", TEN OF OUR LORDS PARABLES by Francis Dixon Scripture Portion: Matthew 20:1-16. In this parable the period for service was twelve hours. 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. He will compensate us as indicated by our devotion to do the work that he has called us to do. 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. There will be a harvest and we need to work until that time. There might be those that were offered the gospel at the third hour, the sixth hour, and the ninth hour yet denied the call. Change), You are commenting using your Twitter account. Can you explain it to me?, Dr. Torrey said it was easy to explain. He adds here the ingredient that when we obey his word, keep his commandments, we will abide in his love. Do you love Jesus? In the parable that Jesus tells, the master of the vineyard called many, You too go and work in my vineyard!. But there was no life in him. 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. And since they grow right where the branch joins the stem, creating a tight cluster where dirt, leaves, and other debris collect, the pruning is therefore a cleansing process. Note in verses 4 and 7 that He sent them out. This is somewhat counter cultural as the world seems fixated on entitlements. You see, you can do many things without depending on Christ. They must satisfy him that they love people. That is a hard lesson to learn, because oftentimes when we go to God in prayer thinking we deserve something from Him. 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, If in relating to others you merely get together and have coffee and talk about the weather, you will find it useless. It appears that this master, however, does not share that expectation. 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. 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." 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 3 About nine in the morning he went out and saw others standing in the marketplace doing nothing. But what about the other four groups of workers? (LogOut/ (4) Murmurings (verse 11). Many religious leaders are more interested in their fame and fortune than they are at leading people to the truth. In this parable, I recognized three reasons why we fail to walk in Gods grace and how to overcome them. Several times, he found people standing idle in the marketplace, which may just mean that were unemployed, not that they were lazy. (5) stewards of the Lords money, seeking to extend His work. But we are to be sober, be vigilant, and be steadfast in the faith (1 Peter 5:8-9). Let me tell you why they are the way they are." California - Do Not Sell My Personal Information. Therefore what will the owner of the vineyard do to them? But many who are first will be last, and the last first.. Jesus further explained the participation rules of the Kingdom of Heaven, which is only by God's grace. So the question arises at this point, "What does this fruit stand for in our life?" One is in Isaiah5: "For the vineyard of the Lord of hosts is the house [the nation] of Israel," (Isaiah 5:7a). 8This is to my Father's glory, that you bear much fruit, showing yourselves to be my disciples. 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. If He gives you a denarius for a days worth of work, then you ought to be grateful for that. Those are the ones which arise out of our evil nature, our fallen Adamic nature, which produces in us those characteristics which are different than the fruit of the Spirit -- resentment, anger, bitterness, selfishness, egocentricity, love of praise -- these qualities which tend to arise within us so frequently. 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. (2) In other continents the need is vast - where the darkness of heathenism, superstition and ignorance abound. If you do not know the Master of the vineyard, Jesus Christ, you can know Him today. Therefore, you thought it was right. Well, that has to do with empowerment, enablement. Even though Israel is Gods chosen people, He opened the door for salvation to everyone. The fruit is borne by the branches produced by the vine. He said, "I am the true vine, and my Father is the vinedresser. Unless otherwise noted, all material copyright 2023, Rochester Catholic Press Association, Inc. See how many times the Landowner went out to appoint workers - verses 1, 3, 5, 6. Matthew Henrys Commentary tells us that the immediate object of this parable is, to show that the Jews were first called into the vineyard, finally, the gospel should be spread to the Gentiles, and that they are to be conceded to the same advantages and benefits with the Jews. Both of these are necessary in the Christian experience. 3 And he went out about the third hour, and saw others standing idle in the marketplace, Gods vineyard is the entire earth, and the workers in the vineyard are all of Gods people, earning our daily bread as co-creators with God, no matter our craft. Their diversity of thought has a common theme, service to God and neighbor as a reflection of our faith in him and our acceptance of his salvation. We Christians are God's great vineyard. Website 2023 by Ray Stedman Ministries. Look up Psalm 126:6; Matthew 25:21; 1 Corinthians 4:2. There are seven fundamental lessons relating to our service. In many ways it constitutes the most needy mission field in the world today. Why Did Pharaoh Tell Joseph to Enjoy the 'Fat of the Land'? You can operate your business without Christ. Gods grace is there for anyone at any time? (John 15:4-5 RSV). (LogOut/ It was so in the parable; it is so today. All rights reserved. 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. 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 are called to do Gods work. 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. 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. 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." By the time it became a federal holiday, thirty states had already officially celebrated Labor Day. Also, Jesus teaches in this parable that all who come to Him will be equal in the kingdom of God, rich or poor, Jew or Gentile, young or old. Web20 For the kingdom of heaven is like a landowner who went out early in the morning to hire workers for his vineyard. Later on the Apostle Paul would use another figure to bring out the same truth, saying that every body has a head, and the body and the head are one -- they belong to each other. (LogOut/ Jesus must always come first. How discontented we are (Hebrews 13:5)! Should we not focus on the other four groups of workers? How can we work for the Lord until He has directed us? 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. 