Have You Understood These Things?

February 23, 2020 Pastor: Gary Johnson

Passage: Matthew 13:34–52

Scripture Passage: Matthew 13:34-52

Matthew 13:​51 ​“Have you understood all these things?” They *said to Him, “Yes.” ​ 52 ​ And Jesus said to them, “Therefore every scribe who has become a disciple of the kingdom of heaven is like a head of household, who brings out of his treasure things new and old.”

I. The Question: ​“Have you understood these things?”

A. Did they understand the parable of the sower?

The Kingdom will spread and grow through the _____ _________ of his word, yet with ___________ results.

B. Did they understand the parable of the mustard seed and the yeast?

Jesus’ Kingdom would, like the smallest mustard seed planted in a hidden place would grow from tiny beginnings into a vast tree that spreads its branches to the _______ of the _____________ ?

Did they understand that their small band of brothers was the beginning of a worldwide _____________ that continues today?

C. Did they understand the parable of the wheat and the tares?

_________ and ___________ would grow up together.

II. The Answer: ​“Do you understand all these things? Yes? or No?

Our knowledge will not be mature until we are with _________ in ______________ ​(​1 Cor. 13:12​).

III. The Prophecy: ​ ​“Therefore every scribe who has been trained for the kingdom of heaven is like the master of a house, who brings out of his treasure what is new and what is old” (v. 52).

A. The scribe is the teacher of the __________________________ .

B. The instructed one is the who learns from _____________ the true meaning of the OT.

C. What does this parable predict?