1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:09,000 Alright, so last week we began studying parables kind of like overall, right? 2 00:00:09,000 --> 00:00:12,080 And we've been talking about, now we'll get into the parables themselves and we've been 3 00:00:12,080 --> 00:00:16,320 summing like looking at a few of them as we go along like as examples and getting the 4 00:00:16,320 --> 00:00:20,780 lessons out of them which will help when the time comes because there are a lot of parables 5 00:00:20,780 --> 00:00:25,600 and the parables will, if we would study them all one after another after another Old Testament 6 00:00:25,600 --> 00:00:28,620 and New Testament it would take a really long time. 7 00:00:28,620 --> 00:00:32,620 So we won't study them all when that time comes but we'll study a bunch of them that 8 00:00:32,620 --> 00:00:37,160 make a big difference and they all can make a big difference but we're just going to study 9 00:00:37,160 --> 00:00:41,360 a bunch of them that make a big difference in our understanding of what a parable is 10 00:00:41,360 --> 00:00:44,080 and what Jesus' purpose for using parables was. 11 00:00:44,080 --> 00:00:46,080 So that is our ultimate goal. 12 00:00:46,080 --> 00:00:50,880 You'll notice it says parables at the top but I have left a portion of the word for 13 00:00:50,880 --> 00:00:55,840 you to fill in there so you can finish the word parables artistically as you desire or 14 00:00:55,840 --> 00:01:00,080 you can just leave it the way it is if you want. 15 00:01:00,080 --> 00:01:06,720 And then we are starting right at the top of the page under the word parables and you're 16 00:01:06,720 --> 00:01:15,400 going to see a definition for the word parables there. 17 00:01:15,400 --> 00:01:19,000 And if I was describing the word parables and I had a word that began with the letter 18 00:01:19,000 --> 00:01:21,520 F, is anyone going to guess what that word might be? 19 00:01:21,520 --> 00:01:24,000 Faithful is great. 20 00:01:24,000 --> 00:01:25,720 Faith would be good. 21 00:01:25,720 --> 00:01:30,640 I have fictitious or fictional. 22 00:01:30,640 --> 00:01:32,320 Fictional or fictitious. 23 00:01:32,320 --> 00:01:34,840 So this is a definition of the word parables. 24 00:01:34,840 --> 00:01:40,920 It is one that is used when you're studying literature. 25 00:01:40,920 --> 00:01:47,840 So not a Bible study, not looking at the Bible the way we understand it, the inerrant inspired 26 00:01:47,840 --> 00:01:49,120 word of God. 27 00:01:49,120 --> 00:01:54,040 But when you think about the Bible in general as literature, this is a definition. 28 00:01:54,040 --> 00:01:58,160 So the parables are fictitious, fictional, figurative. 29 00:01:58,160 --> 00:02:00,760 Then the next word is particular. 30 00:02:00,760 --> 00:02:07,280 So in other words, they pick out a certain thing and then they're past tense, which is 31 00:02:07,280 --> 00:02:10,560 interesting because right now you're thinking in the back of your head some of the parables 32 00:02:10,560 --> 00:02:12,640 are not past tense in the Bible. 33 00:02:12,640 --> 00:02:16,800 But when they study it, in a minute you're going to see that they call those things something 34 00:02:16,800 --> 00:02:17,800 different. 35 00:02:17,800 --> 00:02:19,720 So that's not a parable. 36 00:02:19,720 --> 00:02:22,840 So fictitious, particular, past tense. 37 00:02:22,840 --> 00:02:29,320 And an example then is the parable, that P is parable, of the, somebody finish it, parable 38 00:02:29,320 --> 00:02:30,320 of the what? 39 00:02:30,320 --> 00:02:31,720 Nope, it's not Lord. 40 00:02:31,720 --> 00:02:32,720 Two words, they go together. 41 00:02:32,720 --> 00:02:35,880 It's the parable of the lost, actually in this case, son. 42 00:02:35,880 --> 00:02:39,640 But that is a parable, Jason, you're right, the parable of the lost son. 43 00:02:39,640 --> 00:02:43,400 Now in the church we call the parable of the lost son what? 44 00:02:43,400 --> 00:02:44,840 The prodigal son. 45 00:02:44,840 --> 00:02:47,960 So that word is not in the Bible, the prodigal is not in the Bible. 46 00:02:47,960 --> 00:02:50,480 It's about a son that runs away from home. 47 00:02:50,480 --> 00:02:53,840 Does anybody know the reference or approximate reference of that parable? 48 00:02:53,840 --> 00:02:54,840 Yes sir. 49 00:02:54,840 --> 00:02:56,600 I can't hear you. 50 00:02:56,600 --> 00:02:58,200 It is in Luke, that is correct. 51 00:02:58,200 --> 00:03:00,240 Does anybody know what chapter? 52 00:03:00,240 --> 00:03:01,240 Ten? 53 00:03:01,240 --> 00:03:02,640 Close, it's fifteen. 54 00:03:02,640 --> 00:03:06,000 And it's verses eleven through thirty-two. 55 00:03:06,000 --> 00:03:09,120 And that's the story, we're not going to read this one today, so I'm just going to give that 56 00:03:09,120 --> 00:03:12,280 brief summary so we make sure we understand we're talking about the same story. 57 00:03:12,280 --> 00:03:16,680 There was a fairly wealthy man, he had two sons, and one guy said, give me my inheritance 58 00:03:16,680 --> 00:03:18,480 now and I'm going to go away and live on my own. 59 00:03:18,480 --> 00:03:20,800 I don't want to live here anymore, I don't want to take care of the farm anymore, I don't 60 00:03:20,800 --> 00:03:23,480 want to do this work anymore, I don't want to be part of this family anymore. 61 00:03:23,480 --> 00:03:27,440 And he took the wealth and he went off and he wound up spending it all on frivolous living, 62 00:03:27,440 --> 00:03:28,440 okay? 63 00:03:28,440 --> 00:03:32,440 To the point that all he had left was a job feeding pigs slop, and he thought, boy, if 64 00:03:32,440 --> 00:03:36,880 only I could eat the slop that the pigs eat, I'd be better off than I am, because I'm starving. 65 00:03:36,880 --> 00:03:39,880 And then he thought, boy, if I could, okay? 66 00:03:39,880 --> 00:03:44,640 He thought, boy, if I could go back to my father's household and become a servant in 67 00:03:44,640 --> 00:03:48,800 my father's household, the servants there are doing so much better than I am, and he 68 00:03:48,800 --> 00:03:53,600 did go home and his dad runs off the porch and grabs him, falls on him, kisses him on 69 00:03:53,600 --> 00:03:57,920 the neck, puts a robe on him, a ring on him, shoes on him, kills the fatted calf, has a 70 00:03:57,920 --> 00:03:59,120 huge party. 71 00:03:59,120 --> 00:04:02,920 Even though he betrayed him, even though he took half his fortune and went and blew it 72 00:04:02,920 --> 00:04:07,240 on frivolous living, the father responds that way in the story, that's the parable of the 73 00:04:07,240 --> 00:04:13,200 prodigal son, or the lost son, as the world studies it as literature, it's a lost son, 74 00:04:13,200 --> 00:04:14,200 okay? 75 00:04:14,200 --> 00:04:18,040 So now go over to the right and you'll see like two curtains, we're going backwards on 76 00:04:18,040 --> 00:04:23,240 that arrow, you'll see two curtains and those are stage lights at the top. 77 00:04:23,240 --> 00:04:29,120 So we went over to the right after the number three, and it says T U, and I'll give you 78 00:04:29,120 --> 00:04:35,320 that because you wouldn't have any guess probably, it's technically, technically, T E C H N I 79 00:04:35,320 --> 00:04:40,200 C A L L Y, technically used, technically used. 80 00:04:40,200 --> 00:04:45,680 So when you take writing, you take a kind of writing and you look at just exactly what 81 00:04:45,680 --> 00:04:50,000 it says, even if it's a parable and it's got some figurative language, you know what, but 82 00:04:50,000 --> 00:04:54,400 you look at what it says and you try to learn from it as that and it's not inspired by God, 83 00:04:54,400 --> 00:04:57,760 you're not thinking of it that way, you're not thinking of it as a word from the Lord, 84 00:04:57,760 --> 00:05:01,880 anything like that, then you're looking at it technically, like it's the same as if you 85 00:05:01,880 --> 00:05:09,000 took the instructions on how to install a TV box or how to put a hard drive in and you 86 00:05:09,000 --> 00:05:13,040 look at those things technically, like okay, if I do this step, this step, this step, this 87 00:05:13,040 --> 00:05:15,800 step, I'm going to get certain results, right? 88 00:05:15,800 --> 00:05:22,320 But if I look at those things, just kind of like poetry, or if I look at them, how they're 89 00:05:22,320 --> 00:05:25,920 written and think of like, oh, it could be not talking about a hard drive, it could be 90 00:05:25,920 --> 00:05:28,140 talking about something else, right? 91 00:05:28,140 --> 00:05:30,860 Then that's not technical, I'm not looking at it technically. 92 00:05:30,860 --> 00:05:37,120 So they would say, this what we're about to see is a technical use of the term parable, 93 00:05:37,120 --> 00:05:38,120 okay? 94 00:05:38,120 --> 00:05:40,760 And the next line is for modern studies, okay? 95 00:05:40,760 --> 00:05:43,520 So it's technically used for modern studies. 