Parables Bible Study: How Do I Deal with Difficult People?

The Parable of the Good Samaritan confronts each of us on multiple levels. It confronts our feelings of self-sufficiency and self-righteousness. It confronts our apathy. It confronts our prejudices. Most of all, it confronts our illusions that we can be the hero of our story. We may have opportunities for everyday heroism, but those acts can never save us. That’s because we’ve already been saved. When we were left for dead and without a hope in the world, Jesus saw us, took pity on us, and brought us back to life.

The Gospel writers tell us that Jesus was familiar with the power of stories. A Lost Son. A Pearl of Great Price. A Good Samaritan. A Mustard Seed. Jesus used these images – and so many others! – to point us toward the realities of His Kingdom. While we may be tempted to turn the Kingdom into a complex system of doctrine, Jesus shows us again and again that the Kingdom can be as simple as a story. Join SE Online for a 6-week study of the Parables as we uncover what they teach us about the Kingdom - and its King!