This is the glory of Christian liberty. The parable shocks us when the eleventh hour workers receive as much pay for the one hour they worked as those who had worked all day. I struggled for a while with this word prunes because in the Greek it is really "cleanses." ", TEN OF OUR LORDS PARABLES by Francis Dixon Scripture Portion: Matthew 20:1-16. -Serving And leave pride out of it. (LogOut/ We thank you for your faithfulness in being at work to do that. Only believing in Christ and accepting him as Lord and Savior is what prompts a home in heaven. It appears that this master, however, does not share that expectation. But when he came into his vineyard and looked for grapes, he found wild grapes instead sour, tasteless grapes. Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers XX. We can look at this as a progression from the calling of the Jews to the calling of the Gentiles (Mark 16:15; Luke 14:23). Now when he had agreed with the laborers for a denarius a day, he sent them into his vineyard. That is a hard lesson to learn, because oftentimes when we go to God in prayer thinking we deserve something from Him. It is His vineyard and He chooses to do with it as He sees fit. Neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in me. They must satisfy him that they love people. Remember that earlier in the passage our Lord had said, "If you love me, you will keep my commandments," (John 14:15 RSV). The religious leaders of the day knew that Jesus was speaking of them. Now when he had agreed with the laborers for a denarius a day, he sent them into his vineyard. You suddenly were confronted with what you were doing to yourself and to others -- you felt it and heard it and saw it. We trade the Giver for His gifts. We will be compensated for our steadfastness to the errand that God has given us to perform, paying little heed to how little or how irrelevant it might show up as. Its a place where to keep you from being idle, to ensure you dont live a document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); Laborers in Gods Vineyard (Matthew20:1-16), https://christambassadors.files.wordpress.com/2013/09/laborers-in-gods-vineyard-matthew-201-16.mp3, Laborers in Gods Vineyard (Matthew 20:1-16) | Good Hope Baptist Church, Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary, God cares more for people than for things, We are His laborers working for His Harvest. Every Christian, everywhere, should be fully engaged in active service for the Lord in these desperately needy days either by prayer (Matthew 9:38), or by preaching (Acts 5:42) - or by both (Acts 6:4). Millions live and die in Europe without a true knowledge of the love of God and of the way of salvation. And do not compare yourself to others. The hurt was too severe. To uphold the dignity of work and the rights of workers means to question unjust systems that violate human dignity by not paying a fair wage, withholding wages or preventing workers from their right to organize and bargain collectively for their safety, livelihood and protections on the job. I want to reassure you that this is not the case. Do you love people? You can make it run well. We find that the master of the vineyard has a rather strange way of rewarding his workers. WebMatthew Chapter 20. However, the illustration might be applied all the more by and large to show us that God is not in debt to anyone; an extraordinary truth. It was then that the Landowner said, You also go (verse 7). For the master of the vineyard, there must have been a lot of work to be done for him to hire so many workers so many times during the day. He responded, This man thinks that because he has been a consistent church member for thirty years, a faithful Sunday school superintendent for twenty-five years, and an elder in the church for twenty years, that God is under obligation to answer his prayer. He who abides in me, and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing." The third question is, "Do you love Jesus?". He or she may not have sung in a choir, never taught a Sunday School class, nor been a part of a church committee. The denarius was a standard minimum days wage at that time and the workers had agreed to it. He has served as a Sunday School teacher, a youth director along with his wife, a music director, an associate pastor, and an interim pastor. This is what it means to abide in him. And again he sent a third; and they wounded him also and cast him out. Even though Israel is Gods chosen people, He opened the door for salvation to everyone. A vineyard is planted not for ornamentation, but to produce grapes, to bear fruit. You can be flat on your back in bed, sick, but manifesting a Christ-like spirit, and you are glorifying God by that experience. As work became more industrialized, Pope Leo XIII advocated for just working conditions, the rights of workers to bargain collectively and form unions, and to earn a living wage all of which our church still supports today. He employs the workers and not the other way around. There might be those that were offered the gospel at the third hour, the sixth hour, and the ninth hour yet denied the call. When he said, "I am the true vine," he did not mean, "true in contrast with something