Photo Credit: iStock/Getty Images Plus/BenGoode. From then on there are still no meetings, but invariably every week there are those guests who come and say, "I want to know more about this." We should never compare ourselves to others. That is the Father's pruning knife cutting off the sucker shoots of the old life within us, so that we might produce more of the Christlikeness, the fruit of the Spirit. Some people think the world owes them something a particular standard of living, health care, mobile phones, or other stuff. We must decide to do things which expose ourselves to him and keep ourselves in contact with him. In that unique way which was his, our Lord took what lay at hand and made it unfold spiritual truth. On the other hand, our Lord gives us the results of fruitbearing -- four beautiful manifestations. 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.. 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. Workers in the Vineyard Gods Extravagant Grace PBCC. -Serving I have been praying for a long time for something that I am confident is according to Gods will, but I do not get it. Economic security is an essential foundation for strong families, explained Father Ty Hullinger, pastor of St. Anthony of Padua Catholic Church, who joined other Baltimore Catholics in a successful campaign for Right to Recall in his city. Well, that is the work of the Father, and it is done in order that you might bear more fruit, be more like Jesus in your reactions -- in your home, in your shop, in your recreation, wherever you may be with people -- that you may be like Christ. The landowner keeps going to the marketplace to find more people to work in his vineyard His crop desperately needs to be gathered. Without both of those, fruitlessness is the result. This fact leaves us all without excuse, because there is some valuable job of work we can all do. Their Right to Recall campaign ensures that when businesses do reopen at full capacity, they call back furloughed workers at their former wages and benefits. In this parable we encounter a situation that just does not seem right. When the guests arrive the crew simply relates to them and gives them the time of their lives. 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. This is an extremely helpful passage! All of this is designed to relate to him -- "Abide in me." Let us remember that God is in control, not us. On some, Lord, you see sucker shoots which need to be pruned away. And our Lord is indicating that the very purpose of the vine is to produce such fruit. That is, he cuts it off, he eliminates it from the life of the vine. 3 About nine in the morning he went out and saw others standing in the marketplace doing nothing. Then He began to tell the people this parable: A certain man planted a vineyard, leased it to vinedressers, and went into a far country for a long time. Website 2023 by Ray Stedman Ministries. They wanted the power and prestige and didnt want anyone to take that from them. It was the 25th Sunday of the Year, cycle A. In Luke 10:2, Jesus was conveying 35 groups of two each to go out to others, the multitudes. 1"I am the true vine, and my Father is the gardener. (John 15:6 RSV). 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). Notice that Jesus says here to the disciples, "You are already made clean." Web20 For the kingdom of heaven is like a landowner who went out early in the morning to hire workers for his vineyard. When our Lord says "Abide in me," he is talking about the will, about the choices, the decisions we make. What Does it Mean That We Are Co-Workers with God? By the third evening the guests are all asking, "Where did you ever get this tremendous crew of young people? You are to rest upon his ability to see you through, to work it out. The figure of the vine is used many times in the Scriptures. 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? Only believing in Christ and accepting him as Lord and Savior is what prompts a home in heaven. (Isaiah 5:7 RSV). God sends the invitation to everybody to come to him, come by faith in Christ (Acts 4:12). Your heart may go out to those workers who labored the whole day only to receive the same wage as those who worked for only one hour. So the question arises at this point, "What does this fruit stand for in our life?" It becomes a continuing sense and experience of his love for us. That might be valid, yet God will not remunerate us for the measure of work we have done. Millions live and die in Europe without a true knowledge of the love of God and of the way of salvation. It is a matter of human dignity, he said. Too many want to fit in to society instead of following what they were called to do. And when they had received it, they complained against the landowner, saying, These last men have worked only one hour, and you made them equal to us who have borne the burden and the heat of the day. But he answered one of them and said, Friend, I am doing you no wrong. The man who owns it has a heart of concern for what he calls "the up-and-outers" -- those who are over-privileged, who have all too much of everything, yet to whom very few are witnessing, telling them of life in Christ. 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." He says, "Now, it may seem strange to you that I should ask that last question. When our hearts are moved by love it is easy to obey his word, for we obey the one we love. What Is a Parable in the Bible? The religious leaders of the day knew that Jesus was speaking of them. 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. The parable is about a master calling people to work for Him. We must be willing to give up anything and everything for Christ. I will send my beloved son. This is what our Lord has in view. "Abide in me, and I in you," and you will be fruitful -- without realizing it -- manifesting the characteristics of the Spirit, the fruit of the Spirit, the quality of life which is like Jesus. In closing, the principle of this parable is that it is foolish to demand fairness from God. Note in verses 4 and 7 that He sent them out. This is somewhat counter cultural as the world seems fixated on entitlements. We are to abide in him (that is active, something we do), and we are to let him abide in us (that is passive, something we allow him to do). You can make it run well. God calls each of us to work in His vineyard while we have time. Change). Just come to Him and place your trust in Jesus Christ. And though you are responsible to make the decisions and make the choices, you are not responsible for the power to carry them out. 