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Community Church of Portage Lakes

Testing Your Soil (Matthew 13:1-23) Pearls and Weeds - Week 1

3260 Cormany Road, Akron, OH 44319, USA

Sunday 9:15 AM

Sunday 11:00 AM

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Notes for this message:

I. The parable of _______________________________________________________________

II. Jesus’ _________________________________________________ in teaching with parables

a. The disciple’s question; Why isn’t Jesus _______________________________________

b. Jesus’ explanation about ___________________________________________________

1. It is a gift of _________________________________________________________

2. It is more a matter of ______________________ than _______________________

III. The ______________________________________________________________ of the seed

The gospel is like a seed in its _______________________________________________________

IV. Different types _____________________________________________________ of our heart

a. The _______________________ heart that hears only with _______________________

b. That ___________________ heart that hears only with ___________________________

c. The _______________________ heart that is __________________________________

d. The ______________________ heart that produces _____________________________

V. Evaluating the soil ____________________________________________________________

Bad soil can only be fixed by ________________________________________________________