Rev Mendez Sermons & Notes

July 26 2020 Rev. Arturo Mendez St. Matthew Lutheran church of Westfield     Theme: Jesus teaches us in Parables.     May the Peace and Grace from our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ abound in all of us.   We've been listening for the past two weeks the parables of Jesus in Matthew's account, and today is not the exception. Today Jesus also wants to teach us and His disciples about these 4 parables, but perhaps we ask ourselves a question, why does Jesus speaks to us in this particular way that it is certainly a little difficult to understand?    First of all, what is a parable? Parable is a figure of speech, which presents a short story, typically with a moral lesson at the end. You often have heard stories from your elders, such as The Boy Who Cried Wolf, and All is Vanity. These are parables, because they teach you a certain moral lesson. Parable is, in fact, a Greek word, parable, which means “comparison.” It is a briefly expressed narrative, or a universal truth that uses sym