In the parable that Jesus tells, the master of the vineyard called many, You too go and work in my vineyard!. And he included in that vine not only the branches but the stem and root. Suffice it to say, the Lord will someday reward the person who may have been a member of a small church. Lets take the definition of fruitfulness. This fact leaves us all without excuse, because there is some valuable job of work we can all do. He was the vine from which true life is received. You are to rest upon his ability to see you through, to work it out. It is a matter of human dignity, he said. The leaders of Israel did not see it that way. You can make it run well. They are mistaken! That is why the New Testament says: Open your hearts, widen your hearts, be responsive -- love back. None are self-appointed. We must decide to do things which expose ourselves to him and keep ourselves in contact with him. And do not compare yourself to others. The fruit, in (4) Still others at the eleventh hour (verse 6) - twenty-first century witnesses? For those who have accepted Christ and may at times cry foul when life seems unfair, remember that the truly desirable thing is to be called by the Master and work with all our might not for the reward but out of love for the Master. She holds a masters degree in theology.). -Serving 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. Several times, he found people standing idle in the marketplace, which may just mean that were unemployed, not that they were lazy. These disciples, familiar with the Old Testament, would immediately think of several places where it was used. The workers of a railroad car manufacturing company began the strike because they thought they were not treated fairly. Look up Matthew 9:37; John 4:35. The landowner keeps going to the marketplace to find more people to work in his vineyard His crop desperately needs to be gathered. (2) Christian authors and teachers who use the printed word. In agriculture theres a sowing season, then a reaping season. 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. Fruitfulness gives GOD glory. What a wonderful relationship our Lord taught us here by this lesson of the vine! We must think about what is important eternally. They are most likely stunned to receive a full days pay for only small amount of work. So it is with the church: we need all the workers we can get to accomplish all that God has called us to do. The vineyard is the kingdom, the sphere of Gods rule. 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. It is the third of these parables that we will study, and notice in verse 1 that the Landowner is our Lord Himself, and the Workers He sent into His vineyard represent all who have been saved (Matthew 1:21), chosen (John 16:16), and commissioned by Him (Matthew 9:38). There are hungry people to feed. RayStedman.org/permissions. 7If you remain in me and my words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be given you. In this illustration, God is the householder, and believers are the workers. I wish to give to this last man the same as to you. We ought not to resent the people who go to God in the last snapshots of life, in light of the fact that, truly, nobody merits timeless life. They may have been members of churches for years, but there is no life evident at all. I love the saying, "Joy is the flag which flies over the castle of the heart when the King is in residence." There are seven fundamental lessons relating to our service. Do you want to be recognized as one who follows Jesus? None of us deserve Gods grace. 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. You cannot tell him when to answer your prayers. But if you share where you are spiritually, what your struggles are, what you are going through, and if you bear one another's burdens and love each other in the Lord, it becomes a delightful, marvelous, strengthening experience. He is teaching us here that right in the midst of the circumstances of life there can be more likeness to Christ, more of the moral character of Jesus, more fruit. We do not have to agonize and struggle to produce these qualities or characteristics; they are brought about naturally by the vine. Linking is encouraged, but republishing or redistributing, including by framing or similar means, without the publisher's prior written permission is prohibited. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in: You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. We are to each be working to make more disciples of Jesus Christ while we have time. (John 15:6 RSV). Did you not agree with me for a denarius? As the branch cannot bear fruit by itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in me. Israel rejected God and were disobedient. But we are to be sober, be vigilant, and be steadfast in the faith (1 Peter 5:8-9). When we think of its size, how few workers there are! In that respect, this parable is not based on reality. More information about Good Hope may be found at the following site: www.GoodHopeBC.org. Today there is a manpower shortage in the Kingdom of Heaven! What a fantastic group they are!" There is a world to evangelize. And from that we saw that obedience grows out of love. 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. There are a couple things to note in this story, I think. There was a landowner who planted a vineyard, put a fence around it, dug a wine press in it, and built a watchtower. (3) people of prayer behind the scenes. And though you are responsible to make the decisions and make the choices, you are not responsible for the power to carry them out. and do it wholeheartedly. The thief who asked to be remembered as he was dying on the cross beside Jesus (Luke 23:40-43), will be alongside those individuals who have accepted and served God for a long time. God is glorified when his people manifest fruit, i.e., Christlikeness. 