1. It Came to Pass
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2. “It came to Pass” is used 452 times in Scripture: 387 times in the O.T. 65 times in the N.T.

3. It indicates a passage of Time between an instigating action and a resulting Outcome

4. Often between the two, there is an adversarial event.

5. It Came to Pass
Mark 4 :1-9

6. And he began again to teach by the sea side: and there was gathered unto him a great multitude, so that he entered into a ship, and sat in the sea; and the whole multitude was by the sea on the land.

7. 2 And he taught them many things by parables, and said unto them in his doctrine,

8. 3 Hearken; Behold, there went out a sower to sow:

9. 4 And it came to pass, as he sowed, some fell by the way side, and the Fowls of the air came and devoured it up.

10. 5 And some fell on stony ground, where it had not much earth; and immediately it sprang up, because it had no depth of earth:

11. 6 But when the sun was up, it was scorched; and because it had no root, it withered away.

12. 7 And some fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up, and choked it, and it yielded no fruit.

13. 8 And other fell on good ground, and did yield fruit that sprang up and increased; and brought forth, some thirty, and some sixty, and some an hundred.

14. 9 And he said unto them, He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.

15. It Came to Pass
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16. In Mark 4, there are 3 character types: 1. The Sower

17. 2. the destroyer

18. 3. the consumer

19. “It Came to Pass” Part 2: The Diabolical Determination of the Destroyer.

20. We will always have to deal with Destroyers

21. It is often not the enemy that surprises us, but his Methods and minions that frequently catch us by surprise

22. External Enemies: Cultural Destroyers

23. External Enemies: Cultural Destroyers Circumstantial Destroyers

24. Internal Enemies: Destroyers from within…

25. Internal Enemies: Destroyers from within… Sleeping with the enemy!

26. Internal Enemies: Destroyers from within… Sleeping with the enemy
Internal Enemies: Destroyers from within… Sleeping with the enemy! Church Community Destroyers

27. God’s Remedy for dealing with the Enemy 2 Chron. 20

28. 1. Called Israel to Fall on their Faces in Prayer

29. 1. Called Israel to Fall on their Faces in Prayer We need to Rebuild the Altars that have been broken down!

30. 2. Then God called them to Worship

31. 2. Then God called them to Worship Worship is Hollow unless it is Hallowed

32. 3. Only then did God give them the purpose and power to Praise!

33. 3. Only then did God give them the purpose and power to Praise
3. Only then did God give them the purpose and power to Praise! Prayer & Worship is the platform upon which we perform our praise!

34. “It Came to Pass” Part 2: The Difficulties of the destroyer
Mark 4 :1-9

35. “It Came to Pass” Part 3: The Cries of the Consumer
Mark 4 :1-9

36. It Came to Pass
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