Do You Have Hearing Ears?
June 15, 2025Do You Have Hearing Ears?
Matthew 13:1-10 | Pastor Terry Wilcox
To understand Jesus’ parables, identify the characters and objects:
- the farmer =
- the seed = message of the
- the soil = those
- Hard-hearted people — v. 4, 14–16
Ignoring our hardens our . - Spiritual shallowness results from ignoring or over-emphasizing our: (v. 5, 21, 22)
In the context of the Hebrew, “the heart” is the seat of our , , and will. - The stifling “thorns” of this world — v. 7, 22
Romans 12:2 (NKJV)
Trying to accomplish our plans with our gives us much to about. - A “good crop” is a life — v. 8, 13
Personal Notes