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WHY PARABLES?
I love stories.
You love stories.
We are WIRED to love stories.
Here’s one:
11-Year-Old Boy Partially Deaf for Nine Years Is Suddenly Cured
Jerome Bartens, an 11-year-old boy in Britain, was diagnosed as deaf in his right ear when he was just 2-years-old.
Over the next 9 years, he struggled to live a normal life as a young boy, but everything changed when he felt a sudden pop in his right ear while playing a game of pool with friends.
He put his finger in his ear and pulled out
a tip of a cotton wool bud that had been wedged in his ear since he was a toddler.
His hearing immediately returned to normal.
Jerome said, "It was very strange at first to be able to hear everything.
But now I'm getting used to it.
It's great that people don't have to shout to me or that I don't have to turn my head all the time."
In a moment this young guy’s life was radically changed.
He’s hearing life from a perspective he has never known.
He’s appreciating life in stereo.
Until then, he didn’t know what he was missing.
The stories we are going to talk about over the next several weeks - IF YOU’LL LISTEN - have the potential to change your life!
We have talked about several of the stories Jesus told over the last several weeks.
We call them parables.
WHY PARABLES - why SPEAK in STORIES?
Jesus taught in parables because stories stick.
Someone once said:
“Jesus could turn people’s ears into eyes.”
WHAT ARE PARABLES?
DEFINE PARABLE:
Parables are everyday stories revealing eternal truths.
One of the parables we talked about was about the farmer throwing out seed - birds, rocky ground, thorns, and good ground.
Matthew notes several other stories related to farming probably would have caught the ears of the original audience, and should cause us to pause and listen as well.
Matthew 13:24–26 (NLT)
Here is another story Jesus told: “The Kingdom of Heaven is like a farmer who planted good seed in his field.
But that night as the workers slept, his enemy came and planted weeds among the wheat, then slipped away.
When the crop began to grow and produce grain, the weeds also grew.”
Matthew 13:27-28 (NLT)
The farmer’s workers went to him and said, ‘Sir, the field where you planted that good seed is full of weeds!
Where did they come from?’ “ ‘An enemy has done this!’ the farmer exclaimed.
“ ‘Should we pull out the weeds?’ they asked.
Had you asked ME that question I would have said, “Absolutely - yank those nasty things out by the roots!”
But that wasn’t how Jesus responded.
Instead, He said...
Matthew 13:29-30 (NLT)
“ ‘No,’ he replied, ‘you’ll uproot the wheat if you do.
Let both grow together until the harvest.
Then I will tell the harvesters to sort out the weeds, tie them into bundles, and burn them, and to put the wheat in the barn.’
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That’s it, the end of the story.
But as you know, parables aren’t just stories,
Parables are everyday stories revealing eternal truths.
So, what’s are the ETERNAL TRUTHS that this story reveals, you ask?
You ask great questions!
But first, we get to hear a couple more stories.
Matthew 13:31–32 (NLT)
Here is another illustration Jesus used: “The Kingdom of Heaven is like a mustard seed planted in a field.
It is the smallest of all seeds, but it becomes the largest of garden plants; it grows into a tree, and birds come and make nests in its branches.”
Matthew 13:33 (NLT)
Jesus also used this illustration: “The Kingdom of Heaven is like the yeast a woman used in making bread.
Even though she put only a little yeast in three measures of flour, it permeated every part of the dough.”
Matthew 13:34–35 (NLT)
Jesus always used stories and illustrations like these when speaking to the crowds.
In fact, he never spoke to them without using such parables.
This fulfilled what God had spoken through the prophet: “I will speak to you in parables.
I will explain things hidden since the creation of the world.”
WHY SO MANY PARABLES?
We aren’t the first ones to ask that question.
The disciples asked the same question when Jesus told the parable of the farmer throwing the seed on 4 kinds of ground.
Matthew 13:10–12a (NLT)
His disciples came and asked him, “Why do you use parables when you talk to the people?”
He replied, “You are permitted to understand the secrets of the Kingdom of Heaven, but others are not.
To those who listen to my teaching, more understanding will be given, and they will have an abundance of knowledge.
Matthew 13:12b-13 (NLT)
But for those who are not listening, even what little understanding they have will be taken away from them.
That is why I use these parables, For they look, but they don’t really see.
They hear, but they don’t really listen or understand.
Parables help the simple see and make the boastful blind.
Matthew 13:36–37a (NLT)
Then, leaving the crowds outside, Jesus went into the house.
His disciples said, “Please explain to us the story of the weeds in the field.”
Jesus replied, “The Son of Man is the farmer who plants the good seed.
The field is the world, and the good seed represents the people of the Kingdom.
The weeds are the people who belong to the evil one.
The enemy who planted the weeds among the wheat is the devil.
The harvest is the end of the world, and the harvesters are the angels.
Matthew 13:40–42 (NLT)
“Just as the weeds are sorted out and burned in the fire, so it will be at the end of the world.
The Son of Man will send his angels, and they will remove from his Kingdom everything that causes sin and all who do evil.
And the angels will throw them into the fiery furnace, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
Matthew 13:43 (NLT)
Then the righteous will shine like the sun in their Father’s Kingdom.
Anyone with ears to hear should listen and understand!
Next week we will continue - I encourage you to go read Matthew 13 this week!
Matthew 13:44–46 (NLT)
“The Kingdom of Heaven is like a treasure that a man discovered hidden in a field.
In his excitement, he hid it again and sold everything he owned to get enough money to buy the field.
“Again, the Kingdom of Heaven is like a merchant on the lookout for choice pearls.
When he discovered a pearl of great value, he sold everything he owned and bought it!
GO SEE EVERNOTE for parables in Matthew, Mark, & Luke
Parable of talents (Mt 25:14-30)
Parable of the unforgiving servant (Mt 18:21-35)
Weeds and Wheat (Mt 13:24-30; 36-43)
The Kingdom’s Impact - mustard seed and leaven (Mt 13:31-33)
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