His Parables

Walking on Water - Matthew chapter 14

Raising the daughter of Jairus from the dead - Mark chapter 5

The Good Samaritan - Luke chapter 10

Lazarus and the Rich man - Luke chapter 16

The Ten Lepers  - Luke chapter 17

The lady caught in Adultery - John chapter 8

Healing a man born with Blindness - John chapter 9

What are we to do with these wonderful parables and teachings?  During His mortal ministry, Jesus was constantly providing "hands-on" examples of how to live in this fallen world, while walking with God.  Only those few with "ears to hear" and "eyes to see", were able to learn from the Son of Humanity.  

Jesus explained His use of parables, in Matthew chapter Thirteen:

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 they 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.

A wise friend recently explained the parables and teachings of Jesus in this way: Jesus is always the healer in each parable.  Each of us may also be found within each teaching.  We are (one of the ten lepers, begging to be healed), (the blind man, receiving his sight), (the man beaten on the side of the road, left for dead), (Peter, attempting to walk on water), (Lazarus, arising from his death of several days), (the women taken in adultery, about to be stoned to death), (the sinful prodigal son, wallowing with pigs in the mud), (the rich young ruler, who was unable to sell all that he had, give to the poor, and follow the Messiah).

For me, this way of studying His teachings is correct as we all need His healing.  We all must come to Him and seek His help, because He is the only way out of this fallen world of death and decay.  In the fourteenth chapter of John, Jesus explains:  "I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man or woman cometh unto the Father, but by me."

Glory to God!  I desire to have "ears to hear" and "eyes to see".  

Here is an interesting parable from Jesus as told by Miryam, from Her Gospel, titled "The Gospel of the Beloved Companion".  Finally, a Gospel taught from a feminine perspective!  This Gospel comes from a protected source, one that survived the purge of King Josiah and the Deuteronomists, mentioned in an earlier post.

I am thankful for this Gospel of Miryam.  These words enlighten our existing scriptures! 

In the parable, Jesus is explaining that the Kingdom of Heaven, can be found within each of us and is near, when we are following His teachings.  Was Jesus speaking of our spirits, which are eternal and inside our bodies?  

30:1  Yeshua (Jesus) therefore walked no more openly among the people, but departed from there into the country near the wilderness, to a city called Ephraim.  He stayed there with His disciples and taught them many things.

30:2  As they sat at supper, Phillipos said to Yeshua, "tell us what the Kingdom is like".

30:3  And Yeshua said to him, "the Kingdom is like a man who had a treasure hidden in his field, but did not know it.  And when he died, he left the field to his son.  The son did not find the treasure, nor did he use the field, but sold it to a neighbor.  The new owner of the field, desiring to make the best use of the field, set to plowing the soil, in preparation for planting a good crop, and struck the treasure.  Have I not told you that the Kingdom lies hidden within you?"

May each of us be found "making the best use" of our time here, "plowing the soil, in preparation for planting a good crop", that we may find our treasure in the Heavens. 

Believe in Him.  Failing to recognize that He is the way to salvation, is literally giving away the eternal treasure, that has been reserved for each one of us.

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