TAKE HEED THEREFORE  HOW YE HEAR(Luke 8:10-18)         

Note these scriptures: (Matthew 13:12)(Matthew 25:29) (Luke 19:26)

1. WORD GIVEN (Luke 8:5)“ A sower went out to sow his seed” (Luke 8:11)“The seed is the WORD OF GOD”
2. WORD’S GROUND  (Jeremiah 4:3)
3. A)  Heart—with no response(Luke 8:12)
4. B)  Heart—with emotional response(Luke 8:13)
5. C)  Heart—with a worldly response(Luke 8:14)
6. D)  Heart—fruitful response

III. WARNING –GONE  (Luke 8:18)

TAKE HEED THEREFOREHOW YE HEAR

What determines how we hear?  God’s Word spoken by God’s Son declares that it is the condition of the heart.  So, if we were to hook you up to an EKG machine, what would it tell us about your heart?  Blood flow, ok?  Well, I hope so.  But what if we were to examine your heart based on the Word of God that you have received and applied in your life. 

Some come in with a hardened heart, a heart in which the devil came and stole the Word of God from.  These folks have no response when they hear.  Then there is the heart which comes into God’s house wearing their emotion on their sleeve, and they hear it and are moved outwardly, but when temptation and trials come, they fall away.  These folks only have an emotional response.  Then we get to the person who receives the Word and when they go to live the Word, they allow the world to choke out the Word.  These folks only know how to respond in the way the world teaches.  They have to be taught how to respond to what is accepted by the world.

Then we come to the person who comes to Church with an honest and good heart and when they hear, they keep it and with patience bring forth fruit.  Only one out