1 00:00:02,500 --> 00:00:05,500 Just prior to the time that Jesus spoke these words. 2 00:00:05,500 --> 00:00:08,000 You remember that? He had just made his triumphal 3 00:00:08,000 --> 00:00:12,100 entry into Jerusalem. Now, as we picture as it were, 4 00:00:12,100 --> 00:00:16,200 the Son of God, the Messiah, the King of Kings, and the Lord of 5 00:00:16,200 --> 00:00:18,900 lords, and the greatest one that ever lived. 6 00:00:19,500 --> 00:00:22,800 The one that was destined from his very birth to be the Lamb of 7 00:00:22,800 --> 00:00:25,900 God and be sacrificed for the sins of the world. 8 00:00:26,300 --> 00:00:30,800 The one who would be king would come riding in Jerusalem. 9 00:00:31,000 --> 00:00:33,000 On the back of a Colt of a donkey. 10 00:00:33,900 --> 00:00:36,700 You could just imagine how incense they were when Jesus 11 00:00:36,700 --> 00:00:40,400 would overturn the tables of the money changers and say that my 12 00:00:40,400 --> 00:00:42,100 house, he says for it is written. 13 00:00:42,100 --> 00:00:44,800 He quoted the word of God. He said for it is written. 14 00:00:45,000 --> 00:00:48,400 My house shall be a House of Prayer, but you have made it a 15 00:00:48,400 --> 00:00:51,300 den of Thieves. And you remember as they came to 16 00:00:51,300 --> 00:00:54,300 Jesus, no doubt. They wanted the, I know that 17 00:00:54,300 --> 00:00:56,700 they didn't. They didn't really think that or 18 00:00:56,700 --> 00:00:59,700 they were actually not looking to Jesus as giving the the 19 00:00:59,700 --> 00:01:01,200 proof. In other words, give us the 20 00:01:01,200 --> 00:01:03,000 proof by which you say the things you do. 21 00:01:03,000 --> 00:01:05,900 So we can follow you. I don't think that's exactly 22 00:01:05,900 --> 00:01:08,400 what they were saying. I think what they were saying is 23 00:01:08,600 --> 00:01:11,800 go ahead and speak the very Blasphemous words that you're 24 00:01:11,800 --> 00:01:14,800 from God and give us a reason that we might kill you. 25 00:01:16,400 --> 00:01:19,200 And so, they came to Jesus and they said, tell us by what 26 00:01:19,200 --> 00:01:23,200 Authority, thou, doest, these things, and who gave you that 27 00:01:23,200 --> 00:01:27,700 Authority, but Jesus responded again, as he did in so many 28 00:01:27,700 --> 00:01:32,300 times in parabolic drapery, he begins by giving the parabola, 29 00:01:32,300 --> 00:01:36,700 just a moment of the two sons. But prior to that, he said this, 30 00:01:36,900 --> 00:01:39,200 he says this to them. He says, I'll answer your 31 00:01:39,200 --> 00:01:41,400 question. That's not a problem. 32 00:01:41,500 --> 00:01:45,500 Just answer one of mine. The baptism of John was the 33 00:01:45,508 --> 00:01:48,000 baptism? ISM of John from heaven, or was 34 00:01:48,000 --> 00:01:52,600 the baptism of John of man? And the Bible says that they 35 00:01:52,900 --> 00:01:55,800 discussed the matter. You know, I don't know if they, 36 00:01:56,000 --> 00:01:59,000 if they separated themselves from those that were standing 37 00:01:59,000 --> 00:02:02,900 there, those Chief priests and elders and scribes and Pharisees 38 00:02:02,900 --> 00:02:04,600 and all that would be in attendance. 39 00:02:04,900 --> 00:02:07,800 I don't know how many were pulled aside at that point in 40 00:02:07,800 --> 00:02:11,900 time because the Bible doesn't say, all we know is they 41 00:02:11,900 --> 00:02:14,600 discussed the matter, and they came to the conclusion. 42 00:02:14,800 --> 00:02:18,800 This is a lose-lose Proposition. Because if we say that, the 43 00:02:18,800 --> 00:02:23,200 baptism of John was from Heaven, they knew that Jesus Christ, 44 00:02:23,200 --> 00:02:24,400 right? Then, and there would have 45 00:02:24,400 --> 00:02:27,000 looked him dead straight in the eye and convicted them by 46 00:02:27,000 --> 00:02:30,400 saying, if you knew it was from Heaven, why didn't you listen to 47 00:02:30,400 --> 00:02:32,700 him? Why didn't you obey his teaching 48 00:02:32,800 --> 00:02:36,200 the voice of one crying in the wilderness? 49 00:02:37,200 --> 00:02:40,500 But then they knew if we said it was from man, they feared, the 50 00:02:40,500 --> 00:02:44,500 people, you know, that phrase, they feared, the people when I 51 00:02:44,508 --> 00:02:47,200 think about that. I think about two choices that 52 00:02:47,200 --> 00:02:51,400 it could be number one, they feared, the people that might do 53 00:02:51,400 --> 00:02:55,700 something to them bodily or harm them because the Bible says in 54 00:02:55,708 --> 00:03:00,600 Matthew's account, that all considered John to be a prophet. 55 00:03:00,600 --> 00:03:04,000 So as we look at that, maybe they were saying that they 56 00:03:04,000 --> 00:03:08,100 feared the people because of the fact, That they might inflict 57 00:03:08,100 --> 00:03:12,300 bodily harm upon them. But I think really if you 58 00:03:12,300 --> 00:03:15,900 examine their hearts, I think there's something else that 59 00:03:15,900 --> 00:03:19,600 makes more sense. I think they feared their 60 00:03:19,600 --> 00:03:24,600 standing, they didn't want to lose their Elite status among 61 00:03:24,600 --> 00:03:27,300 the people. They didn't want to lose that 62 00:03:27,300 --> 00:03:30,900 because they knew that so many people considered John to be a 63 00:03:30,900 --> 00:03:34,900 prophet that if they would say, oh no, it's not from Heaven, it 64 00:03:34,900 --> 00:03:38,800 is man-made, it is wrong. It is something that some man 65 00:03:38,800 --> 00:03:42,300 dreamed up one day. I think they feared the people 66 00:03:42,300 --> 00:03:48,100 with the standing that they may have in society You know, when 67 00:03:48,100 --> 00:03:54,000 you're respected. If you're respected in life 68 00:03:54,100 --> 00:03:56,400 because of things that you've accomplished or things that you 69 00:03:56,400 --> 00:04:01,000 have done or whatever status that you have it causes you also 70 00:04:01,000 --> 00:04:03,800 to realize that you need to be careful that you're not puffed 71 00:04:03,800 --> 00:04:07,900 up with pride. If we ever feel like we can 72 00:04:07,900 --> 00:04:11,900 never accept that, we make a mistake or if we ever get to the 73 00:04:11,900 --> 00:04:15,600 point that we fear our status or are standing that we don't make 74 00:04:15,600 --> 00:04:18,800 changes when we know we need to make them because we don't want 75 00:04:18,800 --> 00:04:22,900 to lose our status or are standing among the people. 