:49grace of God, if it weren't for the
91. 2:51water of the Holy Spirit that moistens
92. 2:52that soil, you and I would also be
93. 2:54hard-hearted.
94. 2:55Let us not boast. Let us thank the Lord
95. 2:58for His mercy and ask Him for our loved
96. 3:00ones.
97. 3:00Many of them are perhaps among thorns,
98. 3:03they are among rocks. Let's look briefly
99. 3:05at the meaning of the path, the rocks,
100. 3:07and the thorns.
101. 3:09Not only so you can pray for your loved
102. 3:11ones, but so that we go on Sunday to
103. 3:13hear the word conscious of the risks,
104. 3:15that the worries of this world, the
105. 3:17anxieties, the materialism, that Satan,
106. 3:19might be trying to steal our blessing at
107. 3:22the time of the word.
108. 3:24Well, first, the path is the hardest
109. 3:26soil because everyone tramples it.
110. 3:29The seed cannot be buried well there.
111. 3:32The path is also besieged by birds that
112. 3:34arrive and steal it.
113. 3:37That is when someone is distracted by
114. 3:38their phone, is not paying attention, or
115. 3:40says they are going to watch the service
116. 3:42online and stays home, doing other
117. 3:44things instead of paying attention to
118. 3:45the service.
119. 3:47Look, that is why it is better in person
120. 3:49if you have the opportunity, because for
121. 3:51the one by the path, the enemy comes and
122. 3:52steals the word.
123. 3:55Those birds represent Satan and his
124. 3:57demons, who are very active when the
125. 3:58word is preached; they want to distract
126. 4:00, they want to steal it with anger, with
127. 4:02annoyance, with a distraction, something
128. 4:04that happened, or chores, errands, the
129. 4:05kitchen, lunch, I don't know.
130. 4:09When you are going to sit down to read
131. 4:11the word, set aside distractions and ask
132. 4:13the Lord to bind the enemy, to rebuke
133. 4:15him so that the good seed does not fall
134. 4:17by the path.
135. 4:18Pray for your children, pray for your
136. 4:20loved ones, so that Satan does not get
137. 4:22his way. The rocky ground represents the
138. 4:24person who is a flash in the pan.
139. 4:27They receive the word with joy in the
140. 4:29moment, but when afflictions come, they
141. 4:30lack depth, it says.
142. 4:32It is a person who is perhaps not used
143. 4:34to taking notes when they hear the word
144. 4:36.
145. 4:37Look, I encourage you that, when you
146. 4:39listen to this daily video, take note of
147. 4:41what the Lord speaks to you when you are
148. 4:43reading your daily chapter, when you go
149. 4:44to church, so that you are not shallow;
150. 4:46and ask the Lord to persevere in Jesus
151. 4:48every day, so that the burdens,
152. 4:50afflictions, and worries do not make you
153. 4:52forget the word.
154. 4:54Jesus said, "In this world you will have
155. 4:55trouble, but take heart! I have overcome
156. 4:57the world." The one that fell among
157. 4:59thorns is the one who is too concerned
158. 5:01with material things, very busy with
159. 5:03work matters. In their heart, there is
160. 5:05no time for the word of God.
161. 5:07Very preoccupied, whether because they
162. 5:09want more—more money, more wealth, more
163. 5:11income—or because they are deep in debt
164. 5:13and don't know what to do; in short, it
165. 5:14is someone who has not surrendered that
166. 5:16area of their life, is not trusting in
167. 5:18the Lord's provision, and has a totally
168. 5:20materialistic heart, focused on things
169. 5:22of this world.
170. 5:24And these are people who do not have
171. 5:26ears to hear; physically they may be
172. 5:27there, but their mind is actually set on
173. 5:29other things, on the week's agenda, on
174. 5:31pending tasks, on how much they have to
175. 5:33do.
176. 5:34They have not learned to rest in the
177. 5:36Lord and to trust in the good shepherd
178. 5:38who is our provider. Lastly, we have the
179. 5:40good soil, and let us thank God. If He
180. 5:42has made us good soil.
181. 5:44Look, we won't see it in church due to
182. 5:46lack of time, but right there in Matthew
183. 5:4713, we are told that in the same church
184. 5:49there can be wheat and there can be
185. 5:50weeds.
186. 5:51In the same net there can be good fish
187. 5:53and bad fish, and the wheat and the
188. 5:55weeds will grow together. And until the
189. 5:57end times, the Lord will send His angels
190. 5:59and will separate the wheat from the
191. 6:01weeds. They will separate the good fish
192. 6:03from the bad fish. Ask the Lord to be
193. 6:06good soil so that we may be wheat and
194. 6:08not weeds. So that we may be good fish
195. 6:10and not bad fish. I recommend that you
196. 6:13finish reading Matthew 13 at home. But
197. 6:15if we are fertile soil, Christ will be
198. 6:17our greatest treasure. He will be that
199. 6:20pearl of great price for us. Will we be
200. 6:22willing to leave everything behind to
201. 6:25follow him, to have that treasure in our
202. 6:28lives? May the Lord grant us ears to
203. 6:30hear.