Matthew 13; Verses 10-17; Parables

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(Matthew 13:10-17) "And the disciples came, and said unto him, Why speakest thou unto them in parables?

(The Lord never rejects honest questions in sincerity. He is going to bring an answer pretty quick. You can count on it).

11He answered and said unto them, Because it is given unto you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given.

(Not given because they did not want to believe/repent as we will see more below. Take a good at look supporting factors such as, miracles, resurrecting the dead, casting out evil spirits, feeding 5,000 people. Common sense teaching. What would a parable do? Nothing, a parable is a simple but thinkers truth. The ability to reason correctly weighing both sides. Like all prophecy being fulfilled concerning the first coming. Which is why it's a side-by-side comparison to separate truth for Christians).

12For whosoever hath, to him shall be given, and he shall have more abundance: but whosoever hath not, from him shall be taken away even that he hath.

Your going to grow, or your not going to grow to a plentiful harvest. If the Lord gives one must continue on. Keep on with it going through adversity, "weathering the storms."

Like Christ did as an example physically for us spiritually through adversity:

(Matthew 8:26-27) "And he saith unto them, Why are ye fearful, O ye of little faith? Then he arose, and rebuked the winds and the sea; and there was a great calm.

(Faith would have calmed the worry is the point. But why? Christ had told them many things they seen with their own eyes come to pass already. They needed to develop more trust here.

27But the men marvelled, saying, What manner of man is this, that even the winds and the sea obey him!"

Back to the main point of Matthew 13:12,

As we been over in the last post when one learns and believes the wrong Gospel they are worse off than before. It is taken this simple concept in the Gospel Armor as well (satan taking what little they have, the spoils). You don't keep moving forward overcoming that adversity in life what is thrown at you, it's wasting what the Lord gave you. That is just rude, crude, and unattractive to everyone else. No love in it. Not what using whatever the Lord gave you confirming it is in the Word as God's Word and not sharing: you might as well go dig a hole 6 feet deep and throw the Bible in it. Withholding truth no matter what the Lord gave you. We need to know where we stand. Moreover, someone gives you a gift who says it's not good enough? Who says you can have it back? No they are accepting and very thankful, unless one thinks they are entitled.

Grace through faith is not a gift of God, but THE GIFT OF GOD. Standing in the faith is constantly talked about. We have to follow through.

We all go through adversity it and the worst kind not being able to recognize a situation of adversity is like a friend of Job's. They came to accuse (which only brought more adversity on to Job which obviously he did not need at the time). They came to be heard and not listen. They came to empower themselves in selfish ambition. This was pride in presumptuous arrogance and preconceived notions speaking in the Lord's name knowing-nothing.

No, Christians should be recognizing a time of adversity and apply accordingly. It is not the time to tear down. Moreover, how are you going to give advice on what the Lord is doing not repenting themselves? Serious? Just as pharisees think which sin did they commit for this to happen?

To Matthew 13:13,

13Therefore speak I to them in parables: because they seeing see not; and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand.

They cannot perceive and rationalize. The eye (the eye of one's mind, from the word see) again not woven together where both eyes can see the same = unbalanced. Leading to double-minded that James talks about in the book of James. Faith because of no works. In it for self, and not working for the Lord sharing what the Lord gave them.

14And in them is fulfilled the prophecy of Esaias, which saith, By hearing ye shall hear, and shall not understand; and seeing ye shall see, and shall not perceive:

(It's written. That being so, we should be searching the Old Testament drawing it out, the Old and the New).

15For this people's heart is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes they have closed; lest at any time they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and should understand with their heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them.

Let's see what does it. Waxed gross = grown callous (we are either moving forwards or backwards), the inability to feel correctly. As we have been over and over emotional intelligence begins at the forgiveness of sin. Not blaming others for your sins living in the past revengeful, out of spite.

Humbles one's self like a little child then begin to grow up. Healing them exactly from this condition--a broken heart. Converted as said of course begins with that belief and repentance thus having the forgiveness of sins. Suppose one thinks Christianity is hard. Really? Who else teaches the forgiveness of sins? It is saying the no to self that people despise. Life and the abundance of it begins at belief/repentance. Christianity is not a religion, but a reality in relationship.

We'll go to the OT for references for both above (Paul spoke of adversity all the time as that is what he faced getting the Gospel out. Good thing he did not listen to a type of Job's friends. We would not have a Gospel, hypothetically.

(Proverbs 17:16-17) "Wherefore is there a price in the hand of a fool to get wisdom, seeing he hath no heart to it?

17A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity."

Unless of course, your like Job's "friends." Speaking in the Lord's name knowing-nothing just being a condemner. Motor mouths. That's how you end friendships, you can forget about brothers and sisters in Christ.

Back to Matthew 13:16,

16But blessed are your eyes, for they see: and your ears, for they hear.

(Happy are they. Should be oh so very thankful for this. To understand the parables. And that is going to include the wheat and the tares when we get down to it. If you don't know these you will never understand God's Word. Understanding the parables inherently means you are moving along and growing. We don't want to ever stop).

17For verily I say unto you, That many prophets and righteous men have desired to see those things which ye see, and have not seen them; and to hear those things which ye hear, and have not heard them."

(All of them looked forward to either the first or second coming of Christ. Both what all HIStory points too. And we live on this side of the cross = grace through faith. As any prophecy concerns either the first or second coming of Christ, then the Millennium, and then eternity).

Amen †