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Turn in your Bibles to Matthew 
chapter 21. 

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I haven't preached in two weeks,
so that gives me 45 minutes, 45 

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minutes plus today's 45 minutes.
So I hope you packed a lunch. 

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Yeah. 
Or you can just fast, like 

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that'll work as well. 
Matthew 21. 

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I have to keep recapping. 
It's not an apology. 

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I have to keep recapping so you 
can remember what moment we're 

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in. 3 1/2 years of Jesus's 
mighty ministry is all 

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culminating. 
We are in the final week. 

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He has the weight and pressure 
of knowing that the cross is 

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coming. 
He's going to give himself up on

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Thursday night. 
He knows that he'll be abused. 

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He knows he'll be tormented. 
And he willingly does it because

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he loves you. 
He willingly does it because he 

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is the Lamb who was crucified 
before the foundation of the 

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world. 
So this is all God's plan. 

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It's all his design. 
But it's also a massive pressure

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on Jesus, who as a, as the 
ultimate man on the mission, 

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comes to sacrifice himself and 
get his life for his bride. 

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So now he's come. 
It's the Passover week. 

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Many, many, many, many, many, 
many thousands have descended 

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upon Jerusalem. 
Potentially millions, guaranteed

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hundreds of thousands of people.
You can get 100,000 people in 

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the temple courtyards. 
So there's all of this taking 

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place. 
Remember, Jesus has come in. 

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He's overturned the tables. 
He is. 

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He has rebuked everyone publicly
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to new levels to rebuke them and
to shame the Jewish leadership. 

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He cursed the fig tree. 
He did that as a living parable.

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He is condemning Israel. 
He caused a massive uproar that 

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many people have seen, many 
people know about. 

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Everybody knows about this 
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He does not just have 12 
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There are many thousands of 
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they're followers of Christ at 
this point. 

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Some of them are going to drop 
off, like my microphone just 

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did. 
Battery. 

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Probably some of them are going 
to drop off. 

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Yeah, looks like it's battery, 
Sir, but this is the setting 

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that we're in. 
So Jesus has done this. 

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He overturned the tables 
yesterday, and now he's come 

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back into the temple today. 
And the Pharisees come up, the 

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Jewish leadership, the ruling 
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what authority are you doing 
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What you did yesterday, all the 
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doing, What authority are you 
doing these things? 

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And that's where we're going to 
pick up, and we'll start reading

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again from verse 23 of chapter 
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That way you get the full 
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what's done. 
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entered the temple, the chief 
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people came up to him as he was 
teaching and said, by what 

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authority are you doing these 
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Who gave you this authority? 
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I also ask you one question, and
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I also will tell you by what 
authority I'm doing these 

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things. 
The baptism of John, where did 

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it come from? 
From heaven or from man? 

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They discussed it among 
themselves, saying, if we say 

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from heaven, he'll say, then why
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But if we say from man, well, 
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They all hold that John was a 
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So they answered Jesus, we do 
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And he said to them, neither 
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authority I do these things. 
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Jesus. 
Jesus pulls the Uno reverse card

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on them and exposes them in 
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They're liars, they're 
hypocrites. 

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He knows they're not going to 
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And now he begins to tell 
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What do you think? 
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He doesn't come up for air. 
He doesn't miss a beat. 

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What do you think? 
A man had two sons, and he went 

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to the 1st and said, Son, go and
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And he answered, I will not. 
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mind and he went, and he went to
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And he answered, I will go, Sir.
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Which of the two did? 
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And they said, the first one 
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Jesus said to them, truly, I say
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moment. 
The tax collectors and the 

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prostitutes go into the Kingdom 
of God before you. 

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For John came to you in the way 
of righteousness, and you did 

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not believe him. 
But the tax collectors and the 

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prostitutes believed him. 
And even when you saw it, you 

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did not afterward change your 
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And now he continues. 
This is our passage for the day.

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He doesn't come up for air. 
He doesn't miss a beat. 

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This is all one stream of 
consciousness. 

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Here another parable. 
There was a master of a house 

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who planted a vineyard and put a
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press in it, and built a tower, 
and then leased it to tenants. 

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And he went to another country. 
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near, he sent his servants to 
the tenants to get his fruit, 

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and the tenants took his 
servants and beat one, killed 

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another, and stoned another. 
Again he sent other servants 

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more than the first, and they 
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Finally he sent his son to them,
saying, they will respect my 

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son. 
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son, they said to themselves, 
this is the heir, come, let us 

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kill him and have his 
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And they took him and threw him 
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him. 
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vineyard comes, what will he do 
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They said to him, He will put 
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death and let out the vineyard 
to other tenants who give him 

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the fruit in their seasons. 
Jesus said to them, Have you 

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never read in the scriptures the
stone that the builders rejected

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has become the cornerstone? 
This was the Lord's doing and it

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is marvellous in our eyes. 
Therefore, I tell you, the 

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Kingdom of God will be taken 
away from you and given to a 

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people producing its fruits, and
the one who falls on this stone 

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will be broken to pieces, and 
when it falls on anyone, it will

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crush him. 
When the chief priests and the 

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elders heard his parables, they 
perceived that he was speaking 

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about them, and although they 
were seeking to arrest him, they

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feared the crowds because they 
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God, we glorify the cornerstone,
the Lord Jesus Christ, the one 

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that all of life, all of heaven 
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the one who holds all things 
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Jesus be glorified this morning.
And Lord, I pray that we would 

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not look on, look onto this 
passage with condemnation for 

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others, for the Jewish rulers, 
or for the the parable of the 

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tenant. 
But God, I pray that we would 

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inspect our own hearts to make 
sure that we are pure and that 

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we are bearing fruit that you 
the Master are seeking in our 

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lives. 
Help us to make right 

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application. 
Lord, guide me, anoint me and 

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serve your people with power in 
Jesus name, Amen. 

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During this Passover week, a 
Jewish family would get their 

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Passover lamb and throughout the
week you would be inspecting the

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lamb. 
You're inspecting the lamb to 

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make sure that he is ready for 
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This is exactly what's happening
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They are inspecting him, they 
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testing him. 
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that is why he is crucified. 
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it's a massive injustice. 
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perfect will of God. 
The Good Shepherd has become the

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Passover lamb, and the Passover 
lamb inspected, found without 

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flaw, is now crucified and given
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The Lord Jesus Christ absolutely
models everything that he needs 

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to model. 
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not only is he the Lamb, but 
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He's also the master. 
The vineyard belongs to him and 

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he's come to reclaim all of it. 
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It's going to continue to build 
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But here in this parable, this 
parable of the tenants, this 

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vineyard, this fence, that's 
this fence that's put around the

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wine press, the tower, the 
leasing, everybody hearing this 

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parable would understand what's 
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This is just a really common 
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A master would get this piece of
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He gets this piece of land and 
he he provides everything it 

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needs. 
They they remove the stones. 

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He plants the vineyard. 
He puts a fence around it to 

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protect it. 
He puts the wine press in place 

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so that the grapes can be 
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actually be produced. 
He puts a tower, a watchtower to

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watch the crops, to watch for 
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whatever. 
He did all the work at his 

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expense. 
And then he finds tenants, 

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managers, stewards. 
And he says, hey, you guys come 

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manage this for me. 
I'm leaving. 

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I'm going to move on, but I want
you to be my property managers 

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and I'll send my servants to 
collect my portion of things 

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from this vineyard. 
Everybody understood this. 

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This is a common practice. 
Archaeologists have found all 

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kinds of there's disputes 
between masters and tenants that

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we can find throughout history. 
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understanding. 
Everybody knows what Jesus is 

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talking about. 
They're following along with it.

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But beyond this reference to 
daily life, there's something 

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more going on here. 
It's it would also be clear to 

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the Jewish audience who knew 
their scriptures, who this 

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parable was about right from the
beginning because in Isaiah 

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chapter 5, the Lord makes very 
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So in Isaiah chapter 5, I'm 
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You can turn there if you want 
to go quickly. 

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But Isaiah 5 verses one through 
7 or just write it down. 

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Let me sing for my beloved, my 
love song. 

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Concerning his vineyard. 
My beloved had a vineyard on a 

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very fertile hill. 
He dug it, cleared it of stones,

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and planted it with choice 
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He built a watchtower in the 
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All. 
This sounds pretty familiar, 

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doesn't it, From the parable 
Jesus we're just quoting. 

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And he hewed out a wine VAT in 
it, and he looked for it to 

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yield grapes, but it yielded 
wild grapes. 

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And now, O inhabitants of 
Jerusalem and men of Judah, 

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judge between me and my 
vineyard. 

