2. Private Lessons
Mark 4:1-20, 33-34

3. Going DEEPER often requires Going SMALLER

4. 1. Personal Conversation
“Just there” (crowds)
Look
Listen
Return home
Surface level
Receive the “secret”
Perceive
Understand
Ask questions
Deeper meaning

5. 1. Personal Conversation
Sermons can only be so…
…Personal
…Specific
…Accessible
…Comprehensive

6. 2. Personal Revelation What is the parable about?
-Jesus and his ministry
-What the disciples can expect
Jesus is most deeply known to a small group who can see the “big picture”

7. 3. Personal Transformation
Path opposition (Pharisees)
Rocks shallow (crowds)
Thorns distracted (ie. Judas?)
Good soil transformed (Disciples) `

8. 3. Personal Transformation
People who
have personal conversation w/ Jesus
witness Jesus’ personal revelation
experience personal transformation
through Jesus.

9. What gifts is God still waiting for you to open?