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? 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 WebThe Workers In The Vineyard Matthew 20:1-16ESV / 10 helpful votes HelpfulNot Helpful For the kingdom of heaven is like a master of a house who went out early in the morning to hire I lived in the far corner of Northeastern Washington with my beautiful wife, but now live in Wisconsin while I look for work. (3) people of prayer behind the scenes. Again, He is the Master of the vineyard, not us. And though you are responsible to make the decisions and make the choices, you are not responsible for the power to carry them out. When we think of its size, how few workers there are! We pray in his name, Amen. 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. Are you going through a pruning season right now? (2) Others at the third hour (verse 3) - the first and second century Christians? Surely, The religious leaders of the day knew that Jesus was speaking of them. It is His vineyard and He chooses to do with it as He sees fit. Does it seem fair to our standards that this is the case? It seemed to me a far cry from cleansing away debris to pruning back the branches -- until I learned that, in the usual practice of viticulture (i.e., the care of vines), the branches are pruned back each year in order to cleanse them. But this man seems to have had a large vineyard that was supposed to make him a lot of money. The point is that God owes us nothing. God has so much work, and there is room for everyone who is willing. The denarius represents eternal life. 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. 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. By the third evening the guests are all asking, "Where did you ever get this tremendous crew of young people? But the vinedressers beat him and sent him away empty-handed. Many church people take issue with this. Just come to Him and place your trust in Jesus Christ. (LogOut/ (1) Idleness (verse 6). Yet when this starts, the Father must trim off the unfruitful branches. When we read this parable we are probably struck by the perceived unfairness of the master toward those who had worked the longest. So every vinedresser knows it is important to prune away these little sucker shoots in order that the vine may produce more fruit. Each worker is personally called and directed where and how to work. Only believing in Christ and accepting him as Lord and Savior is what prompts a home in heaven. 5"I am the vine; you are the branches. Many people have a problem with this. We expect that those who work harder and longer will receive a greater reward than those who do not. I struggled for a while with this word prunes because in the Greek it is really "cleanses." Then God the Father sent His only Son. Whoever falls on that stone will be broken; but on whomever it falls, it will grind him to powder.. They are not mere mechanical practices which every Christian ought to do in order to stay "in" with the crowd, or to maintain his "membership card," or to get "brownie points" with God! We are laborers in His vineyard and He is calling the shots. In the first 13 verses of chapter 20 of the Book of Matthew, Jesus is telling the parable about workers being paid equally. God graciously gives according to His will, as He so chooses. Would we really begrudge Gods grace on the latecomers, including ourselves? As a result he was cut off, and he withered. We do not have to agonize and struggle to produce these qualities or characteristics; they are brought about naturally by the vine. The parable occurs between two very similar statements in Matthew: The first will be last, and the last first. 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. The last point is that we are the laborers in the Masters vineyard. 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 fruit, in other words, is Christ-likeness. How that can be deduced from this parable is difficult to understand, because there is nothing in it which suggests that at all. Suffice it to say, the Lord will someday reward the person who may have been a member of a small church. He is really praying in his own name, and God will not hear our prayers when we approach Him in that way. 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. And he included in that vine not only the branches but the stem and root. (2) Christian authors and teachers who use the printed word. His beautiful analogy has helped a great many Christians to understand the relationship God wants them to know. The purpose of this vine, obviously, is to bring forth fruit. 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. This is an extremely helpful passage! We are workers of the eleventh hour! Your whole family had done it; it had been a family characteristic. 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 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. That is abiding in him. In this instance, we should mobilize people to first pray, then gather a band of prayer warriors. You are God's field, God's building. You cannot tell him when to answer your prayers. Change), You are commenting using your Twitter account. The same is true for God. There is a spiritual principle here. The point was to not hang on to your possessions too tightly. God sends the invitation to everybody to come to him, come by faith in Christ (Acts 4:12). 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. because they are going to have to work sometimes from seven in the morning until ten or eleven at night. We also have a day in which to work for the Lord - look up 2 Corinthians 6:2 - the Day of Grace. 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. The denarius was a standard minimum days wage at that time and the workers had agreed to 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. In Luke 10:2, Jesus was conveying 35 groups of two each to go out to others, the multitudes. 4Remain in me, and I will remain in you. Here is the process in which the branch is cut off, and then it withers -- grows dry and dull and dead. Millions live and die in Europe without a true knowledge of the love of God and of the way of salvation. What is that? Thankfully, there are prophets in our midst who cry out in defense of and solidarity with workers. (1) Some early in the morning (verse 1) - the Apostles? They are mistaken! The withering process was very short in his case. If you put in a certain amount of time and effort it only seems right to be fairly compensated for it. We do not have to work at it. 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. That is the main issue with this parable. Giving. (John 15:9-10 RSV). For example, the Lord needs: To all of us the Lord says - Revelation 3:8! 