Welcome to the Paul Tripp podcast, where pastor and bestselling author Paul David Tripp

connects the transforming power of Jesus Christ to everyday life.

We call it the parable of the sower, but Jesus' focus is really on the condition of the soil

and the state of our hearts. In today's episode, we continue our sermon series from the archives,

the gospel according to Mark, as Paul explains how to listen to God's word with humility and faith

and how to avoid living like rocky soil.

To hear more sermons from Paul, visit paultrip.com slash sermons.

Now here's Paul with today's message well it's not enough to be in the room

you can be in the room where the word of god is taught and not benefit from it at all. You can hear God's word preached and walk away utterly unchanged.

You can even have joy at what you're hearing, and it makes no difference in your life whatsoever.

I was a third-year seminary student.

I was quite filled with the glory of my Greek language ability.

I was exegeding my way through romance.

I thought that my work in romance was brilliant.

Maybe someday it would be a commentary. Romans by Paul David Tripp.

Oh, the glory of it.

I got to about Romans 8.

I remember it very clearly.

I remember it was early in the evening.

And I was writing sort of exegetical notes alongside a passage of Romans, and it hit me that I was in the eighth chapter of this glorious exposition of the gospel,

and I had not been touched by it at all.

It had been nothing but a theological, exegetical, language exercise.

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