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Jesus is famous for teaching with parables, and for the longest time I was under the
impression it was his peculiar technique, but the fact of the matter is: Jesus'
method was punitive.
There were a number of people throughout the land of Israel in his day who had
neither interest in him nor in his message; which wasn't really his message, rather,
it was God's.
● John 3:34 . . For he is sent by God; he speaks God's words, for God's spirit is
upon him without measure or limit.
● John 8:26 . .He that sent me is true; and I speak to the world those things which
I have heard of Him.
● John 8:28 . . I do nothing on my own initiative, but I speak these things as the
Father taught me.
● John 12:49 . . I have not spoken of myself; but the Father which sent me, He
gave me a commandment, what I should say, and what I should speak.
● John 14:24 . .The word which you hear is not mine, but the Father's who sent
me.
So those folks who had neither interest in him, nor in his message; them he
instructed with riddles. It came about they heard the word of God from Jesus but of
course hadn't a clue what he was talking about. But no matter because his plain
speech would've bounced off some of them like a .22 bullet off a Russian tank
plated with depleted uranium.
● Matt 13:10-15 . . The disciples came to him and asked: Why do you speak to the
people in parables?
. . He replied: The knowledge of the secrets of the kingdom of heaven has been
given to you, but not to them. Whoever has will be given more, and he will have an
abundance. Whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken from him. This
is why I speak to them in parables: though seeing, they do not see; though
hearing, they do not hear or understand. In them is fulfilled the prophecy of Isaiah:
. .You will be ever hearing but never understanding; you will be ever seeing but
never perceiving. For this people's heart has become calloused; they hardly hear
with their ears, and they have closed their eyes. Otherwise they might see with
their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts and turn, and I would
heal them.
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Jesus is famous for teaching with parables, and for the longest time I was under the
impression it was his peculiar technique, but the fact of the matter is: Jesus'
method was punitive.
There were a number of people throughout the land of Israel in his day who had
neither interest in him nor in his message; which wasn't really his message, rather,
it was God's.
● John 3:34 . . For he is sent by God; he speaks God's words, for God's spirit is
upon him without measure or limit.
● John 8:26 . .He that sent me is true; and I speak to the world those things which
I have heard of Him.
● John 8:28 . . I do nothing on my own initiative, but I speak these things as the
Father taught me.
● John 12:49 . . I have not spoken of myself; but the Father which sent me, He
gave me a commandment, what I should say, and what I should speak.
● John 14:24 . .The word which you hear is not mine, but the Father's who sent
me.
So those folks who had neither interest in him, nor in his message; them he
instructed with riddles. It came about they heard the word of God from Jesus but of
course hadn't a clue what he was talking about. But no matter because his plain
speech would've bounced off some of them like a .22 bullet off a Russian tank
plated with depleted uranium.
● Matt 13:10-15 . . The disciples came to him and asked: Why do you speak to the
people in parables?
. . He replied: The knowledge of the secrets of the kingdom of heaven has been
given to you, but not to them. Whoever has will be given more, and he will have an
abundance. Whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken from him. This
is why I speak to them in parables: though seeing, they do not see; though
hearing, they do not hear or understand. In them is fulfilled the prophecy of Isaiah:
. .You will be ever hearing but never understanding; you will be ever seeing but
never perceiving. For this people's heart has become calloused; they hardly hear
with their ears, and they have closed their eyes. Otherwise they might see with
their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts and turn, and I would
heal them.
_
