Jesus was indeed a good story teller and His parables do drive home particular spiritual and doctrinal understanding… but not to everyone! How do we unlock the riddle...
People were hearing plain spoken true teaching about repentance from dead works… they were witnessing with their own eyes the fulfillment of the prophesied Messiah with supernatural power over human life, sickness, and the spirit realm… and they were rejecting it.
Instead… they ask Him to prove Himself with some magic tricks… He refuses and instead offers them a soon to be fulfilled prophecy of His death and resurrection. (God’s miracles have purpose)
Then Jesus Begins to Speak in Parables...
His parables and stories were filled with truth about the coming Kingdom of God but were not easy to understand without help and instruction. And the key to accessing the truth embedded in the parable was humility… a willingness to ask “what does this mean?”… a willingness to listen… and a willingness to act upon what you have heard. Humility in this case means to put aside your own ideas about truth, life, reality… and to listen to God your creator.
Learn more about Jesus' life and teachings with this free bible study guide - https://www.ucg.org/bible-study-tools/booklets/jesus-christ-the-real-story
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People were hearing plain spoken true teaching about repentance from dead works… they were witnessing with their own eyes the fulfillment of the prophesied Messiah with supernatural power over human life, sickness, and the spirit realm… and they were rejecting it.
Instead… they ask Him to prove Himself with some magic tricks… He refuses and instead offers them a soon to be fulfilled prophecy of His death and resurrection. (God’s miracles have purpose)
Then Jesus Begins to Speak in Parables...
His parables and stories were filled with truth about the coming Kingdom of God but were not easy to understand without help and instruction. And the key to accessing the truth embedded in the parable was humility… a willingness to ask “what does this mean?”… a willingness to listen… and a willingness to act upon what you have heard. Humility in this case means to put aside your own ideas about truth, life, reality… and to listen to God your creator.
Learn more about Jesus' life and teachings with this free bible study guide - https://www.ucg.org/bible-study-tools/booklets/jesus-christ-the-real-story
Find UCGRaleigh
Locate a UCG church near you:
➤ http://ucg.org/congregations/
Donate to UCG Raleigh and help spread the word:
➤ https://www.patreon.com/ucgraleigh
Follow UCG Raleigh
➤ https://www.facebook.com/UCGRaleigh.main.page
➤ https://twitter.com/UCGRaleigh
Subscribe to the UCG Raleigh podcast on
➤ iTunes ▪▪▪ https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/united-church-of-god-raleigh/id1315758270
➤ CastBox ▪▪▪ https://castbox.fm/channel/Weekly-Sabbath-Sermon-id1094811
Read this message on our blog:
➤ https://ucgraleigh.blogspot.com/2017/10/jesus-teaches-in-parables.html
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