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. If indeed this is the location, they then took their way down across the Tyropoeon Valley, which separated the Temple from the rest of the city, around the wall skirting the Temple area, down into the Kidron Valley, across the brook, and then up the slope of the Mount of Olives to the garden. 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. All they hear is, "Do as you please." He even shared in the experience of ministry with the other disciples. God graciously gives according to His will, as He so chooses. Even though Israel is Gods chosen people, He opened the door for salvation to everyone. Now he adds this note of responsibility -- there is something which you must do. WebThe life which is in the vine produces fruit which Paul describes in Galatians 5 as: love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, self-control. You can raise your family without Christ. Chris Swansonanswered the call into the ministry over 20 years ago. When our hearts are moved by love it is easy to obey his word, for we obey the one we love. He sovereignly rules over all of creation and none of us have a legitimate claim on it. He adds here the ingredient that when we obey his word, keep his commandments, we will abide in his love. 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 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." He decides who does what and who receives what from working in his vineyard. It is His vineyard and He chooses to do with it as He sees fit. He did not abide in Christ, and Christ did not abide in him. You suddenly were confronted with what you were doing to yourself and to others -- you felt it and heard it and saw it. Here in remarkable imagery he captures the work which goes on in our lives as the Father employs the circumstances in which we are found, the situations of our lives, to make us heed and hear the Word which corrects and changes. The point is that God owes us nothing. So every vinedresser knows it is important to prune away these little sucker shoots in order that the vine may produce more fruit. And he tells them about the three questions he asked: Do you love work? The hurt was too severe. Though it is wonderful when one has the privilege of leading many to Christ, and any of us perhaps can do this on one occasion or another, it is no indication of fruitlessness if you never have had this experience. 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. I have been the superintendent of the Sunday school for twenty-five years, and an elder in the church for twenty years; and yet God does not answer my prayer and I cannot understand it. Cultivating the vineyard of the Lord includes cultivating the lives of those who toil in the vineyard. And again he sent a third; and they wounded him also and cast him out. 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. We do not have to work at it. He does not show favoritism. But the vinedressers beat him and sent him away empty-handed. 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. 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 In this instance, we should mobilize people to first pray, then gather a band of prayer warriors. Just come to Him and place your trust in Jesus Christ. 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). But when the first came, they supposed that they would receive more; and they likewise received each a denarius. Catholic social teaching upholds the dignity of work and the rights of workers. [Jesus said to the people:] Listen to another parable. Somebody might vocally protest that "those individuals did not function or work as hard as I did." Maybe God has not called a few of us to accomplish something extraordinary or fantastic for him, yet would we say that we are unwavering in doing what he has allocated for us to do? The Jews would grumble when salvation is provided to gentiles as well. The laborers in this parable were hired to do a work for the master of the vineyard. 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." 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. One is in Isaiah5: "For the vineyard of the Lord of hosts is the house [the nation] of Israel," (Isaiah 5:7a). That is what joy is -- this sense of our unity with Jesus, the sense of his power, his adequacy, his ability to handle the problems which are thrust upon us. You see, you can do many things without depending on Christ. The world is our parish (John 3:16; Matthew 28:19; Acts 1:8); and His business extends right around the whole of it. As a result he was cut off, and he withered. (John 15:3 RSV). Then he leased it to tenants and went to another country.. He received a note one day during a meeting that said the following: Dear Dr. Torrey, I am in great perplexity. This is the glory of Christian liberty. It is also a holiday that is observed to celebrate those who labor. If He gives you a denarius for a days worth of work, then you ought to be grateful for that. In verse three, the householder went out about the third hour into the marketplace and found others standing idly by. The point here is that it is the masters money and he can pay as much or as little as he wants. Web-Working in the vineyard involves work! 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. This is also suggested in the parable. 