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How Can I Be Sure I Am Saved?

Rusty George·Church360

Monday, August 10, 2026

Summary

In this message on Luke 8, Pastor Rusty George examines Jesus' Parable of the Sower to explore how the condition of our hearts determines our spiritual growth. By looking at the hard, shallow, distracted, and receptive soils, we learn that God's Word is consistent, but our heart condition dictates whether we bear lasting fruit. To hear God clearly and mature in faith, we must cultivate a soft, focused, and receptive heart.

Key Scriptures

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Luke 8↗Luke 8:11↗Luke 8:13↗James 1↗

Themes

Condition of the Heart

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Spiritual Growth and Maturity

Hearing God's Voice

Distractions and Worldliness

Bearing Spiritual Fruit

Pastor's Points

1.The Hard Heart
2.The Shallow Heart
3.The Distracted Heart
4.The Receptive Heart

Key Points

1.The Hard Heart: When our heart surface is beaten down, God's Word cannot penetrate or take root.
2.The Shallow Heart: Receives truth with temporary excitement but lacks depth when tested by hard times.
3.The Distracted Heart: Gets choked out by life's worries, riches, pleasures, and non-stop busyness.
4.The Receptive Heart: Hears the Word of God, retains it, and through perseverance produces a fruitful life.
5.If you are not growing spiritually, the problem is never the seed (God's Word)—it is always the soil of your heart.
6.Storms and trials are necessary for growth; constant sun creates a desert, but rain allows deep spiritual roots to develop.
7.Spiritual maturity is not measured by age or years spent in church, but by taking the time to listen to God and obey Him.
8.Many believers settle for counterfeit imitations like happiness or calm rather than true spiritual fruit like joy and peace.

Sermon Moments

“The story of high schoolers trying to smash plastic fall pumpkins, illustrating how we often seek what is real but settle for what is fake.”

“Contrasting true fruit with counterfeits: settling for lust over love, happiness over joy, and quiet compliance over genuine peace.”

“A sobering reflection that if your spiritual life is stalled, the problem is not God's seed but the soil of your heart.”

“Quoting John Piper on social media usage proving at the final day that prayerlessness was never due to a lack of time.”

“The desert metaphor: constant sunshine creates a desert, whereas rain is essential for life and flowers to blossom.”

“Distinction in maturity: a 16-year-old who listens to God can be wiser than a grown man who remains distracted and short-tempered.”

“The practical definition of a receptive heart: hear God's Word, retain God's Word, and produce fruit through perseverance.”

This Week

Perform an honest heart inventory this week to identify whether you are feeling hard, shallow, distracted, or receptive toward God.
Guard your daily quiet time as busy routines resume so that God's voice isn't drowned out by daily schedule demands.
Address any lingering bitterness, church hurt, or resentment that may be hardening your heart toward God.
Reframe your current life struggles as rainstorms that God is using to grow deep, mature roots in your faith.
Reduce digital noise and phone distractions throughout the week to create quiet space for listening to the Lord.
Test popular cultural sayings against Scripture to ensure your life decisions are guided by God's actual Word.
Choose one scripture truth to memorize, retain, and put into action across your work and family interactions this week.

Remember This

God does not have a speaking problem; we have a hearing problem, and the soil of our heart determines how we receive His voice.

A Challenge for You

As our kids go back to school, may we go to the school of God. May we learn from Him, grow from Him, seek to love Him and love other people, and be transformed by this time next year.

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