96 00:05:43,520 --> 00:05:48,360 So they use that definition that we had for modern studies of literature, which they would 97 00:05:48,360 --> 00:05:51,000 consider the Bible also to be literature. 98 00:05:51,000 --> 00:05:54,400 And some of them are Christians, some of them expect that it's from God and all that kinds 99 00:05:54,400 --> 00:05:58,240 of things, but they still study it as literature. 100 00:05:58,240 --> 00:06:05,640 So it's technically used, modern studies, to distinguish from other but problems arise. 101 00:06:05,640 --> 00:06:06,640 That's what it says. 102 00:06:06,640 --> 00:06:10,080 So in other words, they're going to distinguish a parable from other kinds of writing, and 103 00:06:10,080 --> 00:06:12,640 we're going to look at that here in a second, what those other kinds are. 104 00:06:12,640 --> 00:06:16,240 They're going to distinguish a parable from other kinds of writing, but then right away 105 00:06:16,240 --> 00:06:17,640 you're going to see the issue. 106 00:06:17,640 --> 00:06:20,720 The Bible was, and I'm going to burst the bubble right now by just telling you, the 107 00:06:20,720 --> 00:06:24,600 Bible was not meant to be studied as a literature. 108 00:06:24,600 --> 00:06:27,080 It isn't even meant to be studied as a history book. 109 00:06:27,080 --> 00:06:28,080 Yes, ma'am? 110 00:06:28,080 --> 00:06:32,040 Yes, from other but problems arise. 111 00:06:32,040 --> 00:06:35,960 You could put others with an S. That would make it actually decent grammar. 112 00:06:35,960 --> 00:06:38,320 Not great, but decent enough. 113 00:06:38,320 --> 00:06:41,680 From others but problems arise. 114 00:06:41,680 --> 00:06:43,720 Okay? 115 00:06:43,720 --> 00:06:46,920 So this was not meant to be studied as a piece of literature. 116 00:06:46,920 --> 00:06:49,360 It's not meant to be studied just as a history writing. 117 00:06:49,360 --> 00:06:52,920 It's not meant to be studied as the textbooks they used to use in school, although that's 118 00:06:52,920 --> 00:06:53,920 true. 119 00:06:53,920 --> 00:07:00,440 This was the only textbook that existed, right, in regular, like up through seventh or eighth 120 00:07:00,440 --> 00:07:01,880 grade at least. 121 00:07:01,880 --> 00:07:02,880 Okay. 122 00:07:02,880 --> 00:07:07,720 So that definition that we just looked at, fictitious, particular, past tense, such as 123 00:07:07,720 --> 00:07:12,000 the parable of the lost son, that is the definition that they use when they're talking about it 124 00:07:12,000 --> 00:07:15,400 in technical modern studies, technically used modern studies. 125 00:07:15,400 --> 00:07:18,200 Now you follow the arrow down to the middle. 126 00:07:18,200 --> 00:07:22,760 When I said others, we're now going to talk about what the others are. 127 00:07:22,760 --> 00:07:27,400 How would they say a parable is different from other types of writing? 128 00:07:27,400 --> 00:07:28,400 Okay? 129 00:07:28,400 --> 00:07:30,040 And the first one is on the left. 130 00:07:30,040 --> 00:07:31,440 You like these, Josh? 131 00:07:31,440 --> 00:07:34,440 And it is a similitude. 132 00:07:34,440 --> 00:07:37,440 S-I-M-I-L-I-T-U-D. 133 00:07:37,440 --> 00:07:39,800 It's all I's. 134 00:07:39,800 --> 00:07:41,520 It comes from the word simile. 135 00:07:41,520 --> 00:07:46,280 So it's S-I-M-I-L-I-T-U-D-E. 136 00:07:46,280 --> 00:07:47,280 We're not going there yet. 137 00:07:47,280 --> 00:07:48,280 We'll get there in a minute. 138 00:07:48,280 --> 00:07:49,280 Don't jump ahead of me. 139 00:07:49,280 --> 00:07:50,280 Okay? 140 00:07:50,280 --> 00:07:51,960 So the first one is similitude. 141 00:07:51,960 --> 00:07:55,520 And a similitude is a comparison. 142 00:07:55,520 --> 00:07:57,760 C stands for comparison. 143 00:07:57,760 --> 00:08:00,320 Okay? 144 00:08:00,320 --> 00:08:04,800 Now you know about the parables that when Jesus talked and told parables himself that 145 00:08:04,800 --> 00:08:09,480 he told parables about farming, he told parables about agriculture, he told parables about 146 00:08:09,480 --> 00:08:12,880 war, about building, all kinds of things. 147 00:08:12,880 --> 00:08:17,600 But all of these are using real life examples. 148 00:08:17,600 --> 00:08:19,760 So that's the next line, using real life examples. 149 00:08:19,760 --> 00:08:23,040 Anybody want to take a stab at PT? 150 00:08:23,040 --> 00:08:24,480 So we have similitude. 151 00:08:24,480 --> 00:08:26,920 It's a comparison using real life examples. 152 00:08:26,920 --> 00:08:29,840 What do you think PT might stand for? 153 00:08:29,840 --> 00:08:30,840 Say it again. 154 00:08:30,840 --> 00:08:31,840 Past tense. 155 00:08:31,840 --> 00:08:32,840 That is correct. 156 00:08:32,840 --> 00:08:33,840 Past tense is correct. 157 00:08:33,840 --> 00:08:35,880 So these stories would be considered past tense. 158 00:08:35,880 --> 00:08:36,880 Okay? 159 00:08:36,880 --> 00:08:41,520 So they would say that Jesus used similitudes. 160 00:08:41,520 --> 00:08:46,840 Remember, there are problems with that assessment, but he would say he used similitudes. 161 00:08:46,840 --> 00:08:51,760 And they are stories using real life examples that are past tense. 162 00:08:51,760 --> 00:08:54,760 And they would say that they are comparing one thing to another. 163 00:08:54,760 --> 00:08:56,920 So I'm going to give you, I'm going to read one to you now. 164 00:08:56,920 --> 00:08:57,920 It's just very short. 165 00:08:57,920 --> 00:09:00,580 It comes from Matthew 13. 166 00:09:00,580 --> 00:09:04,000 So that's Matthew 13, 31 and 32. 167 00:09:04,000 --> 00:09:06,060 He presented this to them. 168 00:09:06,060 --> 00:09:12,240 He presented another parable to them saying, the kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed. 169 00:09:12,240 --> 00:09:16,680 So when you see that is like a, the like is what makes it a simile. 170 00:09:16,680 --> 00:09:19,400 A simile is when you use as or like. 171 00:09:19,400 --> 00:09:21,440 He had a big nose like a school bus. 172 00:09:21,440 --> 00:09:23,960 I mean, that's a weird symbol, simile, right? 173 00:09:23,960 --> 00:09:25,320 But it's big like a school bus. 174 00:09:25,320 --> 00:09:26,320 School buses are big. 175 00:09:26,320 --> 00:09:27,640 So that's a simile. 176 00:09:27,640 --> 00:09:30,880 It was blue like a winter sky. 177 00:09:30,880 --> 00:09:31,880 Right? 178 00:09:31,880 --> 00:09:34,280 So we use like or as, that's a simile. 179 00:09:34,280 --> 00:09:39,320 And these similitudes use language like that to compare one thing to another. 180 00:09:39,320 --> 00:09:40,920 So they say that's what this is. 181 00:09:40,920 --> 00:09:43,560 They would say that what we're reading now is not a parable. 182 00:09:43,560 --> 00:09:47,760 If you remember from last week's study, we studied it pretty thoroughly and we came up 183 00:09:47,760 --> 00:09:53,160 with there was a much broader definition of parable and this would definitely be included. 184 00:09:53,160 --> 00:09:57,120 But modern literature, people studying it would say, no, this is actually a similitude. 185 00:09:57,120 --> 00:09:58,840 So I hope you're following my logic. 186 00:09:58,840 --> 00:10:03,320 He presented another parable to them saying, the kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed, 187 00:10:03,320 --> 00:10:06,020 which a man took and sowed in his field. 188 00:10:06,020 --> 00:10:09,560 And this is smaller than all other seeds. 189 00:10:09,560 --> 00:10:10,800 See it's a comparison. 190 00:10:10,800 --> 00:10:12,400 One seed to another. 191 00:10:12,400 --> 00:10:17,600 But when it is full grown, it is larger than the garden plants. 192 00:10:17,600 --> 00:10:18,760 See it's a comparison. 193 00:10:18,760 --> 00:10:22,760 The plant produced by the seed is larger than the garden plants. 194 00:10:22,760 --> 00:10:24,320 So he's saying it's a comparison. 195 00:10:24,320 --> 00:10:25,880 This is smaller than all other seeds. 196 00:10:25,880 --> 00:10:30,560 But when it's full grown, it is larger than the garden plants and becomes a tree so that 197 00:10:30,560 --> 00:10:33,960 the birds of the air come and nest in its branches. 198 00:10:33,960 --> 00:10:34,960 Okay? 199 00:10:34,960 --> 00:10:41,160 So they would say in modern literature studies that is a similitude, not a parable. 200 00:10:41,160 --> 00:10:44,840 Even though the Bible says, remember we looked at that word last week. 201 00:10:44,840 --> 00:10:46,720 Does anybody remember the word from last week? 202 00:10:46,720 --> 00:10:49,920 Nope, not the actual word for parable is what I'm looking for. 203 00:10:49,920 --> 00:10:51,000 But you're right, that was one. 204 00:10:51,000 --> 00:10:53,640 We'll get there on that. 205 00:10:53,640 --> 00:10:54,860 Parable A. That's right. 