Berean Sunday Sermons Berean Community Church

1. When did the thorns grow along with the seed planted?
2. What three things caused the plant to choke and not bear fruit?
3. If you were to examine yourself based on the warnings of these first three soils, how would you be certain that you are not part of those soils?
4. How can you tell if someone is a struggling Christian or if someone is not a Christian at all?

1. Which of the four soils are Christian and why?

2. What is the criteria in which we are able to identify a true believer verses a false believer?

3. Who is the one who snatches away the seed for the first soil. What does that tell us about who they belong to?

4. What does it mean when it says that they believed for a short while for the second soil. What does it mean for them to have believed then to fall away? Are they saved but not bearing fruit? Or did they lose their salvation?

1. What is the context in which the parable of the sower was given? Who was it given to and why?

2. What does the seed represent according to verse 11?

3. Who is the seed planter?

4. Why did Jesus speak to them in parables according to verses 9 and 10?

POINT 1 -  Identify the sin of partiality.

POINT 2 - God’s glorious impartial character


POINT 3 - Your judgment must be in keeping with your God’s law.  
  
POINT 3 A - Verse 8-11: Partiality is Contrary to the law of God

POINT 3 B Verse 5 & 6a: Partiality is Contrary to the Mercy of God

POINT 4 | Speak and Act as those who are judged by the law of liberty.  

1. What caused Jesus to weep on Palm Sunday?
2. In what way did Israel expect peace that was different from the peace that Jesus came to bring?
3. Do you think you would have been able to recognize Jesus' coming if you were a Jew during that time?
4. What kind of spiritual blinders are we in danger of in our generation?

1. What was Jesus preaching about when he visited all the towns?
2. Who are the ladies mentioned here who supported Jesus and His ministry?
3. In what way was the kingdom of God that Jesus preached radically different from the Kingdom that the Israelites were anticipating?