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WHY CHRIST USED PARABLES
Why Christ Used Parables? – The Disciples
came to Jesus after he told the parable of the Sower, and asked why He spoke to
the people in parables?
Jesus’ answer was “It
is given to you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them
(the multitudes) it is not given.”
What this means it that the Disciples were
followers of Jesus already. They had given up a lot to follow Jesus full time
and they had developed faith in Jesus and his doctrine.
The crowds were coming to hear Jesus for
various reasons, some for the excitement of it.
Some just wanted to see who Jesus was because
He was popular and people talked about Him.
Others, including the Pharisees, came to see
how they could reduce His influence among the people.
But there was another class of people that
truly wanted to know Jesus’ teachings and have salvation, these were the people
that really believed in Him.
At first, the disciples did not understand
the “Parable of the Sower” that Jesus gave in Mark 4:3-8.
Jesus told them that if they could understand
that parable, then they could understand all parables.
Then, Jesus proceeded to show them how to
understand that parable (Mark
4:14-20) so
that they could understand all parables.
Jesus taught by illustrations and parables
drawn from nature and from the familiar events of everyday life…
In this way He associated natural things with
spiritual, linking the things of nature and the life experience of His hearers
with the sublime truths of the written Word.
And whenever afterward their eyes rested on
the objects with which He has associated eternal truth, His lessons were
repeated.
The Scripture says, “All
these things spake Jesus unto the multitude in parables… that it might be
fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying, I will open My mouth in
parables; I will utter things which have been kept secret from the foundation
of the world.” -
Matthew 13:34, 35; Psalm 78:2–3.
| The Harvest is the end of the World Matthew 13:39 |
Leading thus from the natural to the
spiritual kingdom, Christ’s parables are links in the chain of truth that
unites man with God, and earth with heaven.
In the earlier part of His ministry, Christ
had spoken to the people in words so plain that all His hearers might have
grasped truths which would make them wise unto salvation.
But in many hearts,
the truth had taken no root, and it had been quickly caught away. “Therefore
speak I to them in parables.”
He said; “because
they seeing see not; and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand… For
this people’s heart is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and
their eyes they have closed.” - Matthew 13:13–15.
Jesus had another reason for teaching in
parables. In the multitudes that came to hear Him, there were priests and
rabbis, scribes and elders, Herodians and rulers, world-loving, bigoted, and
ambitious men, who wanted most of all to find some accusation against Him.
Their spies followed His steps day after day,
to catch from His lips something that would cause His condemnation, and forever
silence the One who seemed to draw the world after Him.
In parables, He rebuked the hypocrisy and
wicked works of those who occupied high positions, and in figurative language
clothed truth of so cutting a character that had it been spoken in direct
denunciation, they would not have listened to His words, and would speedily
have put an end to His ministry.
But while He evaded the spies, He made truth
so clear that error was manifested, and the honest in heart were profited by
His lessons.
Divine wisdom, infinite grace, were made
plain by the things of God’s creation.
Through nature and the experiences of life,
men were taught of God.
“The invisible things
of Him since the creation of the world,” were “perceived through the things that
are made, even His everlasting power and divinity.” - Romans 1:20, R. V.
Some of the Major Parables
o Wise and Foolish
Builders
o Old Wineskins
o Wheat and Tares
o Hidden Treasure
o The Pearl of Great
Price
o Talents
o Vineyard
o The Sower
o 10 Virgins
o Lost Coin
o Lost Sheep
o Lazarus and the Rich
Man
o Mustard Seed
o Good Samaritan
o Persistent Widow /
Unjust Judge
o Barren Fig Tree
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