206 00:10:54,860 --> 00:11:01,240 So that word right there where it says he presented another parable is the word parable 207 00:11:01,240 --> 00:11:04,880 A. It goes all the way back to the Greek and then it came to the Latin, to the English. 208 00:11:04,880 --> 00:11:05,880 Right? 209 00:11:05,880 --> 00:11:10,640 So it's parable A. And when it came to the English, they made up that word because it 210 00:11:10,640 --> 00:11:12,080 didn't previously exist. 211 00:11:12,080 --> 00:11:14,000 It came from through that chain. 212 00:11:14,000 --> 00:11:15,000 All right? 213 00:11:15,000 --> 00:11:19,600 And so then all of this we're studying is the debate of what a parable is. 214 00:11:19,600 --> 00:11:20,600 That's what we're talking about. 215 00:11:20,600 --> 00:11:26,080 And last week we concluded because of what the Bible says, that it is a broad category 216 00:11:26,080 --> 00:11:28,400 of things and this would be a parable. 217 00:11:28,400 --> 00:11:29,400 Okay? 218 00:11:29,400 --> 00:11:31,640 But modern studies says it's not a parable. 219 00:11:31,640 --> 00:11:36,800 It's actually a similitude where he's comparing one thing to another, which in this case is 220 00:11:36,800 --> 00:11:40,440 seed to seed, seed to kingdom of heaven. 221 00:11:40,440 --> 00:11:46,840 So can somebody give me, Bible scholars or Holy Spirit led people ready to preach, tell 222 00:11:46,840 --> 00:11:53,000 me what is the lesson that we learn from the parable or similitude of the mustard seed? 223 00:11:53,000 --> 00:11:54,000 Go ahead. 224 00:11:54,000 --> 00:11:55,680 I'm going to remind you what it says. 225 00:11:55,680 --> 00:11:59,600 It says the kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed which a man took and sowed in his field, 226 00:11:59,600 --> 00:12:03,760 smaller than all other seeds, but when it is full grown, it's larger than the garden 227 00:12:03,760 --> 00:12:08,840 plants and becomes a tree so that the birds of the air come and nest in its branches. 228 00:12:08,840 --> 00:12:09,840 So what does that teach us? 229 00:12:09,840 --> 00:12:12,200 I mean it could be several things, but give me one thing. 230 00:12:12,200 --> 00:12:13,200 Say it again. 231 00:12:13,200 --> 00:12:14,200 I love my tree. 232 00:12:14,200 --> 00:12:15,200 Okay. 233 00:12:15,200 --> 00:12:16,200 Somebody else want to take a stab at it? 234 00:12:16,200 --> 00:12:17,200 Okay. 235 00:12:17,200 --> 00:12:18,200 Okay. 236 00:12:18,200 --> 00:12:19,200 There you go. 237 00:12:19,200 --> 00:12:23,040 So he's saying that Jesus is teaching us that there is a certain kind of seed, and I submit 238 00:12:23,040 --> 00:12:24,720 to you it's a kingdom seed, right? 239 00:12:24,720 --> 00:12:29,920 It's a God thing, that planted will ultimately have a huge impact. 240 00:12:29,920 --> 00:12:34,200 But then he takes that and he says the kingdom of God is like that. 241 00:12:34,200 --> 00:12:35,280 I'll give you an example. 242 00:12:35,280 --> 00:12:36,280 I just told some of this story. 243 00:12:36,280 --> 00:12:39,840 I read it this last week and you might hear it again on a Sunday sermon upcoming if it 244 00:12:39,840 --> 00:12:41,640 applies at that time. 245 00:12:41,640 --> 00:12:42,640 And D.L. 246 00:12:42,640 --> 00:12:46,640 Moody tells this story where he goes to a train station late at night and there's a 247 00:12:46,640 --> 00:12:49,800 man standing under street light, kind of gruff looking dude, and the Holy Spirit led him 248 00:12:49,800 --> 00:12:50,800 to go up and talk to him. 249 00:12:50,800 --> 00:12:53,280 And he walked up to him and he said, are you a Christian? 250 00:12:53,280 --> 00:12:54,920 And he said, get away from me. 251 00:12:54,920 --> 00:12:55,920 And he got really mad. 252 00:12:55,920 --> 00:12:56,920 How dare you ask me that? 253 00:12:56,920 --> 00:12:59,160 And he blew up at him for even asking that question. 254 00:12:59,160 --> 00:13:00,160 The man did. 255 00:13:00,160 --> 00:13:01,160 And D.L. 256 00:13:01,160 --> 00:13:03,000 Moody said, he said, it's none of your business. 257 00:13:03,000 --> 00:13:05,240 And he said, actually, I'm a Christian. 258 00:13:05,240 --> 00:13:07,160 I'm a follower of the Lord. 259 00:13:07,160 --> 00:13:09,120 It is exactly my business. 260 00:13:09,120 --> 00:13:10,120 This is what I do. 261 00:13:10,120 --> 00:13:12,680 And he said, but if you don't want to talk about it, you don't want to talk about it, 262 00:13:12,680 --> 00:13:13,680 you let it go. 263 00:13:13,680 --> 00:13:17,160 Six months later, that man come knocking at his door, he knocks his door and he goes, 264 00:13:17,160 --> 00:13:18,160 opens the door. 265 00:13:18,160 --> 00:13:20,080 And there's that man standing there and it was quite a surprise to him. 266 00:13:20,080 --> 00:13:24,440 I'm not sure if he immediately recognized him or not, and that man said, can you tell 267 00:13:24,440 --> 00:13:26,080 me how to become a Christian? 268 00:13:26,080 --> 00:13:29,400 So just that question, are you a Christian? 269 00:13:29,400 --> 00:13:33,760 Even though the man blew up or whatever, six months later becomes everything that leads 270 00:13:33,760 --> 00:13:37,600 that man to become a Christian, to desire to become a Christian. 271 00:13:37,600 --> 00:13:39,200 The kingdom of God is like that. 272 00:13:39,200 --> 00:13:40,200 That's what the parable is. 273 00:13:40,200 --> 00:13:43,080 So Jesus is trying to say, just get started. 274 00:13:43,080 --> 00:13:44,720 Just do something godly. 275 00:13:44,720 --> 00:13:46,040 Just do what God wants you to do. 276 00:13:46,040 --> 00:13:47,680 You don't have to understand why. 277 00:13:47,680 --> 00:13:49,680 You don't even have to understand what the results are going to be. 278 00:13:49,680 --> 00:13:53,120 Maybe in this lifetime you may never know what the results are going to be, but God 279 00:13:53,120 --> 00:13:54,520 is going to blow it up. 280 00:13:54,520 --> 00:13:59,520 As long as it's kingdom, it's going to grow and it'll have a huge impact on the world. 281 00:13:59,520 --> 00:14:04,440 So that similitude or what we believe, parable, teaches us that. 282 00:14:04,440 --> 00:14:11,600 So then the middle one, the E, we're ready for the E. Exemplary, exemplary. 283 00:14:11,600 --> 00:14:15,440 So when something is exemplary, without looking it up, yes? 284 00:14:15,440 --> 00:14:17,360 It is not a comparison. 285 00:14:17,360 --> 00:14:18,360 Very good, Caleb. 286 00:14:18,360 --> 00:14:20,600 So our next phrase there is not a comparison. 287 00:14:20,600 --> 00:14:21,600 He is correct. 288 00:14:21,600 --> 00:14:22,600 Okay? 289 00:14:22,600 --> 00:14:25,560 That being said, somebody tell me what exemplary does mean. 290 00:14:25,560 --> 00:14:30,200 E-X-E-M-P-L-A-R-Y. 291 00:14:30,200 --> 00:14:33,120 In layman's terms, simply put, what does exemplary mean? 292 00:14:33,120 --> 00:14:34,640 What word does it come from? 293 00:14:34,640 --> 00:14:35,640 You know that, right? 294 00:14:35,640 --> 00:14:36,640 It comes from example. 295 00:14:36,640 --> 00:14:37,640 Okay? 296 00:14:37,640 --> 00:14:39,440 So what is an example? 297 00:14:39,440 --> 00:14:41,600 Exemplary means has the character of an example. 298 00:14:41,600 --> 00:14:42,600 That's what exemplary means. 299 00:14:42,600 --> 00:14:45,600 So what is an example? 300 00:14:45,600 --> 00:14:54,880 Okay, that's a good kind of what an example does, yes? 301 00:14:54,880 --> 00:14:56,880 Say it again. 302 00:14:56,880 --> 00:15:00,200 Okay, could be, could be, yeah, to tell what it's like. 303 00:15:00,200 --> 00:15:03,640 Okay, so an example is, you want to do it? 304 00:15:03,640 --> 00:15:05,040 You want to do it? 305 00:15:05,040 --> 00:15:06,040 In layman's terms? 306 00:15:06,040 --> 00:15:10,880 Okay, it could be something, one definition is something worth imitating. 307 00:15:10,880 --> 00:15:11,880 Okay? 308 00:15:11,880 --> 00:15:15,560 Or something that stands out, and I submit to you, it also could be something that you 309 00:15:15,560 --> 00:15:17,160 don't want to imitate, right? 310 00:15:17,160 --> 00:15:22,200 Like the example of the guy on death row, he's an example of how you don't want to be, 311 00:15:22,200 --> 00:15:23,200 right? 312 00:15:23,200 --> 00:15:26,160 Some people are like that, and that's where this is going to go. 313 00:15:26,160 --> 00:15:28,360 So exemplary, not a comparison. 314 00:15:28,360 --> 00:15:31,360 Caleb got that right, not a comparison. 315 00:15:31,360 --> 00:15:32,360 Okay? 316 00:15:32,360 --> 00:15:35,020 It's typical, the T is typical. 317 00:15:35,020 --> 00:15:38,480 So it means it's like the way things normally are, okay? 318 00:15:38,480 --> 00:15:40,520 Or recurring. 319 00:15:40,520 --> 00:15:42,920 So in other words, it's a thing that happens sometimes. 320 00:15:42,920 --> 00:15:44,320 It's happened before. 