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Text: Mark 4:1-20

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It is impossible to share the gospel without being in the presence of sinners.  To isolate ourselves from the world is to deny the power of the gospel to change lives.  Isolation also impacts our responsibility to share the gospel.

Thoughts from the Parable of the Sower

1.  All Christians are responsible to sow seed.  Anyone who sows the message of the gospel is a sower.  Is it too bold to say that one who is truly born again will sow seed?

2. The seed which is the word of the gospel should not be altered to placate (appease) an audience. Paul is an example of consistancy. see also - Romans 1:15-16; I Corinthians 15:1-4; II Corinthians 4:1-5; Colossians 1:3-6; I Thessalonians 1:5-7