29 Days of Assurance
HOW YOU KNOW IT’S REAL
The Fruitful Heart/Good Soil
Matthew 13:23
Big Idea: A faith that truly receives the Word will always reproduce the life of Christ
Intro: Let me ask you a question: If someone had to prove you were a Christian in a court of law, what evidence would they bring? Not what you say. Not your social media bio. Not even your church attendance. I'm talking about proof – spiritual fruit. Because that’s what Jesus is looking for. So far in this series, we’ve seen the full range of responses to God’s Word:
- Some hear the gospel and it bounces right off.
- Others spring up with excitement and burn out just as fast.
- Some try to hold on to Jesus while chasing everything else.
But then… there's a fourth kind. Jesus said there’s one kind of heart that gets it. It hears the Word, holds on to it, and bears fruit. Not perfectly. Not instantly. But steadily, quietly, and undeniably. That’s the fruitful heart.
Matthew 13:23 “But he who received seed on the good ground is he who hears the word and understands it, who indeed bears fruit and produces: some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.”
This is the final soil in the parable—and it’s the only one that proves the Word truly took root. This is what saving faith looks like. So how do you know it’s real? Jesus gives us three undeniable evidences.
What Does the Good Soil Produce?
- A HEART THAT HEARS AND HOLDS THE WORD
“…hears the word and understands it…”
The fruitful heart doesn’t just hear the Word—it welcomes it. It sinks in. It changes how you think, feel, live. This isn't background noise on a podcast—it’s heart-level conviction.
Luke 8:15 “But the ones that fell on the good ground are those who, having heard the word with a noble and good heart, keep it and bear fruit with patience.”
In Luke’s telling, Jesus adds “patience.” This isn’t microwave faith. This is crockpot Christianity—slow, seasoned, and steady.
One commentary puts it this way: “The good heart receives the Word honestly, keeps it intentionally, and holds it patiently.”
In other words, this is not surface-level faith. It’s not emotional hype. It’s not spiritual trendiness. It’s gritty, grounded, God-planted faith.
Colossians 1:5-6 because of the hope which is laid up for you in heaven, of which you heard before in the word of the truth of the gospel, which has come to you, as it has also in all the world, and is bringing forth fruit, as it is also among you since the day you heard and knew the grace of God in truth
You want to know why the gospel bears fruit? Because it’s not just truth—it’s grace and truth. You didn’t just hear good advice. You heard good news—and it took root.
But how does that kind of Word-rooted faith develop? It starts with saturation.
The Word must move from our ears into our souls. We must bury it deep and water it daily.
Psalm 119:11 “Your word I have hidden in my heart, that I might not sin against You.”
The imagery matters: hidden in the heart. Not forgotten. Not casually glanced at. It’s stored, treasured, & protected.
That’s what the fruitful heart does with God’s Word.
A.W. Tozer – “Nothing less than a whole Bible can make a whole Christian.”
The fruitful heart doesn’t just admire the gospel—it abides in it. That’s how you know it’s real.
- A LIFE THAT BEARS SPIRITUAL FRUIT
“…who indeed bears fruit and produces…”
We must be careful not to confuse being busy with being fruitful. There’s a difference. One wears you out, the other fills you up.
Fruit is evidence. It’s what comes out of a life rooted in Christ:
- A heart that loves what God loves.
- A lifestyle that lines up with His Word.
- A desire to serve, give, and multiply.
- A growing humility that depends on the Spirit.
And what does that fruit look like?
Gal 5:22–23 “The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control.”
That’s not a personality profile. That’s the supernatural signature of a life full of the Holy Spirit.
Fruit is slow, but steady. It’s not about perfection—it’s about progress.
One writer put it this way: “The fruit-bearing believer isn’t louder or flashier— he’s simply alive. And that life keeps multiplying.”
Let me show you what that fruit can look like in real life.
illus: Chuck Colson wasn’t some soft-spoken church kid. He was President Nixon’s “hatchet man” during Watergate — one of the most powerful political insiders in America. His job was to crush opponents and protect the president at all costs. Watergate, if you’re not familiar, was a massive political scandal in the early 1970s where operatives tied to Nixon’s campaign broke into the Democratic National Committee headquarters to spy and steal information. Instead of owning it, the administration tried to cover it up. That cover-up led to indictments, prison sentences, and Nixon becoming the only U.S. president ever to resign. Colson went down with the ship. He was charged with obstruction of justice and eventually sentenced to prison. But before reporting to serve his time, something unexpected happened. A friend gave him C.S. Lewis’s Mere Christianity. Colson later said he read it late one night, alone in his car, and finally came to the end of himself. Here’s how Colson described that moment: “I realized that I was not just a sinner, but that I was running my own life instead of letting God run it. That night I prayed and asked Jesus Christ to come into my life.” He didn’t suddenly become religious. He got broken. Later he wrote: “I had learned that real life was not found in power, position, or prestige, but in obedience to God.” Colson went to federal prison — but he went as a new man. And here’s where the fruit shows up.