321 00:15:44,320 --> 00:15:46,440 Talking about a storm, storms happen. 322 00:15:46,440 --> 00:15:48,920 Talking about a seed being buried, seeds get buried, right? 323 00:15:48,920 --> 00:15:52,640 So it's a thing that we're kind of sort of familiar with happens in the world. 324 00:15:52,640 --> 00:15:55,960 Might be talking about an earthquake, we know earthquakes happen. 325 00:15:55,960 --> 00:16:01,520 Typical or recurring event, and there's that RL again, what was the RL? 326 00:16:01,520 --> 00:16:02,800 Say it again? 327 00:16:02,800 --> 00:16:05,120 Real life, that's right, real life, very good. 328 00:16:05,120 --> 00:16:06,120 Okay? 329 00:16:06,120 --> 00:16:07,120 What was the E? 330 00:16:07,120 --> 00:16:12,120 The E is event, recurring event, a recurring event is something that happens. 331 00:16:12,120 --> 00:16:14,120 Okay? 332 00:16:14,120 --> 00:16:19,000 And then it's talking about people a lot of times, even though it might be done in symbolic 333 00:16:19,000 --> 00:16:20,000 language. 334 00:16:20,000 --> 00:16:22,960 So it's referring to personal character traits. 335 00:16:22,960 --> 00:16:26,040 The next three blanks are personal character traits. 336 00:16:26,040 --> 00:16:29,120 And then what do you think the P or N stands for? 337 00:16:29,120 --> 00:16:32,560 If it's personal character traits, you have two kinds of personal character traits and 338 00:16:32,560 --> 00:16:33,880 they are P or N. 339 00:16:33,880 --> 00:16:34,880 Go. 340 00:16:34,880 --> 00:16:35,880 It's okay. 341 00:16:35,880 --> 00:16:37,520 I'm going to take a stab at it. 342 00:16:37,520 --> 00:16:40,520 If you have personal character traits, you divide them into two categories. 343 00:16:40,520 --> 00:16:43,880 One is you pick your nose and the other is you never tell a lie. 344 00:16:43,880 --> 00:16:45,040 Positive or negative. 345 00:16:45,040 --> 00:16:46,040 That's right. 346 00:16:46,040 --> 00:16:47,040 Okay? 347 00:16:47,040 --> 00:16:48,040 And that's reversed. 348 00:16:48,040 --> 00:16:49,840 Actually, picking the nose is negative. 349 00:16:49,840 --> 00:16:51,640 Never telling a lie would be positive. 350 00:16:51,640 --> 00:16:52,640 Okay? 351 00:16:52,640 --> 00:16:55,960 So they're personal character traits, positive or negatives. 352 00:16:55,960 --> 00:17:02,000 And then they are to be I, Josh already gave us that, imitated or starts with an A. 353 00:17:02,000 --> 00:17:03,000 Avoided. 354 00:17:03,000 --> 00:17:04,000 Perfect. 355 00:17:04,000 --> 00:17:05,000 Yep. 356 00:17:05,000 --> 00:17:09,200 So they are, so it's talking about personal character traits, positive or negative, to 357 00:17:09,200 --> 00:17:11,680 be imitated or avoided. 358 00:17:11,680 --> 00:17:12,680 Okay? 359 00:17:12,680 --> 00:17:14,880 And then this is a list of parables. 360 00:17:14,880 --> 00:17:18,200 So we have the parable of the Good Samaritan. 361 00:17:18,200 --> 00:17:19,760 Very good. 362 00:17:19,760 --> 00:17:22,120 And the reference is under the line there. 363 00:17:22,120 --> 00:17:24,840 It is Luke 10, 30 to 35. 364 00:17:24,840 --> 00:17:25,840 Do we know this story? 365 00:17:25,840 --> 00:17:27,280 I'll give you a basic summary. 366 00:17:27,280 --> 00:17:30,520 Can you give me a basic summary of the parable of the Good Samaritan? 367 00:17:30,520 --> 00:17:35,040 It's, I think it's about, I want to keep doing my turn at all. 368 00:17:35,040 --> 00:17:36,040 That's all right. 369 00:17:36,040 --> 00:17:37,040 Sorry. 370 00:17:37,040 --> 00:17:38,040 So I'm going to take a stab at it. 371 00:17:38,040 --> 00:17:39,040 Chris, go. 372 00:17:39,040 --> 00:17:40,040 Yep. 373 00:17:40,040 --> 00:17:41,040 That's the Luke. 374 00:17:41,040 --> 00:17:42,040 Yep. 375 00:17:42,040 --> 00:17:45,680 So why is he called the Good Samaritan? 376 00:17:45,680 --> 00:17:49,680 Yes, he was a Samaritan. 377 00:17:49,680 --> 00:17:51,880 And people looked down on Samaritans. 378 00:17:51,880 --> 00:17:52,880 They were half-breeds. 379 00:17:52,880 --> 00:17:56,680 And he was called the Good Samaritan because he was the one who helped. 380 00:17:56,680 --> 00:17:57,680 Right? 381 00:17:57,680 --> 00:18:00,080 Does anybody remember why that parable was told? 382 00:18:00,080 --> 00:18:02,680 They asked Jesus a question. 383 00:18:02,680 --> 00:18:06,680 Yes, they asked Jesus, who is my neighbor? 384 00:18:06,680 --> 00:18:09,200 And that's, Jesus told that story. 385 00:18:09,200 --> 00:18:10,200 Okay? 386 00:18:10,200 --> 00:18:12,320 And at the end of the story, what is the answer? 387 00:18:12,320 --> 00:18:13,320 What does he say? 388 00:18:13,320 --> 00:18:16,000 Does anybody remember? 389 00:18:16,000 --> 00:18:19,560 Who was neighborly to the man or who was good to the man who fell on the road? 390 00:18:19,560 --> 00:18:22,640 And then they said, the Samaritan. 391 00:18:22,640 --> 00:18:24,640 And Jesus said, go and do likewise. 392 00:18:24,640 --> 00:18:25,960 So what is he basically saying? 393 00:18:25,960 --> 00:18:29,400 He's saying, stop asking who your neighbor is and be a neighbor. 394 00:18:29,400 --> 00:18:30,400 Right? 395 00:18:30,400 --> 00:18:31,840 That's the basics of the story. 396 00:18:31,840 --> 00:18:33,440 So they were looking for an out. 397 00:18:33,440 --> 00:18:36,680 They wanted to be told they didn't have to help people if their people were in a certain 398 00:18:36,680 --> 00:18:37,680 circumstance. 399 00:18:37,680 --> 00:18:40,840 Then they could dismiss them and say, well, that's not my neighbor, I'm not required 400 00:18:40,840 --> 00:18:41,840 to help them. 401 00:18:41,840 --> 00:18:43,040 And Jesus didn't give them out. 402 00:18:43,040 --> 00:18:45,160 He said, you go and be a neighbor. 403 00:18:45,160 --> 00:18:46,720 That's what you actually are supposed to do. 404 00:18:46,720 --> 00:18:47,720 All right. 405 00:18:47,720 --> 00:18:50,040 So that's the parable of the Good Samaritan. 406 00:18:50,040 --> 00:18:56,960 So in that parable, the Samaritan has personal character traits that are to be imitated. 407 00:18:56,960 --> 00:18:58,880 We should be like the Samaritan. 408 00:18:58,880 --> 00:19:02,440 But also there were some priests, as Chris mentioned, who were in the parable who had 409 00:19:02,440 --> 00:19:05,660 personal character traits, who were not to be imitated. 410 00:19:05,660 --> 00:19:09,280 They were to be avoided, which is not the way the Jewish people normally would have 411 00:19:09,280 --> 00:19:10,280 thought. 412 00:19:10,280 --> 00:19:12,720 They would have been like, oh, priests, holy, good. 413 00:19:12,720 --> 00:19:13,720 They preach the word. 414 00:19:13,720 --> 00:19:14,720 They teach the word. 415 00:19:14,720 --> 00:19:16,460 They know more Bible than I do, all those kinds of things. 416 00:19:16,460 --> 00:19:18,800 So I want to be like the priests. 417 00:19:18,800 --> 00:19:19,800 That's what they thought. 418 00:19:19,800 --> 00:19:21,040 But Jesus said the opposite. 419 00:19:21,040 --> 00:19:24,960 When the priests are like this, you don't want to be like the priests. 420 00:19:24,960 --> 00:19:31,880 So that is the emphasis of the exemplary story, which is a kind of literature, they would 421 00:19:31,880 --> 00:19:32,880 say. 422 00:19:32,880 --> 00:19:35,240 We're not going to do all of these, but we'll look at the next one. 423 00:19:35,240 --> 00:19:37,160 So the next one is the rich fool. 424 00:19:37,160 --> 00:19:38,320 It's the rich fool. 425 00:19:38,320 --> 00:19:40,040 It's already filled in for you. 426 00:19:40,040 --> 00:19:41,080 And it's in Luke 12. 427 00:19:41,080 --> 00:19:43,360 Does anybody remember the parable of the rich fool? 428 00:19:43,360 --> 00:19:47,760 Just a basic summary without us having to read it? 429 00:19:47,760 --> 00:19:50,760 There's a guy and he's rich. 430 00:19:50,760 --> 00:19:53,480 And he decides he's so rich, he's having a problem. 431 00:19:53,480 --> 00:19:55,360 And he decides he's going to fix his problem. 432 00:19:55,360 --> 00:19:57,360 Isn't he even unhappy? 433 00:19:57,360 --> 00:19:58,480 No. 434 00:19:58,480 --> 00:20:02,400 I mean, he might have decided to do something to make himself more happy, but he wasn't 435 00:20:02,400 --> 00:20:03,400 really unhappy. 436 00:20:03,400 --> 00:20:07,360 Nope. 437 00:20:07,360 --> 00:20:08,680 That's a different fool. 438 00:20:08,680 --> 00:20:13,120 Apparently there's more than one fool around. 439 00:20:13,120 --> 00:20:17,080 The land of a certain rich man was very productive and he began reasoning to himself saying, 440 00:20:17,080 --> 00:20:20,120 what shall I do since I have no place to store my crops? 441 00:20:20,120 --> 00:20:21,720 And he said, this is what I will do. 442 00:20:21,720 --> 00:20:26,160 I will tear down my barns and build larger ones and there I will store all my grain and 443 00:20:26,160 --> 00:20:27,160 my goods. 