76 00:04:23,600 --> 00:04:26,000 Be careful. Because we are then, puffed, up 77 00:04:26,000 --> 00:04:29,100 with pride. And the Bible says that Pride 78 00:04:29,100 --> 00:04:33,500 goeth Before Destruction and a haughty spirit before a fall. 79 00:04:33,600 --> 00:04:34,400 You know, I'll tell you something. 80 00:04:34,400 --> 00:04:38,300 Folks, pride is To get more. Get most of the people, I think 81 00:04:38,600 --> 00:04:41,600 pride is going to be the source of getting most of the 82 00:04:41,600 --> 00:04:44,200 Christians that fall and don't make it to Heaven. 83 00:04:44,200 --> 00:04:47,600 One day, it's going to be Pride. God hates pride. 84 00:04:47,600 --> 00:04:50,700 In fact Jesus, you remember would give that very idea. 85 00:04:50,700 --> 00:04:52,900 He said, if you're going to lift yourself up, you're going to be 86 00:04:52,900 --> 00:04:56,400 brought down, but if you will humble yourself and 87 00:04:56,400 --> 00:05:00,100 incidentally, that doesn't mean I hate myself and go in the 88 00:05:00,100 --> 00:05:03,200 corner and just wither away. That's not what that's talking 89 00:05:03,200 --> 00:05:04,500 about. I'm going to tell you something. 90 00:05:04,700 --> 00:05:08,700 Hating yourself is not A Biblical principle and that's 91 00:05:08,700 --> 00:05:11,200 not what's being said, it means this. 92 00:05:11,400 --> 00:05:15,400 I'm going to take myself and move it aside because someone 93 00:05:15,400 --> 00:05:19,900 else or something else, is more important than I am. 94 00:05:20,500 --> 00:05:23,900 It doesn't make me a rotten person to go migrate in the 95 00:05:23,900 --> 00:05:26,800 corner. Somewhere Pride, got the devil. 96 00:05:27,000 --> 00:05:30,600 The Bible says Pride got the devil and got him in the third 97 00:05:30,600 --> 00:05:34,300 of host of Heaven, cast out of Heaven A long time ago. 98 00:05:35,000 --> 00:05:37,400 So Jesus then. Gives the parable of the two 99 00:05:37,400 --> 00:05:39,900 sons. It's very important because he's 100 00:05:39,900 --> 00:05:44,600 giving the parable of the two sons to correct or to condemn 101 00:05:44,600 --> 00:05:47,200 the fact that they didn't listen to John the Baptist. 102 00:05:47,300 --> 00:05:49,700 That's number one. He gave this one for another 103 00:05:49,700 --> 00:05:51,500 reason but just a moment on that. 104 00:05:51,500 --> 00:05:54,400 But first of all that little short Parable, he gives the 105 00:05:54,400 --> 00:05:58,500 parable of the two sons. He says, there's a man and this 106 00:05:58,500 --> 00:06:03,300 man owns a Vineyard and he's got two sons, you know, parents can 107 00:06:03,300 --> 00:06:06,800 almost see this happening. And you tell them both to go out 108 00:06:06,800 --> 00:06:08,900 into the vineyard and go to work. 109 00:06:09,700 --> 00:06:16,900 The first one says I'm not going but later he repents and he goes 110 00:06:17,600 --> 00:06:22,200 Jesus said then there's a second son and that son, he says I'll 111 00:06:22,200 --> 00:06:28,500 go but then he doesn't Jesus asks him the question which one 112 00:06:28,500 --> 00:06:31,200 of these two did the will of the father. 113 00:06:32,200 --> 00:06:37,100 And what could they say? They said, well, the first the 114 00:06:37,100 --> 00:06:40,000 first did the will of the Father. 115 00:06:40,300 --> 00:06:44,600 And Jesus responded by saying verily, I say unto you that the 116 00:06:44,600 --> 00:06:49,200 tax collectors and the prostitutes or harlots go into 117 00:06:49,200 --> 00:06:54,000 the kingdom of God before you. Why Jesus, why is that? 118 00:06:54,000 --> 00:06:57,500 Look at the next verse for John came to you in the way of 119 00:06:57,500 --> 00:07:01,200 righteousness and you believed him, not, but the public ends 120 00:07:01,200 --> 00:07:05,800 tax Actors harlots, prostitutes believed him and Yi. 121 00:07:05,800 --> 00:07:09,500 When you had seen it repented, not afterward that, you might 122 00:07:09,500 --> 00:07:13,500 believe him. And so he condemned them in that 123 00:07:13,500 --> 00:07:16,200 short little Parable. And isn't it interesting? 124 00:07:16,200 --> 00:07:19,400 That Jesus lays it out to them so that they have to actually 125 00:07:19,400 --> 00:07:22,800 answer the question themself he's going to do this with this 126 00:07:22,800 --> 00:07:30,100 Parable to I love the sermons that Jesus preached don't. 127 00:07:30,100 --> 00:07:33,300 You just love the sermons? You know, when we're learning 128 00:07:33,300 --> 00:07:37,200 how to teach When We're Young. Sometimes we choose The Parables 129 00:07:37,200 --> 00:07:41,100 because they seem simple. But then, when you get older and 130 00:07:41,100 --> 00:07:45,100 you keep studying, you realize, oh wait a minute, there's a ton 131 00:07:45,100 --> 00:07:49,700 of meat in those passages. The thing is, the reason that 132 00:07:49,700 --> 00:07:53,300 it's like that is because Jesus and if you want to know, if you 133 00:07:53,300 --> 00:07:56,500 want to know the picture of a good speaker, here it is. 134 00:07:56,700 --> 00:08:00,400 If you want to know the criteria or an example of the greatest 135 00:08:00,400 --> 00:08:04,800 teacher that ever lived, it's Jesus take something that may be 136 00:08:04,800 --> 00:08:08,100 