false, fake, counterfeit," but rather "real, genuine, as opposed to the mere copy or symbol." If a man remains in me and I in him, he will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing. There are a couple things to note in this story, I think. New Heart English Bible For we are God's fellow workers. Cultivating the vineyard of the Lord includes cultivating the lives of those who toil in the vineyard. Thus, this parable flies at the heart of that assumption. That person may not have done anything of importance within the church but look at the rewards he or she may have. The Jews would grumble when salvation is provided to gentiles as well. I lived in the far corner of Northeastern Washington with my beautiful wife, but now live in Wisconsin while I look for work. As Isaiah tells us, God cleared out the rocks in his vineyard and hedged it about. Jesus was teaching things that were contrary to religious tradition. A certain man planted a vineyard, leased it to vinedressers, and went into a far country for a long time. And from that we saw that obedience grows out of love. They are most likely stunned to receive a full days pay for only small amount of work. I will send my beloved son. The laborers in this parable were hired to do a work for the master of the vineyard. We expect that those who work harder and longer will receive a greater reward than those who do not. The spirit of Judgment. But what about the other four groups of workers? "Without me you can do nothing.". Probably at the time Jesus spoke this parable, the latecomers to Gods vineyard, to Gods Kingdom, were the tax collectors and sinners. In a broader context the Gentiles would be the eleventh hour workers who heard Gods Word later than Jews. God has blessed me tremendously and so thankful for His grace and the people He has put in my life and His work in and around me. Linking is encouraged, but content may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or otherwise distributed including, but not limited to such means as framing or other digital copying and/or distribution method, in whole or in part without the publisher's written consent. There are seven fundamental lessons relating to our service. RayStedman.org/permissions. Again he sent another servant; and they beat him also, treated him shamefully, and sent him away empty-handed. 9"As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you. Probably everyone feels that a person ought to be compensated fairly for his or her work. When you do that, then love grows into this deepening, quickening experience. He was a threat to the religious leaders power and prestige. None of us deserve Gods grace. 11I have told you this so that my joy may be in you and that your joy may be complete. People come and spend a lot of money, staying a week or so at a time. As the branch cannot bear fruit by itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in me. When we do, we are abiding in him and letting him abide in us. None of us get to dictate to God what we will receive. When we think of its size, how few workers there are! Change), You are commenting using your Facebook account. All rights reserved. (3) people of prayer behind the scenes. Then the last result of fruitbearing -- the fullness of joy, Verse11, "These things I have spoken to you, that my joy may be in you, and that your joy may be full." And our Lord is indicating that the very purpose of the vine is to produce such fruit. Gods desire is that we are all saved and that we are all filled with joy. 5"I am the vine; you are the branches. Maybe the master was trying to keep the unemployment rate low during that time. If you try to make all the choices and carry all the responsibility yourself, you will lead a fruitless life. But that was not the end of it; there was to be more as they went on. They will not build and another inhabit, They will not plant and another eat; For as the lifetime of a tree, so will be the days of My people, It is now generally viewed as a time for barbecues and the end of summer, but it was originally observed to acknowledge the contribution workers make to our society. Now we must choose to maintain that relationship by the decisions we make, i.e., decisions to expose ourselves to his Word in order to learn about him, and to relate to him in prayer wherein we converse with him, and to relate to other believers in body-life experiences, i.e., bearing one another's burdens and confessing our faults and sharing in fellowship with one another, wherein we learn about and see Christ in one another. Without both of those, fruitlessness is the result. Stand Up Nashville, a grassroots organization supported by the Catholic Campaign for Human Development, also in Nashville, has fought for a community benefits agreement around the new soccer stadium construction project to ensure that local residents benefit from living wage employment opportunities. God owns the vineyard! WebJesus, by the parable of the laborers in the vineyard, shows that God is debtor unto no man; 17. foretells his passion; 20. by answering the mother of Zebedee's children, teaches his disciples to be humble; 29. and gives two blind men their sight. Aside from the first group of