In this lesson, we are going to be studing the Parables of Our Lord. We are going to see what Jesus has to say to us in the parables that He taught the disciples, and how they still apply to us today. I pray that our hearts are open and ready to receive God’s Word though His Son, Jesus Christ.
Prayer: Heavenly Father, thank you for allowing me to have to ablilty to teach Your Word, and to share Your Word with all people. I pray that it reaches people everywhere. I pray that at the end of this series of lessons, hearts will be turned to You. Thank You , Lord for all that You have done, for all that You are doing, and for all that You are going to do in the lives of all of Your people, and it is in Jesus’ name I pray, Amen.
The first parable we are going to look at is called :The Marriage. This makes me think about the wedding party that Jesus and the disciples, and His mother went to Canna. That is where Jesus performed His first miracle. They ran out of wine, so Jesus turned water into wine. parable in the Bible – Bing
When we think about marriage, we know that a real marriage is between a man and a woman. It is the way God intended it to be, He said to be fruitful and multiply, that is the only way reproduction can be done, between a man and a woman. Anything other than a man and a woman being married is an abomination in the eyes of God. As we all know, times have changed, it is not the way it was before; things are totally different now. What do you think God is saying to Himself? How do you think this makes Him feel? Do we ever think about that? I for one thinks that it breaks His heart.
Now, let us look at the first lesson, which is called Joyous Response to Jesus. The occasion is to the disciples of John. Scripture References are Matthew 9:15; Mark 2:19-20; and Luke 5:34-35. Let us look at these Scriptures to see what Jesus is saying to us.
Matthew 9:15-And Jesus said unto them, Can the children of the bridechamber mourn, as long as the bridegroom is with them? but the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be thaken from them, and then shall they fast. The children of the bridechamber are the disciples, and everyone that follows Jesus and believes in Him. Jesus is the bridegroom that is going to be taken away from them when time comes, but at this time Jesus is with them becasue His time has not yet come to depart out of the world, so there is no reason for them to fast and mourn.BRIDEGROOM IN THE BIBLE (kingjamesbibleonline.org) bridechamber in the Bible – Bing
Mark 2:19-20- And Jesus said unto them, Can the children of the bridechamber fast, while the bridegroom fast, while the bridegroom is with them? as long as they have the bridegroom with them, they cannot fast. (v.20.)But the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken away from them, and them they shall fast in those days. Once again, Jesus is telling them that the children of the bridechamber cannot fast as long as the bridegroom is with them. He is saying that when the bridegroom is taken away from them, then they will fast, but the time has not come. In other words, Jesus is telling them that it is not time for Him to be crucified so He can go away and comd back again, so as long as He is with them they do not have to fast and mourn for anything.
We all know that Jesus is the bridegroom that is coming back to rapture the church, which is His bride. This is why we all need to get things in order with Jesus, because one day it is going to be to late to make things right with Him, and those that we need to make things right with. He will be coming like a thief in the night. The angels in heaven do not even know what day that is going to be, only the Father.
Luke 5:34-35-And He said unto them, Can ye make the children of the bridechamber fast, while the bridegroom is with them? But the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken away from them, and then shall they fast in those days. Jesus is constantly telling them that there is no reason for the disciples to fast beause He is with them. He keeps on telling them that the time has not yet come for Him to leave. He keeps telling them this, but they are dull of understanding. Their ears are closed spiritually, so therefore they can not undestand what He is telling them. They are spiritually blind and cannot see who He really is. In so many words Jesus is telling them that it is not time for His arrest, it is not time for Him to be betrayed, but they still do not undrstand what He is saying. They still do not realize that He is the Son of Man, they do not see that He is the Messiah that was prophesied about by the prophet Isaiah. They want to see a sign, but He had already told them that there will be no sign except the sign of Jonah. They wanted Him to do things for them so that they would believe, but He did not. Fasting in the Bible – Bing
There are many people in this world who has never heard the name of Jesus. There are many places in the world that have heard the name of Jesus and does not want to have anything to do with Him. There are a lot of people in the world that think the Word of God are just stories that happened a long time ago, but what they fail to realize, they are going to have to stand before Him one day, and it will be to late to believe then, it will be to late to accept Him as their Lord and Savior. It will be to late to repent, so they will have to receive their just due. That is why we must choose who we are going to serve. This world is going to pass away, but the Word of God will stand forever.
Just reading these Scriptures, I can see what they did to Jesus when HE was arested and beat all night long. I can see how He carried the cross, and when it became to heavy there was someone to help Him carry it the rest of the way up that long dusty road to the place of the skull. I can see the Roman soldiers as they nail His hands to the cross, and His feet. I can see as the cross was lifted up and dropped into the hole as they removed the ropes from it. I can see the blood that He shed for us, how He suffered for us, how he forgave us and everyone that will ever walk the face of this earth for our sins. He said,”Father forgive them for they know not what they do.” Even on the cross, Jesus was still preaching forgiveness, that amazes me. I am amazed because after all He went through He still forgave, He still had compassion, He still loved His enemies; that is real love. Even in the agony and pain He was in, he did not hold any grudges against those that did Him the way they did. He overcame evil with good. Evil was defeated and good prevailed. If Jesus can do all of that for us, why is it so hard for to forgive those that have wronged us? Why do we hold grudges? Why do we hold on to the bitterness that sometimes causes us to hate? Why is it so hard for us to do what Jesus did? He forgave, and so should we. When we forgive, we are releasing that person and placing them in the hands of God, we are no longer giving them power over us. We set them free, forgiveness is for us so that we can let things go, because when we forgive others, Jesus forgives us, and when we do not forgive others, Jesus will not fogive us, so in order to be forgiven, we must forgive.
Peter is the main one that told Jesus that he would never leave Him, and yet he denied Him three times just as Jesus said he would; all in all Jesus still used Peter to preach the Gospel, and Peter died just like Jesus did, but with his head to the ground and his feet in the air because Peter felt that he was not worthy to die like Jesus in the exact way. Jesus forgave Peter, just like He forgives us today.
forgiveness scriptures – Bing I looked up the word forgiveness on Bing and shared this with the scriptures. I hope you enjoy it. marriage in the Bible – Bing
The disciples of John the Baptist the disciples of John the Baptist – Bing I hope that this information is informative.
Well this conlcudes the first lesson of the Parables of Our Lord. There is more to come. God bless you.
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