The Parables Of Jesus Explained — The Sower, The Prodigal Son, And What The Kingdom Of God Is Actually Like | What Jesus Said Part 3

Why did Jesus teach in parables? In Part 3 of What Jesus Said, we look at four of the most significant parables Jesus told — and discover that they are not simpler ways of saying complicated things. They are a different kind of communication entirely, giving understanding to the person who is genuinely looking.The parable of the sower — four soils, four responses to the word, and an invitation to honest self-examination about which one currently describes you. The mustard seed and the yeast — both describing a Kingdom that begins invisibly small and transforms everything it enters, working from the inside until the transformation is undeniable. The lost sheep — the shepherd leaving the ninety-nine to go after the one, and carrying it home on his shoulders rejoicing. And the prodigal son — the most celebrated story Jesus ever told, mislabeled, because the central character is not the son but the father who sees him while he is still far off and runs.In a culture where dignity was everything, where a man of means did not run in public, the father runs. Before the apology is finished. Before the conditions are met. Before the son has proven that he has changed. The father runs.That image is the center of everything Jesus taught about what God is like.📖 Scripture from the World English Bible (WEB)📺 Part 3 of 7 — What Jesus Said📺 https://www.youtube.com/@BibleChapterByChapterStudy🎧 https://open.spotify.com/show/6MnjQf5YAsxCAhha7jCSGD🌐 www.biblechapterbychapter.com#ParablesOfJesus #ProdigalSon #WhatJesusSaid #Jesus #BibleStudy #BibleChapterByChapter #KingdomOfGod