5.16.21 KNOW YOUR DIRT – week 1

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When Faith Doesn’t Connect

Two Key Questions for this series:

1 – What kind of faith do have?
2 – Why does faith the way it does?

Matthew 13:1-9

Three important observations about this parable:

1. This parable is designed for inner .
2. This parable teaches us that no one comes to faith unless faith is .

Romans 10:14

3. This parable shows us that can come to faith.

Matthew 13:19

Faith that doesn’t connect (the hard soil) represents:

• someone who has heard the Good News of Jesus and does not it.
• a faith that does not .

Soil Sample:

Things that harden the soil of our heart –

• A refusal to
• Betrayal and un-forgiveness
• Apathy

Reminder: Faith doesn’t (take root) every time and we should still our faith.

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