Everyone loves a good story and a good storyteller.

But there is no storyteller like the Lord Jesus, and there are no greater stories told than the ones Jesus shared.

In this study, spiritual stories, we consider the parables Jesus told

and their application to us. These are truly the greatest stories ever told, and the Lord

has something He wants to say to you through them. Let's join Scott Pauley now.

Do you ever feel at times as you study the Bible that you're getting something but you're not really getting it?

In other words, you hear it, you understand it, the concept of it, but the full understanding,

the full application of it, you just can't quite grasp.

Well, I want you to know you're not alone.

We've all been there.

The best thing you can do is talk to the author. In other words, when you begin to pray and talk to the God

of the Bible, he opens his book to you. This is the work of illumination, leading us by a spirit

deeper into the truth. And I want you to know, this is a principle that is exemplified even in

the example of the Lord Jesus and the first disciples.

We return today to Matthew chapter number 13.

And if it's going to seem like deja vu, it's because it's the same parable.

We recently discussed this parable of the wheat and the tears.

But now we return to it, and it's not the same portion of Scripture.

It's a different conversation, but it grows out of a question the disciples ask of the Lord.

Basically, they ask him, can you explain, we heard you give the lesson.

We understood the basics of it, but we need some help.

So we pick up in Matthew chapter 13 in verse number 36. Then Jesus sent the multitude

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