The Golden Parables Of Wisdom
Part II
Duties Of A Good Teacher
The saviour (teacher) sets up what has been overturned. He corrects what has
been misunderstood or misinterpreted. He reveals what has been hidden. He
points out the way to those who have gone astray. He lights a lamp in the midst
of darkness. He opens the eyes that are closed. He is diligent in teaching the
Truth, by minutely explaining, and illustrating with example (parables).
The Need For Secrecy
Spirituality is like a school with different classes. Everybody is best suited
for one class, and not to a lower or higher class. The person’s present level
is best for him. The person in a lower class cannot feel comfortable, if he is
untimely moved into a higher class. The same is true of a person in a higher
class, if he is moved to a lower level.
The spirit uses parables, proverbs and secrecy, so that while those who are
ripe for knowledge may understand, appreciate and utilize it, those for whom it
is not meant will keep their peace. Jesus spoke in parables because many of the
people who heard him were not yet ripe and ready for the message of salvation.
In privacy, He explained all the parables to His disciples because they were
ready and hungry for the kingdom.
In spirituality, there is a law: the law of attraction and repulsion. Everybody
is affected according to his own belief. Thus, Jesus healed so many at Peter’s
house because they believed; in some places, he did not heal because of their
unbelief. Some prove disrespectful, stubborn and violent when things they do
not believe are told or forced on them. Therefore, secrecy is appropriate for
the sake of peace.
10 And the disciples came
and said to Him, "Why do You speak to them in parables?" 11 He
answered and said to them, "Because it has been given to you to know the
mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it has not been given. 12 For
whoever has, to him more will be given, and he will have abundance; but whoever
does not have, even what he has will be taken away from him. 13 Therefore I
speak to them in parables, because seeing they do not see, and hearing they do
not hear, nor do they understand. 14 And in them the prophecy of Isaiah is
fulfilled, which says:
'Hearing you will hear and shall not understand,
And seeing you will see and not perceive;
15 For the hearts of this people have grown dull.
Their ears are hard of hearing,
And their eyes they have closed,
Lest they should see with their eyes and hear with their ears,
Lest they should understand with their hearts and turn,
So that I should heal them.'
Matthew 13:10-15
It is not every message that a person receives that he will make known. The
purpose of some messages is just to teach the receiver. Accordingly, Daniel was
warned to seal up a part of the messages he received until the appointed time
9 And he said, "Go your
way, Daniel, for the words are closed up and sealed till the time of the end.
10 Many shall be purified, made white, and refined, but the wicked shall do
wickedly; and none of the wicked shall understand, but the wise shall
understand. Daniel 12:9-10
Also, Apostle John was warned
not to seal up the messages in the Book of Revelation – “Do not seal up the
words of prophecy of this book, because the time is near.” Rev. 22:10. The
secret of God is for only those who fear (love) Him.
12
Who is the man that fears the LORD?
Him shall He teach in the way He chooses.
13 He himself shall dwell in prosperity,
And his descendants shall inherit the earth.
14 The secret of the LORD is with those who fear Him,
And He will show them His covenant.
Psalms 25:12-14
Learn From The Parable Of Evening Play
The death of Jesus on the
cross was
neither by mistake nor by
ignorance.
And even though it was a
mistake or sin,
God turned it into
everlasting victory.
Such is the love and wisdom
of the Father.
27 "Now My soul is
troubled, and what shall I say? 'Father, save Me from this hour'? But for this
purpose I came to this hour. 28 Father, glorify Your name."
Then a voice came from
heaven, saying, "I have both glorified it and will glorify it again."
John 12:27-28
Jesus died on the cross
because the Almighty approved it, as something necessary for the salvation of
His children. God Himself paid for our sins that none of His children would
perish. This is love, and it is the perfect and supreme sacrifice. The same
love is evident in every relationship, because even animals would fight to the
end to save their offspring. Take up a lamb in your hand, and the mother would
follow you wherever you go, until you release the lamb. The same happens if you
catch a chick. The hen and other chicken would follow you about, until you
release the one in your hand.
God came and poured out His life on the cross for the salvation of all. Now, I
have come with same blood for deliverance, for victory and for salvation of
all. John the Baptist brought for you the baptism of water. Jesus brought the
baptism of Holy Spirit and fire. Now, I have brought you the baptism of water,
Holy Spirit, fire and blood. Blessed indeed is he who hears and obeys my word,
for the words are not mine. They are the words of the living Father, the
Glorious and Harmless One.
Learn from the parable of
children returning from evening play. Their mother would boil water, give them
bath, anoint them with oil, put a new dresses on them and give them food of
eat. At last, she puts them on the bed, and covers them with fine linen and
makes them sleep, safe and sound. This is love. If you would wash something
with water to make it clean again, would you condemn the Just One for using His
precious blood to wash His children, to restore them to His own nature and
Glory?
