Chapter 35.
Parables of Christ
1. WHAT reference is made in the Psalms to Christ's use of parables?
"I will open My mouth ___________: I will utter _________________." Ps. 78:2.
NOTE.-A parable primarily means a comparison or similitude; specifically it is a short story or narrative drawn from life or nature, by means of which some important lesson is taught, or some moral drawn.
2. From what sources did Christ usually draw His parables?
From nature and from every day experiences.
3. For what are His parables noted?
"Our Saviour's parables are distinguished above all others for clearness, purity, chasteness, intelligibility, importance of instruction, and simplicity. They are taken mostly from the affairs of common life, and are intelligible, therefore, to all men." -Dr: Albert Barnes, on Matt. 13:3.
4. Following one of His parables, what did Christ say?
"___________________________." Matt. 13:9.
5. What question did the disciples then ask?
"And the disciples came, and said unto Him, ____________________________?" Verse 10.
6. What reply did Christ make?
"He answered and said unto them, _____________________________________, 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." Verses 11-13.
NOTE.-Christ's object, therefore, in using parables was to teach the mysteries, or truths, of the kingdom of heaven,-truths not necessarily difficult to understand, but which had long been hidden or obscured by sin, apostasy, and tradition,- in such a way that the spiritually minded and those desirous of learning the truth, might understand them, and the worldly-minded and unwilling would not. When asked the meaning of any parable, Christ readily explained it to His disciples. See Luke 8:9-15; Matt. 13:36-43; Mark 4:33,34.
7. After giving instruction by the use of parables, what question did Christ ask His disciples?
"Jesus saith unto them, ________________________? They say unto Him, Yea, Lord." Verse 51.
8. How extensively did Christ make use of parables?
"All these things spake Jesus unto the multitude in parables; and _______________." Verse 34.
NOTE.-Parables are simply stories. All, young and old, like to hear a story. Story-telling is one of the most successful means of awakening an interest, securing attention, and teaching, illustrating, and enforcing important truths. Christ, the greatest of all teachers, recognized this, and therefore made constant use of this method of instruction. See reading on "Preaching the Gospel" in Chapter 150 of this book.
9. How did Christ suggest that His disciples follow His example in teaching gospel truth?
"Then said He unto them, Therefore every scribe which is instructed unto the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is an householder, __________________." Verse 52.
10. Which are some of the most touching and soul-winning of Christ's parables?
The parable of the lost sheep, and that of the prodigal son. Luke 15:3-7, 11-32.
NOTE.-Each parable is designed to teach someone great and important truth. The first twelve in the list here given are intended to teach the following lessons, respectively: (1) Good and evil in life and judgment. (2) Value of the gospel. (3) Seeking salvation. (4) The visible church of Christ. (5) Truths new and old. (6) Duty of forgiving others. (7) Call at various epochs. (8) Insincerity and repentance. (9) Need of righteousness. (10) Watchful and careful profession. (11) Use of abilities. (12) Final separation of good and bad.
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CHRIST'S PARABLES.
I. Recorded in only one Gospel
The Tares - Gennesaret - Matt.13:24-30
The hid treasure - Gennesaret. - Matt. 13:44
The goodly pearl - Gennesaret - Matt. 13:45,46
The draw-net - Gennesaret - Matt. 13:47-50
Householder and treasure - Gennesaret - Matt. 13:52
The unmerciful servant - Capernaum - Matt. 18:23-35
Laborers in the vineyard - Jerusalem - Matt. 20:1-16
The two sons - Jerusalem - Matt. 21:28-32
Marriage of the king's son - Mt. of Olives - Matt. 22:1-14
The ten virgins - Mt. of Olives - Matt. 25:1-13
The ten talents - Mt. of Olives - Matt. 25:14-30
The sheep and goats - Mt. of Olives - Matt. 25:31-46
The seed growing secretly - Gennesaret - Mark 4:26-29
Householder and servants - Gennesaret - Mark 13:34-37
The two debtors - Galilee - Luke 7:40-47
The good Samaritan - Jerusalem - Luke 10:25-37
The friend at midnight - Jerusalem - Luke 11:5-13
The rich fool - Jerusalem - Luke 12:16-21
The wedding-feast - Jerusalem - Luke 12:35-40
The wise steward - Jerusalem - Luke 12:42-48
The barren fig-tree - Jerusalem - Luke 13:6-9
The seat to take - Jerusalem - Luke 14:7-11
The great supper - Jerusalem - Luke 14:15-24
Tower; king going to war - Jerusalem - Luke 14: 28-33
The piece of money - Jerusalem - Luke 15:8-10
The prodigal son - Jerusalem - Luke 15:11-32
The unjust steward - Jerusalem - Luke 16:1-12