workers who were hired at sun up, the master promises to pay the workers what is right. These workers might have expected to receive a fraction of a days wage, but the master of the vineyard never specifies what he will pay. But I have learned that the only young people who can ever stand up to this grueling demand, and can meet it with an unvarying spirit of joy and gladness, with the kind of attitude that has so impressed you, are those who have learned to love Jesus.". A certain sense of fairness comes into question among some of the workers, and the parable ends by emphasizing the owners generosity over any subjective view of Then he leased it to tenants and went to another country.. In light of the countrys stagnant federal minimum wage, the network is supporting a Nashville Living Wage certification program to honor employers who pay a more just minimum wage by choice. In many ways it constitutes the most needy mission field in the world today. Gods grace is there for anyone at any time? He received a note one day during a meeting that said the following: Dear Dr. Torrey, I am in great perplexity. (2) Others at the third hour (verse 3) - the first and second century Christians? The context of this parable was right after Jesus was talking with the rich man who valued his riches and was sad when Jesus told him to leave it behind to follow Him. They were not to attempt to do the occupation without assistance. What is the instrument he uses? Is God using the sharp knife of circumstances to cut off the "sucker shoot" of an old habit or attitude in your life, confronting you with that word of truth which corrects and cleanses, causing you to see it and feel it and hear it and give heed to it? Therefore, you thought it was right. But the vinedressers beat him and sent him away empty-handed. Change). Again, He is the Master of the vineyard, not us. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in: You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. Israel was that vine. And if you are truly loving him, you can ask whatever you will. Look up Galatians 6:9. The whole earth is the Lords, but other nations did not enjoy their lands as the planting of the Lord . The day of work is their lifetime. We would be foolish to appeal to God for justice rather than grace, for if we really received justice, we would all be condemned. 2023 Words of Life Ministries - an independent evangelical Registered Charitable Trust (no.269381) Cookie Policy | Privacy Policy Website by: TEKOA Creative, Study 1 THE FARMER, THE SEED, AND THE SOILS, Study 2 THE PHARISEE AND THE TAX COLLECTOR. But the vinedressers beat him and sent him away empty-handed. You can operate your business without Christ. The whole plant was the vine. California - Do Not Sell My Personal Information. He is responsible to see that the purpose of the vine is fulfilled. Perhaps for a while you paid no attention to that Word, as many of us don't, and went on blithely exhibiting this characteristic even though it hurt you and hurt others -- until some circumstance occurred by which the Father put you in such a place that you had to listen to the Word. Notice that our Lord divides it into two sections. He was with the Lord -- spent three and a half years with him. This sermon was delivered at Good Hope Baptist Church in Wake Forest, NC. Do you want to be recognized as one who follows Jesus? And in the 80th Psalm, the Psalmist says that God "brought a vine out of Egypt" and planted it in a good land, Psalms 80:8). His joy, the joy that was always there at the bottom of his heart, that gladness of relationship with his Father, is now to be our experience. The Bible illustrates that many who start last, now and then by Gods grace, may sometimes reach a more noteworthy accomplishment in effect, biblical knowledge, and grace, than others whose entry into the faith was all the earlier. Upon graduation, Kenyiawa said that joining the Laborers International Union is his opportunity to leave a firm foundation for (his) family.. But if you pray because you are talking with One whom you love and want to know more of, sharing with him out of the fullness of your heart, then prayer becomes a beautiful and marvelous experience. There are no Bible studies, no meetings; it is a very low-key approach. Listen to godly advice. Both of these are absolutely essential, and our Lord develops this fact. Jesus says, "Abide in me, and I in you." Changing Yourself Hard Work And Perseverance Life By God's Word Self Confidence Receiving God's Word Games, Spiritual Useless Labour Athletics Victory The Fact Of That Day The Christian Race The Soul So from this point on we properly should no longer call this passage of Scripture the Upper Room Discourse. Christians should work diligently to glorify the Lord and bring others to Christ, and because of the genuineness of our hearts will we obtain rewards in If allowed to continue to grow, they would dissipate the life of the vine through so many branches that the vine would produce little or no fruit but would produce leaves instead. May our attitude be as Jesus said: Luke 17:10 So you also, when you have done all that you were commanded, say, We are unworthy servants; we have only done what