Jesus and the Kingdom of God

Jesus Teachings in Parables

Parable: A parable is a story told to illustrate a truth. Jesus’ parables were teaching aids
and can be thought of as extended analogies, comparing two things or ideas. It is a story
told to illustrates a truth and earthly story that has a heavenly meaning. The Lord Jesus
frequently used parables as a means of illustrating profound, divine truths.
Jesus use the parables to hear it to shock them and imagine what is reaching about the
story, letting people understanding the meaning.
Most of Jesus’ parables were directed at some aspect of the Kingdom,
starting with “the Kingdom of Heaven is like...” Just in Matthew we find
that the Kingdom of Heaven is like:
- A man sowing seed in his field (Matthew 13:24-30)
- A mustard seed (Matthew 13:31-32)
- Yeast (Matthew 13:33)
- A treasure hidden in a field (Matthew 13:44)
- A pearl (Matthew 13:45-46)
- A net let down to catch fish (Mt 13:47-50)
- A king settling accounts (Matthew 18:23-35)
- A land owner hiring workers (Matthew 20:1-16)
- A king’s wedding banquet (Matthew 22:2-14)
- Ten virgins waiting for the bridegroom (Matthew 25:1-13)
- A man entrusting his servants with money (Matthew 25:14-30)
Phareses: Expert in the law but they are not living what’s in the law.
 THE PARABLES OF JESUS CHRIST
1. The parable of the unforgiving/ unmerciful/unjust servant.
-forgiving someone for what he has done, it should be proportion or the same.
-the first servant is forgiven and then he should forgiving it all.
-in the first place, he forgives his sin, however the servant has done something bad and
didn't forgive the servant.
- Forgiveness should be in like proportion to the amount of giveth.

2. The parable of the Good samaritan.

- Priest pass by the simple man, deals working with the church and does not want to get
messed to help the poor man.
- Lawyer pass by, a man kind without the understanding of God and word.
- Levite pass by legalism.
- Jesus the samaritan and a jew.
- Satan the Robber.
- Moral lesson is to love one's neighbor.

3. The parable of the rich fool.

- Truthful story, first is not to be told to accumulation of wealth.
- Question is "what shall I do to inherit the kingdom" and Jesus answered "go and sell
what you have".
- First point is there is no need to accumulate to much wealth because is passing. If money
is your master, then God is not your master. It must be God your master not money.
- Second point is hoarding our wealth to others than ourselves. We are bless to our blessing
to light others as well. We are not to settle our hearts upon them. We are blessed, be a
blessing to others. God is provide us with every abundance. What God has to given to us
blessing, not to only ourselves but to others.

4. The parable of the mustard seed.

- contain the three synoptic gospels, matthew, mark and luke. We can only see in these
three gospels about the mustard seed.
- Kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed.
- earthly profession is both true and false, a man is the christ, and the field is the world, the
seed is the word of God. The growth spreading is church growth, and the presence of evil
symbolizes yeast.
- small seed, however it grows into tree, and the wood contains tiny seed or broth.
- birds represents unbelievers.
- moral lesson is to cultivate and grow our faith by studying, believing and doing God's will,
(turns into a tree).

5. Parable of the Sower.

- first ground is hard easy to eaten by birds and can’t grow, second is rock ground which
seeds cant grow due to rocky depths, third is thorny ground took the life of pants, fourth is
good or fertile ground which makes them grow for good representing our spirits.
- Hard ground depicts hardened by sin
- Rock ground depicts a man who professes delight with the Word; however, his heart is not
changed, and when trouble arises, his so-called faith quickly disappears.
- Thorn ground depicts pleasures, lusts, and riches.
-Good ground depicts the person who understand the word of God.
-Salvation is more superficial.

6. Parable of the Prodigal Son.

-more on repentance, forgivement of the father, the younger son lost all he had, he is able to
be eat with the kings, then comes back since his father has many servants and food. Then
the father accepts him and held a feast, since the younger brother was lost has been found

7. Parable of the talents.

-We are responsible for using those
resources so that they increase in value. As Christians, we have additionally the most
valuable
resource of all – the Word of God.
- more on stewardship, God entrusted with his resources and to improve and develop, then
give blessing for the others, not by yourself.

