THE PURPOSE OF PARABLES B2-16-6A

Lu. 8:9-10 & Is. 6:9-12

INTRODUCTION: Teaches religious truth by the analogy of

common experience.

I. DIRECTION TO THE SINCERE

A. God will always honor a sincere heart

B. The plan of salvation is not meant to be hard

1. "Fools, should not ere therein" (Is. 35:8)

2. "If thou shalt confess with thy mouth the

Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine

heart that God hath raised him from the

dead, thou shalt be saved." (Ro. 10:9)

C. God loves the sinner & wants to reconcile him

1. "Having made peace through the blood of his

cross, by him to reconcile all things unto

himself" (Col. 1:20)

2. "Ministry of reconciliation" (2 Co. 5:18)

D. It is our ministry to share with others

II. CONFUSION TO THE HYPOCRITES

A. "Cast pearls before swine" (Mt. 7:6)

1. "Trample them under their feet"

2. "Turn again and rend you"

B. We should not put the Gospel in a position of

possible harm lest:

1. It should suffer reproach

2. Our testamony to others be reproached

III. POINT OF DECISION TO ALL

A. Numerous places state: "so there was a division

among the people because of him" (Jn. 7:43)

B. Son of man came to "give peace on earth? I

tell you, Nay; but rather division."(Lu. 12:51)

C. "Stone that the builders rejected" (Mt. 21:42)

YOU HAD BETTER CHOOSE CORRECTLY!!

SUMMARY:

A. We must, "Go, & tell this people, Hear ye indeed"

B. Some will not hear, understand, or perceive

C. "How long? And he answered, Until... the

land be utterly desolate....and there be a

great forsaking in the midst of the land."

É�tOAHed"ÝóhKQÈ(�zytÿ.*VY"Â�b2Cù
AUÌÀÉÜ�z,W-p3Á
g)p>biJß%t�þQÁ` >Ã�(!MžWC™ì\6�ù5�+ãI�$�ö#`�|u~$;�
n��}HpoèTéÜY
+3+è/6�#CÛžÅ?x�™;j;m:Í"�Å�<yGhp�`6bciere be a

great forsaking in the midst of the land."

---

Index of Preacher's Help and Notes

These documents are free from BelieversCafe.com, the complete christian resource site with more than 5000 webpages.