{"id":635,"date":"2020-03-15T20:41:37","date_gmt":"2020-03-15T12:41:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/practicalchristainity.info\/?page_id=635"},"modified":"2020-03-15T22:59:50","modified_gmt":"2020-03-15T14:59:50","slug":"parables","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ilekt.me\/index.php\/parables\/","title":{"rendered":"Parables"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It was only during the second circuit of Galilee that Jesus make use of parables as a method of instruction. In Mat 11, He pronounced the curses on CBC (Chorazin, Bethsaida, Capernaum) for their rehection of christ But at the same time Jesus prayed: &#8221; &#8230;have revealed unto babes&#8230;.to whomsoever the Son will reveal him.&#8221; It is at this time that The lord turned to parables as a method of instruction. (Hermon Hanko\u00a0 The Mysteries of the Kingdom Pg.2). The primary purpose of the parables is the revelation of the kingdom of god. It is now here.It is a mystery now revealed to his children.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The knowledge of the secrets of the kingdom of heaven has been given to you, but not to them. Whoever has will be given more, and he will have an abundance. Whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken from him. This is why I speak to them in parables:<br \/>\nThough seeing, they do not see; though hearing, they do not hear or understand.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>A parable utilizes the full story to produce the spiritual lesson on ther kingdom of God, whereas a proverb, metaphor, simile, or figure of speech centers usually on a word, phrase or sentence to illustrate a spiritual lesson.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It was only during the second circuit of Galilee that Jesus make use of parables as a method of instruction. In Mat 11, He pronounced the curses on CBC (Chorazin, Bethsaida, Capernaum) for their rehection of christ But at the same time Jesus prayed: &#8221; &#8230;have revealed unto babes&#8230;.to whomsoever the Son will reveal him.&#8221; [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-635","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ilekt.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/635","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ilekt.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ilekt.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ilekt.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ilekt.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=635"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/ilekt.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/635\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":639,"href":"https:\/\/ilekt.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/635\/revisions\/639"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ilekt.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=635"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}