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In this lesson we learned that Jesus communicated truth through miracles and parables. Give an example of each.
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Jesus performed a miracle when he fed the 5000. After this, it is recorded that Jesus is the Bread of Life. This communicates the truth that Jesus can satisfy our deepest “hungers.”
In the parable of the prodigal son, Jesus communicates the truth that God stops at nothing to restore us. We can put ourselves in the shoes of the prodigal son and see that God will welcome us back with open arms and forgive our sins. -
Jesus healed blind Bartimaeus. He gave the parable of the seed sower to demonstrate how different people react to His Word.
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The raising Lazarus from the dead is a miracle. In miracles Christ demonstrated his power and authority over the physical world. In this case he demonstrates his authority over death. He clearly states that what is happening is for his glory, the glory of the Father and that the disciples might believe. This theme is true in all the miracles Christ performed.
The lost coin and the lost sheep are parables. Parables are simple stories that illustrate a spiritual truth. While the story is simple the truth may often be hidden and require thought and nvestigation to reveal. I have heard them described as an earthly story with a heavenly meaning. Many are preceded with “The kingdom of heaven is like—–” He was describing the unknowable truths of God’s kingdom to them in earthly comparisons that they could understand and relate to
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One miracle was when He turned water into wine, another is when He healed the blind man. An example of a parable is the sower who sower seeds some that fell by the wayside and the birds are them. Then some seeds fell on stony ground where there was not a lot of soil, they didnt take roots and the plants were scorched by the sun. Then some seeds fell on thorns and were choked. Still others fell on good ground and yielded a good crop. This parable describes how God’s Word goes out to some people, but th at don’t understand it and the devil takes it away. Then others hear the word, accepts it with joy, but it doesn’t take root so it only last a little while. Then others who hears the word cares more about the world and riches, they are choked by worldly desires and become untruthful. Then those where the seed falls on good ground are fruitful.
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The first example of Jesus’ miracle was making wine out of water at the Canaan feast. It also fed more than 5,000 people with two fish and five rice cakes. Examples of Jesus’ parable especially spoke a lot about heaven. For example, the story of the prodigal son, the story of the seed-spritter, etc.