difficult and make it sound as simple as he did. 137 00:08:08,100 --> 00:08:11,000 And this is what he said. He basically as he did so many 138 00:08:11,000 --> 00:08:13,600 times in essence is saying this come here. 139 00:08:13,600 --> 00:08:19,400 I want to tell you a story. He said there was a householder, 140 00:08:19,900 --> 00:08:24,700 this was a landlord and he said this householder, he has a 141 00:08:24,700 --> 00:08:27,100 Vineyard. I don't know if he bought the 142 00:08:27,100 --> 00:08:30,400 piece of ground with the vineyard in it, but he prepared 143 00:08:30,400 --> 00:08:35,100 The Vineyard perfectly, it's got every single characteristic and 144 00:08:35,100 --> 00:08:38,900 every single thing that is needful to be successful in 145 00:08:38,900 --> 00:08:44,000 being in the grape industry or the vineyard business notice in 146 00:08:44,000 --> 00:08:46,700 verse 33. Either says, hear another 147 00:08:46,700 --> 00:08:49,100 Parable. There was a certain householder 148 00:08:49,100 --> 00:08:53,900 or landlord or landowner, which planted a Vineyard and hedged it 149 00:08:53,900 --> 00:08:57,200 round about and digged a winepress in it and built a 150 00:08:57,200 --> 00:09:01,100 tower and let it out to the husbandmen and went into a far 151 00:09:01,100 --> 00:09:05,600 Country. Now, notice This man's got a 152 00:09:05,600 --> 00:09:09,800 Vineyard. And he prepares it perfectly. 153 00:09:11,800 --> 00:09:17,600 Its first class all the way. He builds a hedge around it for 154 00:09:17,600 --> 00:09:22,300 protection against animals. He builds a tower in the middle 155 00:09:22,300 --> 00:09:26,000 of it, so somebody could be in that Tower and make sure that 156 00:09:26,000 --> 00:09:29,400 man doesn't come at the time of harvest and steal. 157 00:09:30,000 --> 00:09:33,500 What is in the vineyard There's a wine. 158 00:09:33,500 --> 00:09:36,300 Press a winepress. Very interesting. 159 00:09:36,300 --> 00:09:40,200 You want a wine? Press is a two-layered. 160 00:09:40,600 --> 00:09:41,800 You know, I've tried to picture in my mind. 161 00:09:41,800 --> 00:09:44,000 I wish I could see a picture but I know it's two layered and 162 00:09:44,000 --> 00:09:46,800 Scholars say it was either dug out of the ground and lined with 163 00:09:46,800 --> 00:09:51,100 stone or it was actually dug in the stone but it was two layers 164 00:09:51,200 --> 00:09:53,400 and the two layers one on top of the other. 165 00:09:53,500 --> 00:09:57,800 It was connected by an orifice that basically allowed the 166 00:09:57,800 --> 00:10:02,300 things of the top to go through. But it was small enough that 167 00:10:02,300 --> 00:10:04,900 only The juice, from the grape could go down through the 168 00:10:04,900 --> 00:10:07,000 orifice and be taken in that vat. 169 00:10:08,800 --> 00:10:11,100 You know, every time, I think about stepping on grapes, I 170 00:10:11,108 --> 00:10:13,700 can't help but think about that episode of, I Love Lucy when 171 00:10:13,700 --> 00:10:16,500 they were stomping around in the, in the, in the, in the 172 00:10:16,500 --> 00:10:19,200 grapes. You know, I just can't imagine 173 00:10:19,200 --> 00:10:21,100 that people putting their feet on grapes. 174 00:10:22,400 --> 00:10:26,100 But what they did is they laid the grapes in the tray of the 175 00:10:26,100 --> 00:10:30,200 upper part of this vat and when they would walk on it, it would 176 00:10:30,200 --> 00:10:32,400 crush the grape and the juice would run down. 177 00:10:33,000 --> 00:10:37,900 It was perfect, it's satisfied. Their every need and Jesus says 178 00:10:37,900 --> 00:10:41,500 that he gave it a he rented it out or he let it out to someone 179 00:10:41,500 --> 00:10:45,500 called husband men. And the husbandmen basically 180 00:10:45,500 --> 00:10:49,400 were the laborers and these were these were those that would 181 00:10:49,400 --> 00:10:53,300 actually go and do the work. That's Found in the vineyard. 182 00:10:53,300 --> 00:10:56,900 Now, here's the deal. The landowner goes away. 183 00:10:56,900 --> 00:10:59,700 In fact, Luke's account says he goes away and it's the only 184 00:10:59,700 --> 00:11:02,300 account you can find this in Matthew, Mark, and Luke, but 185 00:11:02,300 --> 00:11:05,300 Luke's the only one that recognizes any particular 186 00:11:05,400 --> 00:11:08,500 timeframe. And Luke says that the 187 00:11:08,800 --> 00:11:12,300 householder goes away for a long time. 188 00:11:12,900 --> 00:11:16,600 But, here's the deal. These husband men were allowed 189 00:11:16,600 --> 00:11:20,000 to work in the vineyard, they were allowed to reap all the 190 00:11:20,000 --> 00:11:22,800 benefits. And privileges of the They were 191 00:11:22,800 --> 00:11:26,400 allowed to be right in it just as if it was their very own. 192 00:11:29,200 --> 00:11:32,900 But they owed the householder something. 193 00:11:34,100 --> 00:11:37,700 And the householder needed to get his share of the rent. 194 00:11:38,500 --> 00:11:42,200 Rent was paid by way of product. Are you getting the picture 195 00:11:42,200 --> 00:11:44,600 here? Those that were working the 196 00:11:44,600 --> 00:11:48,300 husbandman or the vinedressers, they needed to pay their rent by 197 00:11:48,300 --> 00:11:52,800 giving fruit or giving the things that came from their crop 198 00:11:53,400 --> 00:11:56,100 to the landowner simple, isn't it? 199 00:11:56,800 --> 00:12:00,300 That's a simple thing. Got a tower. 200 00:12:01,000 --> 00:12:02,100 Nobody's going to steal from you. 201 00:12:02,400 --> 00:12:04,900 Got a hedge animals, won't destroy. 202 00:12:05,400 --> 00:12:09,000 Got a perfect Vineyard, everything is fine, landowners, 203 00:12:09,000 --> 00:12:12,000 leaving you alone, landowner departs for a long time. 204 00:12:12,100 --> 00:12:14,700 All that's required is pay the rent. 205 00:12:14,800 --> 00:12:16,800 Pay your rent. That's it. 206 00:12:18,700 --> 00:12:20,500 What are these things represent though? 