JESUS SPOKE IN PARABLES Matthew Thirteen Much of the teaching of Jesus was embodied in His parables. He taught more than thirty parables and also used a number of parable-like statements. A parable is a very simple story that did happen or could happen. It contains only one moral or spiritual less... [ Continue Reading ]
_THE PARABLE OF THE SOWER MATTHEW 13:1-23:_ Jesus taught from a boat as a great multitude stood on the shore. In Jesus' day sowing was absolutely necessary for survival. Sowing is necessary but it also takes a fertile heart. Jesus spoke of the seed failing (1) by the wayside and being devoured, (2)... [ Continue Reading ]
_THE PARABLE OF THE WHEAT AND TARES MATTHEW 13:24-43_ : A man sowed good seed in his field. An enemy sowed tares among the wheat. The servants were not allowed to root up the tares least, by accident they also root up the wheat. At harvest time the reapers would separate the wheat from the tares. F... [ Continue Reading ]
_THE PARABLES OF PRECIOUS THINGS MATTHEW 13:44-46:_ In Jesus' day the safest place to keep treasures was buried. That idea led to the parable of treasure hidden in a field. The man that found the treasure was willing to give up everything, with joy, for the kingdom. In the kingdom of Christ we find... [ Continue Reading ]
_THE PARABLE OF THE DRAGNET MATTHEW 13:47-58:_ The dragnet was a common way of fishing in Jesus' day and is still used today. The dragnet took in all kinds of fish. Just so, the gospel net brings all kind of people into the church. When a person comes into the body of Christ you cannot tell whether... [ Continue Reading ]