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The Messiah Teaches with Parables

Discover the power of Jesus' parables in teaching spiritual lessons, revealing truth, and transforming hearts. Explore the meaning of the Parable of the Sower and learn how different hearts respond to the word of God.

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The Messiah Teaches with Parables

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  1. The Messiah Teaches with Parables Matthew 13:1-23

  2. The “Busy Day” Matthew 12:1-13:52 • 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

  3. Preaching the Gospel • Sermons • Visual aids • Questions • Illustrations • By example • With parables Jesus, the Master Teacher

  4. Parable • 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

  5. Parables are not… • Fables • Animals and trees don’t talk (Jug. 9:7-15) • Parables are true to life • Myths • Based on actual, daily happenings • Proverbs • Narrative without regard to length

  6. Jesus and Parables • Jesus was not the first to use parables (2 Sam. 12:1-4) • Jesus is the only one recorded using parables in the New Testament • His parables excel in wisdom, understanding and instruction (Matthew 13:3)

  7. Why did Jesus Use Parables? Matthew 13:10-17 • To teach (reveal) spiritual lessons • Jesus did not use parables to intentionally hide truth from people • Used them to reveal truth, Matt. 13:9-11, 34-35 (Psa. 78:1-4) • The “Word” who is Truth, John 1:14-17 • The “Light” of the world, John 8:12

  8. Why did Jesus Use Parables? Matthew 13:11-15 • What does Jesus mean, “to them it is not given?” (13:11) • Some will not understand because they do not have “ears to hear” (13:9) • Those with “ears to hear” understand the parables

  9. Why did Jesus Use Parables? Matthew 13:11-15 • Who does not have ears to hear? • “Them” (13:10-13) • Seeing (see not) and hearing (hear not) • Do not desire truth…refuse it…because they believe they already have the truth!(13:14-15) Jno. 9:39-41; Matt. 11:25 • Incapable of learning truth (Rom. 8:6-7) • Hard heart will not learn (Jno. 8:43)

  10. Why did Jesus Use Parables? Matthew 13:16-17 • Who has ears to hear? • Open minds and honest hearts • Can and will learn the truth of the gospel (Jno. 7:14-17) • Since hearts can be changed, Jesus used parables in an effort to open hearts to the gospel!

  11. Understanding the Parables Matthew 13:15-23 • Condition of heart determines whether the word of the kingdom is received, 13:15-17 (Mark 4:11-12) • Spiritual state of Israel, Isaiah 6:9-10 • Parable of the Sower is the key to understanding all the parables, Mk. 4:13 • Because it describes how hearts react to the word of God, Mark 4:14

  12. Understanding the Parables Matthew 13:15-23 • Jesus explains the parable, 13:18-23 • 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 8:11) • Only those points in the mind of the author have a place in the interpretation

  13. Hear the Parable of the Sower Matthew 13:18-23 • Sower sows the word (Mk. 4:14) • Soil is the heart (Matt. 13:19) • Wayside: Hard, closed heart • Stony: Shallow, emotional heart • Thorny: Over-crowded heart • Good: Honest and good heart (hears, understands and bears fruit)

  14. Do You have Ears to Hear? He who has ears to hear, let him hear! (Matthew 13:9, 18) What kind of heart do you have?

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