207 00:12:21,600 --> 00:12:26,100 The householder represents obviously God the vineyard 208 00:12:26,100 --> 00:12:29,600 represents, you know, sometimes Vineyard is described in, is 209 00:12:29,600 --> 00:12:33,400 used in describing Israel, but not necessarily Israel. 210 00:12:33,400 --> 00:12:37,300 Per se in this text In this passage, The Vineyard here 211 00:12:37,300 --> 00:12:40,600 represents the special privileges that were given to 212 00:12:40,600 --> 00:12:43,900 Israel. Thirdly, the husbandman, those 213 00:12:43,900 --> 00:12:47,600 were the ones that were the physical leaders of Israel. 214 00:12:47,600 --> 00:12:50,400 The priests the, scribes, the elders, and all that would 215 00:12:50,400 --> 00:12:53,600 follow in other. The husband man was the physical 216 00:12:53,600 --> 00:12:58,400 nation of Israel. But then there was the servants. 217 00:13:00,200 --> 00:13:04,200 And the servants. Were the ones that came to get 218 00:13:04,200 --> 00:13:08,500 the rent? They represent the prophets more 219 00:13:08,500 --> 00:13:13,900 on that later and finally, the sun represents Jesus. 220 00:13:15,200 --> 00:13:18,100 This is God. This is the special privileges 221 00:13:18,100 --> 00:13:21,200 given to Israel. This is the physical nation of 222 00:13:21,200 --> 00:13:23,600 Israel. The people all included there in 223 00:13:24,000 --> 00:13:27,100 the servants. Are the prophets of God and the 224 00:13:27,100 --> 00:13:32,100 son is Jesus Christ. Now, our little story, this is 225 00:13:32,100 --> 00:13:36,300 what Jesus says. After a time went by the house 226 00:13:36,300 --> 00:13:40,900 holder sent servants back to collect their share to collect 227 00:13:40,900 --> 00:13:43,800 their portion or their part of the fruit that was rightful to 228 00:13:43,800 --> 00:13:47,000 the landowner. And the Bible says that when 229 00:13:47,000 --> 00:13:50,700 they got there, they didn't pay, they not only didn't give what 230 00:13:50,700 --> 00:13:53,600 was rightful to the householder and keep their agreement. 231 00:13:54,600 --> 00:13:57,500 But they brutally mistreated those servants. 232 00:13:58,800 --> 00:14:03,600 They killed one, they beat one, and they stoned another. 233 00:14:04,200 --> 00:14:07,500 And in verse 36 again, he sent other servants more than the 234 00:14:07,500 --> 00:14:10,500 first, and they did unto him like wives. 235 00:14:12,000 --> 00:14:16,200 I want you to picture this. Some of you own homes. 236 00:14:17,400 --> 00:14:23,100 Some of you wrecked places. I want to draw the analogy, if 237 00:14:23,100 --> 00:14:26,700 you're renting. A house, apartment, whatever it 238 00:14:26,700 --> 00:14:30,300 is. Can you imagine if a person that 239 00:14:30,300 --> 00:14:33,500 worked for the landlord came to you and says it's time to give 240 00:14:33,500 --> 00:14:38,500 your share of the rent. How would it be if you beat that 241 00:14:38,500 --> 00:14:42,900 person? Physically Or killed yet another 242 00:14:43,600 --> 00:14:49,100 or stoned a third. Do you think for one minute now? 243 00:14:49,100 --> 00:14:52,200 Get this. Do you think for one minute that 244 00:14:52,200 --> 00:14:55,300 the landlord is going to say? Well, maybe they're just having 245 00:14:55,300 --> 00:14:58,300 a bad day. I'm going to give them another 246 00:14:58,300 --> 00:15:01,400 chance. If it was in the flesh, if it 247 00:15:01,400 --> 00:15:04,000 was you or I, you know, what? You'd be doing the very first 248 00:15:04,000 --> 00:15:06,600 time that they did something like that, you would call the 249 00:15:06,600 --> 00:15:10,500 police the authorities and because that is a crime, they 250 00:15:10,500 --> 00:15:15,700 were committing a crime. You think you're going to have 251 00:15:15,700 --> 00:15:19,300 mercy for them? You're going to protect 252 00:15:19,300 --> 00:15:22,100 yourself. If you have other servants, 253 00:15:22,100 --> 00:15:25,000 you're going to protect them and not want them to go and spend 254 00:15:25,000 --> 00:15:30,000 any time there. Jesus says, that the husbandman 255 00:15:30,000 --> 00:15:35,700 set even more or the householder sent even more And the same 256 00:15:35,700 --> 00:15:38,400 thing happened to them. Luke's account says, they were 257 00:15:38,400 --> 00:15:40,600 shamefully entreated. These were Wicked. 258 00:15:40,600 --> 00:15:44,500 People, not only did they beat them and kill them, but they 259 00:15:44,500 --> 00:15:48,400 shamed them. You can only imagine the 260 00:15:48,408 --> 00:15:51,800 landlord or what it would be today and I'm going to tell you 261 00:15:52,900 --> 00:16:00,300 what this landowner did. He got to thank him. and he 262 00:16:00,300 --> 00:16:04,600 said, you know, surely these people surely, these people have 263 00:16:04,600 --> 00:16:10,000 something inside for me, still Certainly these people 264 00:16:10,000 --> 00:16:13,000 certainly, if they think about me at all, if they honor me at 265 00:16:13,000 --> 00:16:18,200 all, if they respect me at all, even the in the least, they're 266 00:16:18,200 --> 00:16:21,700 going to respect my son and they're going to reverence my 267 00:16:21,700 --> 00:16:25,700 son. And so he sends his son to go 268 00:16:25,700 --> 00:16:28,900 and collect. I'ma tell you something that 269 00:16:28,900 --> 00:16:33,900 takes that takes somebody that is capable of doing things that 270 00:16:33,900 --> 00:16:38,800 you and I are not That's the picture of God. 271 00:16:40,600 --> 00:16:42,900 That's the picture of God's love for man. 272 00:16:43,900 --> 00:16:48,600 Man has messed up over and over and over and over and over 273 00:16:48,600 --> 00:16:49,900 again. They were Wicked. 