was our duty.. (2) Christian authors and teachers who use the printed word. The fruit here is not others won to Christ. Many are called to do Gods work. (4) Still others at the eleventh hour (verse 6) - twenty-first century witnesses? Somebody might vocally protest that "those individuals did not function or work as hard as I did." Take what is yours and go your way. But that is only part of it. When our Lord says "Abide in me," he is talking about the will, about the choices, the decisions we make. Did you ever see a bunch of grapes struggling to hang onto the vine, trying to grow larger? All they hear is, "Do as you please." And many a churchgoer is in that state. So it is evident from that parable that the fruit which God expects of the vine is moral character, or as we have it in the New Testament, the fruit of the Spirit -- the fruit which the Spirit produces. Jesus tells us in Verse3: "You are already made clean [pruned] by the word which I have spoken to you." But if they remain unresponsive over the weeks and months and years, love finally is limited to that initial step of reaching out to them. because they are going to have to work sometimes from seven in the morning until ten or eleven at night. A friend of mine passed through Palo Alto this week on his way to Colorado to participate in a very unusual ranch. Does the Pandemic Still Affect Church Attendance? Some people think the world owes them something a particular standard of living, health care, mobile phones, or other stuff. But it is an encouragement for any Christian worker to be reminded that he or she is working in a part of the Lords vast vineyard. If they respond just a little, then your love can reach out further, can deepen and grow. In Gods vineyard, people have no anxiety at all. Instead of worrying they pray with thanksgiving, [making] their requests known to God. In this, they can be utterly (4) Murmurings (verse 11). The Progression: Chronological - The parable emphasizes the times that the laborers were hired. Rather, they were to ask God for additional helpers. But if you try, you find that there will be no fruit, no Christlikeness, no manifestation of that beautiful character which arrests the attention of others. Those who focus on that are really focusing on the material reward for their efforts whats in it for them. But you learned from the Word that it was wrong. If you love somebody, and reach out toward them, you can go only so far unless they respond to that love. How could they be otherwise until the Landowner had commissioned them to work? Fruitfulness brings glory to GOD. 8This is to my Father's glory, that you bear much fruit, showing yourselves to be my disciples. 1"I am the true vine, and my Father is the gardener. Therefore, while Jesus acknowledged that His followers, particularly the Twelve Disciples, would receive a hundredfold reward and will inherit eternal life, He goes on to explain the nature of Gods reward. In verse three, the householder went out about the third hour into the marketplace and found others standing idly by. He does not mean that without him you remain just an immobile blob. This is also suggested in the parable. 3 About nine in the morning he went out and saw others standing in the marketplace doing nothing. In this parable, I recognized three reasons why we fail to walk in Gods grace and how to overcome them. Is that what we really want? Matthew 20:1-16 For the kingdom of heaven is like a landowner who went out early in the morning to hire laborers for his vineyard. We believe He owes us something. This is the STONE WHICH WAS REJECTED BY YOU BUILDERS, WHICH HAS BECOME THE CHIEF CORNERSTONE. Nor is there salvation in any other, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved.. We are laborers in His vineyard and He is calling the shots. That is, a vine produces certain shoots (called "sucker" shoots) which start to grow where the branch joins the stem. The figure of the vine is used many times in the Scriptures. Thus, the parable is not about us, but about Him. The good news is that God does bestow grace on us, the eleventh hour workers, and we receive the same reward of forgiveness, salvation, and eternal glory as the earliest workers. Notice that Jesus says here to the disciples, "You are already made clean." Whoever falls on that stone will be broken; but on whomever it falls, it will grind him to powder.. At the close of Chapter14 our Lord said to his disciples, "Rise, let us go hence." Because it is large, many workers are needed. 