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. The point here is that it is the masters money and he can pay as much or as little as he wants. There is a great need for Gods people today to get a worldwide missionary vision because we can be very local and parochial in our concept of the Lords work. The Lord requires faithfulness and not necessarily (as judged by human standards) success. 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. If we focus on the rewards of working in Gods vineyard, we miss the pleasure of serving the Master. If in relating to others you merely get together and have coffee and talk about the weather, you will find it useless. When we think of its size, how few workers there are! It is not about us, but about the Master, His vineyard and His harvest that He is reaping. Now when he had agreed with the laborers for a denarius a day, he sent them into his vineyard. 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 But when that call comes at the eleventh hour, they cannot say that they had not been called. [Jesus said to the people:] Listen to another parable. 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. Many people in Jesus day had a small personal vineyard on their own small plot of land that they worked for themselves. In our churches and Sunday schools, the need for born again, soul-winning workers is very great. But this man seems to have had a large vineyard that was supposed to make him a lot of money. (John 15:8 RSV). You see, you can make choices but you cannot fulfill them. Many will read this parable and remark about how unfair it was for the last group of workers, those who only worked for about an hour, to receive the same compensation as those who worked all day. He will call you into the fold and pay you more than you ever deserve. This ranch is owned and operated by a mutual friend and is designed as a guest-ranch for wealthy and affluent people. Can you explain it to me?, Dr. Torrey said it was easy to explain. Would we really begrudge Gods grace on the latecomers, including ourselves? They mistakenly believe that they have earned whatever they have. Another way to state this and illustrate the unfairness is that those who worked the whole day received the same compensation that they agreed to receive as those who worked for only one hour. Second, "and every branch that does bear fruit he prunes, that it may bear more fruit." Then, "Do you love people, do you like to be with people and relate to them?" It was so in the parable; it is so today. 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). 3You are already clean because of the word I have spoken to you. (1) For the kingdom. This illustration is particularly for the individuals who might feel privileged due to their heritage or by the alleged position of authority that they may hold. We trade the Giver for His gifts. 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 They must satisfy him that they love people. Did you ever see a bunch of grapes struggling to hang onto the vine, trying to grow larger? Making decisions and then trying to do the whole thing yourself, as though the whole responsibility rests upon you, is going to produce a fruitless Christian life -- intense activity, but no results. 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. Pingback: Laborers in Gods Vineyard (Matthew 20:1-16) | Good Hope Baptist Church. 9"As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you. I am the vine, you are the branches. As the branch cannot bear fruit by itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in me. So the vine includes the branches, and Jesus says, "I am that vine; you are the branches.". What Is the Significance of Not the Letter but of the Spirit? 8This is to my Father's glory, that you bear much fruit, showing yourselves to be my disciples. Now remain in my love. If you are called to lead, be the shepherd God has called you to be and follow what the Holy Spirit tells you. Again he sent another servant; and they beat him also, treated him shamefully, and sent him away empty-handed. How vast the field of service is which the Lord calls us into! Therefore what will the owner of the vineyard do to them? New Heart English Bible For we are God's fellow workers. Can we or will we be able to say, I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith: Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day: and not to me only, but unto all them also that love his appearing (2 Timothy 4:7-8). 2He cuts off every branch in me that bears no fruit, while every branch that does bear fruit he prunes so that it will be even more fruitful. Gods vineyard is the entire earth, and the workers in the vineyard There are hungry people to feed. 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. Many church people take issue with this. In verse three, the householder went out about the third hour into the marketplace and found others standing idly by. The life which is in the vine produces fruit which Paul describes in Galatians5 as: love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, self-control. 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. I lived in the far corner of Northeastern Washington with my beautiful wife, but now live in Wisconsin while I look for work. The point was not that everyone has to sell all that they have to give to the poor. You may believe that the master of the vineyard owes those workers more. We do not have to agonize and struggle to produce these qualities or characteristics; they are brought about naturally by the vine. There is a world to evangelize. This huge story represents a vital truth: it is not the measure of time, which we serve nor the unmistakable quality or significance of our position, which decides our reward. The world is our parish (John 3:16; Matthew 28:19; Acts 1:8); and His business extends right around the whole of it. You suddenly were confronted with what you were doing to yourself and to others -- you felt it and heard it and saw it. 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. At the close of Chapter14 our Lord said to his disciples, "Rise, let us go hence." 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. Rather, they were to ask God for additional helpers. (LogOut/ 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. No matter how long or how much you have served God, you do not deserve His grace. Again, let God be your guide. 