Jesus spoke in a lot of parables… why? Let the Bible and Jesus, Himself answer that question...
Mat 13:10 And the disciples came, and said unto him, Why speakest thou unto them in parables?
Mat 13:11 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.
Mat 13:12 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.
Mat 13:13 Therefore speak I to them in parables: because they seeing see not; and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand.
Mat 13:14 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:
Mat 13:15 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.
Mat 13:16 But blessed are your eyes, for they see: and your ears, for they hear.
Mat 13:17 For verily I say unto you, That many prophets and righteous men have desired to see those things which ye see, and have not seen them; and to hear those things which ye hear, and have not heard them.
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They seeing- see not.
They hearing- hear not.
Without the ability to truly comprehend, you cannot understand.
Ear dull of hearing.
Eyes they close.
This is a purposeful, willful desire to remain ignorant to the truth. Those who do this, those who choose to be ignorant, choosing to ignore the truth, they cannot understand no matter what it spoken to them. Jesus spoke in parables and those who desired understanding of those parables would get it, but those who chose to remain in ignorance would do so as well.
It's hard to imagine anyone truly wanting to remain ignorant, isn't it? Why would someone not desire the truth?
Joh 3:19 And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.
Joh 3:20 For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved.
Joh 3:21 But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God.
Loving evil prevents a person from comprehending the truth.
People who love evil- whether it is the evil of selfishness, the evil of covetousness, the evil of lying, the evil of hatred, the evil of not forgiving, the evil of pride, the evil of self absorption, the evil of … you name it, the evils in our world are seemingly endless. Any cherished evil, no matter how huge or how small is enough to keep a person blind, willfully blind.
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Mat 13:11 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.
The mysteries of the kingdom of heaven.
We can know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, it is ours to understand if we love truth rather than evil.
Loving truth.
Hating evil.
Mat 13:15 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.
Hearts waxed gross.
Ears dull of hearing.
Eyes they have closed.
People LOVE their evil!
People do NOT want to be healed!
People say they want to be healed but they don't. People don't want to be converted because conversion means hating the evil in your life, despising the evil around you and all the evil in the world. Our cherished sins are evil, all sins are evil. If we harbor sins, cling to them, not wanting Christ to forgive us for them, not wanting to repent of them, not wanting to go and sin no more- then we are intentionally keeping ourselves blind, deaf, and our hearts closed to the truth. We cannot be converted and healed by Christ if we love sin more than we love Him.
I'm not saying we won't sin, but encouraging it, accepting it without fighting against it and striving to keep from doing it, is all a part of cherishing it.
When we give in to the sins in our lives that are so easily besetting us, when we stop repenting and seeking forgiveness, we are giving into the despair that Satan wants us to give into. If Satan can cause us to stop seeking Christ and His forgiveness, His love, His righteousness, then we are lost.
No matter how often we sin, we can't give up!
Please, LORD, please let us have our eyes wide open! Please, let us have our ears open! Please, let us have our hearts open all to you! We need you to convert us! We need you to heal us!
Your will, LORD, Your will. We would be YOURS and we would know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven!
All through your LOVE.
Mat 13:10 And the disciples came, and said unto him, Why speakest thou unto them in parables?
Mat 13:11 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.
Mat 13:12 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.
Mat 13:13 Therefore speak I to them in parables: because they seeing see not; and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand.
Mat 13:14 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:
Mat 13:15 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.
Mat 13:16 But blessed are your eyes, for they see: and your ears, for they hear.
Mat 13:17 For verily I say unto you, That many prophets and righteous men have desired to see those things which ye see, and have not seen them; and to hear those things which ye hear, and have not heard them.
*******
They seeing- see not.
They hearing- hear not.
Without the ability to truly comprehend, you cannot understand.
Ear dull of hearing.
Eyes they close.
This is a purposeful, willful desire to remain ignorant to the truth. Those who do this, those who choose to be ignorant, choosing to ignore the truth, they cannot understand no matter what it spoken to them. Jesus spoke in parables and those who desired understanding of those parables would get it, but those who chose to remain in ignorance would do so as well.
It's hard to imagine anyone truly wanting to remain ignorant, isn't it? Why would someone not desire the truth?
Joh 3:19 And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.
Joh 3:20 For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved.
Joh 3:21 But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God.
Loving evil prevents a person from comprehending the truth.
People who love evil- whether it is the evil of selfishness, the evil of covetousness, the evil of lying, the evil of hatred, the evil of not forgiving, the evil of pride, the evil of self absorption, the evil of … you name it, the evils in our world are seemingly endless. Any cherished evil, no matter how huge or how small is enough to keep a person blind, willfully blind.
*
Mat 13:11 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.
The mysteries of the kingdom of heaven.
We can know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, it is ours to understand if we love truth rather than evil.
Loving truth.
Hating evil.
Mat 13:15 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.
Hearts waxed gross.
Ears dull of hearing.
Eyes they have closed.
People LOVE their evil!
People do NOT want to be healed!
People say they want to be healed but they don't. People don't want to be converted because conversion means hating the evil in your life, despising the evil around you and all the evil in the world. Our cherished sins are evil, all sins are evil. If we harbor sins, cling to them, not wanting Christ to forgive us for them, not wanting to repent of them, not wanting to go and sin no more- then we are intentionally keeping ourselves blind, deaf, and our hearts closed to the truth. We cannot be converted and healed by Christ if we love sin more than we love Him.
I'm not saying we won't sin, but encouraging it, accepting it without fighting against it and striving to keep from doing it, is all a part of cherishing it.
When we give in to the sins in our lives that are so easily besetting us, when we stop repenting and seeking forgiveness, we are giving into the despair that Satan wants us to give into. If Satan can cause us to stop seeking Christ and His forgiveness, His love, His righteousness, then we are lost.
No matter how often we sin, we can't give up!
Please, LORD, please let us have our eyes wide open! Please, let us have our ears open! Please, let us have our hearts open all to you! We need you to convert us! We need you to heal us!
Your will, LORD, Your will. We would be YOURS and we would know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven!
All through your LOVE.
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