8. Parable of the Ten Minas.

-Similarly with the 7th parable, but with different setting.
- the parable of the minas was told on the road between Jericho and
Jerusalem; the parable of the talents was told later on the Mount of Olives. The audience
for
the parable of the minas was a large crowd; the audience for the parable of the talents was
the disciples by themselves.
-The parable of the minas deals with two classes of people:
servants and enemies; the parable of the talents deals only with professed servants. In the
parable of the minas, each servant receives the same amount; in the parable of the talents,
each servant receives a different amount (and talents are worth far more than minas).

9. Parable of the Sheep & Goats.

- sheep are good, goats are bad.
- what are the things you have done is contradicts to the lord as well.

10. Parable of the Fig tree.

- we christians must bear fruits in life until the end, or else will be condemned in hell.

11. Parable of the ten virgins.

- The Wise virgins represent obedience and righteousness while the other five represent
foolish and unrighteousness, they dont have preparations on the oncoming of Jesus or God
representing the bridesgroom.

12. Parable of the vineyard

- Lesson is about, God is willing to pay equally, because the man jelous since it was salary
equal.
God really wants to love see our heart and it must be equal, no matter the time is different,
he will saw it.

13. Parable of the lost sheep/lost coin.

- no concerned to our friends.
- we need to concern to those who lost, in the eyes of God we are all important.

14. The parable of the wedding feast.

- Many did not respond the invitation, so the invitation is open to all, the ones that invited
did not come, but only small were choose. Some obey, some don't, but God extended the
invitation to the streets. That God's love is universal. We are all equal no matter what race
you are, appearance or clothing.
15. The Parable of the Wheat & Tares.
- wheat are true believers.
-Tares are false believers.
-True believers keep on believing, do not convert into false believers.
-Tares will convert the true believers into false believers.

16. Parable of the labourers of the vineyard.

- Issue of people who work at the vineyard, the first group went in the morning, but in the
afternoon there is the second group but they receive the equal salary at the end.
- They compete each other. And they still receive the same amount.
-Jesus said it is all God's mercy, it is not based on human effort bet based on mercy.

17. Parable of the Pharisee & the Tax collector.

- Pharisees are hypocrites, experts of the law, but they are not living in the law.
- Tax collectors are too much collect and pockets. In there time they were outcast to the
society, since they collect too much.
- Pharisees prayed, that he will follow the law, in the synagogue temple, humbled himself
and repent his sin but the tax collector was blessed instead of the Pharisees.
Lord's Prayer
Adoration
Confession
Thanksgiving
Supplication
This parable about prayer.

18. Parable of the Two Sons.

- about obedience.
- The first son refused then accept to work in the farm.
- Second accept but didn't go in the farm.
-We need to do all the things that our parents commands.

19. Parable of the Hidden Treasure & the Pearl of Great Price.
-found the treasure that is not for him, then took and hide it.
- Hide the treasure and the materials.
- Then bought the land in order to hide his treasure.
- So he is wise.
- The pearl of great price was given by Jesus Christ, which is his life in order to save us all
from sin.

20. Parable of the persistent neighbor.

- Its all about prayer.
- Jesus told us to keep on as in but in our prayer that it is important. "Your will be done".
When Jesus is about to suffered he pray, pass this suffering away from me, but not my will.

21. Parable of fasting at the wedding, the old cloth, and the wineskins.
- Old cloth represents patches to repair ourselves.
- Wine skin change into new one so it will not burst due to pressure.
-These two parables illustrate the fact that you can’t mix old religious rituals with new
faith in Jesus.
-Jesus’ disciples were not fasting along with the Pharisees and John’s disciples because they
were now under the new covenant of grace and faith in Christ.
- To continue fasting with Jesus present is akin to fasting and being
mournful during a wedding celebration in which the groom is present.

22. Parable of the Unjust Steward.

- A story about a no one can serve two masters.
- Love and despise the other one.
-The masters is God and Money.

23. The parable of the persistant widow & unjust judge.

- Its about persistant Praeyer.
-Faithful, never-ceasing, persistent prayer is the permanent calling of every true disciple of
- Christ who is dedicated to living for the Kingdom of God. Like the persistent widow, we
are
needy, dependent sinners who trust in our gracious, loving, and merciful God alone to
supply
what we need.

24. Parable of the growing seed.

- Its about faithfulness in sowing seed.
- Word of God, planted in our hearts, by studying it.
- Sow seeds, share the word to the people, and wait for harvest.

25. Parable of the Dragnet.

- Its about the net casted in the sea and the segregration of the fruit and bad fish.
- They remove something in the fish in order to not cause sickness among people.
- Its connected to spread the word of God, many will accept and others may not.

