A Scriptural parable is a Heavenly Truth with
a Heavenly meaning. Often the Heavenly Truth is told using a Heavenly story…a story
originating in Heaven and using earthly illustrations as a part of the
story for specific purposes. But, earthly illustrations
always have specific limitations. They are of the finite earth, not the infinite
Heaven.
Many Saints have been misled by sincere and earnest preachers
and teachers giving the definition of: A parable is an earthly story with a
Heavenly meaning. Never mentioning the earthly story or illustrations
aspect of their erroneous definition. CAN YOU SEE how the difference of their
definition misleads and distorts Truth?
AND TO MENTION…Matthew 13:10-17 give us some of
the most important, powerful, foundational fundamental Truth about parables
found anywhere in the whole of Scripture.
And the disciples came,
and said unto him, Why speakest thou unto them in parables? He answered and
said unto them, Because it is given unto you to know
the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given. For
whosoever hath, to him shall be given, and he shall have more abundance: but
whosoever hath not, from him shall be taken away even that he hath. Therefore
speak I to them in parables: because they seeing see not; and hearing they hear
not, neither do they understand. And in them is fulfilled the prophecy of
Isaiah, which saith, By hearing ye shall hear, and shall not understand; and
seeing ye shall see, and shall not perceive: For this people’s heart is waxed
gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes they have closed;
lest at any time they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and
should understand with their heart, and should be converted, and I should heal
them. But blessed are your eyes, for they see: and your ears, for they hear.
For verily I say unto you, That many prophets and righteous men have desired to
see those things which ye see, and have not seen them; and to hear those things
which ye hear. and have not heard them.
WOW! What a bunch of Spiritual words our Lord
gave forth at the question: Why speakest Thou unto them in parables?
But are you ready for perhaps the most staggering
Truth given us in Matthew 13? Read vs. 34-35…
All these things spake
Jesus unto the multitude in parables; and without a parable spake he not unto
them: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying, I
will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things which have been kept secret
from the foundation of the world.
WOW! God tells us Jesus never uttered a word to
the multitude except in a parable.
So, what are the Truths in this discourse?
1. Jesus
spoke to the multitudes in parables.
2. Jesus
ONLY spoke to the multitudes IN parables.
3. Parables
can only be heard, seen, understood with the Supernatural Spiritual Ears of
God, the Supernatural Spiritual Eyes of God, and in the Supernatural Spiritual
Mind of God. WHICH ALL SAINTS TODAY ARE BLESSED WITH!
4. At
the moment of Matthew chapter 13, even the close disciples of Jesus DID NOT
have any of that in #3. (how do we know that? look at v.18 and v.36: Hear ye therefore
the parable of the sower.
v.18
Jesus went on to explain
in more detail the very parable He had given in vs.3-9. "Then Jesus sent the multitude away, and went into the house: and his
disciples came unto him, saying, Declare unto us the parable of the tares of the field." v.36
The disciples asked Him to do with the parable of the wheat and tares
(that He had told them in vs.24-30) the same as He had done with the first parable…explain it
to them. They would not need any explanation IF they had the Ears, Eyes, and Mind mentioned
in vs.16-17.
5. (now,
listen!) Is Jesus God? Yes. Was/Is. How much of everything Jesus/God has
written or said is a parable?
·
just the things declared to be parables?
·
or, everything...or almost everything?
To answer that last question, let us think about
some things…
· have you ever heard or read the Scripture
and Heard, Seen, and Understood ALL?
· have you ever read, and read, and read
verses before that are not identified specifically as parables, and then
can see and understand that they have a hidden meaning? A heavenly
writing with a Heavenly meaning.
So we can look at all of Scripture and perhaps See that every Word of God is a parable...at least to the natural mind.
