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people in darkness for hundreds of years.
The teacher may be anointed to teach the
Word, but he’s not more anointed to understand
it than you are. So let no one keep you in bondage;
it’s been given to you to understand the mysteries
of the Kingdom. That’s what Jesus said!
UNDERSTANDING HAS BEEN
GIVEN TO YOU!
Jesus always had a multitude gathered to
listen to Him, but not all of the multitude were
His disciples. So He would often speak to the
multitude in parables. On one occasion, He had
just told them the parable of the sower and none
of them understood it, including the twelve
apostles.
When He was away from the crowd, His
disciples came to Him and asked, “Why speakest
thou unto them in parables?” (Matthew 13:10).
Jesus then told them why He spoke in
parables: “Because it is given unto you to know
the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them