Instead of rebuilding his political career after his release, Colson founded Prison Fellowship, a ministry dedicated to sharing Christ with inmates and helping former prisoners reenter society. That ministry now operates in more than 100 countries, serving millions of prisoners and families around the world. Colson once said: “The cross of Christ is the measure of the worth of a human soul.” That’s not campaign rhetoric. That’s spiritual fruit. Same man. Same personality. Totally different direction. He went from crushing people for power to serving people in prison. That’s what happens when the seed truly takes root. Not perfection. Not instant change. But unmistakable transformation.
You may not see it overnight. But if Jesus is in you, fruit is inevitable.
John 15:5 “He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit; for without Me you can do nothing.”
Notice the connection: abiding leads to abundance. It’s not about striving harder—it’s about staying closer.
Jesus underscored this truth again in His warning about false prophets:
Matt 7:16–20 “You will know them by their fruits… every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit… Therefore by their fruits you will know them.”
Jesus isn’t giving us a theological trivia quiz. He’s telling us how to discern the real from the fake: fruit doesn’t lie.
- A FAITH THAT ENDURES AND MULTIPLIES
Jesus tells this parable in a way that feels like it’s headed straight for failure. Three soils collapse in a row. Three times the seed is wasted. Birds eat it. Sun kills it. Thorns choke it.
By this point, the crowd is mentally preparing for a farming disaster. Then suddenly—boom—good soil. And not just okay soil. Explosive abundance.
“…some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.”
Thirty–sixty–hundredfold harvest is the punchline of the whole parable—it’s deliberately structured to feel shocking after so much loss; the story has been building toward disappointment, and Jesus flips it into remarkable victory at the last moment!
And here’s what’s easy to miss as modern hearers: ancient farmers typically hoped for 5-fold to 10-fold returns, so thirty, sixty, and a hundredfold represent extraordinary abundance—this isn’t modest success, this is supernatural payoff.
But Jesus also gives us a spectrum, not a scoreboard.
The figures aren’t about competition between believers. They represent different levels of fruitfulness that are all acceptable to Jesus. Does everyone produce the same amount? No. But everyone in good soil produces something.
The question is not, “How much fruit?” The question is, “Is there any fruit?”
And here’s what’s beautiful: fruitfulness looks different in every season.
- A single mom faithfully raising her kids in Christ? That’s fruit.
- A young adult turning away from the party scene? That’s fruit.
- A retired man discipling younger men? Fruit.
- A teenager sharing Jesus with friends at school? Fruit.
Not all bear the same amount of fruit—but all bear fruit. The warning sign is the absence of fruit, not the amount.
Jesus stacks three failures in a row so we’ll feel the discouragement of ministry, parenting, discipling, and witnessing… and then He shows us what God does with faithful seed. It looks like failure—until God steps in and multiplies the harvest of true believers.
Only those who persevere prove they are real disciples. Many start. Few finish.
But those who finish don’t just survive — they multiply.
The fruitful ones become true disciples of the kingdom and spread the true message of the kingdom to others.
But how does that multiplication happen? Not through effort alone—but by partnering with God who provides everything we need.
2 Cor 9:10 “Now may He who supplies seed to the sower, and bread for food, supply and multiply the seed you have sown and increase the fruits of your righteousness.”
That’s God saying: “You sow, I’ll multiply.”
And when your fruit starts impacting others?
Prov 11:30 “The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life, and he who wins souls is wise.”
