Parables

Explain each parable

Explain: Parable of the mustard seed

31 He told them another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed (the Word), which a man took and planted in his field (a person’s heart). 32 Though it is the smallest of all seeds, yet when it grows, it is the largest of garden plants and becomes a tree (pastor/person/church), so that the birds (spirits) come and perch in its branches. (disciples)”

Parable of the Mustard seed. Who is the Tree of Life?

Jesus. John 15:1 “I am the true vine, and my Father is the gardener.

In Daniel 4 (verses 10-11 + 20-22), (Nebuchadnezzar’s dream) we see a prophecy about

the Tree of the knowledge of Good and Evil

I revelation, we see that there is only blank tree left standing, the blank

1. One tree

1. The Tree of Life

Explain: Parable of the yeast

Explain: Parable of the Harvest

Test

The Parable of the Mustard Seed (Matt. 13:31-32) describes the Kingdom of blank

Heaven

To prevent becoming “the path” and satan stealing the seed (Word) from your heart, you must blank

Study / Retain

God’s field is a blank. He wants the Word planted in your blank.

Person. Heart.

Explain: The Parable of the Sower (Luke 8:5-15)

A farmer (pastor) sows seed (the Word of God), in a field (a person). There are 4 kinds of fields:

1. The path - “Those along the path are the ones who hear, and then the devil comes and takes away the Word from their hearts, so they may not believe and be saved.” (Luke 8:12)

2. Rocky - “Those on rocky ground are ones who receive the Word with joy when they hear it, but they have no root, they believe for a while, but in the time of testing, they fall away.” (Luke 8:13).

3. Thorny - “The seed that fell among thorns stands for those who hear, but as they go on their way they are choked by life’s worries, riches and pleasures, and they do not mature” (Luke 8:14). “²² As for what was sown among thorns, this is the one who hears the word, but the cares of the world and the deceitfulness of riches choke the word, and it proves unfruitful.” (Matt. 13:22)

4. Good soil: “But the seed on good soil stands for those with a noble and good heart, who hear the Word, retain in, and by persevering produce a crop.” (Luke 8:15)

What makes something the truth?

When prophecies/promises fulfill

What is the “rocky field” (parable of the sower)?

Those on rocky ground are ones who receive the Word with joy when they hear it, but they have no root, they believe for a while, but in the time of testing, they fall away.” (Luke 8:13).

What is “the path” (parable of the sower)?

“Those along the path are the ones who hear, and then the devil comes and takes away the Word from their hearts, so they may not believe and be saved.” (Luke 8:12)

What is the “seed that fell among thorns” (parable of the sower)?

The seed that fell among thorns stands for those who hear, but as they go on their way they are choked by life’s worries, riches and pleasures, and they do not mature” (Luke 8:14). “²² As for what was sown among thorns, this is the one who hears the word, but the cares of the world and the deceitfulness of riches choke the word, and it proves unfruitful.” (Matt. 13:22)

In parable of the sower, all of the fields (people) are blank

Believers

What is the “good soil” (parable of the sower)?

“But the seed on good soil stands for those with a noble and good heart, who hear the Word, retain in, and by persevering produce a crop.” (Luke 8:15)