today on Summit Life with J.D. Greer.

The same sun that hardens a clay, softens the wax.

The difference is not in the sun that shines on it,

the difference is in the material which it shines upon.

That's the whole point Jesus is making with this parable.

The condition of your heart is more important than the intelligence of your head.

Because maybe you're not that smart, but you can submit your heart to God,

and God will show you the truth.

Welcome back to Summit Life with Pastor J.D. Greer. As always, I'm your host, Molly Vitovich,

and we're so glad that you're with us today.

Pastor J.D. is beginning a new teaching series titled Listen, working our way through the parables of Jesus.

These stories on one hand are so simple a child can understand them, yet on the other, so profound that we can never exhaust their wealth of wisdom. We know you don't want to

miss a single message here on the program, so if you ever find yourself falling behind, you can catch up

on previous broadcasts online at jd.gere.com. But first, let's join Pastor Jadie as he kicks off

our series with a parable About Parables.

Get your Bible this morning.

You'll take it out and open it to the Gospel of Matthew.

Gospel of Matthew, Chapter 13, to be specific, today we are going to begin a series on the parables of Jesus from the Gospel of Matthew.

The name of the series is called Listen. Listening, of course, is a critical life skill. One of Matthews. The name of the series is called Listen.

Listening, of course, is a critical life skill.

One of our campus pastors told me this week that he, not too long ago, was working at home in his yard when he got a phone call from his wife who told him that she was at the

mall, at a store that he had never heard of called West Elm.

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