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Bible Study: Keep on sowing the Gospel

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NASHVILLE (BP) – This weekly Bible study appears in Baptist Press in a partnership with Lifeway Christian Resources of the Southern Baptist Convention. Through its Leadership and Adult Publishing team, Lifeway publishes Sunday School curricula and additional resources for all age groups.

This week’s Bible study is adapted from the YOU curriculum.

Bible Passages: Matthew 13:3-8, 18-23

Discussion Questions:

Food for Thought:

Bucket lists are activities or tasks people want to complete before they die. One thing should be on the bucket list of every follower of Christ: lead others to faith in Jesus Christ. That’s a task that not only has impact on this life “before you die,” but it impacts eternity.

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Unfortunately, just because we share our faith doesn’t mean the person will accept Christ. Matthew 13 helps us see that the full completion of that task is something we leave in the hands of God, Who can make that transformation complete.

Read Matthew 13:18-22. As believers, we would hope when we share the message everyone who hears would willingly accept and submit to it. Just as much as that should be our hope, it is even more so God’s desire. Not everyone we share the message with will readily receive it. Nevertheless, we should never give up on sharing the message of hope. Jesus didn’t. God counts on us to sow the seed regardless of the hearer’s response.

In Jesus’ parable of the sower, the different soils represent the different ways people respond to the Gospel and biblical truth.

Though God gave His only Son because of His love for the world, the world does not always reciprocate that love. Too many people fall prey to the enemy, give up when hardship hits, or become distracted by the wrong things. What can we do? We pray, and we keep on sowing.

YOU

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