Since you appreciate the sacrifice of animal, appreciate all the more the
perfect and supreme sacrifice.
It is indeed glorious.
God is our God.
The same God is our Lord.
And He is the everlasting Father,
The King of Kings,
the Lord of Lords
and
The First, The Only and The Last.
Meaning Of The Parable Of An Empty Bag
1.
The child represents a human being.
2.
Empty bag means the physical body.
3.
Market means the world.
4.
To get home means to discover the true self: soul and spirit that
a person is.
5.
Abundance of good things of life means kingdom of heaven, which
can be visited and enjoyed while a person is still on earth.
Meaning Of The Parable of A Pebble And Bird
1.
The child means a human being.
2.
The pebble means the soul of a man.
3.
To step on the pebble means to discover the soul and spirit of a
man.
4.
The pebble becoming a bird means that when a person discovers his
soul and spirit, he becomes like one of the Angels (a golden eagle).
5.
King of birds means that the person becomes exalted among mankind.
Meaning Of The Parable Of Intoxication
1.
What people and churches know about God is still too small.
2.
Majority do not know God’s priorities.
3.
Intoxication means that they mix this little knowledge about God
with their general ignorance, and still claim to know all.
4.
Also, they count themselves as born-again, while majority are not
yet born again. They have not known the truth that sets free. This truth is
quite enormous. Reading one holy book alone is not enough.
5.
After many years of teaching, Jesus still had to tell the
disciples,
“You shall know the truth and the truth shall set you free.” John 8:32
Again He said to them, “I still have many things to say to you, but you
cannot bear them now. 13 However, when He, the Spirit of truth, has come, He
will guide you into all truth; for He will not speak on His own authority, but
whatever He hears He will speak; and He will tell you things to come.” John
16:12-14
6.
“The Bible is incomplete,” say The Most High God.
7.
Indeed, you will be amazed when you know the truth.
Meaning Of The Parable Of Butterfly
1.
People spend their lifetime caring, working and worrying about
their flesh which shall perish, while the goldmine (their spirit selves) remain
untapped.
2.
For example, all the riches of the world are as nothing compared
to one garment of Jesus that I saw in spirit.
3.
The body is nothing but corpse.
4.
It is the spirit self that is the image and likeness of God.
Meaning Of The Parable Of Mirror
1.
The person created in the image of God is not the body which you
see and touch and nourish.
2.
The Image of God is the soul and spirit that lives within the body
and moves the body.
3.
Majority are still unaware of this fact.
4.
Many of those who already know have not experienced it.
Meaning Of The Parable Of Ocean
1.
When you discover the soul in its true form, you become one with
God, who is all-encompassing.
2.
Then you will see as God sees, reason as God reasons, know as God
knows. You will be amazed at the loving-kindness of God, which He has provided
in abundance for His children. You will then know why Jesus said that He came
that we might have life and have it abundantly.
3.
A drop of water from the ocean is so powerless and can easily be
lost or misused. But, when the drop rejoins the ocean, it becomes one with the
ocean, and then it can have and use the mighty powers of the ocean.
Meaning Of The Parable Of The Lost Treasure
1.
The foolish man means a human being.
2.
He is foolish because most of his decisions and actions are based
on ignorance.
3.
To sell his treasure means that he is not interested in the
spiritual self, which is a king of the universe.
4.
To recover his treasure means to know God in spirit and in truth.
5.
Hundred fold means that when he is ready, he will do all things
possible (he will leave no stone unturned) to recover his treasure.
Meaning Of The Parable Of Falsehood
1.
Majority have not known God. They only believe that God exists.
2.
Despite this general ignorance, every church claims to be the
best.
3.
When you expect to hear the truth from them, you discover that
they do not know the truth that sets free and which truth leads to life
everlasting.
4.
That was why Jesus described the Scribes and Pharisees as blind men
leading blind people.
Let them alone: they be blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead
the blind, both shall fall into the ditch. Matthew 15:14
What is more? Whoever that follows a blind man, makes himself a blind
fellow.
…Raphael Nweze
Meaning Of The Parable Of Silver And Gold
1.
Majorities are happy with their churches, and they boast about it.
Spiritually, they are not better than unbelievers.
2.
A sand is greater than the vast sky means that they care far more
for the body made of sand (which is nothing but corpse) than they care for
their spirit selves, (which are like Angels).
A Message For You
The message below is for you!
