UNDENIABLE AUTHORITY // The Problem is the Soil | Jarrod Cochran

This isn’t about the sower. It’s about the soil—and you are the soil. In Luke 8, Jesus reveals four heart conditions that arise when God’s Word is preached: hardened, shallow, distracted, or fruitful.Some hear, and the enemy snatches it away. Some respond emotionally but fall away in trials. Others are choked by anxiety, success, and pleasure. But good soil hears, holds fast, and bears fruit with perseverance.Hearing isn’t believing. Attendance isn’t transformation. We are in a spiritual war, and the enemy fights hardest when the Word is sown.The question isn’t “Did you hear it?” The question is “Is it changing you?”