Parable of the Sower - Bible Baptist Church

Doesn’t understand, disinterested, devilish activity
- fowls are devils in each parable
- Revelation 18:2 birds attract birds
No understanding because the traffic is uncontrolled – no filter – busy
- Heart is not applied to know wisdom as Proverbs 2-3 instruct
- its the wayside, constant activity in this area
A very RELIGIOUS heart sometimes
- words of God of none effect by your tradition.
Satan (Mark), the wicked one (Matthew), devil (Luke)
- 2 Corinthians 4:4; Ephesians 2:2-3
- Complete Bible ignorance: You will run into this VERY often these days if you do any amount of witnessing.
- Pilate, Herod, Pharisees are good examples of this heart
Saved or unsaved?
Separate & Protect – If I want to raise a garden, I will dedicate a certain piece of land to it, protect that area, spend time in that area and plant the seeds that I want to harvest.
Unfortunately, this wayside scattering is the approach of most Christian parents.
- Scatter a little Bible on Sunday morning and cross your fingers hoping something comes of it.
- Dad, control the traffic

Emotional response to the words of God without any change of heart or desire for true righteousness
Generating and manipulating emotional responses yield these types of false conversions. Why you may see a hundred people go forward at a concert or a pressured service, but you’ll notice that it is the words of God that will cause the split from this group
this problem is NOT at the surface
Received with joy and lost when tribulation “for the word’s sake” comes (Matthew & Mark record this phrase)
What was the problem? No root. (Revelation 5:5, 22:16; Isaiah 11:10; Romans 15:12)
Jews that welcomed Christ entering Jerusalem then said Crucify him later that week. Simon the Sorcerer would fall into this category too. 1 John 2:18-19; Acts 13:6
No Root – Jesus Christ not present – Jesus Christ is the root – Isaiah 11:10, Romans 15:12, Revelation 5:5, Revelation 22:16
Trial, tribulations, temptations weren’t the problem, they just revealed the truth.

The words choked out with worldliness – influences
Cares of this world, deceitfulness of riches, pleasures of this life, worldly lusts.
It “becometh unfruitful” indicating that it had the opportunity to bear fruit (Mark 4:19, Luke 8:14). Bearing fruit is its natural state. If a farmer sees his crop not bearing fruit he will try to figure out what is wrong with it because it is natural to bear fruit.
The soil here is good, but there is competition in the heart
- Common education these days will compete with the words of God
- Bad music will compete with the words of God
- Sports, Celebrity will compete with the words of God
Demas. 2 Timothy 4:10
Your time is valuable – particularly as kids get older when the flesh “wakes up” in the teen years and there are more battles your child will be fighting.

the soil is well prepared when the seed is planted and fulfills the purpose God has for them
it takes root, grows and bears fruit in three categories: 30, 60, 100x
30x — the 12 disciples
60x — Peter, James and John
100x — Genesis 26:12 Isaac, this would be John, the closest disciple to the Lord on the earth. Paul would also fall into this.
the only factor in levels of fruit is the watering and care of the seed and fellowship with the Lord Jesus Christ. (John 15:5)