'These things says the Amen, the Faithful and True Witness, the Beginning of
the creation of God: 15 "I know your works, that you are neither cold nor
hot. I could wish you were cold or hot. 16 So then, because you are lukewarm,
and neither cold nor hot, I will vomit you out of My mouth. 17 Because you
say,’ I am rich, have become wealthy, and have need of nothing' — and do not
know that you are wretched, miserable, poor, blind, and naked — 18 I counsel
you to buy from Me gold refined in the fire, that you may be rich; and white
garments, that you may be clothed, that the shame of your nakedness may not be
revealed; and anoint your eyes with eye salve, that you may see. 19 As many as
I love, I rebuke and chasten. Therefore be zealous and repent. 20 Behold, I
stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I
will come in to him and dine with him, and he with Me. 21 To him who overcomes
I will grant to sit with Me on My throne, as I also overcame and sat down with
My Father on His throne. 22 "He who has an ear, let him hear what the
Spirit says to the churches (this message is for everybody)." Revelation
3:14-22
Meaning of “What Is An Ignorant Teacher Like?”
1.
The teacher is like a mad man because:
o He teaches what he does not
know.
o He disgraces himself by
exposing his ignorance.
o He is outspoken, bold and
boisterous, but busy teaching falsehood.
o Not only that he does not
know the truth, he continues to ignore it.
o He burdens himself with
irrelevancies.
o He is busy deceiving
people.
2.
The children are busy laughing at him because:
o They learn nothing from
him.
o They do not get spiritual
guidance or nourishment from his teachings.
o The children gain nothing
but confusion and stagnation from the teachings; worse still, without knowing
it.
The True Meaning Of A ‘Jealous God’.
God uses parables and proverbs
in explaining the truth about Himself. You find this parables and proverbs in
many portions of the sacwhite texts. The main reason why they are used is
because they make clear the true knowledge and understanding of God. They serve
as illustrations.
Therefore, ‘a jealous
God’ means that demands exclusive royalty,” total obedience and unalloyed love
and devotion. He who loves or obeys God has taken care of all things. This is
true because God is All-in All. Beside, he cares for all, provides for all and
ensures good things for all When your eyes needs an internal medicine, you do
not you did not give the drugs to the eye.
Instead, you give the
drugs to the stomach. You do likewise, when any parts of your body needs drug.
The stomach knows how to send the drugs to the very part of the body that needs
the drugs. The stomach does so, without fail, without jealousy and without
complaining. So is the relationship between God and creation. Whatever that
goes to God, benefits all but whatever that goes to a particular thing becomes
lost. God wants exclusive loyalty from us, and He deserves it.
Often, we say “God
first”, meaning that we should first attend to God before others. It also means
that we should first do what God wants then we can do any other person wants.
The belief and approach is wrong. When you what any other person wants, after
doing what God wants, you may have to undo or against what God wants. For
example, on the day of worship, we first go to worship God. Afterwards, we can
go to party and do whatever we like. It is wrong. Therefore, true catch word is
“God only”. This is because God is the First, the Only and the Last. In
whatever we think, say or do we must make sure it is what God approved. This is
the meaning of being a jealous God. And God deserves it.
He deserves it because
God is omnipotent omniscience and omnipresent. Besides, He cares for All.
Therefore, we should give Him maximum attention and devotion. Because He knows
all things and cares for all things, we should obey Him first and abide in his
ways. He is in the position to control all.
Imagine a nation under
invasion. Of all the citizens of the country, it is only the president that is
in the position to give commands. This is because he receives information from
the Army, Police, Navy, Air force, State Security Service, Customs,
International Police, organizations and individuals. He knows all and He knows
best.
During the period and
process of preventing the invasion, all the citizens should give him maximum
support and unreserved devotion. His success becomes the success of all and his
failure becomes the failure of all.
Now, consider a
situation where the president is telling a police officer what to do, and the
police officer ignores him in order to please his girl friend. Or another
situation in which he directs a family to leave their house for the army, but
the family refuses. Then the enemies takes possession of the house.
Explanations Of The Parable Of The Ignorant Man
1.
The man is ignorant because he does not have spiritual knowledge
and wisdom.
2.
They tied up his hands because they prevent him from using his
spiritual powers. He does not even know that he has great spiritual powers.
They deprived him of the powers of anointing, healing, deliverance, etc.
3.
They tied up his legs because they prevent him from going to
places where he can find God and discover himself.
4.
They blindfolded him by blocking his spirit of vision, prophecy,
dream, trance, oracle, etc.
5.
They made him dumb because he no longer teaches the truth. He
keeps himself busy teaching man-made doctrines in place of God’s commandments.
6.
They put him in bondage, because he is spiritually stagnant and
complacent, without knowing it.
7.
They said to him, “We are your friends,” by calling him
‘Reverend,’ ‘Man of God,’ ‘Saint’ or ‘A good man.’
8.
Yet, the man did not know that he is in the enemies’ camp, because
he continues to ignore the truth about life. He does not know the truth about
God, and cannot distinguish between things of God and things of darkness.
9.
