“The Purpose of the Parables”

“And when he was alone, those around him with the twelve asked him about the parables. And he said to them, ‘To you has been given the secret of the kingdom of God, but for those outside everything is in parables, so that “they may indeed see but not perceive, and may indeed hear but not understand, lest they should turn and be forgiven.”’” (Mark 4:10–12, ESV)

T HE S ETTING

T HE S IGNIFICANCE “And he said to them, ‘To you has been given the secret of the kingdom of God, but for those outside everything is in parables, so that “they may indeed see but not perceive, and may indeed hear but not understand, lest they should turn and be forgiven.”’” (Mark 4:11–12, ESV)

T HE S IGNIFICANCE “…I will open my mouth in parables, I will utter things hidden since the creation of the world.” (MT 13:35)

T HE S IGNIFICANCE “No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him. And I will raise him up on the last day.” (John 6:44, ESV)

T HE S IGNIFICANCE “You will seek me and find me, when you seek me with all your heart.” (Jeremiah 29:13, ESV)

T HE S ECRET “And he said to them, ‘To you has been given the secret of the kingdom of God, but for those outside everything is in parables,’” (Mark 4:11, ESV)

T HE S ECRET “For the kingdom of God is not a matter of eating and drinking, but of righteousness, peace and joy in the Holy Spirit,” (RO 14:17)

T HE S ECRET For he has rescued us from the dominion of darkness and brought us into the kingdom of the Son he loves, (COL 1:13)

I MPLICATIONS 1.Have Faith in Jesus 2.Spend Time with Jesus