26. Parable of the Leaven (Yeast).

- The yeast apply to the bread grows, due to its effects.
- We are yeast, the leaven, we will grow spiritually. And let others grow by sharing the word
of God.

27. Parable of the great Banquet.

- Jewish and the Gentiles.
- Jews were invited by Christ but rejected and the gentiles were invited and open to
everyone.
- And it is open for everyone.

FOURFOLD MINISTRIES OF JESUS

PREACHING TEACHING HEALING AND FEEDING
DON’T EVEN READ IT ALL JUST FAMILIARIZE (ESPECIALLY THE TEACHING
PREACHING AND HEALING PART).
FEEDING
Feeding the multitude is a term used to refer to two separate miracles of Jesus reported in
the Gospels.
1. The first miracle, the "Feeding of the 5,000", is told by all four gospels
(Matthew 14-Matthew
14:13-21; Mark 6-Mark 6:31-44; Luke 9-Luke 9:12-17; John 6-John 6:1-14).
It is the only miracle recorded in all four gospels.
1. The second miracle, the "Feeding of the 4,000", with seven loaves of bread
and fish, is
reported by Matthew 15 (Matthew 15:32-39) and Mark 8 (Mark 8:1-9), but not by Luke or
John.
TEACHING
The place of Jesus as the founder of one of the major religions of the world is, of course, unique
and unquestioned. His teachings, and those of his followers, have profoundly influenced the
moral and social and religious thought of men throughout two thousand years
Jesus will still be the one teacher who in a wonderful way has come from God, and continues to
bring God to us through himself.

2.
The art of story-telling is one of the most ancient and universal means of communication
devised by man.
-THE STORIES ARE ALL CREDIBLE
- the stories ENCOURAGE THE EXERCISE OF THE IMAGINATION.
-the stories contain an ELEMENT OF SURPRISE.
Jesus always told his stories FOR A PARTICULAR REASON
3.
EVERYDAY LIFE.
SPECIFIC APPROPRIATENESS.
NOTION OF ACTIVITY.
REVEAL THE HUMOUR OF JESUS.
A LEAP OF FAITH.

4. The Use of Questions

RHETORICAL QUESTIONS
ASKING QUESTIONS IN REPLY TO QUESTIONS.
Jesus used the art of asking questions in order to present CHALLENGES to those to whom
he
spoke.

5. TO ESTABLISH THE RIGHT MOTIVES.

SYMBOLIC QUALITY of his instruction.

