Tonight we completed our Red Shirt series by looking at the last type of soil talked about in Luke 8:4-8, 11-15. This type of soil isn't a red shirt soil, but a gold shirt one. They are the ones that grow and mature and produce. It tells us about them in verses 8 and 15. It says they are seed tha fall on good ground, which means they end up growing and reaching teh full potential that God created them for. They grow, mature, thrive, and reproduce. The people described here believe in Jesus, accept him as their Savior, make him their master, and then go out and convert others.
It tells us that these type of people are defined by doing 5 different things. #1. They have a good and noble heart. This comes by allow God, through His Holy Spirit, to transform us. Then we resolve to do good and noble things, finding out what is good and noble, and actually acting on it. #2. They hear God's word. This could be by going to church, reading the Bible, praying, reading Christian books, talking with people about God's word, etc... #3. They retain God's word. We can do this by memorization and setting down markers to remind yourself. #4. They persevere. No matther what happens they hold onto their faith in God. They spend time with Him so they can learn trust. #5. They produce a crop. They actually go out and tell other people the good news about Jesus. These are signs that accompany a mature Christian.
I give tonight: B+
Favorite Moment: Evoke Video
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