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What more was there to do for my
vineyard that I have not already

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done in it? 
When I looked for it to yield 

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grapes, why did it yield wild 
grapes? 

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And now I will tell you what I 
will do to my vineyard. 

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I will remove its hedge, and it 
shall be devoured. 

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I will break down its wall, and 
it shall be trampled down. 

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I will make it a waste. 
It shall not be pruned or hoed, 

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and briars and thorns shall grow
up. 

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I will also command the clouds, 
that no rain may fall upon it. 

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For the vineyard of the Lord of 
hosts. 

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What's this vineyard he's 
talking about? 

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We're about to find out. 
For the vineyard of the Lord of 

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hosts is the House of Israel, 
and the men of Judah are his 

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pleasant planting. 
And he looked for justice, but 

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behold bloodshed for 
righteousness. 

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He looked, but behold an outcry.
Israel is the vineyard. 

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It's crystal clear. 
Isaiah expresses it with plain 

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detail. 
So now they all understand 

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clearly what's going on, not 
only here, all through the Old 

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Testament, their references to 
Israel being the Lord's vine and

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being the Lord's vineyard. 
So this is the context as Jesus 

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is building the weight. 
Now, what's the application? 

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What's the meaning? 
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tenants, right? 
Nothing good is coming for these

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guys and even the Pharisees and 
the the Jewish leaders and the 

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elders, even they knew this. 
Back in Matthew 21, verse 33. 

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Here, another parable. 
There's a master of a house who 

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planted a vineyard and put a 
fence around it, dug A winepress

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and built a tower and leased it 
to tenants and went to another 

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country. 
When the season for fruit drew 

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near, He sent his servants to 
the tenants to get his fruit. 

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Who is this? 
This is God talking about Israel

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and the servants who were sent 
to go collect the fruit for God 

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and inspect the fruit for God or
all of the prophets. 

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We're getting a history lesson 
of what's happened throughout 

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Israel. 
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God has sent his servants. 
So the Master planted his 

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vineyard, He created Israel. 
He said you are to be a steward 

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of the Kingdom. 
You are being given the Kingdom 

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of God, not to hoard unto 
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shepherd it, so that the whole 
world would be saved. 

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Not only the genetic descendants
of Abraham, not only the heirs 

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of Abraham, but the heirs of 
Abraham also by faith, the 

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spiritual children of Abraham. 
So that if you don't have any 

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Jewish blood in your body, the 
true Jew is whoever is like the 

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father Abraham, who believes God
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to him as righteousness. 
This is the Lord's plan. 

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This is the Lord's will. 
This is why people could also be

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saved in the Old Testament who 
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put faith in God. 
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means and there's a way, but 
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world. 
So God sent his prophets to 

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inspect the actions of Israel 
throughout the ages and to 

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collect the fruit, but they 
found none. 

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Not only did the prophets not 
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Israel should have been 
providing, but Israel killed 

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God's prophets. 
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And the tenants, they took the 
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beat one of them, they killed 
another one, and they stoned 

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another. 
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also died later from his wounds,
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But the prophets were dealt with
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Isaiah, who we just quoted and 
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So this is what Israel literally
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Now, afterwards, after a prophet
dies, everybody always admires a

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prophet and goes, they really 
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But when a prophet's alive, 
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Prophets are either hated or 
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not ever really loved by 
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They might be honored and 
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often, most often hated. 
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Israel. 
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Stephen was preaching, he's 
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He says, which of the prophets 
did your father's not persecute?

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He is going off, which gets him 
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very prophetically there, he 
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And they killed those who 
announced beforehand the coming 

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of the righteous one, whom you 
have now betrayed and murdered. 

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He said, which of the prophets 
did you not murder? 

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Which of the prophets have you 
not attacked? 

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Which of the prophets did you 
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All the prophets experienced 
persecution in the hands of 

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Israel. 
And these are the tenants of 

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these are the servants that the 
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Hey, check on my harvest, check 
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Bring me back good fruit. 
Go tell them, go warn them, go 

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tell them it's time to pay up. 
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have done. 
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He would have sent his servants 
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harvest time and to collect 
wealth and resource the money 

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that's owed to him. 
So he would send his servant. 

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And the news comes back. 
They, they beat me terribly, 

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Sir. 
What? 

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The master sends another one. 
They murdered another servant. 

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And the second year, the third 
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They stone them. 
And then he sent many others. 

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He continues to send the people.
And look at the arrogance of the

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tenants, so entitled, so 
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Day after day, when they did not
see the master, they forgot 

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whose the vineyard was. 
They thought it was theirs. 

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They started acting like they 
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He dug it out. 
He put the fence in. 

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He put in the watchtower. 
Those are his grapes. 

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That's his ground. 
Everything belongs to him. 

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But they've been around it so 
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entitled like this is mine and 
they forgot that the Master 

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provided everything for them to 
enjoy there. 

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He put them to work in it and 
that's their place and it should

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be their privilege to do so. 
But they start acting like they 

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own the place. 
The tenants took his servants, 

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beat one, killed another stone 
another. 

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Verse 36 again, He sent other 
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and they did the same to them. 
Look at the patience and the 

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long-suffering of God over and 
over to Israel. 

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More patience instead of just 
destruction. 

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We're going like Lord, enough is
enough and the Lord's going. 

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I'm so patient. 
I am so long-suffering and and 

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look at the Lord's servants in 
the meantime. 

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They just said here I am, Lord, 
send me. 

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Some of them had some 
reluctance, but they walked out 

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obediently. 
What the Lord called them to and

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now they have great reward in 
heaven because of it. 

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And the Lord is pleased with his
servants. 

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Precious is the death of His 
Saints in His eyes. 

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So the Lord wasn't forsaking His
prophets. 

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He wasn't forsaking His 
servants. 

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He loves them and they have a 
particular reward and blessing. 

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And really their blessing is 
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judgment. 
That's even more judgment and 

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condemnation for Israel. 
It's not that they just 

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disobeyed, but they all, they 
opposed God deliberately. 

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They killed His prophets. 
They hated the words of God in 

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claiming to be the stewards of 
the words of God. 

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They were the stewards of the 
words of God, but they also 

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hated the words of God. 
They made everything about 

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themselves. 
This is why Jesus is being so 

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savage. 
He didn't wake up on the wrong 

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side of the bed. 
He is the King who is worthy, 

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and he is the Son who has come 
to collect for his Father. 

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He knows about all of his 
Father's servants. 

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He knows how grieved his 
Father's heart is. 

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So now the Son has been sent 
into the vineyard, and the Son 

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comes all the way into 
Jerusalem, the hill, the fertile

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city where the vineyard was 
planted, the city of God. 

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And the Son says I'm here to 
collect for my Father, and Jesus

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is prophesying what's going to 
happen with him later in the 

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week. 
This is the Son. 

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They took him outside of the 
vineyard and they killed him. 

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This is the Son. 
They took Jesus outside of the 

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city and they crucified him. 
Verse 37. 

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Finally he sent his Son to them,
saying they will respect my son.

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He's sending his authority. 
That's what his Son is. 

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If I send my son to somebody and
I tell someone and one of my 

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employees and I, and my son 
tells him to do it, I'm 

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expecting him to follow through.
Hey, my father wants this thing 

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done. 
And he should know that my son 

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bears my mark. 
My son bears my authority. 

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He speaks for me. 
But when the tenants saw the 

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son, they said to themselves, 
this is the air notice right 

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away. 
They know exactly who he is. 

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The Jewish leaders in Israel can
see exactly who Jesus is. 

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It's not that they're confused. 
It's not that they don't really 

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know if it's him. 
Their hardness of heart makes 

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them hate him. 
And in their pride, in their 

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foolishness, and in their 
blindness, they also come up 

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with this concocted idea that if
we kill him, we'll get his 

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inheritance. 
They're holding on to what they 

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think is power. 
It is a stewardship. 

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It is not ultimate power. 
They're holding on to this 

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position that they have. 
They're jealous of Jesus, the 

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Son who they're supposed to be 
worshipping and honoring, who 

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they're supposed to joyfully 
hand the vineyard over to and 

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say, we've been handling it all 
this time, but now that you're 

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here, take your Kingdom, take 
your seat, take your throne, Son

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of David, everything belongs to 
you. 

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Where do they get this idea that
they could rule, that they could

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have the Son's inheritance, 
probably from their father, the 

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devil, who thought that he could
make himself like the Most High.

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That was Satan's temptation. 
That was what he said to himself

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before he fell in his pride. 
That's what he did. 

