Bible Parables Made Simple Volume 2

Table of Contents

“BibleParablesMade Simple”---Vol. 2

Introductionto theParables………………………….............…3

The Salt Of The Earth(Importance of the 10 Commandments)…….........7

The City Set On A Hill(Your Life will have an Influence on Others)…..13

The Candle Under The Bushel(Importance of Witnessing)………….17

The Son Who Asked For Bread(Import. of Prayer and Bible Study)…23

Seeking First The Kingdom Of God(Seeking Righteousness)…....…41

The Garment With The Hole In It(Righteousness comes by Faith)…..49

The Pearls Cast Before Swine(Many Pastors will not teach Truth)…..71

The Light Of The Body Is The Eye(The Truth a Church has

depends upon its Pastor)….........85

The Eye With A Beam In It(Weare not to Judge others because

only God sees things as they really are)….93

The Right Hand Cut Off(Powerful Leaders must sometimes be

removed from Church Service)……………109

The Forgotten Restingplace (The Forgotten Rest of God)…………….113

The Lost Piece of Silver (The Lost Commandment of God)…………..125

The Woman and the 3 Measures of Meal (3 Messages to Go to All)137

The Friend at Midnight (The End of Time for the World)……………..149

Final Conclusion……………………………………………………….159

BibleParablesMade Simple Vol 1

Cover painting artist: Copyright Darrell Tank

Bible Made Simple Ministry

William T. Barrett phone # 1-423-638-1661

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Foreword

This book is designed to “continue” where my first book “Bible Parables Made Simple Vol 1”

left off. Now that you have an understanding of

How to study the Bible and how the Bible explains and interprets itself, we can focus on various parts of the Bible. This book will continue our focus on the “Parables” of Jesus.

It is very important to understand the “Parables” because they contain the “Doctrines” and ”Truths” that Jesus felt were the most important for us to understand.

As we study the “Parables” and discover their Doctrines and Truths, remember they are not the teachings of any church, but rather the teachings of Jesus Himself!

William T. Barrett

P.S.

If you will read the Parables that are in this book in the

order that they are presented instead of skipping around,

you will see the continuity of the teachings of Jesus far

better.

WHYDID JESUS SPEAK INPARABLES?

Mark 4:2 “And He taught them many things by Parables, and said unto them in His doctrine.”

Matt.13:10 “And the disciples came and said unto Him, Why speakest thou unto them in parables”?

11 “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.”

Conclusion:

Jesus spoke in parables to teach “doctrine” to His followers and to teach the “mysteries” of the kingdom of heaven that had been kept secret from the foundation of the world”. Matt.13:35

HOW DID JESUS “OPEN THE UNDERSTANDING” OF PARABLES

TO HIS DISCIPLES?

Mark 4:10 “And when He was alone, they that were about Him with the twelve asked of Him the parable.”

Mark 4:13 “And He said into them, know ye not this parable? And how then will ye know all parables?”

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 the parable

(Mark 4:14-20) so that they could understand all parables.

THE PARABLE OF THE SOWER (EXPLAINED BY JESUS)

Luke 8:5 “A sower went out to sow his seed:”

Luke 8:11 “Now the parable is this:

“The seed is the Word of God.”

Mark 4:14 ” The sower soweth the Word.”

Luke 8:5 “And as he sowed, some (seed) fell by the wayside”:

Luke 8:12 “Those by the wayside are they that hear”;

Mark 4:15 “And these are they by the wayside, where the word is sown”:

Mark 4:15 “but when they have heard, Satan cometh immediately and taketh away the Word

that was sown in their hearts”.

Matt.13:19 “When anyoneheareththeWordof the kingdom,and understandeth it not, then

cometh the wicked one, and catcheth away that which was sown in his heart. This is he which received seed by the wayside.”

Conclusions:

1.The seed represents the Word of God (Bible)

2.The sower represents someone teaching the Word (Bible)

3. Those by the wayside represent those that hear the Word (Bible) but don’t understand it.

4. The word (Bible) was “sown” in their hearts.

5. The devil takes away the Word out of their hearts, lest they should believe and be saved.

Jesus “opened the understanding” of the parable to his disciples,

by applying a Spiritual meaning to each of the real objects in

the parable. Since Jesus implied that if you can understand this

parable, you can understand all parables, He was teaching the

principles for understanding all parables.

THE PRINCIPLES FOR UNDERSTANDING ALL PARABLES AS TAUGHT BY JESUS:

The method Jesus used to interpret the deeper meaning of the parables is clearly shown in the Bible. Jesus usedrealobjectsto representSpiritual things.

(Luke 8:5, 11; Mark 4:14)

Therefore, in order for us to understand a parable, the following Steps that Jesus gave us as an example must be used:

1.Determine the real objects in the parables of Jesus.

2.Search the scriptures (O.T and N.T) to determine the Spiritual meaning of each real object.

In order to be able to find the scriptures needed to compare with other scriptures, it is very helpful to use a “Concordance” such as “Strongs Concordance,” which lists every word that is in the King James Bible and therefore allows you to find any scripture desired.

3.Apply the Spiritual meaning of each real object to the parable by substituting the Spiritual meaning of each real object back into the parable.

4.Re-read and re-write the parable, substituting the

Spiritual meaning of each real object and you will see the deeper meaning of the parable.

These simple rules will become clear as you see them applied as we study the Parables of Jesus.

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Final Conclusion:

As we have examined the Parables of Jesus, letting the “Bible explain itself” by comparing the Scriptures, theDoctrines and Teachings of Jesushavebecome plainto us. As we might have suspected, given the repeated warnings of Jesus to “beware of false teachers”, theDoctrinesofJesusas taught by theParablesare

quite different from the doctrines taught by most of the Popular Churches today. When thinking about this difference keep in mind the Parable of “The Two Men That Built Houses” and what theirfoundationswere;God’s Words(rock) orman’s words(sand) and you willknowwhat to believe!

In thissecond volumeof the parables we have covered 14 parables. There are yet more parables to be covered

as well ascovering in detailthe3 Angel’s Messages.

We will continue our study in

“BibleParablesMade Simple”Vol. 3.

May God help you to use the knowledge you have gained from theParablesto be like ”saltthat hasnotlostitsSavour“.

William T. Barrett

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