| History of the Lord’s Church –
Is God Fair? * Math. 20:1-16
Parable a comparison. A story you know w/a spiritual one you don’t know. *
Notice specific one, Time for a day starts at 6:00 pm. Started work at 6:00
am. * These laborers did not have regular jobs. Needed more workers so go
back and hire more workers. * Notice sense of urgency. Got to get the picking
done now! * Up to verse 7 physical * Starting verse 8 three things that does
not usually happen: Number 1. Pay last group hired first, see verse 8. point
number 2. Last hired also paid denarius wasn’t sure what he was going to be paid.
vs. 9 * point number 3. First hired grumbled so master explained himself. vs
13 * vs. 16 Look at 19:30 First last,
last first. 19:16-17 Only God is good and he was talking to god. vs, 18-20
Young man says he has done all those. What else? vs. 21-22 Could do what
Jesus said. vs.23-30 Difficult for rick man to enter. Possessions between him
and God. Peter says they did that. What do they get? Eternity. * First are the apostles, then others came,
then more, etc. * Point. When we get
to heaven we all will be equal to apostles. Equal in heaven. * vs.15 God is generous Rev. 22:4 they will see his
face. So how can we complain. Look at what we will get…… |