274 00:16:49,900 --> 00:16:52,500 They beat those prophets of God. They killed them. 275 00:16:52,500 --> 00:16:54,800 They stoned them. Time will not permit us to go 276 00:16:54,800 --> 00:16:56,600 into that. But what you can do is and your 277 00:16:56,600 --> 00:17:00,000 own time, you can look at 2nd Chronicles 36 and it also 278 00:17:00,000 --> 00:17:03,600 Matthew 23 and verse 37 about the very idea of what we're 279 00:17:03,600 --> 00:17:07,300 talking about, the Servants of God, or the prophets were 280 00:17:07,300 --> 00:17:12,000 persecuted beaten and killed and mistreated and shamed. 281 00:17:14,599 --> 00:17:18,099 By the workers in the vineyard. By the people. 282 00:17:19,500 --> 00:17:22,500 Surely, if all I got one more idea, I'll send my son. 283 00:17:24,200 --> 00:17:27,000 And if there's any bit of respect left inside for me at 284 00:17:27,000 --> 00:17:29,000 all, they're going to respect my son. 285 00:17:30,700 --> 00:17:36,200 You know, if I own a business, And I have a son and he works in 286 00:17:36,200 --> 00:17:39,200 the business. You know, the other people that 287 00:17:39,200 --> 00:17:41,700 work in there too. They may not like it, but at 288 00:17:41,700 --> 00:17:44,000 least they're going to act like they respect the sun. 289 00:17:44,800 --> 00:17:46,800 They're got at least go through the motions, like they're going 290 00:17:46,800 --> 00:17:49,000 to respect the sun. Why? 291 00:17:49,000 --> 00:17:52,700 Because their father owns the business, the father writes 292 00:17:52,700 --> 00:17:57,100 their paycheck You would think that's exactly what these people 293 00:17:57,100 --> 00:17:58,800 would do, but that's not what they did. 294 00:17:58,900 --> 00:18:01,600 And the Bible says, when the sun got there, they looked upon the 295 00:18:01,600 --> 00:18:03,400 Sun. And you know what they said? 296 00:18:03,400 --> 00:18:04,900 They didn't say, oh, here he comes. 297 00:18:05,000 --> 00:18:06,800 Let's respect him. They said this. 298 00:18:07,000 --> 00:18:09,400 There he is. There's the air. 299 00:18:10,300 --> 00:18:15,200 That's killing why? So we can own the vineyard. 300 00:18:16,600 --> 00:18:18,000 Do you see the progression there? 301 00:18:18,800 --> 00:18:20,600 Look at the progression of their crime. 302 00:18:21,100 --> 00:18:25,600 It all started by not giving the fruit or the rent that was 303 00:18:25,600 --> 00:18:30,000 rightful to the landowner, their landlord, then it began by 304 00:18:30,000 --> 00:18:34,500 persecuting and even physically attacking the Servants of the 305 00:18:34,500 --> 00:18:37,700 landlord Because they didn't want to pay. 306 00:18:39,000 --> 00:18:42,500 Then when the sun came, they said will kill the Sun so we can 307 00:18:42,500 --> 00:18:47,000 have it all. We'll kill the son, so we can 308 00:18:47,000 --> 00:18:50,000 own the vineyard and no longer will. 309 00:18:50,000 --> 00:18:55,800 We be just plodding along as tenants when the Lord therefore 310 00:18:55,800 --> 00:18:59,000 the Vineyard comes this. What Jesus asked, what will he 311 00:18:59,000 --> 00:19:02,900 do unto those husbandmen? They say unto him, he will 312 00:19:02,900 --> 00:19:05,900 miserably get this. Now this is their response. 313 00:19:05,900 --> 00:19:08,800 He turns it back on them like he did with the parable of the two. 314 00:19:08,800 --> 00:19:11,900 Sons he asks him a question. A question where there's only 315 00:19:11,900 --> 00:19:15,500 one, answer and Jesus. As well, when the landowner 316 00:19:15,500 --> 00:19:19,100 comes back, what you going to do to those people that did, so to 317 00:19:19,100 --> 00:19:23,600 the Servants of that landowner, and even his son response was, 318 00:19:23,600 --> 00:19:28,800 he will miserably destroy, those wicked men, you know what else 319 00:19:28,800 --> 00:19:31,600 he's going to do, he's going to take this what they said. 320 00:19:31,600 --> 00:19:36,300 He's going to take the vineyard away from these husband men, and 321 00:19:36,300 --> 00:19:39,100 he's going to give it to somebody else, who's going to 322 00:19:39,100 --> 00:19:42,800 appreciate it and give it to someone else that is going to 323 00:19:42,800 --> 00:19:47,000 give the house. Householder his rent, his fruit. 324 00:19:49,600 --> 00:19:53,300 God has always demanded payment and fruit. 325 00:19:55,000 --> 00:19:57,600 Now, when we talk about payment regarding salvation, there's 326 00:19:57,600 --> 00:20:00,100 nothing that I can do in my life that's going to be worthy of 327 00:20:00,100 --> 00:20:03,700 what Jesus did for me. There's nothing that I can do in 328 00:20:03,700 --> 00:20:06,900 my life, that's going to be good in terms of earning my way to 329 00:20:06,900 --> 00:20:10,000 Salvation. We are saved by grace, that's 330 00:20:10,000 --> 00:20:11,600 true. But we fall from grace when we 331 00:20:11,600 --> 00:20:14,800 don't work and the works that we must do is when we bear fruit 332 00:20:15,100 --> 00:20:19,400 for his name and his cause obedient works. 333 00:20:20,300 --> 00:20:26,200 The Lord has always demanded obedience and he still does 334 00:20:26,200 --> 00:20:28,500 today. Jesus says, what's going to 335 00:20:28,500 --> 00:20:31,200 happen to these people. He said the Lord is going to 336 00:20:31,200 --> 00:20:33,300 come back. He's going to destroy those 337 00:20:33,300 --> 00:20:35,300 Wicked people. He's going to give the vineyard 338 00:20:35,300 --> 00:20:41,300 to somebody else. You know, it was said that they 339 00:20:41,300 --> 00:20:44,000 were looking at this Parable like, well, that really couldn't 340 00:20:44,000 --> 00:20:46,300 happen, that's really not going to happen. 341 00:20:47,400 --> 00:20:50,200 But notice what Jesus says, in the next verse verse 42. 342 00:20:50,700 --> 00:20:54,700 He says, did you never read the read the scriptures, the stone, 343 00:20:54,700 --> 00:20:57,300 which the builders rejected? The same is become the head of 344 00:20:57,300 --> 00:20:59,200 the corner. This is the Lord's doing and it 345 00:20:59,200 --> 00:21:04,000 is marvelous in our eyes. You know what Jesus was saying? 