{"podcast":{"title":"BIG Life Devotional | Daily Devotional for Women","slug":"big-life-devotional-daily-devotional-for-women-10023","podcast_index_feed_id":10023,"rss_url":"https://biglifehq.com/feed/podcast/","website_url":"https://biglifehq.com/blog/","image_url":"https://biglifehq.com/wp-content/uploads/BL-Devo-V2-min.jpg","author":"Pamela Crim | Daily Devotional for Women","episode_count":100,"summary":"Daily Devotional with Pamela Crim | BIG Life Mentor","last_synced_at":"2026-09-21T20:19:04.643074+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/big-life-devotional-daily-devotional-for-women-10023"},"episode":{"title":"2178 The Parable of the Disciple","slug":"2178-the-parable-of-the-disciple","published_at":"2026-08-13T13:20:08+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/big-life-devotional-daily-devotional-for-women-10023/2178-the-parable-of-the-disciple","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/big-life-devotional-daily-devotional-for-women-10023","url":"https://biglifehq.com/2026/08/2178-the-parable-of-the-disciple/","audio_url":"https://media.blubrry.com/big_life_devotional/content.blubrry.com/big_life_devotional/2178BLDevo-Parable_of_the_Disciple.mp3","summary":"Matthew 13:52, “Every teacher of religious law who becomes a disciple in the Kingdom of Heaven is like a homeowner who brings from his storeroom new gems of truth as well as old.” Well what on earth is Jesus trying to show us here? Being a teacher of religious law means you know your Bible. You know facts. You know history. You know verses. You know order. But there’s more than just knowledge of the Bible for us – we are invited to become DISCIPLES. As a disciple of Jesus, we are his STUDENTS. Do you see the interesting dynamic Jesus is introducing here – for those who call themselves teachers, those who know all there is to know about the Bible, we can then go even deeper by being a student of Jesus. We can learn from him. Jesus wants to take us beyond the written word, he wants to reveal to us the things of Heaven. Have you ever studied scripture and simply gotten nothing out of it? My friend, you could have the entire Bible memorized from cover to cover, which many ‘teachers of religious law’ did in these days, but fail to be a discipled as a student of Jesus. You could know everything there is to know about God’s word, but only have knowledge without meaning. God hasn’t called you to gather up more and more knowledge so you’re the most intelligent person with massive amounts of information. He’s called you to be a student of Jesus, learning spiritual ways beyond the words. Jesus calls us into relationship with him. In close relationship we can see how Jesus works. He says in Matthew 11: 29-30 MSG, “Walk with me and work with me – watch how I do it. Learn the unforced rhythms of grace. I won’t lay anything heavy or ill-fitting on you. Keep company with me and you’ll learn to li…","meta_description":"Matthew 13:52, “Every teacher of religious law who becomes a disciple in the Kingdom of Heaven is like a homeowner who brings from his storeroom new…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1036,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/big-life-devotional-daily-devotional-for-women-10023/episodes/2178-the-parable-of-the-disciple/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/big-life-devotional-daily-devotional-for-women-10023/2178-the-parable-of-the-disciple.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}