NC3 Sermons

The Parable of the Weeds

The Kingdom of Heaven is like - Matthew 13:24-30

The Problem of Evil . . . 3 Questions

Farming 101 - Matthew 13:36-43

• Two Sowers - 1 Corinthians 3:5-9
• The Field
• Two Crops

The Harvest According to Jesus - Matthew 13:39-43

• The End of the Age - Acts 17:31
• Harvesters -> Angels
• Reality Check -> Judgment
  • Matthew 23:33
  • Matthew 25:31-34, 41
  • Revelation 20:11-15

Application

1. How does the truth of the harvest impact how I live?
2. Am I sowing the seed of the gospel?

The Parable of the Sower

Parables? - Matthew 13:1-3

A Farmer / Seeds / Soils - Matthew 13:3-9

Secrets of Life - Matthew 13:10-17

Listen - Matthew 13:18-23

What about my Soil? 

Master Teacher

"No one ever spoke this way" - Matthew 7:28-29, John 7:46

Techniques that are more than techniques

   Questions . . . 'just ask me' - Luck 2:46-47, Matthew 16:13-47

   Parables & images . . . "Don't tell me, show me' - Matthew 7:3, 6:2-4, 7:9-11

   Make me grin - Matthew 23:24, 7:6, 13:10-13, Luke 24:13-32

   The greatest teacher's aid - Luke 12:13-14, mark 8:13-21, John 16:12-14

   Be the message - Luke 6:40, John 14:6, 1 Corinthians 11:1

Humility of the Peacemakers

Humility of the peacemakers - Matthew 5:9, Luke 6:41-42, Isaiah 6:5, 1 Corinthians 4:5, Leviticus 19:15, Exodus 20:5

Perceiving the message beneath the message - James 1:19, Proverbs 20:5

Anger? - Ephesians 4:26-27, James 1:20, Hebrews 12:15

Jesus' eyes and heart - John 4:4-42, John 8:48, Matthew 12:35, Matthew 7:16