Title: The Messiah Teaches with Parables
1The Messiah Teaches with Parables
2The Busy Day
Matthew 121-1352
- Training the twelve and teaching others
- Healing all who were brought to Him
- Confronting skeptical enemies
- Rebuking unbelief
- Teaching the multitudes in parables
- Teaching His disciples about parables
3Preaching the Gospel
- Sermons
- Visual aids
- Questions
- Illustrations
- By example
- With parables
Jesus, the Master Teacher
4Parable
- parabole lit., denotes a placing beside
- akin to paraballo, to throw or lay beside
- Placing of one thing beside another with a view
to comparison (Vine)
Narrative from life
A spiritual lesson
5Parables are not
- Fables
- Animals and trees dont talk (Jug. 97-15)
- Parables are true to life
- Myths
- Based on actual, daily happenings
- Proverbs
- Narrative without regard to length
6Jesus and Parables
- Jesus was not the first to use parables
(2 Sam. 121-4) - Jesus is the only one recorded using parables in
the New Testament - His parables excel in wisdom, understanding and
instruction (Matthew 133)
7Why did Jesus Use Parables?
Matthew 1310-17
- To teach (reveal) spiritual lessons
- Jesus did not use parables to intentionally hide
truth from people - Used them to reveal truth, Matt. 139-11, 34-35
(Psa. 781-4) - The Word who is Truth, John 114-17
- The Light of the world, John 812
8Why did Jesus Use Parables?
Matthew 1311-15
- What does Jesus mean, to them it is not given?
(1311) - Some will not understand because they do not have
ears to hear (139) - Those with ears to hear understand the
parables
9Why did Jesus Use Parables?
Matthew 1311-15
- Who does not have ears to hear?
- Them (1310-13)
- Seeing (see not) and hearing (hear not)
- Do not desire truthrefuse itbecause they
believe they already have the truth! (1314-15)
Jno. 939-41 Matt. 1125 - Incapable of learning truth (Rom. 86-7)
- Hard heart will not learn (Jno. 843)
10Why did Jesus Use Parables?
Matthew 1316-17
- Who has ears to hear?
- Open minds and honest hearts
- Can and will learn the truth of the gospel (Jno.
714-17) - Since hearts can be changed, Jesus used parables
in an effort to open hearts to the gospel!
11Understanding the Parables
Matthew 1315-23
- Condition of heart determines whether the word of
the kingdom is received, 1315-17 (Mark 411-12) - Spiritual state of Israel, Isaiah 69-10
- Parable of the Sower is the key to understanding
all the parables, Mk. 413 - Because it describes how hearts react to the
word of God, Mark 414
12Understanding the Parables
Matthew 1315-23
- Jesus explains the parable, 1318-23
- HEAR (akouo) Understand, perceive, attend to the
parable - Principles of parable interpretation (McGarvey)
- When Jesus gives the meaning it must be
accepted as final and exhaustive (Luke 811) - Only those points in the mind of the author have
a place in the interpretation
13Hear the Parable of the Sower
Matthew 1318-23
- Sower sows the word (Mk. 414)
- Soil is the heart (Matt. 1319)
- Wayside Hard, closed heart
- Stony Shallow, emotional heart
- Thorny Over-crowded heart
- Good Honest and good heart (hears,
understands and bears fruit)
14Do You have Ears to Hear?
He who has ears to hear, let him hear! (Matthew
139, 18)
What kind of heart do you have?