Why Bother? They didn't listen to Moses and the prophets.

So why aren't we worried about the law?

I owe. I owe. It's off to work I go!

Who says he wasn't?

Grace is much more than mere forgiveness.

Forgiveness for me but not for thee.

You see things differently when you're in charge.

Jesus uses parables to teach things his listeners don’t want to hear. Forget the status thing. You must count the cost – even hating your father and mother – for following Him. We don’t celebrate the way we should. Like the prodigal son, we chase the wrong things.

Jesus teaches that the kingdom will grow gradually, like a mustard seed, that few will be saved, that the first will be last, and that he who humbles himself will be exalted.

Sometimes that's the best school.

Of course not. That's the point. Heaven will be different.

It's that serious.