Let me give you a modern example of what multiplying faith can look like.
illus: Tom White was a rising star in corporate America. He held a senior executive position at GTE (which later became Verizon). We’re talking corner offices, stock options, security — the American Dream on autopilot. But while climbing the ladder, Tom and his wife were also deeply involved in missions. Over time, Tom sensed God stirring something uncomfortable in his heart. He couldn’t shake the feeling that his life was producing income… but not eternal impact. Eventually, God made it clear: walk away. So Tom did something that made zero sense on paper. He resigned from his executive position and stepped into ministry, eventually becoming president of Youth With A Mission (YWAM) — one of the largest missionary organizations in the world. Instead of managing profit margins, he began mobilizing young people to take the gospel to unreached nations. Instead of closing business deals, he started opening Bible studies in remote villages. YWAM now operates in nearly every nation on earth, sending tens of thousands of missionaries and training leaders globally — and Tom White helped shape that movement for decades. When someone asked him if he ever regretted leaving corporate success behind, Tom replied: “I traded success for significance.” That’s Matthew 13 fruit.
He didn’t just survive spiritually — he multiplied. His faith didn’t stay private. It reproduced in others. It crossed borders. It built legacy. That’s how you know it’s real.
Your fruit doesn’t just feed you—it blesses others. It multiplies into spiritual legacy.
CONCLUSION: WHAT’S GROWING OUT OF YOUR LIFE?
This parable started with a crowd—and ends with a challenge. Jesus isn’t giving us a personality test. He’s giving us a heart test. And only one soil proves the seed has taken root.
Not excitement. Not church attendance. Not Bible knowledge. Fruit.
For Prayer Ministry:
- Do I really love God's Word?
“Lord, give me a heart that holds tight to Your truth and doesn't let go.”
- Is there spiritual fruit in my life?
“Jesus, I want real evidence of Your Spirit in me.”
- Is my faith multiplying into others?
“Father, don’t just grow me—grow others through me. Make my life a legacy.”
Transcript --------------------
What a wonder to be able to provide Christian worship to our church when we cannot meet together because of winter weather. So I want to welcome all of our families that are watching at home and all of our friends that may have tuned in. And today we complete our our opening teaching series of the year 2026. Today's message is going to be the fifth and final installment of 29 Days of Assurance. We've been examining the parable of the four different soils and listening to our Lord Jesus as he interprets it for us in the Bible text in Matthew 13.
Before we get there and let's bow and pray and ask the Lord for a few things. Father, we thank you for the snow and the ice, the sunshine and the rain and all the weather that we have. We know what the Bible says about it, that it's all yours, that you tell the sea where to stop at the seashore and you collect all the snow in the storehouses. And Father, we bow to your sovereignty today. And we're grateful.
And yet we pray God, that you would cause the melt to happen and you would open up all the roadways that are needed for emergency services and so forth. And God, we pray for our neighbors south of us in Lafayette county and Oxford, Mississippi, where as they're still digging out, God restore their power to them so that they can have electricity and heat. And God, we pray for those that have been injured in recreation during this time. And we know some of our own people have had surgeries. And so we pray for grace in all those areas.
And we pray God, that you would send the ministry of the Holy Spirit into every home that is Engaging in this worship service online today for your glory, Lord Jesus, speak to our hearts. Amen. And so today's soil is the good soil. It's the fruitful heart. The key verse will be Matthew 13:23.
And here's the big idea of the message. A faith that truly receives the Word will always reproduce the life of Christ. A faith that truly receives the Word will always reproduce the life of Christ. So let me ask you a question. If someone had to prove that you were a Christian in a court of law, what evidence would they bring?
I'll tell you what doesn't count. Not what you say. It won't be your social media bio either. Your church attendance won't work. I'm talking about proof spiritual fruit.
Because that's what Jesus is looking for. So far in this series, we've seen the full range of responses to God's word. Some hear the Gospel, but it bounces right off. Others spring up with excitement, and yet they burn out just as quickly. Some try to hold on to Jesus while chasing everything else.
But then we learn there's a fourth soil. There's a fourth kind. Jesus said there's a kind of soil of heart that gets hears the word, it holds onto it and it bears fruit. Not perfectly, of course, not instantly, usually, but steadily and quietly and undeniably. That's the fruitful heart.
Here's our key verse, Matthew 13:23. But he who receives seed on the good ground is he who hears the word and understands it. Who indeed bears fruit and produces some a hundredfold, some 60 and some 30, the word of the Lord. This is the final soil in the parable, and it's the only one that proves that the Word truly took root. In other words, this is what saving faith looks like.
So how do you know it's real? That's the title of the message today. How do you know it's real? Well, Jesus gives us three indisputable evidences in the verse. Three answers to the question, what does the good soil produce?
Number one. The good soil produces a heart that hears and holds the Word. A heart that hears and holds the Word. Our Lord says hears the word and understands it.