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He said, I will make my throne. 
I will raise up my throne above 

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the stars of God, and I will 
make my throne like the Most 

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High. 
That's the first sin that we 

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know of. 
It was Satan's rebellion against

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God and that pride of I want to 
be elevated. 

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I'm not satisfied with who he 
made me to be. 

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I'm not satisfied with my 
assignment or my role, and I 

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want his glory. 
The Lord won't tolerate it. 

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He won't stand it. 
The tenants saw the sun. 

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They said to themselves, this is
the air. 

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Come, let us kill him and have 
his inheritance. 

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They took him and threw him out 
of the vineyard and killed him. 

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Exactly what's going to happen 
to Jesus later in the week? 

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He sends the son, they take him 
outside of the city, they murder

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him. 
Verse 40 When therefore the 

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owner of the vineyard comes, 
what will he do to those 

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tenants? 
Jesus is still using this 

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commonly used thing at this 
time, this question and answer 

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teaching method, which is a 
profound and excellent teaching 

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method, but a lot of rabbis 
would use it so. 

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But what's funny to me is that 
these guys are still answering 

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him to their own condemnation. 
He's telling the parable and 

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they're like getting riled up as
they're hearing it, not knowing 

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that he's telling it yet against
them. 

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They perceive it later, but in 
the moment they clearly don't 

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recognize because if they did, 
they wouldn't answer the 

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question. 
They wouldn't answer it. 

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Then we just feel like we don't 
know like they did earlier when 

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they lied, but they think they 
know. 

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So he's like, I want to tell you
guys a story like I'm going to 

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get this one right. 
This is how gain status again in

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front of everyone and Jesus 
again hits him with the Uno 

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reverse card and makes him look 
like idiots who are completely 

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rejected by God, which is what 
they are. 

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But they're saying, I know, I 
know what's going to happen when

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the Master comes to his 
vineyard. 

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What do you think's going to 
happen when he comes to his 

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vineyard? 
And they answered him. 

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He will put those wretches to a 
miserable death, and he will let

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out the vineyard to other 
tenants who will give him the 

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fruit in its season. 
How right you are, boys. 

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You're exactly right. 
You have answered. 

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Well, that is exactly what the 
master is going to do. 

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Wait a second. 
No, we didn't mean. 

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No, you did mean. 
And I meant, and it is please 

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the Lord. 
It's marvelous in our eyes. 

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This is what the Lord is doing 
and this is what's happening. 

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And Jesus is condemning them. 
Jesus doesn't just come to be 

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the Son. 
He says, hey, guys, I'm here to 

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collect for dad to get murdered.
He's saying, hey, I'm going to, 

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I'm framing it up for everybody 
so everybody can see. 

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So what's taking place here in 
Jesus's crucifixion? 

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The Lord is going to RIP the 
curtain to show that the temple 

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worship doesn't continue 
anymore. 

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The temple of God is in it, the 
hearts of His people who believe

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in Him by faith. 
And then in 70 AD the full 

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judgement is going to come 
against all the Jewish 

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rulership, and they are going to
be murdered, them and their 

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wives and their children and all
of their families. 

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The Kingdom is fully taken away 
from them and given to others 

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who will bear the fruit that the
Lord wants to bring and that the

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Lord is owed and that the Lord 
deserves. 

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Wretches means worthless and 
wicked. 

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These guys are fired up. 
They're charged up. 

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They can't believe the injustice
of this parable that they're 

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hearing. 
They're so angry about it. 

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They, they realize that the 
master needs to come and, and 

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kill these evil tenants. 
But this passage, this gives us 

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the history of Israel and the 
future of Israel out of Israel's

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own mouth and then out of 
Jesus's mouth as well. 

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Jesus responds when they say 
what they said. 

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Have you never read in the 
Scriptures? 

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Which again, is another insult. 
Yes, they have read the 

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scriptures. 
They know the scriptures. 

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Jesus is deliberately insulting 
people. 

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I'll say it again for those in 
the back or those in the front. 

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Jesus is deliberately insulting 
people. 

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What are you trying to say, 
pastor? 

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I'm just trying to show you the 
whole Jesus. 

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I'm not telling you to go 
deliberately insult people. 

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I'm just saying there's a time 
and a place for all things. 

453
00:24:10,840 --> 00:24:12,680
Well, I think it's yeah, you're 
probably wrong. 

454
00:24:13,520 --> 00:24:16,480
You and I in our flesh, we 
probably are going to to air. 

455
00:24:16,480 --> 00:24:20,000
But the point is there's a whole
truth from Scripture to see. 

456
00:24:20,000 --> 00:24:22,080
There's a whole Jesus to know 
not. 

457
00:24:22,200 --> 00:24:25,400
I like this part of Jesus. 
I like this part of Jesus 

458
00:24:25,400 --> 00:24:27,080
because I tend to be more that 
way. 

459
00:24:27,080 --> 00:24:30,360
Well, Jesus is Jesus, whether 
you like him or not. 

460
00:24:30,640 --> 00:24:33,440
He is the way, the truth and the
life and we need to know him 

461
00:24:33,440 --> 00:24:35,280
fully. 
We want to understand Him 

462
00:24:35,280 --> 00:24:37,720
completely and we want to 
continue to get to know Him and 

463
00:24:37,720 --> 00:24:38,800
love Him and worship Him. 
Well. 

464
00:24:39,840 --> 00:24:41,600
We can only do that through His 
Word. 

465
00:24:42,800 --> 00:24:46,880
How right you are boys. 
Now He goes to verse 42. 

466
00:24:47,200 --> 00:24:49,040
Have you never read in the 
Scriptures? 

467
00:24:49,720 --> 00:24:52,760
The stone that the builders 
rejected has become the 

468
00:24:52,760 --> 00:24:55,000
cornerstone? 
And this was the Lord's doing 

469
00:24:55,160 --> 00:25:00,520
and it is marvelous in our eyes.
So the cornerstone, whenever you

470
00:25:00,520 --> 00:25:04,520
would start to build a building,
the cornerstone is a perfected 

471
00:25:04,520 --> 00:25:08,280
stone and the cornerstone is the
stone, the stone that is the 

472
00:25:08,280 --> 00:25:11,040
perfect calibration for 
everything else to follow. 

473
00:25:11,320 --> 00:25:13,840
We're building this whole 
building with this is our 

474
00:25:13,840 --> 00:25:15,640
starting point. 
Like if we're starting a 

475
00:25:15,640 --> 00:25:17,880
journey, we need to know how the
compass works. 

476
00:25:18,000 --> 00:25:21,800
We have to know which way N is. 
I don't know which way N is. 

477
00:25:24,120 --> 00:25:26,080
Nobody else. 
I thought Don was just going to 

478
00:25:26,080 --> 00:25:27,400
have it. 
I thought Don was going to be 

479
00:25:27,400 --> 00:25:33,200
like, it's this way. 
We have to know which way N is. 

480
00:25:33,200 --> 00:25:35,920
And now we can. 
Now we can use our map, but our 

481
00:25:35,920 --> 00:25:37,680
map isn't going to do us any 
good unless we first have a 

482
00:25:37,680 --> 00:25:39,760
calibration. 
The cornerstone is the 

483
00:25:39,760 --> 00:25:41,240
calibration for this whole 
structure. 

484
00:25:43,440 --> 00:25:45,960
So that's the significance. 
That's what a cornerstone is. 

485
00:25:45,960 --> 00:25:53,400
Jesus is the cornerstone of the 
church, but Jesus is quoting 

486
00:25:53,400 --> 00:25:56,960
Psalm 118. 
It's a heavily messianic Psalm 

487
00:25:57,760 --> 00:26:00,160
that was just quoted when he 
made the triumphal entry a 

488
00:26:00,160 --> 00:26:03,160
couple days earlier from here. 
Remember, blessed is he who 

489
00:26:03,160 --> 00:26:06,280
comes in the name of the Lord. 
They are quoting the messianic 

490
00:26:06,280 --> 00:26:08,480
Psalm. 
That's why the Jewish leaders 

491
00:26:08,480 --> 00:26:11,680
were so angry, because they're 
going, whoa, whoa, you're 

492
00:26:11,680 --> 00:26:16,440
quoting Psalm 118 for this Jesus
of Nazareth and Jesus going. 

493
00:26:16,920 --> 00:26:21,840
Yeah, rightfully so. 
It's being fulfilled today. 

494
00:26:22,360 --> 00:26:25,280
It's happening right now. 
Blessed is he who comes in the 

495
00:26:25,280 --> 00:26:27,720
name of the Lord. 
That's verse 26 from Psalm 118. 

496
00:26:28,000 --> 00:26:30,960
Jesus is quoting verses 22 and 
23. 