63). Several times, he found people standing idle in the marketplace, which may just mean that were unemployed, not that they were lazy. They mistakenly believe that they have earned whatever they have. Then, "Do you love people, do you like to be with people and relate to them?" Instead there will be a shabby sham, a phony imitation of the real thing, which will drive people away from Christ and will produce nothing but a dull, mechanical religiosity which is piousness without God. After Jesus spoke to a young rich ruler and said to the disciples that all things are possible with God, Peter responded to Jesus: Matthew 19:26-30 See, we have left everything and followed you. Many individuals that we do not anticipate finding in the Kingdom will be there. We are His Laborers Working for His Harvest. Our Lord goes on now to point out the consequence of not abiding in him: "If a man does not abide in me, he is cast forth as a branch and withers; and the branches are gathered, thrown into the fire and burned." It is also a holiday that is observed to celebrate those who labor. But this man seems to have had a large vineyard that was supposed to make him a lot of money. (5) Discouragement. He does not show favoritism. Jesus further explained the participation rules of the Kingdom of Heaven, which is only by God's grace. (LogOut/ It is not part of the fruit itself; it is the result of a life which increasingly is becoming Christlike. (John 15:9-10 RSV). Then God the Father sent His only Son. This is a picture of those church members who, despite attending church, never have any manifestation of truth, never have any sign in their lives of that quality of love and forgiveness and understanding and compassion which is born of the Holy Spirit, but are rigid and narrow and hard and harsh and condemning and difficult -- even though they say and do the "right" thing. Workers in the Vineyard Gods Extravagant Grace PBCC. The fruit is borne by the branches produced by the vine. Mark Bailey calls this parable, A day on the job in the kingdom of Almighty God, you have so linked our lives one with another that all we do affects, for good or ill, all other lives: So guide us in the work we do, that we may do it not for self alone, but for the common good; and, as we seek a proper return for our own labor, make us mindful of the rightful aspirations of other workers, and arouse our conc Look up Matthew 9:37; John 4:35. Now he adds this note of responsibility -- there is something which you must do. When God sent someone to give a message, they would not listen. and do it wholeheartedly. "But the plans of the LORD stand firm for ever, the purposes of his heart through all generations. The world is our parish (John 3:16; Matthew 28:19; Acts 1:8); and His business extends right around the whole of it. This is somewhat counter cultural as the world seems fixated on entitlements. Catholic Labor Network has also supported local Catholic Charities agencies around the country that are exploring partnerships with North Americas Building Trades Unions Multi-craft Core Curriculum (MC3) Apprenticeship Readiness Program to channel Catholic Charities clients, low-income Catholic parishioners, and referrals from local St. Vincent de Paul conferences into stable and fiscally solvent careers in the union construction trades. You can see what a beautiful analogy this is to the Christian experience, for in our lives we have that within us which produces the fruit of the Spirit. But we are to be sober, be vigilant, and be steadfast in the faith (1 Peter 5:8-9). What a fantastic group they are!" He will compensate us as indicated by our devotion to do the work that he has called us to do. So you can do what you please when you love God. Then the owner of the vineyard said, What shall I do? I believe this is a reference to other such Scripture passages which say that the angels will be sent out to gather out all which offends in God's kingdom and cast it into the eternal fire where it will be burned. And he included in that vine not only the branches but the stem and root. In this illustration, God is the householder, and believers are the workers. It might be something seemingly insignificant that may be behind the scenes or a small task or it might Let me tell you why they are the way they are." In the parable that Jesus tells, the master of the vineyard called many, You too go and work in my vineyard!. The Father's work is to find a branch which is beginning to bear fruit, beginning to produce the likeness of Christ, and to cut it back, trim off the shoots, so that it may bear more fruit. These three vineyard texts insist that God remains in personal relationship with his people, continues to care for and preserve them and stays faithful even when the people fail to do so. This is Labor Day weekend. There is a spiritual principle here. It was the 25th Sunday of the Year, cycle A. Whatever work you do, do it as unto the Lord (because you are!) It is almost certain that Jesus stopped in the midst of a vineyard, took a vine, and used it as a means of illustrating to his disciples the great secret he had been seeking to impart to them in his whole discourse there in the Upper Room, the most fundamental and basic secret of Christian life -- the secret which lay at the heart of his own experience and ministry, "I am in the Father, and the Father is in me" John 14:10(, and now the secret of their lives by the Spirit when he would come, "You in me, and I in you," (John 14:20b RSV(. The third result is the deeper experience of Christ's love: "As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you; abide in my love. We do not deserve anything from Him. Both these relationships are absolutely essential, not one as opposed to the other but both together. Second, "and every branch that does bear fruit he prunes, that it may bear more fruit." 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