| CHAPTER 7 CONCLUSION Part I There are those, no doubt, who will say that the presentation to this point is interesting, but without real scriptual documentation. They will say that motives, thoughts, and actions are inferred from text beyond that, that is actually described. They will say that the scripture must be taken at face value, not allowing for any allegory. And yet, we have learned that Jesus is the Word. If we want insight and knowledge we are to seek it and it will be given. Let's go directly to the Lord's words for clarification of this. In Matthew Chapter 13 we read: "The same day went Jesus out of the house, and sat by the sea side. And great multitudes were gathered together unto him, so that he went into a ship, and sat; and the whole multitude stood on the shore. And he spake many things unto them in parables, saying, Behold, a sower went forth to sow; And when he sowed, some seeds fell by the way side, and the fowls came and devoured them up: Some fell upon stony places, where they had not much earth: and forthwith they sprung up, because they had no deepness of earth: And when the sun was up, they were scorched; and because they had no root, they withered away. And some fell among thorns; and the thorns sprung up, and choked them: But other fell into good ground, and brought forth fruit, some an hundredfold, some sixtyfold, some thirtyfold. Who hath ears to hear, let him hear." You say, but that's not fair to use this scripture, our Pastor has explained it to us, and clearly Jesus had a deeper meaning to his words, than just an explanation of farming technique, and this is just an isolated instance. Oh? Parables are liberally sprinkled throughout both Old and New Testaments. Why were parables used? We know that it is easier to teach something new, if we can compare it to something known of old. Is that the only reason they were used? Let's return to where we left off in the scripture. 47 _____________________________________________________________________________ "And the disciples came, and said unto him, Why speakest thou unto them in parables? He 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. For 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. Therefore speak I to them in parables: because they seeing see not; and hearing hear not, neither do they understand. And 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: For 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. But blessed are your eyes, for they see: and your ears, for they hear. For 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." The quote that Jesus used from the Old Testament is found in Isaiah 6. If we take the whole chapter in context Isaiah couldn't talk on seeing or hearing the words of God until he had been purged by fire, ( that is in-dwelled by the Holy Spirit ). If we meditate on these thoughts, it should become apparent that Jesus was saying that understanding could only come after restoration to a state that allows fellowship with God the Holy Spirit. God in his holiness can not, will not, and has never fellowshiped with man on a plane below that plane that GOD created man on. For that fellowship to occur, man must first submit to God's will. By doing this man is elevated to a plane where fellowship is possible. We tend to become impatient, not wanting to wait for full understanding to be given to us, at that point we are in danger of believing our own inventions. Not only believing them, but becoming more and more starry eyed over them, with the progression of time. We see in Daniel 8:8-10, counsel for 48 _______________________________________________________________________________ |
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