"The disciples came to him and asked, “Why do you speak to the people in parables?”
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I say to them, their understanding of it will increase their guilt. They would be rejecting not what they do not understand, but what they do understand. If I speak to them in parables and they do not understand what I am saying, then their rejection is based on their lack of understanding and it will diminish their guilt. because of what I say, but because of what I am, which should have been clear enough to them." It is inherent in the entire teaching of the Bible that God will not hold us responsible for what we do not know or understand, but for what we do know and understand (Rom. 2:12-20; 4:15). The non-understanding of some of the words of Christ in reality never alleviates unbelievers of their guilt for the rejection of Jesus Christ. Every human being on earth has an inner consciousness of God's requirement of him (Rom. 2:15; Jn. 1:9). As one knows and understands more, his responsibility increases proportionately. This applies to both unbelievers and believers, the former for the degree of their punishment in hell, and the latter for the degree of their heavenly reward. Hiding the meaning of the depths of God by Jesus Christ to unbelievers is an act of mercifulness toward them in reducing their comprehension of His words. 13:24-30 See note on Jude 9."
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