444 00:20:27,160 --> 00:20:31,440 And I will say to my soul, soul, you have many goods laid up for many years to come. 445 00:20:31,440 --> 00:20:33,960 Take your ease, eat, drink and be merry. 446 00:20:33,960 --> 00:20:36,240 There's making himself happy, I guess. 447 00:20:36,240 --> 00:20:42,160 But God said to him, you fool, this very night your soul is required of you and now who will 448 00:20:42,160 --> 00:20:45,920 the man, I'm sorry, and now who will own what you have prepared? 449 00:20:45,920 --> 00:20:51,680 So is the man who lays up treasure for himself and is not rich toward God. 450 00:20:51,680 --> 00:20:54,080 That one fit really well with this last Sunday's sermon. 451 00:20:54,080 --> 00:20:56,080 So that's the parable of the rich fool. 452 00:20:56,080 --> 00:21:02,360 And it is an example, he is an example of personal character traits to be avoided. 453 00:21:02,360 --> 00:21:06,320 So that's why they're looking at these pieces of literature this way, is because they see 454 00:21:06,320 --> 00:21:07,320 that. 455 00:21:07,320 --> 00:21:10,400 And then there's the next one is the blank man and Lazarus. 456 00:21:10,400 --> 00:21:11,400 What was his adjective? 457 00:21:11,400 --> 00:21:12,400 What was he? 458 00:21:12,400 --> 00:21:13,400 What goes in the blank? 459 00:21:13,400 --> 00:21:14,960 Say that again. 460 00:21:14,960 --> 00:21:17,400 Wealthy or rich, is a rich man and Lazarus. 461 00:21:17,400 --> 00:21:20,160 We won't go there and read it again for the interest of time, but this is the story of 462 00:21:20,160 --> 00:21:22,040 Lazarus. 463 00:21:22,040 --> 00:21:26,360 Interestingly enough, in modern literature they immediately say this is not a parable 464 00:21:26,360 --> 00:21:29,360 because it's exemplary, it's that kind of literature. 465 00:21:29,360 --> 00:21:31,240 Do we say it's a parable? 466 00:21:31,240 --> 00:21:36,760 The story of Lazarus and the rich man, do Christians say that that's a parable? 467 00:21:36,760 --> 00:21:37,760 Are you with me, girls? 468 00:21:37,760 --> 00:21:39,720 Natalie, do you think it's a parable? 469 00:21:39,720 --> 00:21:42,040 Rich man and Lazarus? 470 00:21:42,040 --> 00:21:44,080 Do Christians say it's a parable or not? 471 00:21:44,080 --> 00:21:45,080 No. 472 00:21:45,080 --> 00:21:46,080 Okay. 473 00:21:46,080 --> 00:21:47,080 Does anybody know why? 474 00:21:47,080 --> 00:21:48,080 You're right. 475 00:21:48,080 --> 00:21:49,080 Why? 476 00:21:49,080 --> 00:21:50,080 Do you know why? 477 00:21:50,080 --> 00:21:52,200 Because he was alive at the time. 478 00:21:52,200 --> 00:21:53,200 Lazarus, not living. 479 00:21:53,200 --> 00:21:54,200 That is correct. 480 00:21:54,200 --> 00:21:55,560 That's pretty good, man. 481 00:21:55,560 --> 00:21:56,560 I'm surprised you got that. 482 00:21:56,560 --> 00:21:57,560 I guessed. 483 00:21:57,560 --> 00:21:58,560 You guessed well. 484 00:21:58,560 --> 00:21:59,560 So that is correct. 485 00:21:59,560 --> 00:22:04,760 It is the only story that Jesus tells and it uses the name of a man who was actually 486 00:22:04,760 --> 00:22:07,080 alive during his day. 487 00:22:07,080 --> 00:22:08,360 In any case, it uses a name. 488 00:22:08,360 --> 00:22:10,680 So even if it was a different Lazarus, it uses a name. 489 00:22:10,680 --> 00:22:11,900 None of the others do that. 490 00:22:11,900 --> 00:22:16,120 There was a king, there was a shepherd, there was a farmer, never a name. 491 00:22:16,120 --> 00:22:18,320 But this story has a name. 492 00:22:18,320 --> 00:22:22,160 So it is probably almost surely not a parable. 493 00:22:22,160 --> 00:22:27,720 It is the story of an actual event that occurred during their time. 494 00:22:27,720 --> 00:22:30,240 So Christians realize that is not a parable. 495 00:22:30,240 --> 00:22:33,560 And interestingly enough then, so they study it and they say, no, we don't think it's a 496 00:22:33,560 --> 00:22:34,600 parable either. 497 00:22:34,600 --> 00:22:40,440 We think it's an example of a real life event that took place and it has negative personal 498 00:22:40,440 --> 00:22:44,500 character traits and we should not imitate what the rich man did. 499 00:22:44,500 --> 00:22:47,200 And we should imitate what Lazarus did if you can. 500 00:22:47,200 --> 00:22:49,680 And I'm not sure you really can. 501 00:22:49,680 --> 00:22:53,160 And then there is the, anybody want to fill in the blanks? 502 00:22:53,160 --> 00:22:54,160 Can you guess it? 503 00:22:54,160 --> 00:22:57,840 Okay, it's tax collector. 504 00:22:57,840 --> 00:22:59,520 What was the first part? 505 00:22:59,520 --> 00:23:00,520 What was the P? 506 00:23:00,520 --> 00:23:01,520 Payor? 507 00:23:01,520 --> 00:23:02,520 Oh, the payer. 508 00:23:02,520 --> 00:23:03,520 Okay, no. 509 00:23:03,520 --> 00:23:06,200 So it is tax collector. 510 00:23:06,200 --> 00:23:07,200 That's correct. 511 00:23:07,200 --> 00:23:13,800 We need the P yet. 512 00:23:13,800 --> 00:23:15,600 It's the. 513 00:23:15,600 --> 00:23:21,320 We just need the P, the plank and tax collector. 514 00:23:21,320 --> 00:23:24,080 These guys are pretty famous preachers in that day. 515 00:23:24,080 --> 00:23:25,080 Pharisees, that's right. 516 00:23:25,080 --> 00:23:27,360 It's a Pharisee and tax collector. 517 00:23:27,360 --> 00:23:33,120 Okay, there you go. 518 00:23:33,120 --> 00:23:36,120 There's a fun one for you. 519 00:23:36,120 --> 00:23:40,380 P-H-A-R-I-S-E-E. 520 00:23:40,380 --> 00:23:42,600 Not a word we use other than in that context. 521 00:23:42,600 --> 00:23:47,600 Although, you can be Pharisaic, which means you pretend to be righteous, basically. 522 00:23:47,600 --> 00:23:50,600 I replace the P into the other. 523 00:23:50,600 --> 00:23:51,600 Okay, Pharisaan. 524 00:23:51,600 --> 00:23:54,600 Okay, sounds like a video game. 525 00:23:54,600 --> 00:24:01,840 Okay, so we're not going to read it, but the story is basically two guys go and they're 526 00:24:01,840 --> 00:24:02,840 praying, right? 527 00:24:02,840 --> 00:24:05,000 Two men went up to see him. 528 00:24:05,000 --> 00:24:07,440 One a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. 529 00:24:07,440 --> 00:24:09,520 The Pharisee stood, was praying, bless to himself. 530 00:24:09,520 --> 00:24:10,520 God, I thank thee. 531 00:24:10,520 --> 00:24:11,520 I'm not like other people. 532 00:24:11,520 --> 00:24:15,280 Swindlers, unjust adulterers, or even like this tax gatherer. 533 00:24:15,280 --> 00:24:16,280 I fast twice a week. 534 00:24:16,280 --> 00:24:17,280 I guess I did read it. 535 00:24:17,280 --> 00:24:18,960 I pay tithes and all that I get. 536 00:24:18,960 --> 00:24:23,720 But the tax gatherer standing some distance away was even unwilling to lift up his eyes 537 00:24:23,720 --> 00:24:28,600 to heaven, but was beating his breast saying, God, be merciful to me a sinner. 538 00:24:28,600 --> 00:24:32,360 I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other. 539 00:24:32,360 --> 00:24:36,960 For everyone who exalts himself shall be humbled, but he who humbles himself shall be exalted. 540 00:24:36,960 --> 00:24:45,680 Okay, and in that case, the character traits that are good to be imitated are named and 541 00:24:45,680 --> 00:24:49,400 the character traits that are to be avoided are also named. 542 00:24:49,400 --> 00:24:50,400 So it was in there. 543 00:24:50,400 --> 00:24:52,120 Jesus actually said it. 544 00:24:52,120 --> 00:24:54,720 Okay, so that one's exemplary. 545 00:24:54,720 --> 00:24:58,080 And then the last one, and this is where it really starts to become a problem, is on the 546 00:24:58,080 --> 00:25:00,480 right hand side and I filled it in for you. 547 00:25:00,480 --> 00:25:01,720 It's allegory. 548 00:25:01,720 --> 00:25:08,300 We talked about this a lot last week, but this is their idea, if you will, of allegory. 549 00:25:08,300 --> 00:25:13,980 So in modern studies, allegory, this category is the most difficult. 550 00:25:13,980 --> 00:25:16,820 Those two blanks right there are the most difficult. 551 00:25:16,820 --> 00:25:18,180 And allegory is difficult. 552 00:25:18,180 --> 00:25:21,180 We talked about quite a bit about it last week because it is difficult. 553 00:25:21,180 --> 00:25:22,620 It's hard to understand allegory. 554 00:25:22,620 --> 00:25:24,560 It's hard to digest it. 555 00:25:24,560 --> 00:25:29,300 But that's part of the lure of the parables is that there's a lot of allegory in them. 556 00:25:29,300 --> 00:25:30,300 Okay. 557 00:25:30,300 --> 00:25:31,480 So then it says common. 558 00:25:31,480 --> 00:25:37,280 It's a series of related, and we have an M. Maybe we'll take a stab for what that M might 559 00:25:37,280 --> 00:25:38,280 be. 560 00:25:38,280 --> 00:25:39,280 Metaphors. 561 00:25:39,280 --> 00:25:40,280 Metaphors. 562 00:25:40,280 --> 00:25:41,280 Very good. 563 00:25:41,280 --> 00:25:42,280 I'm impressed. 