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Eight parables, four truths about the Kingdom — the sower, the soils, the seed, the treasure.
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Post 151
"I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things hidden since the foundation of the world." - Mt 13:35 Matthew 13 is the moment Jesus opens eight parables to reveal four truths about the Kingdom of God. But none of it will matter if you don't understand why He chose to spe…
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"The seed is the word of God." - Lu 8:11 Jesus steps out of the house and sits beside the sea. (Mt 13:1-2) The crowds gather, and He gives them one word- the word that shapes everything that follows: Sower. Not because every parable is about farming, but because every parable …
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"Those who were sown on the good soil are the ones who hear the word and accept it and bear fruit." - Mk 4:20 Jesus is teaching how the kingdom grows: not by force, but by the condition of the heart. One seed. Four outcomes. Not because of the seed, but because of the soil. TH…
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"Today if you hear His voice, Do not harden your hearts." Psalm 95:7-8 The last three posts have explored the Parable of the Sower. Today, we turn the lens inward- because Jesus didn't tell this story to inform us, but to expose what is happening in our own hearts, and to help u…
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"He who sows the good seed is the Son of Man? the field is the world?" - Matthew 13:37 Jesus follows the Parable of the Sower with a paired agricultural one- a parable that shifts the focus from the condition of the heart to the condition of the world. Here the question is: Wha…
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"The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed? the smallest of all seeds." - Matthew 13:31 Jesus is speaking to people who knew what they held in their palm, and what it would one day become. The mustard seed was the smallest seed an Israelite would plant. Tiny in size. Huge in…
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"Beware the leaven of the Pharisees." - Matthew 16:6 Leaven is a small piece of old dough saved from yesterday's batch. It's alive. It's active. And once you press it into fresh dough, it works quietly, slowly, invisibly- until the whole lump becomes like it (Mt. 13:33). Whate…
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"The kingdom of God is in the midst of you." - Luke 17:21 Jesus says the Kingdom works like leaven- quiet, steady, unstoppable- until the whole life becomes shaped by the future God has already begun. Paul says the same thing in different words: "Christ in you, the hope …
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"The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field, which a man found and hid; and in his joy he goes and sells all he has and buys that field." (Mt?13:44) Jesus uses hidden treasure to show how the Kingdom can be present yet unseen. God's work is seldom small- It may sl…
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"The Kingdom of heaven is like a gem dealer looking for beautiful pearls. One day he found a pearl of great price, and he went and sold all he had and bought it." (Matt.13:45-46) Jesus said the Kingdom is like a merchant searching for fine pearls. This man had searched everywhe…
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