Seed-Sower; Truth-Teller
Who is My Neighbor? – part 2
Week of March 11, 2012

   Last week we asked, “Who is my neighbor?” Whomever God puts in front of you.
Care is both a noun and a verb. Care must be expressed, relationally, in action, in words.

 

 

 

DAY 1
As you care about lost people, God will give you opportunities to share bits of His truth, His word, the bible.
In the following parable, Jesus called this “sowing seed.”
Read Matthew 13:1-9

1. The image is a familiar one, farming. What does the farmer do?

2. As the farmer sows his seed, it lands in four different places.
List the places the seed lands and the effects on the seeds:

Verse *** Description of the soil *** ***** Effects on the seed in that soil *****
13:4
13:5 1st response:
13:6 2nd response:
13:7
13:8

3. When you share truth with a lost person, what different responses can you reasonably expect?

4. Should you be surprised by resistance?

DAY 2
Yesterday we read the parable of the sower. Today, Jesus explains the parable.
Read Matthew 13:18-23
1. For each of the four “soils,” write in the result of the seed in each “soil,” and why that happens:

Verse  ***RESULT********************************************WHY?
13:19
13:20
13:21
13:22
13:23

2. With the first soil, the path, what role does Satan (the evil one) play? (v. 19)

3. In the second soil, rocky soil, what role does fallen, human nature play?
A. Verse 20:

B. Verse 21:

4. In the third soil, thorny soil, what role does fallen, human nature play? (verse 22).

5. What strikes you about the first three soils?

DAY 3
Read Matthew 13:23 “But the one who received the seed that fell on good soil is the man who hears the word and understands it. He produces a crop, yielding a hundred, sixty or thirty times what was sown.”
1. What is the natural result of seed landing in good soil?

2. A single seed produces far beyond its little size. How does the size of multiplication of 30, 60 and 100 fold strike you?

3. What is the power in the seed? (vs. 23)

4. What differences are there between the first three soils and the good soil?

5. The life is in the seed. What does this say about what the bible can do in your life?

DAY 4
Sharing our faith rarely happens in one setting! Usually, it happens over time, sharing little bits of truth like the old Lays’ Potato Chip commercial: one chip at a time.
Read John 9:1-34

1. The man born blind comes to faith in Christ, and is immediately thrust into the role of “evangelist.”
Beginning in verse 13, the Pharisees investigate Jesus’ role in the blind man’s healing.
What does the blind man say in the following verses? What “seed” did the blind man sow?
v. 15
v. 17
v. 25
v. 27
v. 30
v. 31-33

2. What strikes you about his “approach” to “evangelism?”

3. Which of the following could you incorporate into your relationships with lost people?
* Tell what you know
* No “sermons” unless you’re at the end of the process!
* Use the potato chip method: offer one chip at a time.

DAY 5
We’ve looked at being a seed-sower, and a truth-teller in bite-sized pieces. Today we’ll look at another approach.
Read Luke 5:27-32

1. Levi, aka Matthew, came to faith in Jesus. What was the first thing Levi did?

2. What do you think motivated him?

3. Who was on the guest list?

4. How could you do the same thing?

5. Look back over the week’s devotions. What is ONE way you could improve your evangelism with people?