Matthew 13:1-23 | The Master Key To Unlocking All Parables Of Jesus | Pastor Jackson Lahmeyer

If this message blessed you, please consider partnering with/Sheridan.Church http://www.sheridan.church/give Matthew 13:1-23 The Master Key To Unlocking All Parables Matthew = Teach you how to flourish in the kingdom Matthew teaches us the laws, economy and principles of the kingdom Too many Christians are not flourishing because they don’t know how to operate in this kingdom You’ve been saved into a kingdom. Kingdom of God operates differently than the Kingdom of this world Matthew 12 = Religious Leaders plot to kill Jesus over Sabbath Turning Point in the ministry of Jesus Going forward, Jesus will only teach using Parables Matthew 13 = 7 Parables about the Kingdom of God Topic Subjects of Jesus: Kingdom, Hell & Money Parable = Earthly Story with a heavenly meaning Parable = use of an illustration from everyday life to teach a deep meaning principle Parable = window & mirror | window to see God & mirror to see oursleves Kingdom of Heaven/God = Physical & Spiritual Matthew 13 Here Jesus gives us the most important parable of all the parables. It is the Parable of the Sower. Mark 4:13 Jesus is saying if you can not understand this parable then how will you be able to understand the others This parable is the key to understanding all the other parables Matthew 13:1-9 The parable of the sower is the master key. Jesus explains it Matthew 13:10-17 Parables do 2 things to 2 sets of people: 1. Those who hunger & thirst for righteousness will be filled Those who have a desire and heart for God will receive 2. Those who are hardened will not receive but be even more hardened Proverbs 25:2 says, "It is the glory of God to conceal a matter; to search out a matter is the glory of kings." When Christ gives parables, it is meant to cause the listener to dig and seek understanding Matthew 13:18-23 Seed = Word of God Sower = Preacher/Teacher Soil = Heart Each of us represents a soil. The first type of soil he describes is that by the wayside. This is soil that is not tender and tilled it up it is hard soil that is walked on. Referring to people with hardened hearts when it comes to the things of God. The second type of soil here is rocky soil. These people receive the Word immediately but because they have no root they cannot produce fruit and the moment trouble comes they wither away. The trouble comes to steal the Word to steal the seed. The third type of soil is those with thorns. These are the people who all the cares of this world to choke out the Word in their life. They get busy with daily demands. They are deceived by riches. They try to gain wealth their way and not God’s way. And then they have the desire for other things such as power, status, and acceptance. And all of these concerns choke out the Word causing it to produce no fruit. The fourth type of soil is good soil. What makes good soil? Three things those who hear the Word, accept the Word and bear fruit or in other words those who do the Word of God. Faith without action is dead. And these people produce a harvest of some thirty, sixty, and even a hundredfold. You get to decide how much you receive. What you give towards the Word of God determines what you get back from the Word. Dedicate yourself to the Word of God and receive the inheritance that God has for you. Galatians 3:29 says, “If you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham’s seed, and heirs according to the promise.” The Inheritance Acts 20:32 Here Paul says the Word of God’s grace or in other words the Word of God does two things for us One it builds us up. Two Paul says it gives you an inheritance How do you get the inheritance? It comes through the Word of God Many people have an inheritance waiting for them but they are not receiving it Way too many believers who are sick, depressed, and beaten down because they do not understand that God has an inheritance for them We are heirs and joint heirs with Christ Inheritance there is a process and there are steps into receiving it Legal paperwork you have to go through here on earth and there is a process to receive your inheritance in the Kingdom as well Hebrews 6:12-15 Faith & Patience In order to receive you must first believe. We receive by faith. Our inheritance is important because it includes all that God has for us Includes salvation, healing, provision, protection, guidance, joy, peace, and love It takes knowing God to receive these things Knowing God is key Accessing The Inheritance 2nd Peter 1:1-3, When we know God what two things do we receive? Everything we need for life and Godliness What's included in our inheritance? Everything we need How do we access our inheritance? Through God’s great and precious promises we receive our inheritance. Through these promises you begin to take on the divine nature