564 00:25:42,280 --> 00:25:43,680 A series of related metaphors. 565 00:25:43,680 --> 00:25:48,800 And so they're saying an allegory, that's the definition of an allegory, which notice 566 00:25:48,800 --> 00:25:52,460 that makes it different than their definition of a parable, different than their definition 567 00:25:52,460 --> 00:25:56,840 of a similitude, and different than their definition of an exemplary story. 568 00:25:56,840 --> 00:25:57,840 Okay. 569 00:25:57,840 --> 00:26:02,240 So an allegory would be different because it is a series of related metaphors. 570 00:26:02,240 --> 00:26:03,240 Okay. 571 00:26:03,240 --> 00:26:10,240 Then it does not use, so we fill in does not use, an X for your blank, does not use like 572 00:26:10,240 --> 00:26:11,380 or as. 573 00:26:11,380 --> 00:26:14,120 It does not use like or as. 574 00:26:14,120 --> 00:26:16,920 What kind of speech did we talk about that uses like or as? 575 00:26:16,920 --> 00:26:23,960 So if we say the man has a nose like a bus, it's a simile, or this type of story would 576 00:26:23,960 --> 00:26:25,960 be a similitude. 577 00:26:25,960 --> 00:26:27,300 Okay. 578 00:26:27,300 --> 00:26:30,640 So this does not use like or as. 579 00:26:30,640 --> 00:26:35,340 So if you read any story and it has a like or an as in it, it would not fit in their 580 00:26:35,340 --> 00:26:37,320 category of allegory. 581 00:26:37,320 --> 00:26:42,360 It probably would fit in similitude, but it could still fit somewhere else if it was something 582 00:26:42,360 --> 00:26:43,360 else, right? 583 00:26:43,360 --> 00:26:44,800 If it fit one of the other definitions better. 584 00:26:44,800 --> 00:26:45,800 Okay. 585 00:26:45,800 --> 00:26:46,800 So here we go. 586 00:26:46,800 --> 00:26:48,200 Does not use like or as. 587 00:26:48,200 --> 00:26:49,920 So now we're going to talk about the issues. 588 00:26:49,920 --> 00:26:51,520 This is where it really becomes a problem. 589 00:26:51,520 --> 00:26:55,880 And actually what happens is these problems are so severe that they kind of throw out 590 00:26:55,880 --> 00:26:58,800 this whole system that I've just explained to you a little bit. 591 00:26:58,800 --> 00:27:01,400 It doesn't, there are, there's still value in it. 592 00:27:01,400 --> 00:27:08,480 Like I mentioned where exemplary better understands the story of the rich man and Lazarus than 593 00:27:08,480 --> 00:27:10,400 people who say it's a parable, right? 594 00:27:10,400 --> 00:27:15,380 So if some people make that mistake, call it a parable, then exemplary would do a better 595 00:27:15,380 --> 00:27:19,760 job of explaining that story than calling it a parable would do. 596 00:27:19,760 --> 00:27:23,440 So there's still some value in it, but these problems that I'm going to lay out, they're 597 00:27:23,440 --> 00:27:24,760 really only just two of them. 598 00:27:24,760 --> 00:27:28,800 The problems I'm going to lay out explain to you why this, their system doesn't quite 599 00:27:28,800 --> 00:27:29,800 work. 600 00:27:29,800 --> 00:27:30,800 Okay. 601 00:27:30,800 --> 00:27:34,400 So the first one is there's not too many words that start with OBS in the English language. 602 00:27:34,400 --> 00:27:36,240 Anybody want to name one? 603 00:27:36,240 --> 00:27:37,240 What? 604 00:27:37,240 --> 00:27:40,200 It's not obstacle, but that would be a decent word. 605 00:27:40,200 --> 00:27:42,600 It's not observation either. 606 00:27:42,600 --> 00:27:43,600 Obscure is the word. 607 00:27:43,600 --> 00:27:44,600 Is that what you said? 608 00:27:44,600 --> 00:27:45,600 I missed it. 609 00:27:45,600 --> 00:27:46,600 I'm sorry. 610 00:27:46,600 --> 00:27:49,600 So obscure or obscurity. 611 00:27:49,600 --> 00:27:53,240 Obscurity is OBS, C-U-R-I-T-Y. 612 00:27:53,240 --> 00:27:54,240 Obscurity. 613 00:27:54,240 --> 00:27:56,040 So this is the question. 614 00:27:56,040 --> 00:28:01,200 Jesus made it clear while he's teaching, if you're going to use their system to look at 615 00:28:01,200 --> 00:28:04,480 his teachings, which you would have to do because they consider the Bible a piece of 616 00:28:04,480 --> 00:28:05,480 literature, right? 617 00:28:05,480 --> 00:28:09,440 So you're going to use their system to look at his teachings. 618 00:28:09,440 --> 00:28:16,760 It's clear that Jesus had to explain the parables to his disciples, not always, but often. 619 00:28:16,760 --> 00:28:17,760 And he did. 620 00:28:17,760 --> 00:28:18,760 He was teaching them. 621 00:28:18,760 --> 00:28:19,760 He wouldn't teach the crowds, right? 622 00:28:19,760 --> 00:28:22,600 So he would say it to the crowds and the crowds would go, oh, that's really, you know, they 623 00:28:22,600 --> 00:28:25,480 would all act like they understood it or they would have questions or whatever. 624 00:28:25,480 --> 00:28:28,920 And then he would go back over here and the disciples say, could you explain that to us? 625 00:28:28,920 --> 00:28:31,240 And he would explain it in detail. 626 00:28:31,240 --> 00:28:38,320 So that means that if the metaphors that make up the series, remember it's a series of related 627 00:28:38,320 --> 00:28:44,800 metaphors, if the metaphors are obscure enough that they need decoded, right? 628 00:28:44,800 --> 00:28:48,400 You see that word, I got that word already there for you, decoded, which is what Jesus 629 00:28:48,400 --> 00:28:49,400 was doing. 630 00:28:49,400 --> 00:28:50,640 He was decoding the metaphors. 631 00:28:50,640 --> 00:28:55,280 So if they're obscure enough that they need to be decoded or are they common? 632 00:28:55,280 --> 00:28:56,280 The next word is common. 633 00:28:56,280 --> 00:28:57,280 Okay. 634 00:28:57,280 --> 00:29:00,120 So do they need decoded or are they common? 635 00:29:00,120 --> 00:29:04,080 And when you read the metaphors, you read the parables, you think, man, I think this 636 00:29:04,080 --> 00:29:05,080 needs decoded. 637 00:29:05,080 --> 00:29:06,080 That's the first thing you see, right? 638 00:29:06,080 --> 00:29:12,920 You think it's obscure enough, but how obscure does it have to be in order for it to be allegory 639 00:29:12,920 --> 00:29:14,060 is the question. 640 00:29:14,060 --> 00:29:18,840 If it's common enough that anybody can read it, then it's not really, it doesn't make 641 00:29:18,840 --> 00:29:19,840 any sense. 642 00:29:19,840 --> 00:29:24,720 It doesn't fit with all of these allegories that are being used that are not easily understood. 643 00:29:24,720 --> 00:29:26,400 So there's a contrast there. 644 00:29:26,400 --> 00:29:32,040 Also, the next one is how many, anybody want to put the RM in there? 645 00:29:32,040 --> 00:29:33,600 Remember what we're talking about? 646 00:29:33,600 --> 00:29:34,600 Perfect. 647 00:29:34,600 --> 00:29:35,700 Very good. 648 00:29:35,700 --> 00:29:39,080 How many related metaphors do you have to have? 649 00:29:39,080 --> 00:29:41,500 Just two, three, five. 650 00:29:41,500 --> 00:29:48,040 If the definition is you have to have a series of related metaphors, what forms a series? 651 00:29:48,040 --> 00:29:50,480 And what happens if the metaphor is right at the beginning and then there's the whole 652 00:29:50,480 --> 00:29:53,200 store and then there's just one at the bottom and there's a whole bunch of stuff in the 653 00:29:53,200 --> 00:29:54,200 middle? 654 00:29:54,200 --> 00:29:55,200 Does that still make it an allegory? 655 00:29:55,200 --> 00:29:56,200 Isn't that confusing? 656 00:29:56,200 --> 00:29:58,200 That makes it a hard definition. 657 00:29:58,200 --> 00:30:00,280 Say again. 658 00:30:00,280 --> 00:30:01,480 Related metaphors. 659 00:30:01,480 --> 00:30:06,840 So the question is how many related metaphors would be required to define allegory? 660 00:30:06,840 --> 00:30:12,760 And if you had just two metaphors and they, so you've got, the whole thing includes two 661 00:30:12,760 --> 00:30:20,200 metaphors, but it's not exemplary or a similitude or fit the definition of a parable at the 662 00:30:20,200 --> 00:30:21,840 top, then what is it? 663 00:30:21,840 --> 00:30:23,160 Cause this is all there are. 664 00:30:23,160 --> 00:30:24,780 It's just these four things. 665 00:30:24,780 --> 00:30:26,560 So then the problem is like, what is it? 666 00:30:26,560 --> 00:30:30,480 So the two big problems are they go, well, that's allegory. 667 00:30:30,480 --> 00:30:31,480 No it's parable. 668 00:30:31,480 --> 00:30:32,480 No, it's allegory. 669 00:30:32,480 --> 00:30:36,120 No, it's parable because parable is the other than the allegory. 670 00:30:36,120 --> 00:30:40,160 Parable is the broadest category, but some things just don't fit, especially like if 671 00:30:40,160 --> 00:30:45,280 they're not fictional, for example, or if they're not past tense, for example. 