497
00:26:32,720 --> 00:26:34,240
That's what he just was quoting 
to them. 

498
00:26:34,240 --> 00:26:38,880
He is the cornerstone. 
But the builders, the Jewish 

499
00:26:38,880 --> 00:26:41,040
leadership, they're rejecting 
the cornerstone. 

500
00:26:41,040 --> 00:26:43,480
He's the perfect cornerstone. 
The Master sent him from the 

501
00:26:43,480 --> 00:26:46,440
rock quarry and said this is the
cornerstone I want you to use 

502
00:26:46,440 --> 00:26:47,640
for the building, for 
everything. 

503
00:26:48,240 --> 00:26:50,560
And the cornerstone is finally 
arrived and the builders go, 

504
00:26:51,240 --> 00:26:54,480
Nah, no, we're not doing that. 
No, no, I don't know if you 

505
00:26:54,480 --> 00:26:56,680
heard the architect said this is
the cornerstone. 

506
00:26:58,000 --> 00:27:01,200
This is the cornerstone. 
But the builders thought they 

507
00:27:01,200 --> 00:27:03,400
had some jurisdiction. 
They got confused like the 

508
00:27:03,400 --> 00:27:05,120
tenants. 
This is our vineyard. 

509
00:27:05,840 --> 00:27:08,240
Did you plant those? 
Did you plant those vines? 

510
00:27:08,560 --> 00:27:11,680
Did you build that watchtower? 
Did you install that fence? 

511
00:27:11,880 --> 00:27:15,760
Did you dig the wine press? 
The master has spoken. 

512
00:27:16,400 --> 00:27:19,560
God has all authority. 
It's his vineyard. 

513
00:27:19,760 --> 00:27:24,720
The Kingdom belongs to him. 
Israel belongs to him. 

514
00:27:27,520 --> 00:27:31,400
Where did you get this idea? 
But they're rejecting the 

515
00:27:31,400 --> 00:27:33,920
cornerstone. 
And by murdering him, God is 

516
00:27:33,920 --> 00:27:36,920
going. 
And when they murder him, God is

517
00:27:36,920 --> 00:27:38,840
going to reject the Israelite 
builders. 

518
00:27:39,960 --> 00:27:41,080
And that's what he's talking 
about. 

519
00:27:41,080 --> 00:27:44,960
This stone that the builders 
rejected, this was the Lord's 

520
00:27:44,960 --> 00:27:48,640
doing. 
The stone the builders rejected 

521
00:27:48,640 --> 00:27:52,400
has become the cornerstone, and 
this was the Lord's doing. 

522
00:27:52,440 --> 00:27:54,720
It's marvelous in our eyes. 
We don't want that stone. 

523
00:27:54,720 --> 00:27:56,240
And the Master said that's the 
stone. 

524
00:27:56,520 --> 00:27:58,120
Everything is to be built off of
Him. 

525
00:27:58,120 --> 00:28:00,560
Everything is calibrated and 
everything points to Him. 

526
00:28:00,760 --> 00:28:03,400
Your whole Bible points to him. 
From Genesis to Revelation. 

527
00:28:03,600 --> 00:28:05,160
All of Israel was worshipping 
him. 

528
00:28:05,360 --> 00:28:08,400
Abraham loved him, Moses loved 
him. 

529
00:28:08,400 --> 00:28:12,440
They longed to see his day and 
now his day has come. 

530
00:28:12,680 --> 00:28:15,400
And the Jewish stewards go, no, 
that's not the one. 

531
00:28:18,520 --> 00:28:22,680
Verse 43 Therefore I tell you, 
Jesus is telling them they're 

532
00:28:22,680 --> 00:28:25,080
exactly right in their 
interpretation of his parable. 

533
00:28:25,880 --> 00:28:29,920
Good job, you got my parable 
correct and the consequences of 

534
00:28:29,920 --> 00:28:32,080
it. 
Therefore I tell you, the 

535
00:28:32,080 --> 00:28:35,760
Kingdom of God will be taken 
away from you and given to 

536
00:28:35,760 --> 00:28:39,360
people, a people producing its 
fruits. 

537
00:28:40,600 --> 00:28:45,200
The vineyard is the Kingdom of 
God and God is going to take the

538
00:28:45,200 --> 00:28:47,800
Kingdom from them and give it to
others who will give him the 

539
00:28:47,800 --> 00:28:51,560
fruit he deserves. 
This means he is taking the 

540
00:28:51,560 --> 00:28:55,720
stewardship role that Israel has
in the Kingdom and he is giving 

541
00:28:55,720 --> 00:29:00,600
it to the true people of God who
are the true people of God, 

542
00:29:00,720 --> 00:29:04,200
those who believe in Jesus and 
bear fruit. 

543
00:29:04,560 --> 00:29:08,800
That includes ethnic Jews who 
are genetic descendants of 

544
00:29:08,800 --> 00:29:12,960
Abraham as well as non ethnic 
Jews who are the spiritual 

545
00:29:12,960 --> 00:29:16,480
descendants of Abraham who 
believe God and have that very 

546
00:29:16,480 --> 00:29:18,400
faith counted to them as 
righteousness. 

547
00:29:18,800 --> 00:29:20,000
That's who the Kingdom belongs 
to. 

548
00:29:20,000 --> 00:29:21,880
That's who the stewardship of 
the Kingdom belongs to. 

549
00:29:23,760 --> 00:29:25,720
There's a lot of debate in the 
body of Christ and some people 

550
00:29:25,720 --> 00:29:27,160
would say be careful. 
It sounds like you're talking 

551
00:29:27,160 --> 00:29:29,640
about a replacement of some 
kind. 

552
00:29:30,000 --> 00:29:31,680
Use whatever language you would 
want to. 

553
00:29:31,680 --> 00:29:35,280
Let's stick with the text. 
The Kingdom is being taken from 

554
00:29:35,280 --> 00:29:40,040
you. 
It's being given to a people. 

555
00:29:40,040 --> 00:29:41,720
Who is the people? 
Can I get in that club? 

556
00:29:41,880 --> 00:29:44,800
You absolutely can get in that 
club under the name and under 

557
00:29:44,800 --> 00:29:49,040
the blood of Jesus, but not your
genetic connection to Abraham. 

558
00:29:49,240 --> 00:29:52,960
That doesn't save you. 
God can raise up rocks and make 

559
00:29:52,960 --> 00:29:56,440
them genetic descendants of 
Abraham, so clearly that doesn't

560
00:29:56,440 --> 00:29:59,680
count for stewardship anymore. 
You know what God rewards in 

561
00:29:59,680 --> 00:30:01,360
stewardship? 
Faithfulness. 

562
00:30:01,800 --> 00:30:04,080
You know who what Jesus will 
also do in the church? 

563
00:30:04,280 --> 00:30:06,600
He'll take a candle out of the 
church He threatens to in 

564
00:30:06,600 --> 00:30:09,120
Revelation. 
I will take that Candlestick out

565
00:30:09,120 --> 00:30:12,880
of your church, that light, that
anointing, and that power if you

566
00:30:12,880 --> 00:30:16,280
do not walk faithfully with me. 
So like I prayed beginning at 

567
00:30:16,520 --> 00:30:18,800
the beginning of this, we don't 
look at them with condemnation 

568
00:30:18,800 --> 00:30:20,280
to go. 
How could you be so stupid? 

569
00:30:20,600 --> 00:30:22,960
We look with humility, but we 
are honest about what took place

570
00:30:22,960 --> 00:30:24,800
this day. 
We are clear about what Jesus 

571
00:30:24,800 --> 00:30:29,400
was saying. 
The Kingdom of God will be taken

572
00:30:29,440 --> 00:30:33,600
away from you and given to a 
people producing its fruits. 

573
00:30:38,240 --> 00:30:43,720
Verse 44 And the one who falls 
on this stone will be broken to 

574
00:30:43,720 --> 00:30:48,320
pieces, and when it falls on 
anyone, it will crush him. 

575
00:30:49,400 --> 00:30:53,080
So Jesus goes farther. 
Now the cornerstone analogy, the

576
00:30:53,080 --> 00:30:57,120
cornerstone parable, the 
cornerstone reference from Psalm

577
00:30:57,120 --> 00:31:01,160
118. 
Jesus now adds to it and he says

578
00:31:01,160 --> 00:31:03,480
this cornerstone that you 
rejected, they're like, yeah, we

579
00:31:03,480 --> 00:31:05,800
just don't want to use it. 
Bad news for you. 

580
00:31:06,240 --> 00:31:09,600
The master is going to crush you
with the very cornerstone that 

581
00:31:09,600 --> 00:31:11,800
you rejected. 
That's what's coming. 