346 00:21:04,000 --> 00:21:06,200 Jesus says, oh yes, this makes sense. 347 00:21:06,200 --> 00:21:08,200 Yes, this is true. And didn't you read the 348 00:21:08,208 --> 00:21:10,500 scriptures? Haven't you read the prophecy? 349 00:21:10,500 --> 00:21:12,900 Haven't you looked at these things before? 350 00:21:13,000 --> 00:21:16,100 He said this. Jesus said look to the 351 00:21:16,100 --> 00:21:18,900 scriptures. The the stone that the builders 352 00:21:18,900 --> 00:21:23,900 rejected is made The Headstone or the chief of the corner. 353 00:21:25,300 --> 00:21:28,000 Who is the head stone? Or the chief stone, or the 354 00:21:28,000 --> 00:21:32,300 Cornerstone? It's the sun, it's Jesus. 355 00:21:34,000 --> 00:21:36,500 And Jesus was going to do something great. 356 00:21:37,900 --> 00:21:42,000 He was as God used Jesus as the Cornerstone, he was going to 357 00:21:42,000 --> 00:21:46,200 build something else. Now the builders the builders, 358 00:21:46,300 --> 00:21:49,300 the religious Elite of yesterday under the law of Moses. 359 00:21:49,500 --> 00:21:54,800 They rejected the stone. They rejected Christ. 360 00:21:55,700 --> 00:21:58,900 Picture it like this. If you build something, build a 361 00:21:58,908 --> 00:22:03,700 block wall, You have bricks any kind of anything, you're 362 00:22:03,700 --> 00:22:06,500 building a structure, you have building materials. 363 00:22:06,800 --> 00:22:09,100 What do you do? What you do is when you want it 364 00:22:09,108 --> 00:22:11,900 to look really nice and pretty. You start sorting through the 365 00:22:11,900 --> 00:22:13,500 materials you want. Oh, this is a good one. 366 00:22:13,500 --> 00:22:14,700 This is a really good. I like the color. 367 00:22:14,700 --> 00:22:16,900 This one, this one over here, all this one will go. 368 00:22:17,100 --> 00:22:20,300 Oh, this one is unsightly. It doesn't belong in the 369 00:22:20,300 --> 00:22:24,000 structure at all. So, what happens, you take that 370 00:22:24,000 --> 00:22:27,600 one, and you scrap it, you throw it aside and you don't plan on 371 00:22:27,600 --> 00:22:30,700 using it. Jesus said, God has chosen. 372 00:22:30,800 --> 00:22:33,900 Chosen the one that the builders rejected and threw off to the 373 00:22:33,900 --> 00:22:37,300 side, not only to be part of the structure, not only to be part 374 00:22:37,300 --> 00:22:41,000 of the building. But he'll be the very Foundation 375 00:22:41,000 --> 00:22:44,100 of it. All will be built from him and 376 00:22:44,100 --> 00:22:47,400 without him, the structure will not be built at all. 377 00:22:49,700 --> 00:22:53,700 Ladies and gentlemen, obviously, he's talking about the church. 378 00:22:54,900 --> 00:22:59,000 He's going to build the church and he's going to join Jew and 379 00:22:59,000 --> 00:23:03,800 Gentile together alike. If they'll come in obedience and 380 00:23:03,800 --> 00:23:07,000 First Peter chapter 2, beginning in Reading in verse 4, let me 381 00:23:07,000 --> 00:23:11,200 hurriedly read this to whom coming as unto a Lively Stone 382 00:23:11,200 --> 00:23:16,100 disallowed, indeed of men but chosen of God and precious, ye 383 00:23:16,100 --> 00:23:19,600 also as Lively stones are built up a spiritual house. 384 00:23:19,900 --> 00:23:23,800 A holy priesthood to offer up spiritual sacrifices acceptable 385 00:23:23,800 --> 00:23:27,900 to God by Jesus Christ. Wherefore also, it is contained. 386 00:23:27,900 --> 00:23:33,000 In the scripture, behold, I lay in Zion a chief Stone, Jesus, 387 00:23:33,000 --> 00:23:36,700 elect precious. And he that believeth on him 388 00:23:36,700 --> 00:23:40,600 shall not be confounded unto you, therefore, which believeth 389 00:23:40,600 --> 00:23:44,200 he's precious, but under them, that are disobedient, the stone, 390 00:23:44,200 --> 00:23:47,500 which the builders disallowed, the same as made the head of the 391 00:23:47,500 --> 00:23:51,000 corner and a stone of stumbling and a rock of offense. 392 00:23:51,000 --> 00:23:55,100 Even to them, which stumble, at the word being disobedient. 393 00:23:55,100 --> 00:23:58,800 We're into also they were appointed, but ye are a chosen, 394 00:23:59,200 --> 00:24:03,500 a chosen generation, ye are Royal priesthood a holy nation, 395 00:24:03,500 --> 00:24:07,300 A peculiar people that ye should show forth, the Praises of him 396 00:24:07,400 --> 00:24:09,900 who hath called you out of Darkness, Into His Marvelous 397 00:24:09,900 --> 00:24:12,100 Light. Which in time past were not a 398 00:24:12,108 --> 00:24:16,200 people get this But are now the people of God. 399 00:24:18,000 --> 00:24:23,300 The Gentiles that first at one time were not a people but now 400 00:24:23,300 --> 00:24:28,300 that the people of God which had not obtained Mercy but now have 401 00:24:28,300 --> 00:24:31,300 obtained Mercy. Why? 402 00:24:33,400 --> 00:24:39,600 because of the Sun, that the builders rejected, The son that 403 00:24:39,600 --> 00:24:44,100 the builders rejected. Jesus, the Lamb of God because 404 00:24:44,100 --> 00:24:47,600 of him. We have hope today because of 405 00:24:47,600 --> 00:24:50,800 him. We have privileges today. 406 00:24:51,700 --> 00:24:54,800 Therefore, verse 43. Now say I unto you the kingdom 407 00:24:54,800 --> 00:24:57,500 of God shall be taken from you and given to the nation which 408 00:24:57,500 --> 00:25:01,700 brings forth fruits thereof and whosoever shall fall. 409 00:25:01,700 --> 00:25:04,300 On this Stone shall be broken, but on whomsoever, it shall 410 00:25:04,300 --> 00:25:07,900 fall. It will grind him into powder. 411 00:25:09,400 --> 00:25:12,100 You know, I'll tell you this is a amazing parable. 