“Parables: Able to Hear…”

July 11, 2017

“Parables: Able to Hear…”

Blessings folk!

Parables!

Why did Jesus speak in parables?

We see more…

Mar 4:33-34
With many such parables He was speaking the word to them, so far as they were able to hear it;

and He did not speak to them without a parable;
but He was explaining everything privately to His own disciples.

Remember, He spoke in parables…many of them

Mar 4:10-12
As soon as He was alone, His followers, along with the twelve,
began asking Him about the parables.

And He was saying to them,
“To you has been given the mystery of the kingdom of God,
but those who are outside get everything in parables,

so that WHILE SEEING, THEY MAY SEE AND NOT PERCEIVE,
AND WHILE HEARING, THEY MAY HEAR AND NOT UNDERSTAND,
OTHERWISE THEY MIGHT RETURN AND BE FORGIVEN.”

“So far as they were able to hear it”?
As far as the faith they had.
If they did not believe, they would not understand.
They would not hear.

Jesus explained the details to His own disciples privately.
Yes, including Judas.

It was given to the disciples to understand the mystery of the Kingdom of God.
If they believed.

Of course, there would be those who “faked” belief - Judas.

Believe.
Receive.
Know the mysteries of the Kingdom of God.

The Word Podcast - Today’s Episode…
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