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To: kjam22

I’m not sure what you mean by “out of context.” Most of those parables are told with multiple layers of context. They offer an immediate message to the listener at that point in history when Christ walked on the earth, but they also convey a larger, more abstract message that becomes more clear over time.


143 posted on 09/24/2015 7:56:56 PM PDT by Alberta's Child ("It doesn't work for me. I gotta have more cowbell!")
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To: Alberta's Child

That is one thought. Others would make a passionate argument that one can read to much into a parable, and reading into it more than what is taught in a straight forward manner is dangerous. A clear reading of the passage in Luke tells us that the Pharisee did not consider others as his neighbor whom he was to love as himself. And the explanation of the parable by Jesus tells us the same thing. But yeah, a person can read whatever they want into the parable to mean whatever they want it to mean.


146 posted on 09/24/2015 8:00:50 PM PDT by kjam22 (my music video "If My People" at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74b20RjILy4)
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To: Alberta's Child

My point is that most of us fail the clear and simple reading. The same clear and simple reading that was applicable to the pharisee of that time. And that clear and simple reading has stood the test of time and is still appropriate for all of us.


152 posted on 09/24/2015 8:03:47 PM PDT by kjam22 (my music video "If My People" at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74b20RjILy4)
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