So, friends, the fruitful heart doesn't just hear the word with the ears, the fruitful heart welcomes it. In other words, it sinks in. It changes how you think, it changes how you feel. And collectively, it changes how you live. This isn't background noise on a podcast.
This is heart level conviction in Luke's account of Jesus interpreting this parable. Luke chapter 8, verse 15, it reads this way. But the ones that fell on the good ground are those who, having heard the Word with a noble and good heart, keep it and bear fruit with patience. In Luke's telling, Jesus adds the word patience. In other words, this isn't microwave faith, this is crock pot Christianity.
It's slow, it's seasoned and it's steady. That's the good soil. One commentator put it this way, the good heart receives the word honestly, keeps it intentionally and holds it patiently. In other words, this is not surface level faith. Neither is this emotional hype.
And it's certainly not spiritual trendiness. This is gritty grounded God planted faith.
But you might ask me, Pastor, how does that kind of word, rooted faith, even develop? Well, it starts with being saturated. The seed of the gospel goes into the good soil and the good soil collapses around it and covers it. In other words, the Word must move from our ears into our souls. We must bury it deep and water it daily.
That's why the psalmist wrote in Psalm 119:11, you, word, I've hidden in my heart that I might not sin against you. The imagery matters hidden in the heart, not forgotten, not casually glanced at. This hiding of the heart means that the Word is stored there, it's treasured there, it's protected there. That's what the fruitful heart does with God's Word, the Bible, the theologian and authority A.W. tozer wrote, Nothing less than a whole Bible can make a whole Christian.
You see, the fruitful heart doesn't just admire the gospel. It abides in remains, it stays there. That's how you know it's real. A heart that hears and holds the Word.
Number two, what does the good soil produce? It produces a life that bears spiritual fruit. A life that bears spiritual fruit. Our Lord says in the verse, who indeed bears fruit and produces.
I want us to be very careful here. We must not confuse being busy with being fruitful. There's a difference. One wears you out, the other fills you up. And fruit is evidence.
It's proof. It's what comes out of a life that's rooted in Christ. Let me give you some examples of some evidence. A heart that loves what God loves. You know, God loves his church, his bride.
God loves unsaved people. He loves the world he gave his son. God loves his own glory. God loves believers as we're loving one another. A heart that loves what God loves.
Also a lifestyle that lines up with His Word. You know, if you've been in church long enough and you've been going to the ordinary means of grace to grow in the Lord. It begins to cause you to live an upright life. So there's evidence. How about this one?
A desire to serve and give and multiply. That's evidence that would hold up in court. Someone testifying to that. And here's another. And I think this one is beginning to permeate our congregation.
Over years of Bible teaching and hearts that want to know God. A growing humility that depends on the Spirit. Oh, that God would continue to give us grace to be a gospel humbled church. It's great evidence that we belong to Christ. And what does that fruit, those examples I just gave, what do they feel like?
What do they sound like? What do they taste like? Galatians 5, 22, 23. The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, long suffering, or patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self control. Hey, there are no regulations around the fruit of the Spirit against such things there is no law.
We are free to take the fruit of the spirit and dispense them to all around us. That's not a personality profile. That's a supernatural signature of a life full of the Spirit. We just broadcast the Spirit's fruit. Now let me show you what fruit can look like in real life.
I want to introduce you to a man. He's with the Lord. Now, his name was Chuck Colson. Chuck Colson wasn't some soft spoken church kid. Oh no.
He was President Richard Nixon's hatchet man during the Watergate scandal. Colson was one of the most powerful political insiders in America in the early 1970s. His job was to crush opponents and protect the President at all costs. Watergate, if you're not familiar, was a massive political scandal in the early 1970s where operatives tied to Richard Nixon's reelection campaign broke into the Democratic National Committee headquarters at the Watergate Hotel to spy on them and to steal information.
Instead of owning it and admitting to the error and the crime, the Nixon administration tried to cover it up. That cover up led to indictments and prison sentences. And it also led to Richard M. Nixon becoming the only US President to ever resign from office.
Chuck Colson went down with a ship. He was charged with obstruction of justice. Eventually he was sentenced to federal prison. But before reporting to serve his time, something unexpected happened to Chuck Colson. A friend of his gave him a little book that was written by CS Lewis called Mere Christianity.
