Parables as Theology

Parables as Theology

All throughout the Gospels, Jesus uses parables to help depict the kingdom of God. These parables hid Truth from some, but revealed Truth to others.

"the secret of the Kingdom of God has been given to you. But to those on the outside everything is said in parables so that,

"'they may be ever seeing but never perceiving,

and ever hearing but never 

understanding;

otherwise they might turn and be 

forgiven!'" (Mark 4: 11-12; Isaiah 6:9-10)

Jesus speaks in parables to:

1. Reveal Truth to His disciples ; they were then stewards of the revealed Truth. 
2. Hide His ministry to non-believers until He fulfilled prophecies made about Him -- until He accomplished all He came to accomplish. 
3. To reveal all who "had ears to hear" and those who did not. 

Myth is something that has power and symbolic meaning. The meaning is what holds the power, not the truth of it. However, Lewis' 'True Myth' is a powerful story that changes lives/cultures, but is also True. Parables help show this. They are stories that are powerful and change the way the Kingdom of God is seen and how lives are lived in accordance to the Kingdom of God, but they are also true depictions of it.