FollowUp 7-12-17

Message Title: The Kingdom: Our Place in His Plan
Series: Tell Me a Story

Key verses: Matt 13:24-46

Sermon Notes:

We miss God’s plan because we are in pursuit of our own plan.

God’s kingdom is His plan for the world—His power and His rule—as it unfolds across human history and in our lives.

1. The Parable of the Weeds: God’s plan is opposed by an enemy who is at work in the world.
(Matt 13:24-29, 36-43)

a. The weeds are those who reject the words of Christ and accept Satan’s lies.

b. Evil will not be fully dealt with until the end of the age, when those who trust Christ can be separated from those who reject Him.

c. The man who sows the seeds is Jesus. The field is the world. The wheat, hidden among the weeds until the end of the age, is the children of the kingdom.

2. The Parables of the Mustard Seed and the Yeast: God’s plan begins small, but over the course of time, grows and turns into something greater than we can imagine. (Matt 13:31-35)

The Parables of the Hidden Treasure and the Pearls: God’s plan is not the plan you develop for your own life, but you are the reason behind his plan. (Matt 13:44-46)