Colson later said that he read it in one sitting late one night, alone in his car. And that's when he finally came to the end. Of himself. Here's how Colson described that moment. He wrote, I realized that I was not just a sinner, but that I was running my own life instead of letting God run it.
That night, I prayed for Jesus to come into my life. What's interesting is that didn't immediately make Chuck Colson a religious man, but it did break him. Later, he wrote, I had learned that real life was not found in power. Neither was it found in position or prestige. I'd had all of that.
Real life was found in obeying the gospel.
Well, Colson became a Christian, but it didn't keep him out of prison. He went to federal prison, but he went as a new man. And here's where the fruit shows up. Instead of rebuilding his political career after he was released, serving his time instead, Chuck Colson founded a ministry called Prison Fellowship. Prison Fellowship is a ministry dedicated to sharing Christ with inmates and helping former prisoners reenter society.
That ministry, by the way, now operates in over 100 nations, serving millions of prisoners and their families around the world. And Chuck Colson once said, the cross of Christ is the measure of the worth of a human soul.
That's not campaign rhetoric, friends. That's spiritual fruit. Same man, same personality, new heart, totally different direction. Chuck Colson went from crushing people for power to serving people in prison. That's the change Jesus makes in the good soil.
Let me say to you, you may not see it overnight, but if Jesus is in you, write this down. Fruit is inevitable. If Jesus is in you, fruit is inevitable. That's what John 15:5 says. Our Lord says, the one who abides in me and I in him bears much fruit, for without me, you can do nothing.
Don't miss the connection. Abiding leads to abundance. Getting close to God brings spiritual fruit into your life. It's not about striving harder or doing better. It's about staying closer.
That's what abide means to remain close. Our Lord underscored this truth again in his warning about false prophets later on in Matthew. Matthew earlier on Matthew 7, 16, and 17, you will know them by their fruits.
Every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit.
If there's no evidence, you shouldn't have any assurance. Jesus is telling us how to discern the real from the fake. Write this down. Not only is fruit inevitable. Fruit doesn't lie.
You'll know them by it. What does the good soil produce? It produces a life that bears spiritual fruit. Number three. What does the good soil produce?
It produces a faith that endures and multiplies it produces a faith that endures and multiplies. I want you to think back over what we've learned the last four or five weeks. Jesus tells this parable in a way that feels like it's headed straight for failure. I mean, three soils collapse in a row. Three times.
The seed is wasted. Birds eat it, the sun kills it, thorns choke it. By this point, as Jesus is telling this parable, the crowd, his hearers, are mentally preparing for an agricultural disaster. And then suddenly, boom, out of nowhere. Good soil.
And not just okay soil. This is explosive abundance. Our Lord says, some a hundredfold and some 60 and some 30. 30, 60 hundredfold harvest, friends, that's the punchline to the whole parable. Parable.
Jesus deliberately structured this story to feel shocking after so much loss.
This story, this parable has been building toward disappointment. And then Jesus flips it into remarkable victory at the very last moment. And here's what's easy to miss for us as modern hearers. Ancient farmers typically hoped for maybe a five fold return on the seed that they sowed. If they got a tenfold return, people would talk about it for years.
So 30, 60, 100fold, that represents extraordinary increase. In other words, this isn't modest success that the good soil brings. This is supernatural payoff.
You see, friends, the question is not how much fruit. The question is, is there any fruit? The figures aren't about competition between believers. It's not like, oh, there's a hundredfold Christian over there. There's a 30 fold Christian.
No, no, no. Those figures represent different levels of fruitfulness. And all of them are acceptable to Jesus. All of them are something only God could do.
Does everyone produce the same amount in their walk with God? Of course not. But everyone in good soil produces something.
Here's what's beautiful. Fruitfulness looks different in every season for everybody. For example, a single mom faithfully raising her children in Christ, that's fruit. A young adult turning away from the worldly party scene and turning to Christ in faithfulness, that's fruit. A retired gentleman discipling the young men in his church.
Definitely fruit. A teenager sharing Jesus with her friend group at school. Absolutely fruit. Not all bear the same amount of fruit, but all bear fruit. The warning sign is the absence of it, not the amount.
Think about it. The Lord Jesus stacks three failures in a row for the very least, so that we could feel the discouragement that often comes with ministry and the frustration that comes with parenting and the difficulty that comes in discipling our ones and witnessing to others. It's not easy, and it's not always victorious. And then he shows us what God does with hearts that are in good soil. In other words, it looks like failure until God steps in and multiplies the harvest of true believers.
