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So if you want to receive all the benefits of God's Word, you have to go beyond just basic study.

The Bible isn't just a natural text. It's supernatural. So you have to receive it deep within your spirit, not just within your

mind. Now, the difference there is information versus revelation. Information informs,

revelation transforms. And Jesus shows us how to receive the word properly.

There's a proper way to receive truth. And so if you're tired of just reading portions of

scripture and then forgetting it, or reading portions of scripture and maybe being

inspired for a moment, though that's good sometimes, but never really

seeing that long-term transformation. You're not really gaining that traction in spiritual growth,

or your understanding of scripture isn't growing as a whole. And this message is really going to

help you. I'm going to show you how, according to Jesus, to receive the word. Let's go right now to

Matthew 13, and I'm going to begin reading at

verse number one. And for those of you wondering, this is the new living translation. Later that same

day, Jesus left the house and sat beside the lake. A large crowd soon gathered around him,

so he got into a boat, then he sat there and taught as the people stood on

the shore. He told many stories in the form of parables, such as this one. Listen, a farmer went out

to plant some seeds. As he scattered them across his field, some seeds fell on a footpath, and the birds

came and ate them. Other seeds fell on shallow soil with underlying rock.

The seeds sprouted quickly because the soil was shallow,

but the plants soon wilted under the hot sun,

and since they didn't have deep roots, they died.

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