582
00:31:12,120 --> 00:31:14,200
You thought the tenants should 
be thrown out of the vineyard. 

583
00:31:14,200 --> 00:31:16,320
Absolutely. 
That master should come and just

584
00:31:16,400 --> 00:31:18,520
get those guys. 
He is. 

585
00:31:18,800 --> 00:31:21,640
He is going to come and get 
those guys and in his beautiful,

586
00:31:22,000 --> 00:31:24,960
in his beautiful poetry, he's 
going to take the very stone 

587
00:31:24,960 --> 00:31:28,120
that they rejected and he will 
crush them with that exact 

588
00:31:28,120 --> 00:31:31,360
stone. 
Jesus is the stone that crushes 

589
00:31:31,360 --> 00:31:32,880
you. 
If you do not submit to the Lord

590
00:31:32,880 --> 00:31:36,000
Jesus Christ, if you do not 
align your life to the 

591
00:31:36,000 --> 00:31:39,600
cornerstone, if you do not set 
your compass on the north that 

592
00:31:39,600 --> 00:31:42,480
is the Lord Jesus Christ, you 
will be lost. 

593
00:31:42,640 --> 00:31:46,040
You won't know which way N is, 
and then you will be crushed. 

594
00:31:46,400 --> 00:31:49,160
You either trip over the stone 
and stumble through unbelief. 

595
00:31:49,160 --> 00:31:50,080
I don't think that was the 
stone. 

596
00:31:50,080 --> 00:31:51,160
I don't know what that was 
about. 

597
00:31:51,720 --> 00:31:55,080
But ultimately, Jesus is either 
your savior or Jesus is your 

598
00:31:55,080 --> 00:31:57,920
condemnation. 
He wants to be your savior. 

599
00:31:57,920 --> 00:32:00,840
Good news, good news, good news.
He's the Savior of the world for

600
00:32:00,840 --> 00:32:04,720
whoever will believe and submit 
and trust him. 

601
00:32:05,040 --> 00:32:08,960
But for those who harden 
themselves against him, you get 

602
00:32:08,960 --> 00:32:14,280
crushed by Jesus. 
He comes back with a sword and 

603
00:32:14,280 --> 00:32:21,200
his second coming. 
So God is extremely patient, 

604
00:32:21,440 --> 00:32:25,040
servant after servant after 
servant after servant, even 

605
00:32:25,040 --> 00:32:28,360
after He sends his Son. 
Can't you see the patience of 

606
00:32:28,360 --> 00:32:33,080
God and the mercy of God in your
life, in your sin, in your 

607
00:32:33,080 --> 00:32:37,680
lostness, in your foolishness? 
Even as a believer in our sin, 

608
00:32:38,520 --> 00:32:40,280
can't we see the kindness of 
God? 

609
00:32:41,800 --> 00:32:45,120
But we should beware. 
We should realize the Lord is 

610
00:32:45,120 --> 00:32:47,720
always looking to reward 
faithfulness. 

611
00:32:49,000 --> 00:32:51,720
Jesus is the cornerstone to 
align your building and your 

612
00:32:51,720 --> 00:32:54,640
life by Him. 
But if you do not align your 

613
00:32:54,640 --> 00:32:58,400
building or your life by Him, he
becomes a stone to crush you and

614
00:32:58,400 --> 00:33:03,120
condemn you. 
This is the Lord's doing, and 

615
00:33:03,120 --> 00:33:11,760
it's marvelous in our eyes. 
Back to Psalm 2, which we read 

616
00:33:12,640 --> 00:33:14,080
for our magnification this 
morning. 

617
00:33:14,440 --> 00:33:18,720
Why did the nation's rage and 
the people's plot in vain? 

618
00:33:19,800 --> 00:33:22,760
The kings of the earth set 
themselves, and the rulers take 

619
00:33:22,760 --> 00:33:26,520
counsel together against the 
Lord and against his anointed, 

620
00:33:26,720 --> 00:33:29,880
saying, Let us burst their bonds
apart and cast their cords away 

621
00:33:29,880 --> 00:33:32,760
from us. 
God has cords and He has bonds 

622
00:33:32,760 --> 00:33:35,720
on humanity. 
God owns this vineyard. 

623
00:33:36,040 --> 00:33:37,680
He owns everything and 
everybody. 

624
00:33:37,840 --> 00:33:40,120
So the rulers of the earth here 
could be anybody. 

625
00:33:40,120 --> 00:33:42,840
They could also be you and I. 
Let's not just put our 

626
00:33:42,840 --> 00:33:44,640
politicians. 
Let's not just put the Jewish 

627
00:33:44,640 --> 00:33:46,640
leadership in it. 
Let's make sure we put our own 

628
00:33:46,640 --> 00:33:49,680
heart in here and say, what 
about the times where I go? 

629
00:33:50,200 --> 00:33:53,200
I want to do it my way. 
I want to ignore like we 

630
00:33:53,200 --> 00:33:55,880
continue to talk about the Lord 
and His kindness to us in the 

631
00:33:55,880 --> 00:33:59,240
season of surrender and salt 
where testimonies are popping 

632
00:33:59,240 --> 00:34:01,480
off as many of you I know are 
surrendering in deeper and 

633
00:34:01,480 --> 00:34:04,560
beautiful ways. 
But we could be hard hearted say

634
00:34:04,560 --> 00:34:07,720
I'm going to push off the Lord's
controls here. 

635
00:34:08,639 --> 00:34:10,480
He who sits in the heavens 
laughs. 

636
00:34:10,600 --> 00:34:13,679
The Lord holds them in derision.
Then he will speak to them in 

637
00:34:13,679 --> 00:34:16,960
his wrath and terrify them in 
his fury saying As for me, I've 

638
00:34:16,960 --> 00:34:19,880
set my king on Zion, my holy 
hill. 

639
00:34:19,880 --> 00:34:23,040
I will tell of the decree the 
Lord said to me, you are my son 

640
00:34:23,480 --> 00:34:26,639
today. 
I have begotten you as a ask of 

641
00:34:26,639 --> 00:34:29,280
me and I will make the nation's 
your heritage. 

642
00:34:30,040 --> 00:34:33,880
That's which belongs to Jesus. 
The nations, everything belongs 

643
00:34:33,880 --> 00:34:36,360
to Jesus, and the Father wants 
Jesus to have his full 

644
00:34:36,360 --> 00:34:38,719
inheritance. 
The ends of the earth are your 

645
00:34:38,719 --> 00:34:41,320
possession. 
You shall break them with a rod 

646
00:34:41,320 --> 00:34:43,520
of iron and dash them to pieces 
with a Potter's vessel. 

647
00:34:43,880 --> 00:34:45,639
Jesus isn't going to smash 
everybody. 

648
00:34:45,800 --> 00:34:47,280
He's just going to smash his 
enemies. 

649
00:34:47,480 --> 00:34:49,120
Good news, you don't have to be 
an enemy of God. 

650
00:34:49,560 --> 00:34:51,080
Nobody has to be an enemy of 
God. 

651
00:34:51,520 --> 00:34:54,760
This is why you and I carry good
news to the world to say, hey, 

652
00:34:54,920 --> 00:34:57,040
we were all enemies of God. 
That's the bad news. 

653
00:34:57,200 --> 00:34:59,680
Good news, God loves his 
enemies. 

654
00:35:00,080 --> 00:35:01,720
God is not the God who kills his
enemies. 

655
00:35:01,720 --> 00:35:05,240
God is the God who dies for his 
enemies so that his enemies 

656
00:35:05,240 --> 00:35:07,880
could become his sons. 
This is the good news of the 

657
00:35:07,880 --> 00:35:09,840
gospel. 
This is the message that you 

658
00:35:09,840 --> 00:35:13,600
must carry, because how much 
would you hate somebody to want 

659
00:35:13,600 --> 00:35:16,480
to see them crushed? 
How much would we have to hate 

660
00:35:16,480 --> 00:35:19,240
our loved ones? 
That one didn't make any sense. 

661
00:35:19,400 --> 00:35:22,800
How much would we have to hate 
people around us, acquaintances 

662
00:35:23,640 --> 00:35:25,040
and the people that we see in 
our life? 

663
00:35:25,440 --> 00:35:27,000
Do you really believe in Hell 
church? 