And don't forget, only those who persevere prove that they're real disciples. Isn't it true that many start, but few finish? But those who finish don't just survive. They multiply. 30, 60, a hundredfold.
The fruitful ones become the true disciples of the kingdom, and they spread the true message of the kingdom to others.
But, Pastor, how does this multiplication happen? Well, let me tell you, it doesn't happen through effort alone. This is absolutely not a try harder to be a good Christian sermon. I don't have any of those in the stack. How does multiplication happen?
It happens by partnering with God, and he provides everything that we need. That's exactly what 2 Corinthians 9, 10 teaches us. Now, may he who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food supply and multiply the seed that you've sown and increase the fruits of your righteousness. Let me summarize that verse this way. That's God saying, you sow, I'll multiply.
You plant, I'll bring the increase.
Let me give you a modern example of what multiplying faith can look like. I want to introduce you to Tom White. Tom White was a rising star in corporate America. He held a senior executive position at a company called gte. You now know that company as Verizon.
We're talking corner offices and stock options and massive security. Tom White had the American dream on autopilot. But while he was climbing the corporate ladder, Tom and his wife were also deeply involved in missions at their church. Over time, God gave Tom better ears to hear. And Tom sensed God stirring something uncomfortable in his heart.
He couldn't shake the feeling that even though his life was producing income, it wasn't producing eternal impact. Eventually, the Lord made it clear to Tom, walk away.
So Tom did something that made zero sense on paper. He resigned from his executive position, and he stepped into ministry. Eventually, he became the president of Youth with a Mission. We know it as ywam. YWAM is one of the largest missionary organizations in the world.
Think of it this way. Instead of managing profit margins, Tom White began mobilizing young people to take the gospel to unreached people groups. Instead of closing business deals, he started opening Bible studies in remote villages. What if I told you that YWAM now operates in nearly every nation on earth, sending Tens of thousands of missionaries training leaders globally. And Tom White helped shape that movement for decades.
Here's what I want you to hear. When someone asked Tom if he ever regretted leaving corporate business success behind, here's what he said. I traded success for significance.
That's Matthew 13. Fruit. Tom didn't just survive spiritually. He multiplied 30, 60, a hundredfold. Because his faith didn't stay private.
It reproduced in others. It crossed borders. It built legacy. That's how you know it's real.
You see, your fruit doesn't just feed you. It blesses others. What does the good soil produce? It produces a faith that endures and multiplies. In conclusion, today, what's growing out of your life?
This parable started with a crowd, and it ends with a challenge. Jesus is not giving us a personality test. He's giving us a heart test. And only one soil proves that the seed has taken root.
It's the good soil.
I wonder if you have it. I wonder now that you've seen all three of the hearts, all four of the hearts, all four of the different kinds of soils.
The hard heart, the shallow heart, the distracted heart, and now the fruitful heart. I wonder if the Holy Spirit has identified in you to your own spirit, which one of those that you are. And if you now know clearly that you're one of the first three, may I say to you that your first prayer needs to be today. God, I repent of my sins. I trust in Jesus.
Give me good soil. I want to be a real believer. I want to come out of a false conversion or a never being converted. This is 29 days of assurance, and this is day 29. Do you know that you have eternal life?
Would there be enough evidence to convict you in a court of law? If the charge was being a follower of Jesus, what kind of doubts do you have? We did this series hoping to get to this moment and hoping that by God's spirit, you've considered all these soils and that now you have this yearning desire to be good soil. And if you saw yourself in the other three, Jesus is calling you to the real thing today. Today's the day of your salvation for prayer ministry in your homes.
Let me give you three questions that coincide with the three sermon points today. Number one, do I really love God's word?
Lord, give me a heart that holds tight to your truth and doesn't let go.
Number two, is there spiritual fruit in my life?
Jesus, I want real evidence of your spirit in me. And number three, is my faith multiplying into others?
Father, don't just grow me. Grow others through me. Make my life a legacy.
Will you go over those three questions with whoever's in your house today? Do I really love God's word? Is there spiritual fruit in my life? Is my faith multiplying into others? That's the evidence of good soil.
Let's pray together. Father, in this moment, Holy Spirit, do the work of the Master Evangelist and convince men and women, boys and girls, students and young adults all over this region. God convinced them that they either have good soil or disturb them out of their false conversion or never being converted. God, I pray you'd save souls in this moment for Jesus sake. Amen.
Thanks for being with us, friends.
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