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. 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. What is the instrument he uses? None of us get to dictate to God what we will receive. In the story, the master went several times to hire workers in his vineyard. Does the Pandemic Still Affect Church Attendance? How often we grumble! But the vinedressers beat him and sent him away empty-handed. The person might have never addressed hundreds or thousands of individuals like some ministers and evangelists do, yet they loyally brought up their youngsters, and possibly those kids became teachers who served God on unfamiliar soil or someplace within their own country. Given the circumstances, we should center around God's benevolence toward us, and be grateful for what we have. Now he adds this note of responsibility -- there is something which you must do. In our churches and Sunday schools, the need for born again, soul-winning workers is very great. The Lord requires faithfulness and not necessarily (as judged by human standards) success. And again he sent a third; and they wounded him also and cast him out. For permission to use this content, please review 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. (2) Jealousy (verse 10) - the Devils master-stroke among the Lords workers! You can check out his work here. What a privilege and what a responsibility to be a worker! If you are not feeling the depth of love you would like to experience, one of the reasons may be that you are not responding to the love which is already reaching out to you. There is an activity which is to be done, and a passivity which is to be acknowledged -- an active voice and a passive voice. 63). We do not deserve anything from Him. 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. This sermon was delivered at Good Hope Baptist Church in Wake Forest, NC. So it is a complete cycle which keeps producing deeper and deeper experiences of love. The landowner keeps going to the marketplace to find more people to work in his vineyard His crop desperately needs to be gathered. He is the vine, we are the branches. When God sent someone to give a message, they would not listen. 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. Do you want to be known as a disciple of Jesus? No, it simply stays in the vine and lets the life of the vine produce the fruit. But where love is responded to, it grows deeper and richer and truer, and eventually becomes a glorious experience. I am the vine, you are the branches. Many of the leaders were corrupt. He was the true vine. If you try to make all the choices and carry all the responsibility yourself, you will lead a fruitless life. Chris Swansonanswered the call into the ministry over 20 years ago. I am sure you have all had the experience of being confronted with a word of Scripture and learning from it that something you had been doing all your life, and which you thought was right, was actually wrong. 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. But that was not the end of it; there was to be more as they went on. We think of God as some sort of vending machine where we can deposit a prayer or two and get a specific result. 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." Change). (John 15:7 RSV), Answered prayer is one of the first signs of a fruitful life. Take what is yours and go your way. 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. Thus, the parable is not about us, but about Him. 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. 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). But it is an 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. 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. Fruitfulness shows that we are in partnership with GOD. Even though Israel is Gods chosen people, He opened the door for salvation to everyone. All of this is designed to relate to him -- "Abide in me." Its a place where to keep you from being idle, to ensure you dont live a But he will answer your prayers when they grow out of this relationship. It is a solid education about the grace of God and his generosity toward humanity. Furthermore, it is added to any new believers as a consolation of the grace of God. Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers XX. 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. Jesus tells us in Verse3: "You are already made clean [pruned] by the word which I have spoken to you." The workers of a railroad car manufacturing company began the strike because they thought they were not treated fairly. The parable is about a master calling people to work for Him. In 1 Peter we are told that we shall receive a crown of glory (1 Peter 5:4). And on the third evening the owner of the ranch sits down and says, "Many of you have been asking about our crew. Here is the case our Lord mentioned earlier when he said, of one aspect of the Father's work, "every branch of mine that bears no fruit, he takes away." WebThey will also plant vineyards and eat their fruit. What is that fruit? We must think about what is important eternally. Article Images Copyright 2023 Getty Images unless otherwise indicated. (John 15:3 RSV). He may have been eager to make sure people had work. Does it Matter That I Didn't Keep My Goals for Lent? You can be flat on your back in bed, sick, but manifesting a Christ-like spirit, and you are glorifying God by that experience. 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. So from this point on we properly should no longer call this passage of Scripture the Upper Room Discourse. Whatever work you do, do it as unto the Lord (because you are!) 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 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. Web8 This is to my Fathers glory, that you bear much fruit, showing yourselves to be my disciples. Not one of us deserves anything from God.. This is what our Lord has in view. And many a churchgoer is in that state. (5) Discouragement. Again, let God be your guide. Israel rejected God and were disobedient. 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 Let us work together while there is time and much work to 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. They may have been members of churches for years, but there is no life evident at all. However, we are not entitled to anything, especially from God. 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. If we do that we are fulfilling this active, necessary decision of the will to obey his Word, to do what he says, and to stay in touch with him. 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