Parables and the Modern Church

PARABLES AND THE MODERN CHURCH
TEXT: Matthew 22:1-14

I. THE PARABLES AND ANCIENT ISRAEL. Ancient Israel's long history of apathy, presumption and direct opposition, which continued into the times of Jesus, is the basic level of interpretation for the parables.

II. THE PARABLES AND THE MODERN CHURCH. The parables must also be understood prophetically and applied to the visible church of our own day.
A. The Great Evangelical Downgrade.

B. The Parable of the Wedding Feast Applied.
—Jeremiah, ch. 7:23-26.
—2 Chronicles 36:15-19.