Luke 18:1
Reflexion, A Spiritual Community
English - July 25, 2021 18:00 - 47 minutes - 32.4 MB - ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsEducation Religion & Spirituality Christianity chuck smith christianity bible Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Wednesday night, this was the first verse we read in our Lexio Divina meeting
Immediately I knew I would be reading it today, because of what had been on my mind
- Jesus gave people what they needed
• he gave sight to the blind, hearing to the deaf
◦ health to the lame and to the lepers
◦ he gave hope and forgiveness to the sinners
• and to everyone, Jesus gave parables
With many such parables he spoke the word to them, as they were able to hear it. He did not speak to them without a parable, but privately to his own disciples he explained everything (Mk. 4:33-34)
- Jesus used parables to introduce people to kingdom of God
• in John’s gospel, Jesus used "hard sayings" (Jn. 6:60)
• why did Jesus use these obscure ways to deliver his message?
◦ because he spoke of things outside their everyday world
◦ a reality that none of them had ever experienced
They had to learn a new way to think