664
00:35:27,480 --> 00:35:32,360
Jesus does. 
So if we are actual believers, 

665
00:35:32,720 --> 00:35:35,120
then we know there's 
consequence, and that motivates 

666
00:35:35,120 --> 00:35:39,800
our prayers, That pushes us to 
pray, that pushes us to talk and

667
00:35:39,800 --> 00:35:44,400
to tell and to encourage and to 
bless and to invite, because we 

668
00:35:44,400 --> 00:35:47,080
don't want to see them broken 
and dashed into pieces like a 

669
00:35:47,080 --> 00:35:49,800
Potter's vessel. 
And the Lord gives the warning 

670
00:35:49,800 --> 00:35:53,800
in Psalm too. 
Now therefore, O kings, be wise,

671
00:35:54,280 --> 00:35:57,360
be warned. 
O rulers of the earth, serve the

672
00:35:57,360 --> 00:36:00,720
Lord with fear and rejoice with 
trembling. 

673
00:36:01,200 --> 00:36:06,920
Kiss the sun lest he be angry, 
and you perish in the way, For 

674
00:36:06,920 --> 00:36:10,200
His wrath is quickly kindled. 
Blessed are those are all who 

675
00:36:10,200 --> 00:36:14,880
take refuge in Him. 
Kiss the sun lest he be angry. 

676
00:36:14,880 --> 00:36:17,000
That's what the tenants should 
have done when the sun comes 

677
00:36:17,000 --> 00:36:19,200
into the vineyard. 
When the sun finally came to the

678
00:36:19,200 --> 00:36:23,240
vineyard, we're so sorry for all
the servants He sent. 

679
00:36:23,280 --> 00:36:26,240
He sent His authority to us. 
Now we're so sorry. 

680
00:36:26,440 --> 00:36:29,520
Please tell your father. 
Here's this and here's that and 

681
00:36:29,520 --> 00:36:33,080
here's this and here's that. 
And however we can honor you and

682
00:36:33,080 --> 00:36:36,280
bless you and please you. 
But that's not what happened. 

683
00:36:38,880 --> 00:36:43,640
This whole scene in this whole 
passage in Matthew 21, it's 

684
00:36:43,640 --> 00:36:47,560
reminiscent of David when he had
committed adultery with 

685
00:36:47,560 --> 00:36:50,680
Bathsheba. 
He had her husband Uriah killed.

686
00:36:51,840 --> 00:36:54,360
So David, it's supposed to be 
off at war. 

687
00:36:54,440 --> 00:36:57,760
He's not. 
He sees another man's wife, he 

688
00:36:57,760 --> 00:36:59,720
commands that she's brought to 
him. 

689
00:37:00,520 --> 00:37:04,920
They commit adultery together. 
She's pregnant and he goes, Oh 

690
00:37:04,920 --> 00:37:08,440
no, now what do I do? 
He invites her husband back from

691
00:37:08,440 --> 00:37:13,360
war so that he will go be with 
his wife and make his wife think

692
00:37:13,360 --> 00:37:16,240
and or make everyone think that 
this is his child that she's 

693
00:37:16,240 --> 00:37:18,720
pregnant with. 
But Uriah being a righteous man 

694
00:37:18,720 --> 00:37:21,400
says I can't go to my wife. 
All the men are on the 

695
00:37:21,400 --> 00:37:23,240
battlefield. 
How can I go home to my wife 

696
00:37:23,240 --> 00:37:25,640
tonight? 
So he sleeps outside the gate. 

697
00:37:25,760 --> 00:37:28,640
David tries over and over and 
over to get this righteous man 

698
00:37:29,120 --> 00:37:30,640
to go just just be with his 
wife. 

699
00:37:30,640 --> 00:37:32,840
That would not be sinful. 
But he's so honorable. 

700
00:37:33,120 --> 00:37:36,040
He's like I if, if the the 
armies of God are sleeping in 

701
00:37:36,040 --> 00:37:38,680
tents tonight, I can't go sleep 
in a warm bed with my with my 

702
00:37:38,680 --> 00:37:41,680
wife. 
So David's only plan now is go 

703
00:37:41,680 --> 00:37:45,160
well, he commands his men to 
pull to send your eye to the 

704
00:37:45,160 --> 00:37:47,040
front lines where the heat of 
the battle is. 

705
00:37:47,040 --> 00:37:49,120
And he says, and then when 
you're all there together, 

706
00:37:49,120 --> 00:37:52,960
withdraw and leave Uriah to be 
exposed and killed in battle. 

707
00:37:52,960 --> 00:37:56,680
He murdered Uriah deliberately 
and skillfully. 

708
00:37:58,040 --> 00:38:02,640
And second Samuel chapter 12, 
the prophet Nathan comes to 

709
00:38:02,640 --> 00:38:05,240
David after David has done this.
David thinks he got away with 

710
00:38:05,240 --> 00:38:07,920
it. 
David thinks nobody knows what 

711
00:38:07,920 --> 00:38:12,880
happened. 
Second Samuel chapter 12, verse 

712
00:38:12,880 --> 00:38:15,240
one, the Lord sent Nathan to 
David. 

713
00:38:15,760 --> 00:38:20,000
He came to him and said to him, 
There were two men in a certain 

714
00:38:20,000 --> 00:38:22,840
city, the one rich and the other
poor. 

715
00:38:23,320 --> 00:38:26,920
The rich man had very many 
flocks and herds, but the poor 

716
00:38:26,920 --> 00:38:31,320
man had nothing but one little 
ewe lamb which he had bought. 

717
00:38:31,800 --> 00:38:35,800
And when he brought it up, and 
it grew with him and in his 

718
00:38:35,800 --> 00:38:39,920
children, it used to eat of his 
morsel and drink from his cup, 

719
00:38:39,920 --> 00:38:43,200
and lie in his arms. 
It was like a daughter to him. 

720
00:38:44,120 --> 00:38:47,840
Now there came a traveler to the
rich man, and he was unwilling 

721
00:38:47,840 --> 00:38:51,680
to take one of his own flock or 
herd to prepare for the guests 

722
00:38:51,680 --> 00:38:54,760
who had come to him. 
So he took the poor man's lamb 

723
00:38:55,120 --> 00:38:57,720
and prepared it for the man who 
had come to him. 

724
00:38:57,960 --> 00:39:01,480
What a wicked, awful, awful 
story this, this one man has 

725
00:39:01,480 --> 00:39:05,200
this only one thing. 
He loves it, cherishes it, cares

726
00:39:05,200 --> 00:39:06,440
for it. 
The rich man has many, but he 

727
00:39:06,440 --> 00:39:09,320
doesn't want to sacrifice 
anything he has, so he takes the

728
00:39:09,320 --> 00:39:11,000
precious thing that the poor man
has. 

729
00:39:12,040 --> 00:39:15,080
Then David's anger was greatly 
kindled against the man, and he 

730
00:39:15,080 --> 00:39:19,040
said to Nathan, As the Lord 
lives, the man who has done this

731
00:39:19,040 --> 00:39:22,600
deserves to die, and he shall 
restore the lamb fourfold 

732
00:39:22,760 --> 00:39:25,560
because he did this thing and 
because he had no pity. 

733
00:39:25,720 --> 00:39:28,360
Nathan said to David, You are 
that man. 

734
00:39:31,640 --> 00:39:35,280
David had many women, David had 
many wives, he had many 

735
00:39:35,280 --> 00:39:39,360
concubines, he had many sheep in
his pasture, and he saw 

736
00:39:39,400 --> 00:39:42,560
Bathsheba and he said, I want 
her. 

737
00:39:43,600 --> 00:39:48,400
And he has Uriah killed for it. 
It's the same kind of trap that 

738
00:39:48,400 --> 00:39:51,400
Jesus said here for them. 
Nathan tells the parable and 

739
00:39:51,400 --> 00:39:53,480
David says, I'll tell you what 
you ought to do with that guy. 

740
00:39:53,760 --> 00:39:55,720
And Nathan said, you are that 
guy. 

741
00:40:00,000 --> 00:40:01,840
The Pharisees. 
I know what we ought to do with 

742
00:40:01,840 --> 00:40:03,880
those evil tenants. 
And the Lord said, you're 

743
00:40:03,880 --> 00:40:07,200
exactly right. 
That's exactly what it's time to

744
00:40:07,200 --> 00:40:16,000
do with those evil tenants. 
The leaders of Israel and the 

745
00:40:16,000 --> 00:40:18,240
tenants in the vineyard, they 
know that the tenants in the 

746
00:40:18,240 --> 00:40:20,080
vineyard deserve harsh 
punishment. 

747
00:40:20,080 --> 00:40:22,760
You and I can see that. 
The problem is they didn't see 

748
00:40:22,760 --> 00:40:25,880
their own sin. 
And that's my problem too. 

749
00:40:26,560 --> 00:40:30,760
And that's your problem too. 
It's easier to see your sin that

750
00:40:30,760 --> 00:40:33,920
it is mine. 
It's easier to see others sin, 

751
00:40:33,920 --> 00:40:35,320
isn't it? 
Everybody say Amen. 

