Matthew 13:51-52
After Jesus had left the crowds and went into the house, we
find the disciples coming to Him and saying, “Explain to us the parable of the
weeds of the field.” And Jesus did just
that, do you ask Jesus to explain the Scriptures to you, I did this
morning. Guess what, not only did Jesus
explain the parable, He went farther and gave them three more parables that
gave insight into the kingdom of heaven.
How many times have you ask an employer, your child, or even
your mate, did you understand what I just told you? Listen to Jesus; “Have you
understood all these things?” They said to him, “Yes.”
And he said to them,“Therefore every scribe who has been trained
for the kingdom of heaven is like a master of a house, who brings out of his
treasure what is new and what is old.” “Who were the scribes” by Don Stewart, “The Greek word grammateus
translated scribe means writer. The scribes were the ones who drew up legal
documents. They also copied the Old Testament Scripture. They also devoted
themselves to the study of the law, and the determination of its applications
on daily life. They also studied the Scripture with respect to doctrinal and
historical matters. Noted scribes had their own disciples. Many of the scribes
were members of the Jewish council.
Don
does a great job of showing us from Scripture both sides of the scribes that
Jesus came in contact with, but on the whole they wanted to kill him. We find one account in Matthew 8:19, they
wanted to follow Jesus but most were apposed to Him. Jesus tells His disciples to watch out for the
scribes and the Pharisees, and in Matthew 16:21, “From that time Jesus began to show his
disciples that he must go to Jerusalem and suffer many things from the elders
and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and on the third day be raised.”
But
Jesus is talking to His disciples and He is telling them, “Therefore every scribe who has been trained for the kingdom
of heaven is like a master of a house, who brings out of his treasure what is
new and what is old.” We
should never forget that these disciples were in training to be the ones to
carry the gospel to a lost world, and we also are to be in training to carry
the gospel to a lost world. The
Amplified Bible gives this insight to 2 Timothy 2:15, “Study and be eager and do
your utmost to present yourself to God approved (tested by trial), a workman
who has no cause to be ashamed, correctly analyzing and accurately
dividing [rightly handling and skillfully teaching] the Word of Truth.”
From the Back Porch,
Bob Rice
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