The man is like a soldier in search of his enemy. He took with him
heavy weapons. Everyday, he went about searching for his enemy, without knowing
that he is already inside the belly of his enemy. Such is the predicament of
the teeming ignorant humanity.
The Mark Of Wisdom
"I will open My mouth in parables;
I will utter things kept secret from the foundation of the
world."
Matthew 13:35
Only those who have
spiritual knowledge and wisdom can speak in meaningful and useful parables.
Before you can do so, you must seek and find the Truth, which is both clearly
manifest and seemingly hidden. The ability to say meaningful and useful
parables is the mark of those who are spiritually awake and enlightened. Then
the Holy Spirit speaks to others through them, nourishing their spirits with
heavenly manna.
It is all the more
important that everybody, including the reverend ministers, undertake training
in spiritual science, for no one is able to teach about the spirit, without
first being trained and experienced in spirit. For the time, ignorant religious
leaders occupy positions of honour and trust, simply because the masses are
also ignorant. Hence, Jesus described them as 'blind men leading blind people.'
Very bad indeed, both leaders and followers are inside the pit, because the are
stagnant and complacent without knowing it.
[People should open their
mouth and testify of the spiritual experiences they have. By so doing, the
spirit grows more and more. But if people do not value the minor spiritual
experiences they have, their spirits seem to phase out. For whatever that is
not used dies (does not grow). He who has shall be more given. The use of
something refines that thing, so that it yields more benefits. Parables,
proverbs, words of wisdom and hidden knowledge should be explained to the
public, so that those who want to grow in spirit shall shine out like stars and
become like Angels. It is not good to hide very important knowledge, while the people
perish for lack of knowledge. ]
Stepping Out
I was born a catholic member. At about the age of 12 years of age, I joined the
altar boys in serving mass. I enjoyed the whole engagement. It was blissful! I was
proud to be a catholic member. People loved me and my Godly way of life. At a
stage, I became the leader of the altar boys.
As God would have it, one day I happened to be present at Sabbath worship. I
saw things in a different perspective. I began to see Angels even till today. I
met Archangel Michael, several times. I heard the voice of God. I heard the
voice of Jesus. I visited Heaven, where I met Jesus and Michael. Then came
another visit.
You can now understand why I was bold to remain in the Sabbath fold despite
gossips, condemnations and criticisms of my former catholic members and
admirers.
Till today, I still thank God for that change of environment. Imagine myself
traveling across the Universe with Jesus. Recently, He took me to Heaven and
showed me the Holy Trinity face to face. Soon afterwards, the Angels took me to
the sun, and brought me back with a song of holiness.
Very importantly, I thank God for the wind of Holy Spirit that is gradually
coming to the Catholic and Anglican churches. As Jesus said, I would that it
were already aglow, even afire, everywhere. Catholic members should quicken the
coming of the Holy Spirit. They should investigate, review and revive the
Charismatic at the direction of the Holy Spirit. Indeed, there is so much work
yet to be done!
I have even stepped out further. I have kept myself busy reading the sacred
texts of world religions, because I seek the Truth, not religion or church. I
now know that God is universal. He is not defined by a religion, neither
delimited to it nor confined to a particular church as some religious leaders
would want you believe.
I discovered that people drink a cup of religion and become intoxicated
(proud), whereas God expects us to drink an ocean of divinity and remain quiet.
(They mix the little knowledge they have about God with their general
ignorance, and claim to know the best). Is it not surprising that people
worship what they do not know, while their leaders teach what they are ignorant
of?
Before you can know the truth about life, you must be bold enough to step out
of yourself, out of your environment, out of your religion, out of your
culture, out of your self-imposed limitations, etc. Jesus said clearly, “You
worship what you do not know;” John 4:22 That means that people are doing the
wrong thing or have misconceptions about God and life.
Why Many Who Are First Shall Be Last When Jesus gave this prophecy, it seemed
impossible and unrealistic. But today, it is fulfilled before our own very
eyes. This is what happened to make this prophecy fulfilled. Christianity was
taken to Rome, during the Roman Empire. By the time it was being spread from
Rome to the world, several changes had been made in it. Today, the new
generation churches have read the Bible by themselves. They have discovered
several unbiblical doctrines. They are busy and gradually restoring the right
teachings. And the Holy Spirit is moving with them, confirming their way of
doing things through prophecy, healing, deliverance, anointing, speaking in
tongues etc. These manifestations have drawn away so many from the folds of
organized religions, from year to year. Even those who assert, “I was born in
so so religion, and I will die in the same religion,” are not left out. You
cannot hold a spirit.
And Jesus said it clearly,
7 Do not marvel that I said to you, 'You must be born again.' 8 The wind blows
where it wishes, and you hear the sound of it, but cannot tell where it comes
from and where it goes. So is everyone who is born of the Spirit." John
3:7-8