752
00:40:35,880 --> 00:40:40,640
I can see it so clearly. 
It's so obvious they did wrong, 

753
00:40:40,840 --> 00:40:44,000
and I can explain it 5 different
ways and I can tell you what 

754
00:40:44,000 --> 00:40:45,560
their appropriate consequence 
should be. 

755
00:40:45,560 --> 00:40:49,840
You're welcome. 
Instead of holding up the mirror

756
00:40:50,920 --> 00:40:52,280
and humbly coming before the 
Lord. 

757
00:40:52,280 --> 00:40:54,640
Thankfully, David does come to 
the Lord in repentance and 

758
00:40:54,640 --> 00:40:57,240
humility. 
There's still consequences for 

759
00:40:57,240 --> 00:40:59,920
the tragedies that he created 
throughout the rest of his life,

760
00:41:02,040 --> 00:41:06,280
but the Lord does forgive David 
and he doesn't utterly destroy 

761
00:41:06,280 --> 00:41:09,960
David. 
We have to be humble. 

762
00:41:09,960 --> 00:41:12,360
We have to be careful as we look
to the parable of the evil 

763
00:41:12,360 --> 00:41:17,160
tenants, as we look at the evil 
stewards of Israel, we should 

764
00:41:17,160 --> 00:41:19,440
look and make sure that we don't
resemble them. 

765
00:41:21,120 --> 00:41:24,400
As we look at unfaithful Israel,
we should make sure we learn 

766
00:41:24,400 --> 00:41:29,040
from their sins. 
They were cut off from the tree 

767
00:41:29,040 --> 00:41:32,040
we were grafted in. 
And now you better bear the 

768
00:41:32,040 --> 00:41:36,240
fruit that the master wants if 
he you're dealing with a master 

769
00:41:36,240 --> 00:41:37,600
who's willing to cut branches 
off. 

770
00:41:38,720 --> 00:41:43,160
I'm the new branch. 
OK, Bearing fruit is the name of

771
00:41:43,160 --> 00:41:44,800
the game around here, not being 
a branch. 

772
00:41:45,240 --> 00:41:47,000
Branches aren't the thing around
here. 

773
00:41:47,080 --> 00:41:49,640
Fruits the thing the master 
likes fruit. 

774
00:41:50,320 --> 00:41:51,960
I'm a branch on the tree. 
Hey, hey, hey. 

775
00:41:52,040 --> 00:41:55,240
That's not a big deal. 
There's other branches that were

776
00:41:55,240 --> 00:41:56,840
that used to be here. 
What happened to them? 

777
00:41:57,200 --> 00:41:59,320
Just bear fruit, OK? 
Trust me. 

778
00:41:59,680 --> 00:42:02,440
You just you just really want to
focus on letting the life of the

779
00:42:02,440 --> 00:42:04,680
master flow through you and bear
fruit. 

780
00:42:04,680 --> 00:42:07,240
Cause the master's going to come
back to the tree and he's going 

781
00:42:07,240 --> 00:42:09,720
to look for fruit. 
I have leaves everywhere. 

782
00:42:09,840 --> 00:42:12,840
He doesn't care about leaves. 
He only wants fruits. 

783
00:42:14,960 --> 00:42:17,120
Look at all of my leaves. 
No, you're not hearing me. 

784
00:42:17,440 --> 00:42:20,200
Listen, you need to bear fruit. 
I've been here a while. 

785
00:42:20,200 --> 00:42:21,560
I've been bearing some fruit 
myself. 

786
00:42:21,880 --> 00:42:24,680
The master's big into fruit. 
Doesn't care about leaves, 

787
00:42:24,800 --> 00:42:27,600
doesn't care about branches, 
just fruit. 

788
00:42:27,640 --> 00:42:29,160
That's all. 
That's what he's really after 

789
00:42:29,160 --> 00:42:31,000
here. 
Bear fruit for the master, 

790
00:42:31,520 --> 00:42:33,760
because if you don't, he'll cut 
you off. 

791
00:42:34,680 --> 00:42:36,640
And then the branches get cut 
off, they get burned. 

792
00:42:37,320 --> 00:42:41,080
So just just bear fruit, OK? 
That's the priority, That's the 

793
00:42:41,080 --> 00:42:44,680
focus. 
Jesus was doing a particular 

794
00:42:44,680 --> 00:42:46,840
thing in a particular moment 
with these particular people, 

795
00:42:46,840 --> 00:42:49,680
that's for sure. 
And also you and I should take a

796
00:42:49,680 --> 00:42:53,600
particular lesson from it and 
say we should bear fruit and we 

797
00:42:53,600 --> 00:42:57,040
should be inspecting ourselves 
and not bragging about our 

798
00:42:57,040 --> 00:43:00,400
leaves because Jesus cursed the 
fig tree that was full of leaves

799
00:43:00,600 --> 00:43:04,200
and bore no fruit. 
Jesus throws out his spiritual 

800
00:43:04,200 --> 00:43:08,240
stewards of his Kingdom, throws 
them out entirely and says I'm 

801
00:43:08,240 --> 00:43:09,800
getting new stewards in this 
vineyard. 

802
00:43:09,800 --> 00:43:13,680
It's going to be people who 
believe and trust and obey and 

803
00:43:13,680 --> 00:43:16,840
bear fruit. 
It's the church which is 

804
00:43:16,840 --> 00:43:20,320
comprised of genetically you 
come from whoever you want to, 

805
00:43:21,160 --> 00:43:24,360
as long as spiritually you come 
from the Holy Spirit and you've 

806
00:43:24,360 --> 00:43:29,160
been born again. 
But we have to be careful not to

807
00:43:29,160 --> 00:43:32,680
be like the tenants, and we're 
closing the tenants who just 

808
00:43:32,680 --> 00:43:35,800
want His blessings, who just 
want his protection, his 

809
00:43:35,800 --> 00:43:37,320
provision. 
I want the fence. 

810
00:43:37,680 --> 00:43:40,360
I want the wine press. 
We want the vineyard. 

811
00:43:41,080 --> 00:43:43,320
Be careful not to be that 
Christian who just enjoys the 

812
00:43:43,320 --> 00:43:44,840
vineyard. 
I love it here. 

813
00:43:45,160 --> 00:43:46,320
I love it here. 
Hang on, hang on. 

814
00:43:46,320 --> 00:43:48,320
There's work to be done. 
I know it's good. 

815
00:43:48,320 --> 00:43:50,360
You should love it here. 
There's a blessing and there's 

816
00:43:50,360 --> 00:43:56,280
work to be done. 
Bearing fruit of Lovejoy, peace,

817
00:43:56,440 --> 00:44:00,560
patience, kindness, goodness, 
faithfulness, gentleness, 

818
00:44:00,840 --> 00:44:03,760
self-control. 
Those are the fruits that He's 

819
00:44:03,760 --> 00:44:07,240
expecting in His Kingdom. 
Multiplication of disciples is a

820
00:44:07,240 --> 00:44:09,560
fruit that he's expecting in His
Kingdom. 

821
00:44:09,720 --> 00:44:13,760
Maturity, care for others, 
genuine care for others in the 

822
00:44:13,760 --> 00:44:18,560
Kingdom is a sign of growth and 
fruit that He looks for in His 

823
00:44:18,560 --> 00:44:22,240
Kingdom. 
He expects to be loved, not 

824
00:44:22,240 --> 00:44:27,040
competed with. 
We have to be careful that when 

825
00:44:27,040 --> 00:44:31,040
they're when it comes time to 
give God what he deserves, that 

826
00:44:31,040 --> 00:44:35,280
we don't do what the tenant 
farmers did and offer nothing or

827
00:44:35,280 --> 00:44:37,960
be like the evil Jewish leaders.
If we just want the vineyard. 

828
00:44:37,960 --> 00:44:40,560
I want the Kingdom, but I don't 
actually want the king. 

829
00:44:41,240 --> 00:44:44,040
There are many people who want 
the Kingdom of God, and they do 

830
00:44:44,040 --> 00:44:46,600
not want the king. 
They don't want God himself. 

831
00:44:46,920 --> 00:44:49,440
I want his blessings. 
God should do all of these 

832
00:44:49,440 --> 00:44:51,600
things for me. 
I think God should be like this.

833
00:44:51,800 --> 00:44:54,480
I think God should be like that.
Well, God is who God is. 

834
00:44:54,840 --> 00:44:58,920
There's no other script to play 
by that ends well for us. 

