ASK for revelation (the lamp on a stand)

This is a series of posts…

• “Nothing will be impossible for you” – Jesus Christ (October 2011)
• Whatever you ask in prayer, believe that you HAVE received it (October 2011)
• How does faith work? (Nov 2006)
• Not by might nor by power but by my Spirit (Zech 4:6)
• The Kingdom of God grows – its a process
• In The parable of the sower we have to persist until we bear fruit
• In The parable of the lamp on a stand we will get what we ASK for

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The parable of: A Lamp on a stand, what does it mean? 🙂

He (Jesus) said to them, “Do you bring in a lamp to put it under a bowl or a bed? Instead, don’t you put it on its stand? For whatever is hidden is meant to be disclosed, and whatever is concealed is meant to be brought out into the open.” – Mark 4:21-25 (NIV)

What is Jesus saying here? What is being shown?

So I did a bit more research at biblegateway.com on those passages and in several versions alongside each other.

Let’s take a look at the amplified version (Please read my note about the AMP):

And He said to them, Is the lamp brought in to be put under a peck measure (basket, bowl or washtub) or under a bed, and not to be put on the lampstand? [Things are hidden temporarily only as a means to revelation.] For there is nothing hidden except to be revealed, nor is anything [temporarily] kept secret except in order that it may be made known. – Mark 4:21-22 (AMP)

I think that is great! It says that Jesus intends to show these things to those who ASK for it.