In the Parable of the Barren Fig Tree, Jesus shows just how amazing his grace and patience truly are.

In the Parable of the Wicked Tenants, Jesus speaks directly to the Pharisees about their wickedness concerning the covenant of God.

Justification by faith alone is the only way to truly experience salvation and a real relationship with God. In the parable of the pharisee and the tax collector Jesus upsets the social norms and shows how justification truly works.

Through Christ the spiritually blind recieve sight and salvation.

In the Parable of the two lost sons, Jesus displays the truth of the Father's love for us and how we receieve his grace and acceptance even in the midst of our greatest sins.

The parable of the Sower and the Soils teaches us the truth that Jesus is the sower, the gospel is the seed, and we are the soils.

The parable of the unmerciful servant illustrates the answer to Peter's question of forgiveness. We must forgive because we have been forgiven.

From the parable of the Good Samaritan we learn that our neighbors are the ones who need mercy. We cannot say we love God and not love people.

God's requirements for committed Christians are clearly laid out in scripture. Micah 6:8 - to do justice, to love kindness, and to walk humbly with our God.

A Christian, not in name only, but a committed Christian will have the marks of a Christian in their life.