It is reassuring to know that Jesus laughed. The masterful storyteller who spoke truth to power in parables full of irony, satire, parody, and surprise endings. One can imagine the scene. Jesus, with a wry smile on His face, regaling people, including His own disciples, with tales of careless sowers, weeds that look like wheat, and mustard seeds. These were not dry theological lectures or boring sermons. Jesus used humor to make important and life transforming revelations of God’s Kingdom. And, to point out the hypocrisy, deception, and ultimate demise of the world made by human hands. The parables remind us that Jesus walked among God’s people as a human being. Yes, he laughed. He also argued with his unlikely band of followers, wept, prayed, and suffered. He is, of course, the Son of God, the second person of the Trinity, and the Savior of humankind. Yet, in Jesus’ humanity we have a Savior and Lord who not only knows the travails of human life, but experienced the very trials, tribulations, joys, and heartbreaks that play out each day on the canvasses of our lives. Now, that is a reason to smile and, perhaps, even laugh. Blessings, Pastor Tom Matthew 13: 31-33 & 44-52 He told them another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed, which a man took and planted in his field. Though it is the smallest of all seeds, yet when it grows, it is the largest of garden plants and becomes a tree, so that the birds come and perch in its branches. He told them still another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like yeast that a woman took and mixed into about sixty pounds of flour until it worked all through the dough. “The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field. When a man found it, he hid it again, and then in his joy went and sold all he had and bought that field “Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant looking for fine pearls. When he found one of great value, he went away and sold everything he had and bought it. “Once again, the kingdom of heaven is like a net that was let down into the lake and caught all kinds of fish. When it was full, the fishermen pulled it up on the shore. Then they sat down and collected the good fish in baskets but threw the bad away. This is how it will be at the end of the age. The angels will come and separate the wicked from the righteous and throw them into the blazing furnace, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth. “Have you understood all these things?” Jesus asked. “Yes,” they replied. He said to them, “Therefore every teacher of the law who has become a disciple in the kingdom of heaven is like the owner of a house who brings out of his storeroom new treasures as well as old.” Comments are closed.
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