Beware of false doctrine and false prophets Deuteronomy 13:1 “Suppose there are prophets among you or those who dream dreams about the future, and they promise you signs or miracles, A more immediate test lay in the absolute harmony of the prophet’s message and deeds with the revealed Word of God, and the wholehearted commitment […]
Jesus’ Parables in Chronological Order We are jumping into a brand new series today, and it is a series on the parables of Jesus, the master storyteller. When many of you think about the parables, you get excited because these are the great and fun stories that Jesus told. That is true, but they are […]
Parable #9 …Luke 12:42-48…Faithful and Wise Servant 42 And the Lord replied, “A faithful, sensible servant is one to whom the master can give the responsibility of managing his other household servants and feeding them. 43 If the master returns and finds that the servant has done a good job, there will be a reward. 44 I tell you the truth, […]
Parable #8 Luke 12:35-40 Watchfulness Be Ready for the Lord’s Coming 35 “Be dressed for service and keep your lamps burning, 36 as though you were waiting for your master to return from the wedding feast. Then you will be ready to open the door and let him in the moment he arrives and knocks. 37 The servants who […]
Parable #10 One of the most prominent features of the four canonical gospels in the New Testament is the parables attributed to Jesus. Estimates usually place the number of parables somewhere between thirty and eighty, though if the definition of parable is expanded to include any simile or proverb, then just about every statement attributed […]
Parable #23 Matthew 18:23-34 Unmerciful Servant 23 “Therefore, the Kingdom of Heaven can be compared to a king who decided to bring his accounts up to date with servants who had borrowed money from him. 24 In the process, one of his debtors was brought in who owed him millions of dollars.…( Greek 10,000 talents [375 tons or 340 metric […]
Jesus’ Parables in Chronological Order Four Kingdom of Heaven Parables Before we continue let’s just look once again at the series we are doing at the moment namely the Parables of Jesus Jesus could have just come out and spoken the truth by just teaching the people. …He could have just stated the truth in […]