Rich man and Lazarus - Jerusalem - Luke 16:19-31
The unprofitable servant - Jerusalem - Luke 17:7-10
The importunate widow - Jerusalem - Luke 18:1-8
Pharisee and publican - Jerusalem - Luke 18:9-14
The pounds - Jerusalem - Luke 19:11-27
II. Recorded in two Gospels
House on rock and sand - Galilee - Matt. 7:24-27, Luke 6:47-49
The leaven in meal - Gennesaret - Matt. 13:33, Luke 13:20,21
The lost sheep - Jerusalem - Matt. 18:12-14, Luke 15:3-7
III. Recorded in three Gospels
New cloth on old garment - Capernaum - Matt. 9:16, Mark 2:21, Luke 5:36
New wine in old bottles - Capernaum - Matt. 9:17, Mark 2:22, Luke 5:37
The sower - Gennesaret - Matt. 13:3-9, Mark 4:3-9, Luke 8:4-15
The mustard-seed Gennesaret - Matt. 13:31,32, Mark 4:30-32, Luke 13:18,19
The wicked husbandmen - Jerusalem - Matt. 21:33-43, Mark 12:1-9,
Luke 20:9-16
The fig-tree - Mt. of Olives - Matt. 24:32,33, Mark 13:28,29, Luke 21:29-31
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Tuesday, August 19, 2008
BIBLE STUDY - CHAP. 34-- CHRIST THE GREAT TEACHER
Chapter 34.
Christ the Great Teacher
1. WHAT report did the officers bring who were sent out by the chief priests and Pharisees to take Jesus?
"___________________." John 7:46.
2. How did Christ teach the people?
"He taught them _________________, and not as the scribes." Matt. 7:29.
NOTE.-"The teaching of the scribes and elders was cold and formal like a lesson learned by rote. To them the Word of God possessed no vital power. Their own ideas and traditions were substituted for its teaching. In the accustomed round of service they professed to explain the law, but no inspiration from God stirred their own hearts or the hearts of their hearers."
3. Why was Christ's preaching so impressive?
"For ___________________." Luke 4:32.
4. With what was He filled?
"And Jesus being ________________________ returned from Jordan, and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness." Verse 1.
5. How freely was the Holy Spirit bestowed upon Him?
"For He whom God hath sent speaketh the words of God: _____________________." John 3:34.
6. How had Christ's teaching by parables been foretold?
"I will open My mouth ______________________: I will utter dark sayings of old." Ps. 78:2.
7. How was this fulfilled?
"________________________________." Matt. 13:34.
8. What question did Christ's wonderful teaching call forth?
"And when He was come into His own country, He taught them in their synagogue, insomuch that they were astonished, and said, ______________________, and these mighty works? " Verse 54.
9. What did Isaiah say Christ would do with the law?
"He will ___________ the law, and make it _________________." Isa. 42:21.
10. Because some thought He had come to destroy the law, what did Christ say?
"Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: __________________ ________________________________________________________________. For I say unto you, That except your righteousness shall exceed the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, ye shall in no wise enter into the kingdom of heaven." Matt. 5:17-20.
11. What testimony did Nicodemus bear concerning Him?
"Rabbi, _____________________________________: for no man can do these miracles that Thou doest, except God be with him." John 3:2.
12. What did Christ's words at Jacob's well lead the woman of Samaria to ask?
"The woman then left her water-pot, and went her way into the city, and saith to the men, Come, see a man which told me all things that ever I did: _______________?" John 4:28,29.
13. How were the two on the way to Emmaus affected by Christ's conversation with them?
"And they said one to another, ________________________________________, and while He opened to us the Scriptures?" Luke 24:32.
14. In His teaching, to what did Christ direct attention?
"And beginning at Moses and all the prophets, He expounded unto them in all the scriptures the things concerning Himself." "And He said unto them, These are the words which I spake unto you, while I was yet with you, that all things must be fulfilled, which were written in the _________________, and in the ___________, and in the _______________, concerning Me. Then opened He their understanding, that they might understand ________________." Verses 27,44,45.
15. How did He encourage His disciples to look for the fulfillment of prophecy?
"When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place, (_______________________:) then let them which be in Judea flee into the mountains." Matt. 24:15,16.
NOTE.-Christ was a faithful student, a consistent user, and a perfect expounder, of the Scriptures. He met temptation with the Scriptures; He proved His Messiahship by the Scriptures; He taught from the Scriptures; and He told His disciples to look to the Scriptures as their counselor and guide for the future.
