Mark: Good and Gracious King #6
Dave Tate

Seed and Soil
Mark 4:1-20

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Why did Jesus teach in parables?

• To reveal _______________ more persuasively
• To reveal truth to those who ________ and want more of it
• To _______________ truth from those who hate it and do not want it

Four Kinds of Soil

1. Path —> _______________     (Mark 4:1-3 and 13-14)
2. Rocky —> _______________     (Mark 4:4 and 15)
3. Thorns  —> _______________    (Mark 4:5-6 and 16-17)
4. Good —> _______________    (Mark 4:7 and 18-19)

• Gospel growth is _______________, not mechanical
• Gospel growth released only if it goes ____________
• The gospel appears ____________, but it is immensely powerful

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