February 14th 2010 Sunday Message Summary

Scriptures: Matthew 13:1-23

Today, the Lord will talk about 4 different kinds of hearts that people have. There are actually many more types of hearts, but today we will only talk about 4. The first type is a heart that is very hard.

The second type of heart is a heart that is harsh and desolate. The third heart is tough and sharp like thorns. The fourth heart is as good as fertile soil.

There is a type of heart where it is like a seed that is dropped along the path and there is no opportunity for the soil to cover it, so the birds that it away. These types of people are people who have hearts that are hard and when they hear the word, they deny it and believe only superficially. The word cannot take root.

There is a type of heart where it is like a seed that fell on rocky places. The seed cannot take root and they do not receive enough nutrients, so they die. In this way, the word is preached to people who are in the midst of hardships so their hearts are like stone. The word goes in but because their hearts are heard, it takes no root.

There is a type of heart where it is like a seed that fell along the thorns. It grew, but because they do not receive the light of the sun, they die and become choked by the thorns. In this way, the word sometimes goes out to people who have hearts like thorny bushes. They live their lives submerged into worries and anxieties. They are so wrapped up that they cannot bear fruit.

There is a type of heart where it is like a seed that fell on fertile soil. When the gospel falls on those who have hearts like fertile soil, they immediately accept it. Their hearts become filled with joy and they produce fruit because it takes root into their hearts. They will evangelize 30-60 people each. The fruit of finance also multiplies. Fertile soil is the best field. In the same way people who have hearts like a fertile soil are the best people.

Everyone hears the same word, but everyone listens to the same word in a different way. The heart is the problem. It depends on the type of heart the person who hears the word has. As you realize about the word, you must change your heart to become like the fertile soil.

If you think that your heart is not like the path or the rocky places or the thorns, we must open up our ears and hear.

Hearts that are like rocks

We must make our hearts soft. If you have a road that is hard, you must make it soft. We must be people that take the rocks out of our hearts and become soft. If you have a desire to make your hearts, you can do it. Those who have hardened hearts can become soft if you keep tiling your hearts with the tool of the word. Keep taking action and eventually your heart will become soft like fertile soil. If you don’t want to fix yourself and change your character, you will ultimately reject the word and you will not bear fruit and enter the kingdom of heaven.

Why don’t you make the effort to work hard and make yourself? Is anything in this world easy to complete? Nothing in this world is easy, but you must make it happen and believe it can happen. It is not easy to make your heart good, kind, and valuable like the fertile soil. But if anyone hopes to go to heaven, they have to change their heart and become like a child.

1 Samuel 16:7. When David was being chosen as the King of Israel, God looked at nothing but his heart. The heart is gold, it is precious stone, and it is love. When you hear the words of heaven, when you hear revelations, the destiny is dependent on the condition of your heart. You must fix your hearts to make it fertile so the word can change you.

You must allow the word to be able to survive in your hearts. Jesus is the word; he must be able to dwell in your hearts. We must pick out our thoughts that are wrong and throw them away. If there are rocks, throw them away. You must get rid of your own blemishes.

Hearts of rocks are revealed through the things that they say.

Angry words, careless words, hurtful words are all from hearts with rocks. You must repent in order for these rocks to be removed. What is in the heart will be clearly revealed through your words and your actions.

If you have rocks in your hearts, don’t hurl those rocks at people. Pick up those rocks and throw them away instead. If you keep throwing rocks at people, they will eventually rise and throw something even more shocking than rocks at you. You will be judged by your actions.

Hearts that are like thorny bushes

You must cut and burn all the thorns in your hearts. You must get rid of all of your anxieties and worries. You must listen to the Lord’s words and obey them. If you do so, your thorns will be burned away and you will feel peace.

You must have the Holy Spirit come and rest on your minds and not worry about physical things. You must cut them up with the word and destroy them from your hearts.

Fertile soil is something that you are born with. This is a gift that God has given you as a gift. There are many cases where the farmer changes the bad fields into the field of rich soil. Even if you don’t have perfect fields now, work on it diligently and change.

Just like there are 4 types of fields, there are also 4 types of hearts. Turn your hearts into good hearts that are like fertile fields.

As people travel on the road to heaven, they move forward easily when they are happy. But they will sit down and cry when they are worried and hungry. On heaven’s road of life, you must constantly push forward and walk no matter what happens to you. You should walk even faster when you are having hardships. The path of eternal life is not a road to walk only when you are happy. If you walk on the path of heaven only when you are happy, then no one would ever make it to the end. You must keep advancing no matter what.

Nothing happens if you sit still. Things only work out if you do it. You will understand it only if you take action.