Why  Did Jesus Use Parables? Week 1 Week of March 13 Teachers Guide: Introduction: Communicating with images and stories : How important is communication today? Why do companies spend millions of dollars on a sixty second commercial? Because it communicates! “Communication works for those who work at it.” Jesus was communicating words that had the power...

Week 2 The Parable of the cloth and wineskins Scripture: Luke 5:27-39 Focus: The focus of this lesson is on the love Jesus has for sinners, and that old, worn out religious rules cannot meet the needs of fresh grace and love from the Savior. Luke 5:27-39 (New King James Version) Matthew the Tax Collector 27 After these things He went out and saw a tax collector...

The Parable of the Unmerciful Servant Week 3 Matthew 18:21-35 There is a list of the top 10 worst prisons in the world. Four of these are located in the United States.  One of the prisons on the list is found in Colorado. It is described in the following way: …it was meant to be the ultimate deterrent, a place where inmates were completely isolated from...

Week 4 The Banquet Parables Parables about God’s grace Scripture: Luke 14:7-11 Focus:These parables emphasize the humility and lowliness of heart we must show in receiving God’s grace. The three Banquet Parables are our text for this lesson. Jesus told these parables at the house of a prominent Phraisee during a banquet to which he had been invited. The...

WEEK 5 GOD’S LOST AND FOUND DEPARTMENT LUKE 15: 4-32 Focus: The parables of The Lost Sheep, the Lost Coin, and the Lost Son portray God as concerned about the lost, and willing and anxious that they be returned to Him. The Longer parable of the Lost Son teaches a number of lessons connected to this theme. The three parables about the lost being found...