a) Signs and miracles 5:17-26 “Which is easier, to say, ‘Your sins are forgiven you,’ or to
say, ‘Rise and walk’? But that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to
forgive sins” – he said to the man who was paralysed – “I say to you, rise, pick up your bed
and go home.” And immediately he
rose up before them and picked up what he had been lying on and went home, glorifying
God.
b) Meeting people 7:36-50 A certain moneylender had two debtors. One owed five hundred
denarii, and the other fifty. When they could not pay, he cancelled the debt of both. Now
which of them will love him more?”…
c) Response to comments by other people 5:29-35 “Those who are well have no need of a
physician, but those who are sick. I have not come to call the righteous but sinners to
repentance.”… “Can you make wedding guests fast while the bridegroom is with them?
The days will come when the bridegroom is taken away from them, and then they will fast
in those days.”
d) Disciples’ experiences 9:28-31 And as he was praying, the appearance of his face was
altered, and his clothing became dazzling white. And behold, two men were talking with
him, Moses and Elijah, who appeared in glory and spoke of his departure, which he was
about to accomplish at Jerusalem.
PREACHING
1. JESUS TOLD STORIES
Jesus told countless parables (Mark 4:34). He pulled spiritual truth from everyday life. Not only
did these stories make Jesus’ preaching more memorable, they also connected in much more
profound way.
Think about the parable of the Prodigal Son. Jesus could have proclaimed, “God loves you so
much that He will welcome you back to Him no matter how far you have wandered away.” That
is definitely true.
2. JESUS SHOCKED PEOPLE
Jesus often used hyperbole. He taught using outrageous examples, exaggerations, or shocking
statements that got people’s attention. These statements were not all meant to be taken literally,
but they definitely got the point across.
3. JESUS CRAFTED MEMORABLE SAYINGS
Jesus spoke poetically. He often used catchy sayings and plays on words. This isn’t always
apparent in English translations. However, in the original language, Jesus made it much easier
for his listeners to remember what he said.
4. JESUS ASKED QUESTIONS
Rather than tell everyone the answer right away, Jesus used the Socratic Method. He led His
audience to conclusions by asking a lot of questions. For examples check out Matthew 16:26,
or 22:20-21, or look at this resource. Questions are a powerful teaching method, especially when
teaching a hostile crowd (like unbelievers). Questions stimulate critical thinking. Asking good
questions makes the audience hungry to find the answers.
5. JESUS USED OBJECT LESSONS
Jesus often used object lessons to communicate to his audience. He washed the feet of the
disciples to teach servant leadership (John 13:3–17). He called a little child to him to discuss
childlike faith (Matthew 18:1–4). He described unselfish giving after watching a widow drop two
small coins into the temple offering (Mark 12:41–44).
6. JESUS USED REPETITION
Jesus helped his audience learn His lessons by frequently repeating Himself. He taught the same
major themes again and again. For example, Jesus spoke of his death and resurrection over and
over again (Mark 8:31; 9:31; 10:33–34), and the disciples still didn’t get it. Sometimes people
need to hear something many times over before it fully sinks in. In addition, teachings that get
repeated get remembered. If you want to preach like Jesus, repeat.
HEALING
LAYING ON OF HANDS
(1) Matt 8:2,3; Mark 1:40,41; Luke 5:12,13 Leper healed  “if Thou wilt “, along with
SPEAKING
THE WORD OVER him  “be thou clean “.
(2) Matt 8:14,15; Mark 1:30,31;  Luke 4:38,39  Peter’s mother-in-law healed of fever by
touching her
hand and He REBUKED THE SICKNESS (no faith on her part)
(3) Matt 8:16,17; Mark 1:32-34;  Luke 4:40  (and CASTING OUT OF DEVILS)
(4) Matt 9:18,19, 23-26; Mark 5:22-24,35-43; Luke 8:41,42,49-55 Raising of Jairus’ daughter
from the
dead; He commanded her to arise (and HEALING BY FAITH OF THE RECEIVER) (see
COMMANDING THE PERSON TO ACT)

HEALING BY THE FAITH OF THE RECEIVER

(1) Matt 8:5-13; Luke 7:1-10 Centurion’s Servant healed; Jesus Marveled at his faith; He had
faith to believe that Jesus only needed to SPEAK THE WORD OVER the servant.
(2) Matt 9:18,19, 23-26; Mark 5:22-24,35-43; Luke 8:41,42,49-55 (and LAYING ON OF
HANDS) (and COMMANDING THE PERSON TO ACT)
(3) Matt 9:20-22; Mark 5:25-34; Luke 8:43-48 Woman with issue of blood healed by touching
His garment; Jesus said her faith made her whole, to go in peace, and to be healed of her plague.
(4) Matt 9:27-30 (and LAYING ON OF HANDS)
HEALING BY FAITH OF ANOTHER
(1) Matt 9:2-7; Mark 2:3-12; Luke 5:18-25 Friends let the man down through the roof because of
the crowd; Jesus commanded him to arise and he did. (and COMMANDING THE PERSON TO
ACT)
(2) Matt 15:22-28; Mark 7:25-30 Gentile woman crying after Jesus to heal daughter possessed
with devil (and CASTING OUT OF DEVILS)
(3) Matt 17:14-18; Mark 9:17-27; Luke 9:38-42 (and LAYING ON OF HANDS) (and
CASTING OUT OF DEVILS)
(4) John 4:46-54 Man besought Jesus to come heal his son at the point of death; Jesus spoke the
Word over him, the man believed the Word spoken and went back as Jesus commanded and the
boy was healed. (and SPEAKING THE WORD OVER THE PERSON) (and COMMANDING
THE PERSON TO ACTS).

REBUKING THE SICKNESS

(1) Luke 4:38,39 (Matt 8:14,15; Mark 1:30,31) (and LAYING ON OF HANDS)
CASTING OUT OF DEVILS
(1) Matt 8:16,17  ; Mark 1:32-34  ; Luke 4:40,41 (and LAYING ON OF HANDS) Healing
the sick
at evening; He laid hands on all of them. A comparison of the texts shows Matt &
Luke agree that  “all
” were healed. Mark says  “many ” were healed. The only conclusion to draw is that the
casting out of
devils caused  “healings ” for some but  Mark emphasizes the casting out of devils rather
than the fact they were healed  . While others were healed and did not require the casting
out of devils- for these Mark says  “And He healed many that were sick of divers diseases ”
” then says  “and cast out many devils “. In other words, all were healed.
(2) Matt 9:32,33 When the dumb man had the devil cast out, he could speak.
(3) Matt 12:22; Luke 11:14 Man healed of blindness and dumbness when devil cast out.