412 00:25:13,800 --> 00:25:16,500 Because when we look at it, when we look at this Parable that 413 00:25:16,500 --> 00:25:19,500 Jesus gave a long time ago, it seems so easy for us to 414 00:25:19,500 --> 00:25:21,700 understand. But what about them that day? 415 00:25:23,000 --> 00:25:26,100 The Bible does declare. And describe that day, there 416 00:25:26,100 --> 00:25:29,500 were those that did understand. Fact, they're going to really be 417 00:25:29,500 --> 00:25:31,700 angered by that. And they want to lay their hands 418 00:25:31,700 --> 00:25:33,900 on Jesus, but they don't because the fear of the people, there's 419 00:25:33,900 --> 00:25:36,600 that phrase again, whatever. That means, either physically or 420 00:25:36,600 --> 00:25:40,500 their status or standing or whatever, You and I look at that 421 00:25:40,500 --> 00:25:42,800 today, we're so glad and grateful. 422 00:25:43,100 --> 00:25:46,900 Isn't that the greatest privilege of all that we have 423 00:25:46,900 --> 00:25:50,100 the word of God? Isn't that the greatest 424 00:25:50,100 --> 00:25:53,800 privilege of all we can go to the word of God? 425 00:25:53,800 --> 00:25:57,400 We can prove and test everything by the word of God. 426 00:25:59,200 --> 00:26:02,200 What a great blessing that is quickly now. 427 00:26:02,200 --> 00:26:04,400 And then I'll be through. I'm going to apply this Parable. 428 00:26:04,400 --> 00:26:07,600 Now. God, often bestows wonderful 429 00:26:07,600 --> 00:26:11,600 privileges to his people. This was done with the nation of 430 00:26:11,600 --> 00:26:17,200 Israel, like a precious Vineyard planted Israel in Canaan Bless 431 00:26:17,200 --> 00:26:19,700 The Nation with laws. God blessed them with priests 432 00:26:19,700 --> 00:26:23,000 and Prophets and other spiritual privileges. 433 00:26:24,100 --> 00:26:28,000 Eventually he sent his only begotten son to be the Messiah 434 00:26:28,000 --> 00:26:33,100 and save them from their sin. And what they had to do is all 435 00:26:33,100 --> 00:26:36,300 they would have had to do was live Faithfully under what God 436 00:26:36,300 --> 00:26:39,200 would have to say, and be faithful unto death. 437 00:26:39,200 --> 00:26:42,700 And even though Jesus hadn't come yet, when Jesus goes to the 438 00:26:42,700 --> 00:26:46,500 Cross, his blood would run back and cover their sins to if they 439 00:26:46,500 --> 00:26:52,700 were righteous by their obedience to God. oh, privileges 440 00:26:53,800 --> 00:26:57,600 All that God has done. But what about us today? 441 00:26:59,800 --> 00:27:05,400 What about us today? Has God not given us privileges. 442 00:27:06,100 --> 00:27:09,700 God gives us privileges as we live in this life. 443 00:27:10,800 --> 00:27:14,000 He's given us the privilege of forgiveness of sins. 444 00:27:14,500 --> 00:27:18,300 He's given us the privilege of the word of God, he's given us 445 00:27:18,300 --> 00:27:20,900 all the blessings that we share in Christ. 446 00:27:21,200 --> 00:27:23,800 He gives us the privilege of being able to assemble with 447 00:27:23,800 --> 00:27:26,900 those of like Precious faith and be built up in the Most Holy 448 00:27:26,900 --> 00:27:30,100 Faith and hear the word of God. You know what's wonderful about 449 00:27:30,100 --> 00:27:32,300 that. You know, what's great about 450 00:27:32,300 --> 00:27:35,900 that? Do you realize that today? 451 00:27:36,600 --> 00:27:40,600 Not because it's me. But do you realize that today 452 00:27:41,400 --> 00:27:43,200 when we've assembled here at this place? 453 00:27:44,300 --> 00:27:48,700 To study this word. that we get to come in contact with 454 00:27:48,700 --> 00:27:52,500 something that the prophets would have loved to know about, 455 00:27:52,600 --> 00:27:57,200 but couldn't Don't you feel special? 456 00:27:58,700 --> 00:28:01,600 You get to come and hear things that the people of old would 457 00:28:01,600 --> 00:28:06,400 have loved to hear. And no, but we're not able, 458 00:28:08,300 --> 00:28:11,500 We've been given the blessings of being able to worship and 459 00:28:11,500 --> 00:28:15,400 honor God. Is there anything in your life? 460 00:28:15,400 --> 00:28:17,000 It's more important than honoring. 461 00:28:17,000 --> 00:28:20,400 God. I want you to picture this. 462 00:28:22,900 --> 00:28:26,600 They were Wicked. They were horrible. 463 00:28:28,700 --> 00:28:32,000 But don't forget the first thing they did wrong. 464 00:28:33,000 --> 00:28:35,500 Is they didn't bear fruit to the master. 465 00:28:37,500 --> 00:28:44,600 God expects fruit. Could it be said as it was taken 466 00:28:44,600 --> 00:28:49,100 away from them? Could it be said that of us? 467 00:28:50,800 --> 00:28:53,900 At the Privileges and the blessings are taken from us. 468 00:28:55,300 --> 00:28:59,600 Because we didn't bear fruit. Because we didn't know bank. 469 00:29:01,200 --> 00:29:03,000 One of the things that comes up and bible study. 470 00:29:03,000 --> 00:29:06,800 A lot is what does God expect from me? 471 00:29:07,900 --> 00:29:09,900 Have you ever thought that what does God really expect? 472 00:29:09,900 --> 00:29:17,400 For me comes up an awful lot. God expects from you. the same 473 00:29:17,400 --> 00:29:22,400 thing, he expects from me, He expects everything you got. 474 00:29:23,500 --> 00:29:25,500 That's a growth process. Because guess what? 475 00:29:26,100 --> 00:29:31,000 If you obeyed the gospel today, the things that you can do that 476 00:29:31,000 --> 00:29:34,700 are your very best today. They'll be nothing compared to 477 00:29:34,700 --> 00:29:37,400 what you'll be able to do in a year if you grow. 478 00:29:38,700 --> 00:29:41,800 The things that you'll do in a year, don't even compare to what 479 00:29:41,800 --> 00:29:44,900 you'll be able to do in 10 years if you continue to grow. 480 00:29:46,800 --> 00:29:51,000 God wants fruit. God wants results. 