When this happens in your life, you will begin the process of spiritual conversion John 14:26 But the COMFORTER, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, HE SHALL TEACH YOU ALL THINGS, AND BRING ALL THINGS TO YOUR REMEMBRANCE, whatsoever I have said unto you. If you really desire to understand the spiritual things of God, then you must let go of all your doubt, your trust in the wisdom of men, and you must destroy all of the idols of your heart. 1 Corinthians 2:14 But THE NATURAL MAN RECEIVETH NOT THE THINGS OF THE SPIRIT OF GOD: for they are FOOLISHNESS UNTO HIM: NEITHER CAN HE KNOW THEM, because THEY ARE SPIRITUALLY DISCERNED. If you don’t see this, then you are not spiritually converted. Why is this so hard for people to grasp? If you understand but one parable of Christ, you should understand all parables Mark 4:13 And he said unto them, KNOW YE NOT THIS PARABLE? and HOW THEN WILL YE KNOW ALL PARABLES? All of the parables have a spiritual meaning concerning the Kingdom of God. You do not see, hear, or understand because you are carnally minded. You do not understand the meaning of the parable of the rich man and Lazarus because your heart is waxed gross. Now which one of these two groups sounds like you? Do you refuse to believe the word of God which is truth? If so, you willingly accept lies and there isn’t any harmony between lies and truth. Not given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven Given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven Those Who Do Not Understand the Parables of Christ Now look at the two groups of people in the table below Those Who Understand the Parables of Christ Reread Matthew 13:10-16 above and pay close attention to the words I’ve placed in bold and underlined. But blessed are your eyes, for they see: and your ears, for they hear. 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. THEREFORE SPEAK I TO THEM IN PARABLES: BECAUSE THEY SEEING SEE NOT AND HEARING THEY HEAR NOT, NEITHER DO THEY UNDERSTAND. 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. Matthew 13:10-16 And the disciples came, and said unto him, WHY SPEAKEST THOU UNTO THEM IN PARABLES? 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. Now pay close attention to the following passage of scripture below John 10:6 This PARABLE spake Jesus unto them: but they UNDERSTOOD NOT what things they were which he spake unto them. Jesus spoke in parables to hide the spiritual meaning of His words because not all people received his message I’ve heard all sorts of explanations but none of those ideas are founded in scripture. I’ve heard people say that Jesus spoke in parables to make the story easier to understand. Part of this problem is that most people do not understand the reason why Jesus spoke in parables. There are many holes in this parable if every word is to be taken literally. However, I say that if this “story” is read with the literal eye, one should easily be able to determine that it just doesn’t make sense if we use common logic. Some people will hold steadfast that this is in fact no parable at all but a real story with real facts told by Christ. I have actually heard it preached and in the past when I was spiritually blind, I was unable to discern or interpret the scriptures for myself. The parable of the rich man and Lazarus has been used time and time again to justify the teaching of hell. In Part 9, I will explaining the true meaning of the parable of the rich man and Lazarus.
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