672 00:30:45,280 --> 00:30:51,000 So if you had a present tense story that had just two metaphors, one at the very beginning, 673 00:30:51,000 --> 00:30:54,280 one at the very end, and there's a bunch of stuff in the middle, is that an allegory? 674 00:30:54,280 --> 00:30:56,720 And if it's not, where does it go? 675 00:30:56,720 --> 00:30:57,720 There's nothing. 676 00:30:57,720 --> 00:30:58,720 It doesn't fit anywhere. 677 00:30:58,720 --> 00:31:03,040 And so that's what blows up the system because based on this system, there are other parts 678 00:31:03,040 --> 00:31:07,400 of literature that don't fit in any of these four categories. 679 00:31:07,400 --> 00:31:11,620 Or you would have to say, well, just two metaphors is enough, right? 680 00:31:11,620 --> 00:31:17,240 In which case then you jump things that are clearly not parables, clearly they're not 681 00:31:17,240 --> 00:31:20,920 meant to be even that kind of speech or that kind of writing. 682 00:31:20,920 --> 00:31:23,000 You jump it into this category all of a sudden. 683 00:31:23,000 --> 00:31:27,040 So now everything's an allegory pretty much because you can say, well, that could be a 684 00:31:27,040 --> 00:31:28,040 metaphor. 685 00:31:28,040 --> 00:31:29,040 There's one. 686 00:31:29,040 --> 00:31:30,040 That's a series. 687 00:31:30,040 --> 00:31:31,040 One's a series. 688 00:31:31,040 --> 00:31:32,040 But no way. 689 00:31:32,040 --> 00:31:33,040 It's clearly a parable. 690 00:31:33,040 --> 00:31:37,320 And that's why I put the boxing gloves there because what happens is they start fighting 691 00:31:37,320 --> 00:31:38,760 is it allegory or is it parable? 692 00:31:38,760 --> 00:31:40,640 And they're back and forth and back and forth. 693 00:31:40,640 --> 00:31:45,440 And now you look at the people who do this and you cannot find agreement. 694 00:31:45,440 --> 00:31:50,280 If you ask them about a hundred, bless you, if you ask them about a hundred parables slash 695 00:31:50,280 --> 00:31:54,580 allegories or whatever, one puts 51 in the allegory category and the other one puts 696 00:31:54,580 --> 00:31:58,640 the other 51 in the parables, but they're not the same 51. 697 00:31:58,640 --> 00:32:01,520 Or you've got people say, well, that's not even allegory or parable. 698 00:32:01,520 --> 00:32:03,560 It actually goes over here in this other category. 699 00:32:03,560 --> 00:32:04,920 And they're fighting like crazy. 700 00:32:04,920 --> 00:32:06,100 There's no peace. 701 00:32:06,100 --> 00:32:08,320 There's no settlement of what it means. 702 00:32:08,320 --> 00:32:10,200 You can't even get majority actually. 703 00:32:10,200 --> 00:32:11,200 All right. 704 00:32:11,200 --> 00:32:18,120 And so there are value to understanding that the parables break down to some degree into 705 00:32:18,120 --> 00:32:23,180 these categories, but to say that something is not a parable because it fits one of these 706 00:32:23,180 --> 00:32:25,320 other three categories would be incorrect. 707 00:32:25,320 --> 00:32:26,320 Makes sense? 708 00:32:26,320 --> 00:32:31,960 So when Jesus says it's a parable, parable A, and it's a similitude as well, actually 709 00:32:31,960 --> 00:32:35,000 what we have is a similitude that's a parable. 710 00:32:35,000 --> 00:32:39,480 Not, oh, well, he didn't really mean it was a parable because it's actually obviously 711 00:32:39,480 --> 00:32:40,480 a similitude. 712 00:32:40,480 --> 00:32:41,480 So it's not really a parable. 713 00:32:41,480 --> 00:32:42,480 Right? 714 00:32:42,480 --> 00:32:45,280 So that's the end result of all of that. 715 00:32:45,280 --> 00:32:49,480 And then on the diagonal down to the right, it says ready to fight. 716 00:32:49,480 --> 00:32:51,200 So here's the question that I have for you. 717 00:32:51,200 --> 00:32:56,560 So we're reading the Bible, we're studying the Bible, and we get a story like the parable 718 00:32:56,560 --> 00:32:59,840 of Lazarus and the rich man, except it's not a parable, right? 719 00:32:59,840 --> 00:33:02,280 It's an actual story because it's got a name in it. 720 00:33:02,280 --> 00:33:03,740 So we know it's an actual story. 721 00:33:03,740 --> 00:33:05,920 Are you willing to fight over that? 722 00:33:05,920 --> 00:33:10,880 Or you read a story where Jesus tells about the mustard seed in the kingdom of God. 723 00:33:10,880 --> 00:33:14,600 Are you ready to fight and say, well, that's a similitude? 724 00:33:14,600 --> 00:33:15,880 No, that's a parable. 725 00:33:15,880 --> 00:33:18,360 Well, a parable can't be a similitude. 726 00:33:18,360 --> 00:33:19,760 Are you willing to do that? 727 00:33:19,760 --> 00:33:23,760 And the answer should be no, because what we looked at last week, we dug deeply into 728 00:33:23,760 --> 00:33:24,760 the parables. 729 00:33:24,760 --> 00:33:30,700 And what we found was that biblically speaking, they are used to communicate complex ideas 730 00:33:30,700 --> 00:33:32,120 in a simple way. 731 00:33:32,120 --> 00:33:35,720 But they contain allegories sometimes. 732 00:33:35,720 --> 00:33:38,080 They illustrate or teach, right? 733 00:33:38,080 --> 00:33:39,580 They have a broad meaning. 734 00:33:39,580 --> 00:33:43,040 So you might read the parable one time and it means one thing to you. 735 00:33:43,040 --> 00:33:46,500 You might read it another time and it actually means another thing, right? 736 00:33:46,500 --> 00:33:52,320 And so it's not that the first one is ruled out, but God is using it to speak another 737 00:33:52,320 --> 00:33:53,880 way at another time. 738 00:33:53,880 --> 00:33:54,880 Okay. 739 00:33:54,880 --> 00:33:55,880 All right. 740 00:33:55,880 --> 00:33:56,880 So we're going to ask some questions off this page. 741 00:33:56,880 --> 00:33:58,720 If you filled it in, you should be able to get most of them. 742 00:33:58,720 --> 00:34:01,160 I'll try to be a little tricky with my questions. 743 00:34:01,160 --> 00:34:02,160 Are you guys ready? 744 00:34:02,160 --> 00:34:03,160 All right. 745 00:34:03,160 --> 00:34:07,040 It's time to make the sweet tooth work. 746 00:34:07,040 --> 00:34:08,400 Okay. 747 00:34:08,400 --> 00:34:14,600 This kind, according to the technically used modern studies definitions, this kind of story 748 00:34:14,600 --> 00:34:17,200 is not a comparison. 749 00:34:17,200 --> 00:34:18,200 Jason. 750 00:34:18,200 --> 00:34:19,200 Exemplary. 751 00:34:19,200 --> 00:34:20,200 That is correct. 752 00:34:20,200 --> 00:34:21,200 Nice catch. 753 00:34:21,200 --> 00:34:22,200 Woo. 754 00:34:22,200 --> 00:34:25,200 Don't stand in front of that one. 755 00:34:25,200 --> 00:34:26,200 Okay. 756 00:34:26,200 --> 00:34:27,200 All right. 757 00:34:27,200 --> 00:34:39,240 So there is a question of whether or not the allegories need to be decoded or common. 758 00:34:39,240 --> 00:34:42,920 If they need to be decoded, then they should be this. 759 00:34:42,920 --> 00:34:43,920 Somebody else a chance. 760 00:34:43,920 --> 00:34:44,920 Hold on, Jason. 761 00:34:44,920 --> 00:34:45,920 You want to take a stab at it? 762 00:34:45,920 --> 00:34:46,920 Go. 763 00:34:46,920 --> 00:34:47,920 Say that again. 764 00:34:47,920 --> 00:34:48,920 Okay. 765 00:34:48,920 --> 00:34:54,200 They are related metaphors, but if they're related metaphors that need to be decoded, 766 00:34:54,200 --> 00:34:56,760 what is that fancy word that we use to describe them? 767 00:34:56,760 --> 00:34:57,760 Yeah. 768 00:34:57,760 --> 00:34:58,760 Who said it? 769 00:34:58,760 --> 00:34:59,760 All right. 770 00:34:59,760 --> 00:35:00,760 Ladies. 771 00:35:00,760 --> 00:35:01,760 One for each of you. 772 00:35:01,760 --> 00:35:02,760 Okay. 773 00:35:02,760 --> 00:35:03,760 Don't steal their chocolate. 774 00:35:03,760 --> 00:35:04,760 Never steal a lady's chocolate. 775 00:35:04,760 --> 00:35:05,760 It's very dangerous. 776 00:35:05,760 --> 00:35:06,760 All right. 777 00:35:06,760 --> 00:35:09,760 In the parable of the good Samaritan, what were the professions of the men whose personal 778 00:35:09,760 --> 00:35:11,760 character traits we should not imitate? 779 00:35:11,760 --> 00:35:12,760 Caleb. 780 00:35:12,760 --> 00:35:13,760 That's correct. 781 00:35:13,760 --> 00:35:14,760 There we go. 782 00:35:14,760 --> 00:35:30,760 It has a stick in it, so be careful. 783 00:35:30,760 --> 00:35:32,760 Those little candy bars fly really good. 784 00:35:32,760 --> 00:35:33,760 They do. 785 00:35:33,760 --> 00:35:34,760 Okay. 786 00:35:34,760 --> 00:35:42,200 Again, this is all in the technically used modern studies idea. 787 00:35:42,200 --> 00:35:46,480 I said personal character traits break down into two groups, and those two groups are? 788 00:35:46,480 --> 00:35:48,480 Wait for it. 789 00:35:48,480 --> 00:35:53,640 That is correct. 790 00:35:53,640 --> 00:35:54,640 That was well thrown. 791 00:35:54,640 --> 00:35:57,640 You should have just caught it. 792 00:35:57,640 --> 00:35:58,640 Okay. 793 00:35:58,640 --> 00:35:59,720 All right. 