8This is to my Father's glory, that you bear much fruit, showing yourselves to be my disciples. (2) Jealousy (verse 10) - the Devils master-stroke among the Lords workers! We pray in his name, Amen. We are laborers in His vineyard and He is calling the shots. No branch can bear fruit by itself; it must remain in the vine. In 1 Peter we are told that we shall receive a crown of glory (1 Peter 5:4). When God sent someone to give a message, they would not listen. As you venture out on that basis you expect him to support you and to carry you through. If you keep my commandments, you will abide in my love, just as I have kept my Father's commandments and abide in his love." In verses four-six, the householder went out each time the workers went out, compelling those to come and work in the vineyard. But that was not the end of it; there was to be more as they went on. God does not need us to do anything for Him He is completely sufficient on His own; however, God desires to employ us to work in His vineyard. 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. A vineyard is planted not for ornamentation, but to produce grapes, to bear fruit. There are at least four truths this parable teaches us: The first thing we ought to realize about this parable is that the master owns the vineyard. By this he meant to illustrate the wonderful truth that when we are united with Christ we are one with him, we are identified with him. Gods vineyard is a place God puts you to bear good fruit for Him (Isaiah 5:1-2, Luke 13:6-7). Fruitfulness brings glory to GOD. The fruit is borne by the branches produced by the vine. New Heart English Bible For we are God's fellow workers. But this man seems to have had a large vineyard that was supposed to make him a lot of money. And again he sent a third; and they wounded him also and cast him out. But many are troubled by those who claim that, unless a Christian is constantly winning others to Christ, he is a fruitless Christian. The fruit here is not others won to Christ. No, they are means by which we know him. 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. We also have a day in which to work for the Lord - look up 2 Corinthians 6:2 - the Day of Grace. He or she may not have sung in a choir, never taught a Sunday School class, nor been a part of a church committee. In this parable the period for service was twelve hours. 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. This gift is for everyone. In between, theres not a lot of work to do. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in: You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. What is that? 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. Yet when this starts, the Father must trim off the unfruitful branches. (LogOut/ Several biblical passages describe the grape harvest as a time of Here is the process in which the branch is cut off, and then it withers -- grows dry and dull and dead. Do you love God for Who He is, or do you love Him for the benefits He gives you? Change). As he held this vine and its branches in his hand, he indicated that this was the copy. If they can assure him that they love work, love people, and love Jesus, then they have a tremendous opportunity to work at that ranch. So it is a complete cycle which keeps producing deeper and deeper experiences of love. What a temptation to be slack, careless and half-hearted in the Lords work. If you try to pray as though it were some exercise in which you chalk off fifteen minutes' worth, mechanically going through a list like the turning of a prayer wheel, it is a valueless experience. But when that call comes at the eleventh hour, they cannot say that they had not been called. Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said to them, Rulers of the people and elders of Israel: If we this day are judged for a good deed done to a helpless man, by what means he has been made well, let it be known to you all, and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom you crucified, whom God raised from the dead, by Him this man stands here before you whole. We believe He owes us something. If you try to make all the choices and carry all the responsibility yourself, you will lead a fruitless life. Do you want to be known as a disciple of Jesus? 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. The parable is about a master calling people to work for Him. He exercised the power of God by performing miracles. Working in Gods Vineyard Many are called to do Gods work. Rather, they were to ask God for additional helpers. 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). 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. If you are called to lead, be the shepherd God has called you to be and follow what the Holy Spirit tells you. Web8 This is to my Fathers glory, that you bear much fruit, showing yourselves to be my disciples. The masters promise was entirely fair; however, since the master of the vineyard gave the others who worked less than a full day the same wage as those who had borne the burden of the day, those first workers believed that they deserved something more. In a vineyard the vines are pruned not just once in their lifetimes; the process is repeated every spring. WebGod needs workers for his vineyard. If you open your Bible and begin to read it without the conscious expectation that it is going to tell you something about him, you will read in vain. Christianity.com is a member of the Salem Web Network of sites including: Copyright 2023, Christianity.com. Gods vineyard is the entire earth, and the workers in the vineyard There is a pruning time, a pruning season. It is likewise to the people who might feel predominant on the grounds that they might have invested such a lot of energy with Christ as a Christian. Meaning and 10 Examples, What Is the Parable of the Sower? 