Enemies of The Seed (Mk. 4:13-20) (Part 3)

THE SEED ON THE PATH (4:15)

• Who is the enemy?
• Satan, right?
•  Survey says . . . Not there.
•  Don’t get me wrong:  Satan is our enemy (1 Pet 5:8).
•  Satan wouldn’t have been able to steal the seed so easily had the pathway not been so hardened.
• How did the pathway get so hard?
•  It was hardened by all the foot traffic.
• Jesus talked about two paths (Mt 7:13-14).
• The way to destruction is ______ (wide).
• What does that mean?
• It means many people travel that path.
• Why, then, is the wide path the path to destruction?
• There are too many people who have no use for God’s Word.
•  They’re afraid God’s Word will limit them, confine them, change them.
• So what do these people do?
• They walk along with the crowd.
• If you are to properly hear, understand, and respond to God’s Word, the first enemy you must conquer is popularity.
• Just because there is a majority doesn’t mean the majority is right.
• A majority of the world walks the path of false religion but they are deceived.
• A majority of Americans walks the path of popular philosophy, but they’ll be disappointed.