481 00:29:51,300 --> 00:29:56,000 Meaning our obedient life. And he wants us to do our very 482 00:29:56,100 --> 00:29:59,800 very best we can do that, can't we? 483 00:30:02,000 --> 00:30:05,000 Look what God has done for us. Look what he did for Israel. 484 00:30:06,600 --> 00:30:09,200 They shirked him, they slept him off. 485 00:30:09,800 --> 00:30:12,400 They didn't obey. They rejected his son and killed 486 00:30:12,400 --> 00:30:15,700 him on a cross. What About Us? 487 00:30:17,600 --> 00:30:22,200 What About Us? When the doors are open midweek, 488 00:30:22,300 --> 00:30:24,300 do we come and hear the word of God? 489 00:30:24,300 --> 00:30:25,900 We get a chance to hear something. 490 00:30:25,900 --> 00:30:29,100 That the those of old would have loved to know about. 491 00:30:30,600 --> 00:30:33,000 I'll tell you this, if you don't do that, you're missing out, 492 00:30:35,700 --> 00:30:38,300 Studying the word of God in the context that it's written. 493 00:30:40,500 --> 00:30:43,700 I just wonder this. Remember what happened when the 494 00:30:43,700 --> 00:30:46,600 servants came one phrase? Luke talks about this three 495 00:30:46,600 --> 00:30:52,100 times Luke's account, he sent them away or the house, those 496 00:30:52,100 --> 00:30:54,700 husband has sent them away empty-handed. 497 00:30:57,300 --> 00:31:00,200 When the Lord comes for fruit, are we constantly sending him 498 00:31:00,200 --> 00:31:07,000 away empty-handed? When Jesus wrote to the seven 499 00:31:07,000 --> 00:31:09,300 churches of Asia and Book of Revelation, he talked about the 500 00:31:09,300 --> 00:31:11,700 identity of those, that would be the children of God. 501 00:31:13,000 --> 00:31:14,700 He said on a number of occasions. 502 00:31:14,700 --> 00:31:16,700 I know your works. I know your works. 503 00:31:16,700 --> 00:31:20,000 I know all about. But then he's tells them to do 504 00:31:20,000 --> 00:31:21,800 something else. Go back to your first love. 505 00:31:21,800 --> 00:31:25,400 He said, if you don't do that, I'm going to take away your 506 00:31:25,400 --> 00:31:27,700 Candlestick. I'm going to take away your 507 00:31:27,700 --> 00:31:31,800 identity. That's a Christian principle to 508 00:31:31,800 --> 00:31:37,100 not just in days of old. Wouldn't it be awful to have our 509 00:31:37,100 --> 00:31:40,700 identity taken away? One more thing, and I'll be 510 00:31:40,700 --> 00:31:41,600 through. You've been a wonderful 511 00:31:41,600 --> 00:31:45,400 audience, just one more thing. You know why? 512 00:31:45,400 --> 00:31:49,600 I think sometimes we try to get away with things I'm talking 513 00:31:49,600 --> 00:31:51,800 about in life and Society. You know, why do we do that? 514 00:31:52,800 --> 00:31:55,600 Because we think that there's going to be some do-over. 515 00:31:56,600 --> 00:31:59,500 We think there's going to be a in a golf terminology, you're 516 00:31:59,500 --> 00:32:02,500 going to get a mulligan. You're going to get to hit 517 00:32:02,500 --> 00:32:06,600 another ball. You're going to get to do over 518 00:32:06,600 --> 00:32:11,300 again, you're going to be able to get like Society has dream 519 00:32:11,300 --> 00:32:14,200 teams of lawyers to get people that are guilty off. 520 00:32:16,300 --> 00:32:19,900 The reason that crime is as rampant as it is in this country 521 00:32:19,900 --> 00:32:23,800 is because there's always a loophole, there's always 522 00:32:23,800 --> 00:32:28,200 something that wants to give all of this, all of these rights to 523 00:32:28,200 --> 00:32:31,400 the person that commits the crime so much so that even if 524 00:32:31,400 --> 00:32:34,000 they're dead to rights and wrong, if the people 525 00:32:34,000 --> 00:32:37,000 investigating make one mistake and it didn't change whether 526 00:32:37,000 --> 00:32:40,000 they were right or wrong, it just their mistake. 527 00:32:40,900 --> 00:32:44,200 The person goes free. So in their mind, there's a 528 00:32:44,200 --> 00:32:47,500 loophole. Remember that illustration I 529 00:32:47,508 --> 00:32:50,900 gave you years ago about Singapore but the drug laws in 530 00:32:50,900 --> 00:32:53,600 Singapore. If you're if you're caught with 531 00:32:53,600 --> 00:32:56,800 drugs and sing for you know what they do they kill you. 532 00:32:58,500 --> 00:33:01,800 Guess what? No drug problems in Singapore. 533 00:33:03,700 --> 00:33:06,300 There is another place. I don't remember the place. 534 00:33:06,300 --> 00:33:11,000 Wish I did. That I read about that if a man 535 00:33:11,000 --> 00:33:14,500 goes out and drinks and gets in a car and drives that car with 536 00:33:14,500 --> 00:33:18,500 alcohol in his body and he gets a driving under the influence of 537 00:33:18,500 --> 00:33:19,800 alcohol. A DUI. 538 00:33:22,300 --> 00:33:24,500 He gets life in prison but it gets better. 539 00:33:25,000 --> 00:33:27,900 Guess who gets to go with him? His wife? 540 00:33:29,200 --> 00:33:31,800 Guess what? No drinking problems. 541 00:33:31,800 --> 00:33:37,300 And that place because crime is not deterred by the severity of 542 00:33:37,300 --> 00:33:40,900 the punishment crime. Is deterred by The Surety of it. 543 00:33:42,600 --> 00:33:45,900 If we think that we can live our life, any way that we can and 544 00:33:45,900 --> 00:33:49,600 that maybe God will change his mind one day and forget about 545 00:33:49,600 --> 00:33:52,500 all the fruit that he's demanded of me and forget about all the, 546 00:33:52,600 --> 00:33:55,200 The Obedience. He's demanded of me and God's 547 00:33:55,200 --> 00:33:57,500 going to just maybe down the road change his mind. 548 00:33:59,000 --> 00:34:01,100 Think again, folks, I'm not answering for God. 549 00:34:01,200 --> 00:34:03,000 My dad used to say, you know, God can do whatever he wants to. 550 00:34:03,000 --> 00:34:05,600 He's got all the votes. 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