today i am going to tell you a story about a sower that jesus told people
to help them understand the truth about god's kingdom well a story inside a story
yes something like that jesus taught people the word of god with the help of stories
so that they understood the lessons better these stories were about things that people did every
day he taught people that the greatest commandment of god is to love god with all their heart soul
and mind god's next great commandment was to love people as much as they loved themselves
not only friends but also who they consider to be enemies one day jesus told the people
a story of a sower he had a special lesson in mind for them to learn when he told the story
one day a farmer went out to plant some seed he took a handful and began scattering it on the
ground some of the seed landed on a sidewalk which the birds swooped down and ate them up
some landed on soil that wasn't deep and beneath the soil was a thick layer of rock the seed took
root and plants began growing but when the sun got hot there wasn't enough food and water for
the roots because of the rock layer they died some seed landed in the middle of a lot of weeds
but the weeds were stronger so they took all the food and water away from the plants
however some of the seeds fell on good soil and those seeds grew into plants that were strong
and healthy they produced a wonderful crop that was better than the farmer ever dreamed of
after jesus finished telling them the story his disciples came and asked him
why do you always tell stories when you talk to the people jesus said you are blessed with the
gift of understanding the things of god's kingdom but not everyone understands it some people are
too stubborn to understand ever but some want to stories help them to understand the meaning better
jesus then went on to explain the meaning of the story of the sower
the seed in the story are the truth about god's kingdom the seed that fell on the sidewalk
are nothing but the people who hear the truth but don't understand it the devil comes and snatches
that truth away just as the birds in the story the shallow soil are the people who hear the message
of god's love and accept it but their roots don't run very deep because they don't trust god
then when they are in trouble they turn away from him
the ground with weeds are the people who accept god's word and trust him but they try to keep
other things important in their lives too these things choke god's presence in their lives
the good soil is of course those who receive god's message and trust him their lives are
healthy examples of god's presence in them the people understood jesus's teaching
wow holy jesus told stories to the people just as you tell us stories from the bible
to make us understand it yes stories always help you to understand better and jesus knew that
today's story is about a very wise king a long time ago there lived a very wise thing he knew
all about the ways of animals birds and trees now one breezy day a tiny bee lost her waist and flew
right into the king's beautiful palace the little bee begged the king please let me live and i will
serve you someday the king was amused to think a tiny bee could one day serve such a mighty king
he released the bee and said go be on your way for i need nothing more from you today many days
later a queen came to visit from a far away land she heard many people claim this king was wise
she had to know for sure that this was true she came with many gifts after a show of friendship
she finally asked i hear your wise she said would you be willing to put your wisdom to a test
the king agreed and she did her best with riddles tricks and difficult tests
one day she gave the king a large gemstone and through the very middle was a tiny twisty hole
let's see if you can put a thread through this gem she challenged the king with the devious grin but
the king asked a silk worm to climb through the hole which is not a big problem for a tiny silver
and as it did a thin thread of silk followed the silkworm all the way through now the queen
was quite angered at the king's show of wisdom and all the more determined to find a way to trick him
we must have a test she challenged her advisors to prove this kings a fool so they came up with a
plan that would not fail they ordered the queen's craftsman to make 99 fake but real looking flowers
when finished even the queen could not tell they were fake and then from the king's garden she took
just one real flower and cleverly hid it among all the others tomorrow we will make the wise
king look foolish during the party that's held in his honor we will test the king to find the
real flower the next day the people gathered from all over the land to attend the party
then right after the meal the queen stood and spoke listen everyone i have something to say
just one more test to give the king today my craftsmen have created many beautiful flowers
they all look real 99 are fake but one is real can the king find that one
the king accepted the challenge she handed to him he sniffed out the flowers but they
all smelled so sweet and all of the flowers were as soft as could be the king became a
bit perplexed and did not know what to do next suddenly he heard a faint buzzing sound
it was the tiny little bee he saved many days ago i'm here at your service sir i'm
here to repay your kindness one breezy day the tiny bee quickly flew over the flowers
and in no time at all i'm the real flower the king stooped down and clocked the flower here is
the real one he handed it to the queen to see and the craftsman confirmed it was the real one indeed
finally queen had to give him and admit that this king was truly the wisest there ever had been this
was king solomon the son of david when solomon prayed for wisdom instead of riches god had said
i will do what you have asked i will give you a wise and discerning heart so that there will never
have been anyone like you nor will there ever be moreover i will give you what you have not
asked for both riches and honor so that in your lifetime you will have no equal among kings
the holy tales today's story is about an officer who came to jesus for his help
oh that sounds interesting come on holy begin with the story one day an officer of the roman army
came to jesus and begged for his help he cried sir my loyal servant is paralyzed
and cannot move he is in terrible pain please sir please help him all right i'll come to your house
with you and i shall help him jesus said no sir i am not worthy of having you come to my house
the officer said just say the word right now and i know my servant will be healed
i understand all about authority because i'm under the authority of my superiors and there are people
who i have under my authority i only need to tell them to do something and they'll do it
jesus was amazed to see the faith the man had in him pleased he said to his disciples
till now i have never seen faith like this in all of israel then he turned to the roman officer and
said go home you have the faith and the belief that i will heal your servant and i have done
so hearing this the roman officer left and when he went home he found out that his servant was healed
right at the moment when jesus said the words that was an interesting story indeed
i'm glad you liked it now it's time for the question the officer who came to seek jesus's help
belonged to which army please let me answer this question please the officer belongs to
the roman army well done tubby i hope you all enjoyed the story as much as we did we'll
be back soon stay tuned bye bye to watch more videos please subscribe hidden plants and trees
on the fourth day god created the sun to shine in the day the moon and stars to come out at night
one day moses went to mount horeb with his sheep there god appeared to him
as a flame of fire in a bush since there was no room anywhere else they decided to spend the night
in a stable here mary had her baby jesus she wrapped him in a blanket and put him to sleep
the whole world in his house