Matthew 13v24-43
How does God's Kingdom grow? Matthew 13v24-43
1. God's Kingdom is in a mixed world - v24-30
2. God's Kingdom will grow unexpectedly - v31-33
3. God's King will judge the mixed world - v34-43
Matthew 13 v1-23
1. Parables reveal and conceal the message of the Kingdom - (v1-17)
a. Kingdom truth is revealed to Jesus' disciples - (v11-12)
b. Kingdom truth is concealed to the hard-hearted -( v13-15)
2. There are wrong ways to hear the message of the Kingdom - (v18-22)
a. The hard heart - (v18-19)
b. The shallow heart - (v20-21)
c. The secular heart - (v22)
3. There is a right way to hear the message of the Kingdom - the fruitful heart - (v23)
Matthew 12 v46-50
1. Jesus' disciples are his family (v46-49)
2. Our Father's will is the family bond (v50)
Matthew 12v38-45
1. Jesus' Resurrection is the sign (V38-40)
2. There is no excuse for rejecting the sign (V41-42)
3. Rejecting the sign is deadly (V43-45)