07/15/2018. We must make choices, we must determine to expose ourselves to him, we must seek his face in the Word and in prayer and in fellowship with others. That is a hard lesson to learn, because oftentimes when we go to God in prayer thinking we deserve something from Him. As leaders, they should have been leading the people to Him. (John 15:1-2 RSV). In Caritas in Veritate, Pope Benedict XVI quotes St. John Paul II in Laborem Exercens: In many cases, poverty results from a violation of the dignity of human work, either because work opportunities are limited (through unemployment or underemployment), or because a low value is put on work and the rights that flow from it, especially the right to a just wage and to the personal security of the worker and his or her family' (No. Nationally, the Catholic Labor Network works to build church-labor partnerships to further the work of justice, by protecting vulnerable workers and educating the faithful about church teaching, including on a just and living wage. Do you want to be known as a disciple of Jesus? The parable provides an illustration of this statement. Recall, verse two of the passage: Matthew 20:2 After agreeing with the laborers for a denarius a day, he sent them into his vineyard. Again he sent another servant; and they beat him also, treated him shamefully, and sent him away empty-handed. God has so much work, and there is room for everyone who is willing. All rights reserved. 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, God owns His vineyard. If they respond just a little, then your love can reach out further, can deepen and grow. No matter who a person is or what they have done in their life, or how late in life they repent and trust in Jesus, they will be saved and we should rejoice in their salvation, not grumble about it. He built a tower; he protected the vineyard and cared for it, Isaiah 5:2(. And he went out about the third hour and saw others standing idle in the marketplace, and said to them, You also go into the vineyard, and whatever is right I will give you. So they went. He will come and destroy those vinedressers and give the vineyard to others., And when they heard it they said, Certainly not!, Then He looked at them and said, What then is this that is written: THE STONE WHICH THE BUILDERS REJECTED HAS BECOME THE CHIEF CORNERSTONE ? Many people have a problem with this. 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. He wants them to love their work. WebFor we are Gods servants, working together; you are Gods field, Gods building. He is really praying in his own name, and God will not hear our prayers when we approach Him in that way. But the vinedressers beat him and sent him away empty-handed. They continually were seeking ways to quiet Him or destroy Him. Fruitfulness shows that we are in partnership with GOD. All they hear is, "Do as you please." We thank you for your faithfulness in being at work to do that. 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. He not only does this, but he does it repeatedly. Who Are the Workers in the Parable of the Vineyard? Those who focus on that are really focusing on the material reward for their efforts whats in it for them. We are laborers in His vineyard and He is calling the shots. 6If anyone does not remain in me, he is like a branch that is thrown away and withers; such branches are picked up, thrown into the fire and burned. I want to reassure you that this is not the case. If a man remains in me and I in him, he will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing. The whole earth is the Lords, but other nations did not enjoy their lands as the planting of the Lord . The whole plant was the vine. View all posts by davesdailyscriptures. Probably they will respect him when they see him. But when the vinedressers saw him, they reasoned among themselves, saying, This is the heir. (John 15:4-5 RSV). On the other hand, he says, "He who abides in me, and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing." But he will answer your prayers when they grow out of this relationship. 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. The hurt was too severe. Meaning and 10 Examples, What Is the Parable of the Sower? He employs the workers and not the other way around. The relationship is not merely to be recognized; it is to be acted upon: "Abide in me, and I in you. You see, you can do many things without depending on Christ. Apprenticeship graduate Joseph Kenyiawa, who was resettled through Catholic Charities in Nashville from Sudan 20 years ago, is a pillar of the Sudanese Catholic community. Giving. No one can gain more favor than another, whether we spend a lifetime serving God or, like the thief on the cross, a person who comes to repentance at the end of ones life will be saved and enter into paradise (see Luke 23:39-43). How difficult that would be! It is the love of Jesus for us, "shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Spirit" (Romans 5:5 KJV), which awakens our love toward him in response. What Is the Meaning of Psalm 91 and Why Is it Popular? because they are going to have to work sometimes from seven in the morning until ten or eleven at night. When God sent someone to give a message, they would not listen. He decides who does what and who receives what from working in his vineyard. 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 may have been eager to make sure people had work. As a result he was cut off, and he withered. Leaders of the church need to stand strong and have boldness and never deviate from the truth. 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). 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. She holds a masters degree in theology.). We would be foolish to appeal to God for justice rather than grace, for if we really received justice, we would all be condemned. The remainder, Chapters15 through17, occurred as they were walking on their way to the Garden of Gethsemene. God is glorified when his people manifest fruit, i.e., Christlikeness. "Without me you can do nothing.". If you love somebody, and reach out toward them, you can go only so far unless they respond to that love. 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.". That is the main issue with this parable. No, it simply stays in the vine and lets the life of the vine produce the fruit. (1) preachers who are used by their Spirit-filled preaching. Does it Matter That I Didn't Keep My Goals for Lent? Only believing in Christ and accepting him as Lord and Savior is what prompts a home in heaven. The result will be, "Ask what you will". Article Images Copyright 2023 Getty Images unless otherwise indicated. Subject to permissions policy, all rights reserved. What then will we have? 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