The Parables Presented Plainly

The Parables Have Not Only Suffered From Neglect But Have Fallen Foul Tomisunderstanding And Misinterpretation. There Is Confusion Today In Both The Pewand The Pulpit. Instead Of Allowing Scripture To Interpret Scripture Many Haveresorted To And Relied On Tried But Not Trusted Traditions. If We Count And Consider Theamount Of Books Available On This Subject We Will Be Surprised And Disappointed Bythe Standard And Substance. There Is Less Than A Shelfful Of Books That Might Be Calledboth Spiritual And Substantial. The Number Of Publications That Make Compellingreading And Satisfy And Sanctify The Soul Of Its Readers; Are Few And Far Between.There Is A Common Consensus Amongst Conservative Christians That The Newtestament Contains Thirty Or More Parables. Some Scholars For Instance Have Marriedtogether Two Parables Such As The Lost Sheep And Coin And Made Them A Couplet Ofone. And Of Course Some Have Done The Opposite And Divided One Parable In To Two.This Means There Is A Measure Of Disparity Amongst Writers With Regard To The Totalnumber Of Parables. Within This Present Work About The Parables Of Jesus There Area Total Of Thirty Fi Ve Chapters; Each One Devoted To An Exposition Of The Particularparable. When Jesus Explained Illustrated And Applied The Parables Of The KingdomHe Sometimes Used A Pen To Write A Story And On Other Occasions He Used A Brush Topaint A Picture. The Old Saints Used To Describe The Parables As “Perfect Portraits.”They Believed That Jesus Was Portrayed In Every Parabolic Picture That Is Presentedon The Pages Of The Holy Bible.In One Of The Parables Jesus Asks A Profound Question About His Return NeverthelessWhen The Son Of Man Comes Will He Really Fi Nd Faith On The Earth? (Luke 18:8). Theimplication Of The Question Is That He Will Not. Many Believe That Jesus Is Talkingabout The Quantity Of Faith But It Is The Quality Of Faith That Concerns Christ. What Isof Paramount Importance Is That We All Have The Right Faith. Second Best Or SilverIs Not Good Enough For God; Only Pure Gold Will Suffi Ce. We All Need The Faith Thatcomes From Hearing And Hearing By The Word Of God. Many Of The Puritans Preachedlike A Goods Train Slow And Sluggish But Mr. Thomas Watson Was A Cut Above Hiscontemporaries. His Messages Were More Like An Express Train Faster And Fuller.He Was Known To Say “Faith Is The Ring The Father Puts On His Child’S Fi Nger.” Asthe Days Grow Shorter And The Nights Grow Darker We Sense The Coming Of Christ Isdrawing Nearer. What We Need In The Last Hours Of The Last Days Is Men Of Faith Whomr. Stephen Olford Said Will Take The “Book Of God And Preach The Son Of God Bythe Spirit Of God.” May This Book Go Some Small Way To Cause Men To Have Warmhearts Wet Eyes And Willing Spirits. Maranatha! The Lord Comes!