In Part 1 of this series, we discussed three lessons from Jesus’ Parable of the Net. In this parable, the fisherman represents God, and we are the fish he “catches” in his net. We don’t have the responsibility or the ability to select who is in or out of the net, or the kingdom of…

Jesus, all through what we call the 13th chapter of Matthew, gives his followers a whole series of parables, such as “the sower who goes out to sow” and “the woman who puts the yeast into the flour.” All of these parables lay out in essence an important expression of what God is doing.  In…