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Blest they who seek
While in their youth,
With spirit meek,
The way of truth.
To them the Sacred Scriptures now display
Christ as the only true and living way;
His precious blood on Calvary was given
To make them heirs of bliss in heaven.
And e'en on earth the child of God can trace
The blessings of his Saviour's grace.
For them He bore
His Father's frown;
For them He wore
The thorny crown;
Nailed to the cross,
Endured its pain,
That His life's loss
Might be their gain.
Then haste to choose
That better part,
Nor e'en refuse
The Lord thy heart,
Lest He declare
"I know you not,"
And deep despair
Should be your lot,
Now look to Jesus, who on Calvary died,
And trust on Him who there was crucified,
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Christ the Great Teacher
1. WHAT report did the officers bring who were sent out by the chief priests and Pharisees to take Jesus?
"___________________." John 7:46.
2. How did Christ teach the people?
"He taught them _________________, and not as the scribes." Matt. 7:29.
NOTE.-"The teaching of the scribes and elders was cold and formal like a lesson learned by rote. To them the Word of God possessed no vital power. Their own ideas and traditions were substituted for its teaching. In the accustomed round of service they professed to explain the law, but no inspiration from God stirred their own hearts or the hearts of their hearers."
3. Why was Christ's preaching so impressive?
"For ___________________." Luke 4:32.
4. With what was He filled?
"And Jesus being ________________________ returned from Jordan, and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness." Verse 1.
5. How freely was the Holy Spirit bestowed upon Him?
"For He whom God hath sent speaketh the words of God: _____________________." John 3:34.
6. How had Christ's teaching by parables been foretold?
"I will open My mouth ______________________: I will utter dark sayings of old." Ps. 78:2.
7. How was this fulfilled?
"________________________________." Matt. 13:34.
8. What question did Christ's wonderful teaching call forth?
"And when He was come into His own country, He taught them in their synagogue, insomuch that they were astonished, and said, ______________________, and these mighty works? " Verse 54.
9. What did Isaiah say Christ would do with the law?
"He will ___________ the law, and make it _________________." Isa. 42:21.
10. Because some thought He had come to destroy the law, what did Christ say?
"Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: __________________ ________________________________________________________________. For I say unto you, That except your righteousness shall exceed the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, ye shall in no wise enter into the kingdom of heaven." Matt. 5:17-20.
11. What testimony did Nicodemus bear concerning Him?
"Rabbi, _____________________________________: for no man can do these miracles that Thou doest, except God be with him." John 3:2.
12. What did Christ's words at Jacob's well lead the woman of Samaria to ask?
"The woman then left her water-pot, and went her way into the city, and saith to the men, Come, see a man which told me all things that ever I did: _______________?" John 4:28,29.
13. How were the two on the way to Emmaus affected by Christ's conversation with them?
"And they said one to another, ________________________________________, and while He opened to us the Scriptures?" Luke 24:32.
14. In His teaching, to what did Christ direct attention?
"And beginning at Moses and all the prophets, He expounded unto them in all the scriptures the things concerning Himself." "And He said unto them, These are the words which I spake unto you, while I was yet with you, that all things must be fulfilled, which were written in the _________________, and in the ___________, and in the _______________, concerning Me. Then opened He their understanding, that they might understand ________________." Verses 27,44,45.
15. How did He encourage His disciples to look for the fulfillment of prophecy?
"When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place, (_______________________:) then let them which be in Judea flee into the mountains." Matt. 24:15,16.
NOTE.-Christ was a faithful student, a consistent user, and a perfect expounder, of the Scriptures. He met temptation with the Scriptures; He proved His Messiahship by the Scriptures; He taught from the Scriptures; and He told His disciples to look to the Scriptures as their counselor and guide for the future.
________________________________________
Blest they who seek
While in their youth,
With spirit meek,
The way of truth.
To them the Sacred Scriptures now display
Christ as the only true and living way;
His precious blood on Calvary was given
To make them heirs of bliss in heaven.
And e'en on earth the child of God can trace
The blessings of his Saviour's grace.
For them He bore
His Father's frown;
For them He wore
The thorny crown;
Nailed to the cross,
Endured its pain,
That His life's loss
Might be their gain.
Then haste to choose
That better part,
Nor e'en refuse
The Lord thy heart,
Lest He declare
"I know you not,"
And deep despair
Should be your lot,
Now look to Jesus, who on Calvary died,
And trust on Him who there was crucified,
Copyright © 2003-2008
www.preparingforeternity.com
All rights reserved
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