794 00:35:59,720 --> 00:36:03,320 Somebody say parable in Greek. 795 00:36:03,320 --> 00:36:04,320 Parable in Greek. 796 00:36:04,320 --> 00:36:05,320 Jason's on a roll. 797 00:36:05,320 --> 00:36:11,320 Would you like a... You have coffee right before you came in here or what? 798 00:36:11,320 --> 00:36:12,320 Okay. 799 00:36:12,320 --> 00:36:18,720 In the English language, a simile uses one of these two words. 800 00:36:18,720 --> 00:36:19,720 Caleb? 801 00:36:19,720 --> 00:36:20,720 Like or as. 802 00:36:20,720 --> 00:36:21,720 That's correct. 803 00:36:21,720 --> 00:36:24,480 By the way, if you know that and you haven't learned it in English and then you go tell 804 00:36:24,480 --> 00:36:28,840 your English teacher, she'll be all super excited and stuff. 805 00:36:28,840 --> 00:36:29,840 Okay. 806 00:36:29,840 --> 00:36:35,000 All right. 807 00:36:35,000 --> 00:36:42,720 In this whole system, parables, similitude, and exemplary all are stories of events that 808 00:36:42,720 --> 00:36:45,280 come from where? 809 00:36:45,280 --> 00:36:46,280 Real life is correct. 810 00:36:46,280 --> 00:36:51,280 I'll give it to both of you. 811 00:36:51,280 --> 00:36:55,720 She's going to get it. 812 00:36:55,720 --> 00:37:00,880 We're going to make them all catchers is what we're going to do. 813 00:37:00,880 --> 00:37:02,200 All right. 814 00:37:02,200 --> 00:37:06,880 What was the job of the prodigal son when he decided to go home? 815 00:37:06,880 --> 00:37:07,880 Go. 816 00:37:07,880 --> 00:37:08,880 That's right. 817 00:37:08,880 --> 00:37:09,880 He's a pig feeder. 818 00:37:09,880 --> 00:37:16,760 Jason, you better start sharing candy with friends over there, man, because you don't 819 00:37:16,760 --> 00:37:18,080 need to eat all that candy anyway. 820 00:37:18,080 --> 00:37:20,120 Start passing it out to people. 821 00:37:20,120 --> 00:37:21,120 Okay. 822 00:37:21,120 --> 00:37:24,120 All right. 823 00:37:24,120 --> 00:37:27,120 Okay. 824 00:37:27,120 --> 00:37:38,480 In similitude and the story type of similitude, all of the real life events take place when? 825 00:37:38,480 --> 00:37:41,480 Past tense is correct. 826 00:37:41,480 --> 00:37:44,480 You do that. 827 00:37:44,480 --> 00:37:46,880 There's a person answering. 828 00:37:46,880 --> 00:37:48,400 They're right there. 829 00:37:48,400 --> 00:37:49,400 Right there. 830 00:37:49,400 --> 00:37:50,400 Okay. 831 00:37:50,400 --> 00:37:51,400 Let's see. 832 00:37:51,400 --> 00:37:52,400 All right. 833 00:37:52,400 --> 00:37:53,400 Let's do this. 834 00:37:53,400 --> 00:37:54,400 Okay. 835 00:37:54,400 --> 00:38:01,320 In the story of the rich fool, the man decides to build Caleb go bigger barns. 836 00:38:01,320 --> 00:38:04,320 That is correct. 837 00:38:04,320 --> 00:38:07,280 All right. 838 00:38:07,280 --> 00:38:10,040 Here's one. 839 00:38:10,040 --> 00:38:11,040 If you were paying attention. 840 00:38:11,040 --> 00:38:12,040 Okay. 841 00:38:12,040 --> 00:38:20,800 In the story of the Pharisee and the tax collector, which one did Jesus say would go away justified? 842 00:38:20,800 --> 00:38:21,800 Tax collector is right. 843 00:38:21,800 --> 00:38:22,800 Okay. 844 00:38:22,800 --> 00:38:24,800 One, two, three. 845 00:38:24,800 --> 00:38:27,800 Is there one more? 846 00:38:27,800 --> 00:38:28,800 No. 847 00:38:28,800 --> 00:38:29,800 I miscounted. 848 00:38:29,800 --> 00:38:30,800 Okay. 849 00:38:30,800 --> 00:38:35,800 I don't know how I called that one. 850 00:38:35,800 --> 00:38:38,800 You're getting there. 851 00:38:38,800 --> 00:38:40,800 All right. 852 00:38:40,800 --> 00:38:41,800 Okay. 853 00:38:41,800 --> 00:38:45,800 I'm going to give you a quick summary of this and then we're done. 854 00:38:45,800 --> 00:38:51,240 What we have done is an overview discussion of how people look at parables, and I'm going 855 00:38:51,240 --> 00:38:54,080 to be specific, in the Bible. 856 00:38:54,080 --> 00:38:55,080 Okay. 857 00:38:55,080 --> 00:38:57,960 Some people look at this as literature. 858 00:38:57,960 --> 00:39:02,000 Some people look at it as a great history book or a textbook or whatever. 859 00:39:02,000 --> 00:39:04,480 We know that it is so much more than that. 860 00:39:04,480 --> 00:39:10,080 This is the inspired word of God, and every word that's in here from cover to cover, as 861 00:39:10,080 --> 00:39:14,200 we've talked about in the past, is useful for God to work in the kingdom of God, to 862 00:39:14,200 --> 00:39:19,680 work in his people, to change people, to grow people, to win souls, all of those things. 863 00:39:19,680 --> 00:39:28,080 So, do we really need to take a certain story and understand what kind of story it is? 864 00:39:28,080 --> 00:39:32,560 I think there's value in it for purposes of study, but the most important thing that we 865 00:39:32,560 --> 00:39:35,600 need to ask ourselves, and that's what we're going to get into, starting with the parables, 866 00:39:35,600 --> 00:39:39,040 we're actually going to look at parables next week. 867 00:39:39,040 --> 00:39:43,480 The most important thing is we ask ourselves, what was Jesus or whoever, because some of 868 00:39:43,480 --> 00:39:45,360 the parables are not told by Jesus. 869 00:39:45,360 --> 00:39:46,360 Okay. 870 00:39:46,360 --> 00:39:48,560 What were they trying to teach? 871 00:39:48,560 --> 00:39:50,520 What was the point of the story? 872 00:39:50,520 --> 00:39:53,240 What is the main thing that was being accomplished? 873 00:39:53,240 --> 00:39:57,440 And a couple of those we did tonight, and like in the one, Jesus told us himself, the 874 00:39:57,440 --> 00:39:59,680 humble will be exalted and the exalted will be humbled. 875 00:39:59,680 --> 00:40:05,000 So, he kind of told us himself how you should act, what kind of person you're supposed to 876 00:40:05,000 --> 00:40:07,200 be as a follower of God. 877 00:40:07,200 --> 00:40:12,880 But there are some parables, and one in particular, and this is homework, if you know this, don't 878 00:40:12,880 --> 00:40:14,840 shout out the answer. 879 00:40:14,840 --> 00:40:19,520 There is a single parable that Jesus said, how will you understand all the rest of the 880 00:40:19,520 --> 00:40:22,000 parables unless you understand this one? 881 00:40:22,000 --> 00:40:23,000 Okay. 882 00:40:23,000 --> 00:40:26,160 So, bring that, don't share it around, but bring that information for next week if you 883 00:40:26,160 --> 00:40:31,160 have it, and we'll be ready to go into look at parables. 884 00:40:31,160 --> 00:40:38,600 I want to say this much, as a Christian, I don't know that you will ever gain more value 885 00:40:38,600 --> 00:40:44,360 from the Word of God than being able to say, what is God trying to say here, and come up 886 00:40:44,360 --> 00:40:45,360 with the right answer. 887 00:40:45,360 --> 00:40:49,480 If you can do that, then you can use it for your life, right? 888 00:40:49,480 --> 00:40:50,800 And also, it's exciting. 889 00:40:50,800 --> 00:40:53,600 You can literally go through the New Testament and read all the different parables and what 890 00:40:53,600 --> 00:40:54,600 is Jesus saying to me out of this? 891 00:40:54,600 --> 00:40:55,600 Now, what is he saying to me out of this? 892 00:40:55,600 --> 00:40:57,440 Now, what is he saying to me out of this? 893 00:40:57,440 --> 00:41:02,280 And you can be changed day after day after day if you allow it to be more like what Jesus 894 00:41:02,280 --> 00:41:03,480 wants us to be like. 895 00:41:03,480 --> 00:41:06,760 But if you'll just look at it as literature, or you just look at it as a story, or that's 896 00:41:06,760 --> 00:41:10,960 kind of cool, or yeah, man, he really put them on the spot, then you're not going to 897 00:41:10,960 --> 00:41:14,200 get the value out of it that you could, okay? 898 00:41:14,200 --> 00:41:15,480 But I think we can get there. 899 00:41:15,480 --> 00:41:18,400 I think we can get to the point where every one of us can look at every one of the parables 900 00:41:18,400 --> 00:41:22,720 without help from anybody else in this room, except the Holy Spirit, of course, and say, 901 00:41:22,720 --> 00:41:24,320 okay, what is God saying here? 902 00:41:24,320 --> 00:41:25,960 What does he want me to do about that? 903 00:41:25,960 --> 00:41:27,000 And that's the goal. 904 00:41:27,000 --> 00:41:30,440 So that in that sense, you don't need me or anybody else, your parent, your teacher, or 905 00:41:30,440 --> 00:41:31,440 whatever, to do that with you. 906 00:41:31,440 --> 00:41:32,440 You can do it yourself. 907 00:41:32,440 --> 00:41:33,440 Okay, let's pray, and then we'll be through. 908 00:41:33,440 --> 00:41:45,440 In heaven, I just want to praise you on a day when a lot of goofy things happened, also 909 00:41:45,440 --> 00:42:03,800 on the integral, in that it was Jesus who incited those separately from their outsides.