Matthew 13:1-23 Parable of the Four Soils
1.Why did Jesus speak to the people using parables? [Matt 13:10-17]
2.What is the meaning of the parable of the sower and the seeds? [Matt 13:18-23]
3.How could you explain that story today?
4.What are some of the cares of the world?
5.Who tries to take the seed out of the heart?
6.What is stony thinking? [Ever think of it as Yes, but? We say “Yes, God exists, but I still have this problem…”]
7.What kind of thorny experiences keep the Word of God from growing in us? [“I’m too busy to read the Bible today.” “I don’t have time to pray.”]
8.How can we be rich soil for the Word of God to be planted in?
9.Are you willing to let the Word grow in you?
10.How will you do that?
Matthew 13:24-30 Parable of the Weeds
1.What is this parable about?
2.Why is the kingdom of heaven like an enemy messing up your garden?
3.How do we handle jealousy?
4.Have you ever seen a weed that looked like a flower?
5.How is the householder to distinguish between the wheat and the tares?
6.Do we see the wheat in people or the tares?
7.How can we do a better job of seeing only the wheat when we’re at work or at home?
Matthew 13:31-52
1.What are we to learn from a small seed becoming a large tree?
2.What does it have to do with us and the kingdom of heaven?
3.Why is leaven like the kingdom of heaven?
4.How does this affect how we live?
5.What does the hidden treasure represent?
6.Would it be honest to find something in a field and then go buy the land? Why or why not?
7.What would be a pearl worth selling all you had for?
8.Are we willing to give up everything for the kingdom of heaven?
9.Have you ever used a net to catch anything?
10.Did you get things you weren’t expecting?
11.How was the man with the net like the householder?
12.Why is it important to sort out the good from the bad?
13.Are you willing to find good?
14.What is “good” to you?
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