COMMANDING THE PERSON TO ACT

(1) Matt 12:9-13; Mark 3:1-5; Luke 6:6-10 Jesus commanded the man to stretch forth his
withe .
(2) Matt 9:2-7; Mark 2:3-12; Luke 5:18-25 (and HEALING BY FAITH OF ANOTHER)
(3) Matt 9:18,19, 23-26; Mark 5:22-24,35-43; Luke 8:41,42,49-55 (and LAYING ON OF
HANDS) (and HEALING BY FAITH OF THE RECEIVER)
(4) Mark 10:46-52; Luke 18:35 43 (and HEALING BY FAITH OF THE RECEIVER) (and
SPEAKING THE WORD OVER THE PERSON)
(5) Mark 8:22-25 (and LAYING ON OF HANDS)
 THE 12 DISCIPLES
1. Simon or Simon Peter or Cephas – the rock, brother of Andrew a
fisherman. The chief spoke person among the 12.
2. Andrew- the brother of Peter. A man of courage and very resourceful.
3. James also called the Great- son of Alpheus, neither quiet nor shy.
4. John- the son of Zebedee and Salome. The beloved disciple.
5. Philip- he was also called the evangelist or missionary preacher of the
gospel.
6. Bartholomew – also called as Nathanael in the gospel of John. “one
happy- go -lucky character”
7. Matthew- also called Levi. The tax collector.
8. Thomas- the doubter, the grumbler and fault-finder.
9. James the Less- the son of Alpheus. He was called the Less because
he was younger in age and shorter in stature than James the Great.
10. Simon - the Canaanite- was called the Zealot.
11. Thaddeus - was also known as “Judas James.” He was the brother of
James the Less.
12. Judas Iscariot- the treasurer among the 12 disciples. The betrayer of
Jesus.
PEOPLE RESPONSIBLE THE DEATH OF JESUS
Pontius Pilates - Pontius Pilate was the Roman prefect (governor) of Judaea (26–36 CE)
who presided at the trial of Jesus and gave the order for his crucifixion.
The crowd – it was the crowd, stirred up by the religious leaders, who asked for Barabbas
to be released and who shouted “Crucify him!” Religious leaders – they were jealous of
Jesus' popularity. They were angered by the laws that Jesus broke and the criticisms he
made of them.
Religious Leaders – They were jealous of him.
Judas Iscariot - Judas betrayed his master. The only motive shown in scripture is greed, but
the gospels also say that Judas was possessed by Satan, and acted as he did to fulfil
prophecies. he betrayed Jesus to the religious leaders and gave them the opportunity to
arrest him.
- Disciples- they did not defend Jesus.
God – God’s plan for salvation
7 LAST WORDS OF JESUS ON THE CROSS:
1. Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do. =
2. Today you will be with me in paradise.
3. Woman, behold, thy son! Behold, thy mother!
4. My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?
5. I Thirst.
6. It is finished.
7. Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit.
The Seven Last Words give us powerful insight into His thoughts as took all the sins of
mankind upon Himself. With these words, He forgives His enemies, forgives the penitent
thief, cries out to God, and declares the end of His earthly life.

SIGNIFICANCE OF THE RESURRECTION OF JESUS

1. Believers are justified before God. -Rom. 4:25
Justification- means to "be put right with" - Because of our sin, humanity is cut-off from a
right relationship with God. - Rom. 6:382.
2. It shows that Jesus defeated death. Death- is the enemy of mankind and the just
punishment for our sin. -Rom. 6:33
3. It means that believers are united with Christ. 2 Cor. 4:14
4. It confirms the truth of the Scripture. -Job 19:25
5. It proves the gospel to be true. 1 Cor. 15:14, 17-19
6. It proves that Jesus is the Son of God. Rom.1: 4
7. It means that God the Father will give his Holy Spirit to believers. - Acts 2:33
8. It gives Christians a living hope. - 1 Peter 1:3-4
9. It means that we will be raised like Him. 1 Cor. 15:20, 15:21-22, 1 Cor. 15: 42-44
10. It means that Christ will judge the world in righteousness. Acts 17: 30-31