The Purpose for Parables- Mark 4:1-12
- Preacher
- Richard Caldwell
- Tradition
- Christian (Unspecified)
- Published
- Length
- 53:18
Scripture
About this sermon
In the previous chapter, we saw a variety of responses to Jesus. FAMILY—We saw a misunderstanding of Jesus from those who were friendly toward Him. His own family, in terms of His brothers, did not yet believe in Jesus, and thought that He was out of His mind (3:20-21). ENEMIES—We saw the slandering of Jesus by those who hated Him. The scribes from Jerusalem made their way to Galilee and were slandering Christ by saying that He was casting out demons by the power of Satan (3:22-30). DISCIPLES—But we also saw Jesus so much in demand that He and His disciples were neglecting food while they ministered to the crowds, and we saw a circle of disciples sitting around Him and acknowledged by Christ to be His spiritual family (3:31-35). We see these differing responses, but how do we explain them? How do we understand enormous crowds interested in Jesus, but a comparatively few who receive Jesus on the terms that He Himself sets forth? To say it another way, how do we understand the variety of responses that we see in human beings toward the Word of God? Because this is what Jesus is doing, He is teaching the Word of God. He is proclaiming the good of Himself from the Scriptures.
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