Let us ask ourselves the Question: What is the kingdom of heaven? This is what the Lord Jesus begins with here, in all of these Parables that He speaks, inMatthew 13, following the first one of the Sower and the
At that time I will tell the harvesters: First collect the weeds and tie them in bundles to be burned; then gather the wheat and bring it into my barn.’” The Parables of the Mustard Seed and the Yeast 31 He told them another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard ...
…11He replied, “The knowledge of the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven has been given to you, but not to them. 12 Whoever has will be given more, and he will have an abundance. Whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken away from him. 13This is why I speak to ...
I find myself chuckling because many of those surging upon Jesus did not come to be taught; they wanted the free stuff, like healing and food. As He taught, He said, “Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.” (Matthew 5:3 KJV) A more simplistic trans...
What then shall we say in response to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?Matthew 5:10-12Blessed are those who are persecuted because of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. / Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you, and falsely say ...
He talks about how Jesus when he would talk to people that he would do it in parables. His disciples asked him why, and this was his answer saying “because it is given unto you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given.” This made me think. ...
The first reference tothe outer darknessis in Matthew 8:12, where Jesus teaches that while many from all corners of the earth will sit down with Abraham in the kingdom of heaven, “the sons of the kingdom will be cast into outer darkness” where there will be “weeping and gnashing of...
“I will open My mouth in parables; I will utter what has been hidden since the foundation of the world.”(Matthew 13:34–35) How can you discover the deeper things of the kingdom? In Genesis, Elohim (God) spoke creation and all of its goodness into being in a very direct way. Ho...
Matthew 11:11-13 New International Version 11Truly I tell you, among those born of women there has not risen anyone greater than John the Baptist; yet whoever is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he.12From the days of John the Baptist until now, the kingdom of heaven has...
With these three keys in mind, a few cultural, historical, and theological details will help us better understand what Jesus is saying in Matthew 13 (and inallof His parables). First, most of Jesus’ parables are about the kingdom of God. Many people today, when they think about the ki...