PARABLES THROUGHOUT THE NEW TESTAMENT

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PUT ON THE WHOLE ARMOR OF YHVH GOD TO FIGHT SPIRITUAL WARFARE

Eph 6:10 Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might.

Eph 6:11 Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.

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Eph 6:10 Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might.

Eph 6:11 Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.

Eph 6:12 For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.

Eph 6:13 Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.

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Mar 11:24 Therefore I say unto you, What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them.

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Joh 16:33 These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.

1Jn 4:4 Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world.

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RECONCILIATION AMBASSADORS FOR CHRIST

2Co 5:19 To wit, that God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them; and hath committed unto us the word of reconciliation.

2Co 5:20 Now then we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God did beseech you by us: we pray you in Christ’s stead, be ye reconciled to God.

2Co 5:21 For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.

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THE PARABLES OF YEHOSHUA JESUS

A Parable is Figurative language that makes use of Similes, Metaphors, and Proverbs to add depth of meaning and emphasis to statements. It is an Allegorical Relationship or Representation of something Real in Life or Nature, from which a moral or understanding is drawn for Instruction. It is one of the language teaching tools that CHRIST used to illustrate a point or concepts when HE taught HIS Disciples, HIS Apostles, HIS followers, and the Curious (the Multitudes) who Listened to HIM.  YEHOSHUA JESUS used Parables to convey messages which include but are not limited to:

  • the Love of the FATHER;
  • HIMSELF and HIS Adversaries;
  • the Relationship between Believers, HIS Disciples & Apostles and HIMSELF as Savior
  • the Saved and the Unsaved
  • Salvation & Redemption
  • the Principles of the Kingdom of Heaven & the Kingdom of YHVH GOD
  • Holiness and Sin
  • Judgment – Reward and Punishment
  • Worship

JESUS THE CHRIST (in English) YEHOSHUA HA`MASHIACH (in Hebrew) used Parables to compare or contrast principles and concepts set together, or one thing with another. HE used the Subjects, Items, Situations of Life, Customs and other things that were Common to the people and the Time in which they Lived in order to Convey deeper Spiritual meanings to Moral Lessons and to explain the SPIRITUAL Principles and Concepts of the KINGDOM of GOD/The KINGDOM of HEAVEN. 

A brief study of the Time (Era), the Culture and Customs will be included in each article to help us to understand the Backdrop that CHRIST used as HIS Canvass when HE painted HIS Word Pictures (Parables) while Teaching and Preaching.

The Parables become powerful engines of thought which provoke Practical Understanding for the MIND and SPIRITUAL Edification for the SOUL. The Parables of JESUS CHRIST addressed all Spheres of Life and is Relative to all Time – Past, Present and Future. See some of the examples below. Specific Parables will appear later in this Study Guide with commentary and actual Scripture and circumstances.

The Parables in the Canonical Gospels are listed as they are found by each book. Mark has only one peculiar to this book, namely:

  • the Seed Growing in Secret (Mark 4:26), and he gives only three others that are found also in Matthew and Luke, namely:
  • the Sower,
  • the Mustard Seed, and
  • the Wicked Husbandman;

so that the bulk of the Parables are found in the First and the Third Gospels. Two are common to Matthew and Luke, namely:

  • the Leaven (Matthew 13:33; Luke 13:21) and
  • the Lost Sheep (Matthew 18:12; Luke 15:3).

Of the remaining Parables, 18 are found only in Luke and 10 only in Matthew. Luke’s 18 include some of the finest, namely:

  • the Two Debtors,
  • the Good Samaritan,
  • the Friend at Midnight,
  • the Rich Fool,
  • the Watchful Servants,
  • the Barren Fig Tree,
  • the Chief Seats,
  • the Great Supper,
  • the Rash Builder,
  • the Rash King,
  • the Lost Coin,
  • the Lost Son,
  • the Unrighteous Steward,
  • the Rich Man and Lazarus,
  • the Unprofitable Servants,
  • the Unrighteous Judge,
  • the Pharisee and Publican,
  • and the Pounds.

The 10 peculiar to Matthew are:

  • the Tares,
  • the Hidden Treasure,
  • the Pearl of Great Price,
  • the Draw Net,
  • the Unmerciful Servant,
  • the Laborers in the Vineyard,
  • the Two Sons,
  • the Marriage of the King’s Son,
  • the Ten Virgins,
  • and the Talents.

There is some uncertainty as to the exact number of Parables we have from JESUS CHRIST, as the Marriage of the King’s Son is sometimes regarded as a different recension of the Great Supper, and the Talents of the Pounds. I have seen articles that list up to seventy parables. I will continue research to discover all I can find through the Scriptures.