The Integrity of the Word

The Integrity of the Word

2 Timothy 3:16
2 Timothy 2:15
Isaiah 55:10-11
Hosea 4:6
Matthew 4:4
Hosea 8:12
Psalms 138:2
Psalms 119:105
Why Study Psalms 119:130
 Mark 4:26 –
“ And he said, So is the kingdom of God,
as if a man should cast seed into the ground ”

Comparison of how the kingdom of God

works
and how a seed works

 The seed symbolizes the Word of

God

 Mark 4:14 – Sower sows the Word

 Used a seed because it’s a natural law, not a

man made system

The Integrity of the Word

 Mark 4:27-28
“And should sleep, and rise night and day, and the seed should
spring and grow up, he knoweth not how. For the earth bringeth
forth fruit of herself; first the blade, then the ear,
after that the full corn in the ear.”

Romans12:2
“….but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind.”

 It takes time for the Word of God to spring up and start

working in your life. But, it’s the nature of the Word to
produce change. Your labor will be rewarded.

Mark 4:29
“But when the fruit is brought forth, immediately he putteth
in the sickle, because the harvest is come.”

The Integrity of the Word

 Introduction to Mark 4:3-20

A. The parable of the sower is important because it is the foundational

teaching that unlocks all other teachings of Jesus.

B. The ground doesn’t have power, but it provides habitation for the seed.

C. The seed is the power. It’s not you; it’s the Word.
1) Your race, family background, financial status, etc., doesn’t matter.
2) You need to put the Word in your heart.

D. One out of four produced fruit.

1) Variation came from the good ground – 30, 60 & 100% fold.
2) Common for churches to operate from 25% of their people.

E. The Word has the same potential in all of us.

1) We have to decide what we’ll do with it.
2) Determined by the condition of your heart.

The Integrity of the Word

 The Way Side – Mark - 4:15
“And these are they by the way side, where the word is sown;
but when they have heard, Satan cometh immediately,
and taketh away the word that was sown in their hearts.”

Importance of the Teaching Ministry.

1) Knowledge of the Word

gives you understanding.

2) The Word needs to be proclaimed

and also explained

The Integrity of the Word

 Stony Ground – Mk. 4:16-17
“And these are they likewise which are
sown on stony ground; who, when they
have heard the word, immediately receive
it with gladness; And have no root in
themselves, and so endure but for a time:
afterward, when affliction or persecution
ariseth for the word’s sake, immediately
they are offended.”

The Integrity of the Word

A. Receive the Word with excitement, but the end
result was they were offended.

B. The Word didn’t work in their lives, because they

weren’t rooted.
1) It takes time to build a root system.
2) Large trees and fruit are visible, but we need to
consider the roots.
3) Mark 4:30-32 – Mustard seed.

The Integrity of the Word

 Thorns – Mark 4:18 -19
“And these are they which are sown
among thorns; such as hear the word,
and the cares of this world, and the
deceitfulness of riches, and the lusts
of other things entering in, choke the
word, and it becometh unfruitful.”

 satan will try to occupy you with the things of the world

The Integrity of the Word

 Good Ground – Mark 4:8 & 20
“And other fell on good ground, and did yield
fruit that sprang up and increased; and
brought forth, some thirty, and some sixty,
andsome an hundred… And these are they
which are sown on good ground; such as hear
the word, and receive it, and bring forth fruit,
some thirty fold, some sixty, and some an
hundred.”
A. The good ground didn’t have more than the others; it had less.
 We can all have less in our lives.

B. It’s not the seed that made the difference but the ground.

The Integrity of the Word

Matthew 11:1-11

John’s Doubt
 Thrown in prison.

Tell John what you’ve

seen & heard
– Luke 7:22.

The Integrity of the Word