Point One: Spend Your Energy on Sowing

Point Two: Be Cautious Before Calling Someone a Weed

Point Three: Remember Whose Field It Is

  1. What was something that stood out to you from this past Sunday’s message? Share what you learned and how it will impact your life.

  2. Read Matthew 13:18–23. Looking at the four soils in this passage, which obstacle to spiritual growth do you think is easiest for people to overlook today – hardness, shallow roots, worries, wealth, or the desire for pleasure? Why?

  3. In the Parable of the Sower, the same seed produces different results depending on the soil. What does this teach us about our responsibility when we hear God's Word?

  4. Read Matthew 13:24–30; 36–43. Why do you think Jesus tells His servants not to pull up the weeds immediately?

  5. What does the Parable of the Weeds teach us about living faithfully in a world where good and evil exist together? How should this change the way we treat people who do not yet follow Jesus?

  6. What does this teach us about God's patience, our limitations, and the coming judgment?

  7. Read Matthew 13:31–32. The mustard seed begins very small but grows significantly. Where have you seen God bring something significant from what seemed like a small beginning?

  8. Read Matthew 13:33. The Kingdom works quietly - the yeast works quietly and invisibly. What does this teach us about trusting God when we cannot immediately see what He is doing?

  9. Comment on this, “Some of God's greatest work happens beneath the surface before we ever see the result.”

  10. What do the three parables: The Sower, The Weeds, and The Mustard Seed – have in common?

  11. What do these parables teach us about God, and what do they reveal about Jesus?

  12. What condition is my heart in right now? Is there one thing Jesus might be asking me to change?

Discussion Questions:

Watch the past message, then choose questions to get your group thinking and create openness.

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