Go To Him
Sunday Sermons, Bible Studies, other
The podcast title is taken from Hebrews 13:7-13.
"Remember those who led you, who spoke the word of God to you; and considering the result of their conduct, imitate their faith. Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever. Do not be carried away by varied and strange teachings; for it is good for the heart to be strengthened by grace, not by foods, through which those who were so occupied were not benefited. We have an altar from which those who serve the tabernacle have no right to eat. For the bodies of those animals whose blood is brought into the holy place by the high priest as an offering for sin, are burned outside the camp. Therefore Jesus also, that He might sanctify the people through His own blood, suffered outside the gate. So, let us go out to Him outside the camp, bearing His reproach. For here we do not have a lasting city, but we are seeking the city which is to come."
Hebrews 13:7-13 (NASB 1995)
Go To Him
Lessons Seen and Heard
Matthew 13:10-17 We are starting Matthew 13 which is comprised mostly of parables. These verses explain why Jesus is teaching in parables. He has used a parable or two before in Matthew's Gospel but there are seven (or eight depending on how you count them) in this chapter alone.
A parable is an earthly story with a heavenly meaning and, according to Jesus, their use is two-fold. For those that have rejected the message of the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand, any further truth will be veiled in parables. For those that have accepted the message, the parables illustrate and reveal further truths about the Kingdom.