PARABLE THEMES | GOD LOOKS ON THE HEART

1. Parable Themes

a) As we look at the particular parables of Jesus, let's focus on the general themes that keep on recurring in those parables. Jesus might tell a new story to teach an old lesson. The parable themes are simple, yet they are at the heart of Jesus’s teaching.

2. God Looks On The Heart

a) Several parables show that God is not interested in outward show, but in the quality of a person's spirit. Humility, mercy, compassion, sincerity of heart, these are the things that matter.

b) The parable of the whited tombs illustrates the way God looks on the hidden inner person, not the outward (Matthew 23:27-28).

Matthew 23:27-28
27 “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you are like whitewashed tombs which on the outside appear beautiful, but inside they are full of dead men’s bones and all uncleanness. 28 So you, too, outwardly appear righteous to men, but inwardly you are full of hypocrisy and lawlessness.