Mining the Mountains-The Daily Dig- January 24, 2020
Friday
The Daily Dig (Matthew 13:1-9) The parables of Jesus are as much theology as they are anything else. They are not an appeal to “heart over head.” They are not an “earthly story with a heavenly meaning.” They are very much about what God is doing in and through Jesus to establish His Kingdom in Israel and the world. There is a power to them that has changed the world. Unfortunately, His parables are a good example of how we tend to just look at them as ethical stories. Some of us just want to sing “all you need is love” by the Beatles. We do need the guiding hand of Christlike love and all that entails, but that requires the hard work of thinking. Jesus says many times, “He who has ears, let him hear.” He knows people have ears, but are they prepared to truly use them? Will they listen? What will they hear? Will they jump to conclusions? The challenge is that there is more to His parables than first meets the eye (and ear). It takes at the very least a Biblical worldview to even begin to unpack all that Jesus is teaching in His parables. Dig in you may just be surprised!
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