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 Pauli now.

We're going to the doctor's office today to the beloved physician, Dr. Luke, Chapter number six.

As we walk through the parables of our Lord, these spiritual stories Jesus told and their

application to us, and we're moving back and forth between the gospel records for this reason

because we're trying as much as possible to deal with them chronologically from the beginning

of his ministry all the way through.

No doubt it won't be perfect. It won't be exact. But as best we can tell,

this is the order in which they were given. And I bring you to Luke chapter 6 today because this is,

I think, the most thorough use of this parable or treatment of this parable. There's a parallel to it

in the sermon on the

Mount in Matthew chapter 7, verses 3 through 6, if you'd like to make a note of that and

compare scripture with scripture. But let's concentrate on what Dr. Luke penned for us, beginning in

Luke chapter 6 and verse number 39. And he, that is Jesus, spake a parable unto them.

Can the blind, lead the blind?

Shall they not both fall into the ditch?

There's a little humor being used here, of course, and a question.

This is the form this parable takes.

Can you see two blind people people one of them trying to tell

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