Jesus concludes his long set of parables with his disciples, teaching the Parable of the Net, and then giving one final teaching that shows us what we're to do now that we understand his parables

We listen to two very short, complementary parables, which both shed a lot of light on what entering into Jesus's kingdom by faith looks like in the hearts of all his people.

Jesus fulfills an Old Testament passage by speaking parables. Then he explains to us his Parable of the Weeds, with an emphasis on his just, right, and good final judgment to come

We continue on in Matthew hearing Jesus speak three more parables to the crowds, all about the "kingdom of heaven," and how it starts small, grows, and does so in some ways we may not expect

We continue in the Parable of the Sower, with the thorny soilwhich is one of the biggest warnings to us in the whole Bibleand good soilwhich shows us what it's like to genueinly recieve Jesus and his gospel

In our first message on Jesus's explanation of the Parable of the Sower, we look at the path and rocky soil, and what Jesus warns about there and what we can learn take away from it.

We dive into Matthew 13a chapter packed with parablesand quickly look at Jesus's Parable of the Sower. Then, we spend most of our time hearing Jesus tell us whyhe even spoke in parables

Jesus addresses firmly those who were rejecting him. Then he gives one of his most stunning teachings and analogies concerning unclean spirits leaving and coming back stronger with more evil, and what that actually means. And finally, he tells us his disciples are in his family

We continue listening to Jesus, now as he talks to us about us being "trees," with "fruit" that is shown primarily in how we speak about him.

We continue on with another mircale by Jesus, reactions, and then a long response from Jesus, climaxing in his teaching about "the blasphemy agains the Spirit" which, according to Jesus, cannot be forgiven