Hi everyone!
I got an idea the other day while I was taking notes on a sermon and thought it would be fun to share with others and have them share what they took away from the sermon they heard.
So, after listening to your Minister, Priest, Pastor, Rabbi speak for about 20 minutes, what did you 'get' out of the sermon?
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PARABLES
From my notes on this past weeks Lesson it was about Parables.
Did you know that there's some confusion on why Yeshua/Jesus spoke in parables?
What are parables? Some mistakenly think that parables are like riddles, they are told a certain way to conceal their true meaning.
This misunderstanding comes from passages like in Mark 4:10-12 where he quotes from Isaiah 6:9-10 but that is interposed into the re-telling as he is still talking to the common people , it is better understood by reading
It wasn't because he was trying to hide things from those who came to listen to him but it was about a teaching method.
A parable was like an allegory and it was a method of the day and even previous to Jesus/Yeshua coming to earth and used by many of the Rabbis as a teaching method.
This was a common Rabbinic teaching device to simplify a complex concept.
So it wasn't just a 'Jesus thing' but a 'Jewish thing'!
One third of his teachings were done in parables, he used over 30 different ones recorded in the Gospels and most likely many many more (John 21:25)
So parables aren't riddles they are quite the opposite, trying to help teach a concept by simplifying it so it can be understood.
When it says:But when he was alone with his own disciples, he explained everything.
It just means he spoke plainly with them as from his other teachings with them he knew they would understand.
I got an idea the other day while I was taking notes on a sermon and thought it would be fun to share with others and have them share what they took away from the sermon they heard.
So, after listening to your Minister, Priest, Pastor, Rabbi speak for about 20 minutes, what did you 'get' out of the sermon?
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PARABLES
From my notes on this past weeks Lesson it was about Parables.
Did you know that there's some confusion on why Yeshua/Jesus spoke in parables?
What are parables? Some mistakenly think that parables are like riddles, they are told a certain way to conceal their true meaning.
This misunderstanding comes from passages like in Mark 4:10-12 where he quotes from Isaiah 6:9-10 but that is interposed into the re-telling as he is still talking to the common people , it is better understood by reading
It wasn't because he was trying to hide things from those who came to listen to him but it was about a teaching method.
A parable was like an allegory and it was a method of the day and even previous to Jesus/Yeshua coming to earth and used by many of the Rabbis as a teaching method.
This was a common Rabbinic teaching device to simplify a complex concept.
So it wasn't just a 'Jesus thing' but a 'Jewish thing'!
One third of his teachings were done in parables, he used over 30 different ones recorded in the Gospels and most likely many many more (John 21:25)
So parables aren't riddles they are quite the opposite, trying to help teach a concept by simplifying it so it can be understood.
When it says:But when he was alone with his own disciples, he explained everything.
It just means he spoke plainly with them as from his other teachings with them he knew they would understand.