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. Jesus says, "Abide in me, and I in you." Many religious leaders are more interested in their fame and fortune than they are at leading people to the truth. Or is your eye evil because I am good? So the last will be first, and the first last. Now remain in my love. 1"I am the true vine, and my Father is the gardener. Whatever work you do, do it as unto the Lord (because you are!) Many individuals that we do not anticipate finding in the Kingdom will be there. The parables of the Ten Minas (Luke 19:11-28), the Talents (Matthew 25:14-30) and the Workers in the Vineyard (Matthew 20:1-16), were all related by the Lord to emphasise three aspects of Christian service. God came looking for justice and righteousness; instead he found oppression, cruelty, exploitation, and indifference to the needs of others. (4) Murmurings (verse 11). No matter how long you have been a member of the church, have served on different committees, been a deacon, a Sunday School teacher, or whatever you have done, you do not deserve Gods grace, and you certainly do not deserve more of it. 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. When you do that, then love grows into this deepening, quickening experience. We know that your work with us is to the end that we may produce more fruit, that all of us here in this vineyard will be so fruit-laden, that it will be a fruitful place which will make the world around us drool with desire to learn the secret of such fruit. Change), You are commenting using your Twitter account. You see, Peter asked Jesus what the disciples would receive because they had left everything to follow Him. We might ask that, too, if it were us. What then will we have? Jesus said to them, Truly, I say to you, in the new world, when the Son of Man will sit on his glorious throne, you who have followed me will also sit on twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel. It is not part of the fruit itself; it is the result of a life which increasingly is becoming Christlike. Needless to say, such behavior doesnt impress God at all. The Father is the vinedresser. A friend of mine passed through Palo Alto this week on his way to Colorado to participate in a very unusual ranch. Certain individuals, when they comprehend the gospel, want to go to work quickly by reaching unsaved individuals. The relationship is not merely to be recognized; it is to be acted upon: "Abide in me, and I in you. All things being equal, we expect businesses would not pay workers the same wage who worked less than others. Fruitfulness shows that we are in partnership with GOD. Who Are the Workers in the Parable of the Vineyard? In this parable we encounter a situation that just does not seem right. In this parable, I recognized three reasons why we fail to walk in Gods grace and how to overcome them. 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). It might be something seemingly insignificant that may be behind the scenes or a small task or it might be something that will impact many others. Furthermore, it is added to any new believers as a consolation of the grace of God. The evening is eternity. It was the 25th Sunday of the Year, cycle A. Surely, Many of the leaders were corrupt. They mistakenly believe that they own whatever they possess. But it is conceivable that the master had a lot of work to do and wanted all the workers he could find to do it. The Gentiles may have been called in at the eleventh hour, but they receive the same as what was offered unto the Jews, salvation. So you can do what you please when you love God. How discontented we are (Hebrews 13:5)! Choose from news (Monday), leisure (Thursday) or worship (Saturday) or get all three! He said, "I am the true vine, and my Father is the vinedresser. Take what is yours and go your way. Therefore what will the owner of the vineyard do to them? But there was no life in him. Some of you may have been there and seen it. Now at vintage-time he sent a servant to the vinedressers, that they might give him some of the fruit of the vineyard. (John 15:2b RSV). If they respond just a little, then your love can reach out further, can deepen and grow. When we read this parable we are probably struck by the perceived unfairness of the master toward those who had worked the longest. The whole earth is the Lords, but other nations did not enjoy their lands as the planting of the Lord . 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. (John 15:11 RSV). However, we are not entitled to anything, especially from God. 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. 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. This sermon was delivered at Good Hope Baptist Church in Wake Forest, NC. 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. It is not about us, but about the Master, His vineyard and His harvest that He is reaping. If we focus on the material reward of working in the vineyard, we miss the masters generosity to the majority of his workers. First, "If you abide in me, and my words abide in you [this is the way we let him abide in us -- by his word], ask whatever you will, and it shall be done for you." (LogOut/ The truth is that the master gave them exactly what they had contracted to receive. That is what Jesus is talking about. But it is an 11I have told you this so that my joy may be in you and that your joy may be complete. He says, "Now, it may seem strange to you that I should ask that last question. Unite Here Local 11 in Los Angeles works tirelessly to support its members, hospitality workers who have suffered due to the pandemic closing their places of employment. They were not to attempt to do the occupation without assistance. The figure of the vine is used many times in the Scriptures. 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. The denarius represents eternal life. 1 For the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is an householder, which went out early in the morning to hire labourers into his vineyard. 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. 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