835
00:44:59,920 --> 00:45:04,400
But he is so rich in mercy. 
He's so kind to foolish tenants 

836
00:45:04,400 --> 00:45:06,720
like you and foolish tenants 
like me. 

837
00:45:06,720 --> 00:45:11,720
And he continues to be gracious.
He continues to be patient, but 

838
00:45:11,720 --> 00:45:15,040
do not think that the Lord's 
patience and His graciousness is

839
00:45:15,040 --> 00:45:20,360
a wink and a nod to encourage 
sin because there comes a time 

840
00:45:20,360 --> 00:45:26,640
when the Master shows up and the
cornerstone has either been 

841
00:45:26,640 --> 00:45:28,600
obeyed or the cornerstone does 
crushing. 

842
00:45:30,000 --> 00:45:33,240
Jesus can remove His presence 
and the stewardship of the 

843
00:45:33,240 --> 00:45:36,320
Kingdom from those in the church
for not bearing fruit as well. 

844
00:45:36,600 --> 00:45:39,520
The privilege and responsibility
for the Kingdom is always tied 

845
00:45:39,520 --> 00:45:44,520
to faithfulness of the manager. 
If you bring him no fruit, do 

846
00:45:44,520 --> 00:45:48,160
not be surprised if he says he 
never knew you. 

847
00:45:48,160 --> 00:45:50,960
And later in Matthew 25, Jesus 
is going to make this point 

848
00:45:50,960 --> 00:45:53,320
again when he teaches on the 
parable of the talents. 

849
00:45:54,040 --> 00:45:58,240
God rewards faithful stewardship
and if someone is unfaithful, 

850
00:45:58,240 --> 00:46:00,840
even the little they have will 
be taken away from them. 

851
00:46:02,720 --> 00:46:07,360
Thank God, Romans 11 tells us 
that the Lord is is not utterly 

852
00:46:07,360 --> 00:46:09,160
forsaken. 
The genetic descendants of 

853
00:46:09,160 --> 00:46:12,760
Abraham, He still is going to 
save more of the genetic 

854
00:46:12,760 --> 00:46:15,800
descendants of Abraham, the 
heirs of Abraham through blood. 

855
00:46:16,280 --> 00:46:19,520
He's going to save them by 
bringing them into Christ. 

856
00:46:20,280 --> 00:46:23,760
But we should still look at 
these warnings and the severity 

857
00:46:24,440 --> 00:46:29,600
with humility. 
God owns the vineyard, and God 

858
00:46:29,600 --> 00:46:32,720
expects fruit from you. 
If you do not surrender to him 

859
00:46:32,720 --> 00:46:35,920
what you should, He will raise 
up someone who will, someone who

860
00:46:35,920 --> 00:46:38,440
will love him, someone who will 
love others. 

861
00:46:40,120 --> 00:46:42,400
There are plenty of people 
hanging around Jesus that day. 

862
00:46:43,160 --> 00:46:46,280
Thousands of people would have 
been hearing this message as 

863
00:46:46,280 --> 00:46:48,400
he's yelling it through the 
courtyards, as it's being 

864
00:46:48,520 --> 00:46:51,720
conveyed, as people are. 
They said this and Jesus said 

865
00:46:51,720 --> 00:46:54,400
that, and people were making 
decisions. 

866
00:46:54,440 --> 00:46:58,400
They were weighing and deciding 
I'm not really going to submit 

867
00:46:58,400 --> 00:47:01,440
fully and completely to the Lord
Jesus Christ and allow him to 

868
00:47:01,440 --> 00:47:04,440
reshape and reform my entire 
life because that's what he's 

869
00:47:04,440 --> 00:47:07,680
calling for. 
He refuses to be a the sprinkles

870
00:47:07,680 --> 00:47:10,520
on top to what you think you get
to control. 

871
00:47:10,720 --> 00:47:12,680
You're a vineyard and you belong
to him. 

872
00:47:13,160 --> 00:47:16,040
The Master has expectations of 
how you'll live, how you'll 

873
00:47:16,040 --> 00:47:19,480
think, how you'll speak, what 
you'll believe, where you'll 

874
00:47:19,480 --> 00:47:24,000
work, who you'll marry. 
The Master has all those 

875
00:47:24,000 --> 00:47:27,360
expectations for your life. 
Good news, your master is very 

876
00:47:27,360 --> 00:47:30,680
good, but everybody got to make 
their choices. 

877
00:47:30,680 --> 00:47:32,800
There are people who are 
screaming crucify him come 

878
00:47:32,800 --> 00:47:35,280
Friday morning. 
There are people who fall in him

879
00:47:35,280 --> 00:47:36,760
faithfully all the way to the 
cross. 

880
00:47:37,800 --> 00:47:40,480
There are people who were sinful
at that time and then later 

881
00:47:40,480 --> 00:47:43,360
repented. 
But everybody has to reconcile 

882
00:47:43,360 --> 00:47:48,160
with the cornerstone. 
Say pastor, I've I've, I've 

883
00:47:48,200 --> 00:47:50,760
genuinely been trying to build 
my life by the cornerstone. 

884
00:47:51,080 --> 00:47:52,480
Sometimes I get out of 
alignment. 

885
00:47:52,480 --> 00:47:55,560
I'll I'll start laying a few 
bricks and I look back against 

886
00:47:55,560 --> 00:47:57,080
the cornerstone and go, oh, I'm 
at it. 

887
00:47:57,960 --> 00:48:01,160
I'm a few inches off. 
Just keep making adjustments. 

888
00:48:01,960 --> 00:48:03,520
The whole building hasn't fallen
down. 

889
00:48:03,760 --> 00:48:07,880
You're not lost, but keep 
looking to Jesus. 

890
00:48:08,360 --> 00:48:11,400
My life doesn't look like his. 
I know I'm just pleasing the 

891
00:48:11,400 --> 00:48:13,520
Lord in that area. 
I still know He's called for 

892
00:48:13,520 --> 00:48:15,520
surrender in that thing that I 
still haven't given up yet. 

893
00:48:15,800 --> 00:48:20,520
That is an alignment issue that 
should concern you because a 

894
00:48:20,520 --> 00:48:23,920
small degree of the rudder of 
the ship when you cross the 

895
00:48:23,920 --> 00:48:25,920
ocean, it's 1000 mile 
difference. 

896
00:48:27,480 --> 00:48:29,720
Well, I've made a small 
adjustment with the rudder that 

897
00:48:29,720 --> 00:48:32,200
will make a difference. 
The higher this building goes, 

898
00:48:32,880 --> 00:48:35,640
the bricks that you put in place
are going to have consequences 

899
00:48:35,640 --> 00:48:40,040
for later. 
And at that point people often 

900
00:48:40,040 --> 00:48:42,120
want to pray for the 
breakthrough. 

901
00:48:43,520 --> 00:48:46,480
God in his mercy has and will 
brought those breakthroughs. 

902
00:48:46,480 --> 00:48:49,960
But also God in his wisdom 
commands us at the foundation 

903
00:48:49,960 --> 00:48:53,960
level to build rightly. 
Build what Jesus wants you to 

904
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build, and you can start 
building today. 

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If you've never built, you can 
come bow down and worship the 

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Lord Jesus Christ, Trust him and
submit to him. 

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And if you're out of alignment 
slightly, another good 

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opportunity today to make it 
right. 

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Heavenly Father, we come to you 
in the way that the only way 

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that anyone can come to you 
through the name and the blood 

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of the Lord Jesus Christ. 
We honor you as the cornerstone.

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Lord, help us to not just be 
trees with leaves, but to be 

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trees with fruit. 
God, help us to not look on 

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condemnation with anyone. 
Help us to be gracious towards 

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everyone, Lord. 
Help us to be thankful for all 

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the grace you've extended to us.
Lord, I pray for for the two 

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different people that might be 
in this room, Those who are 

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already walking with you and 
those who are not yet walking 

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with you. 
Those who are not yet born 

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again. 
God for the Saints who are in 

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Christ, I pray you would reveal 
any alignment issue to them 

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right now. 
Saints, don't don't dismiss the 

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Lord's commands. 
He is revealing things. 

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He's showing you things. 
What alignment thing might the 

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Lord say? 
Hey, make this adjustment. 

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Make this adjustment. 
This will put you back into a 

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straight line with the 
cornerstone. 

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The Christian life is marked by 
repentance and ongoing 

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fellowship and ongoing love and 
ongoing adjusting. 

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Keep us calibrated Lord, keep us
close. 

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And then for those who have not 
really been born again, not been

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made a new creation, maybe made 
reference to the Lord, maybe 

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know the Bible, maybe been in 
church for a long time. 

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As we can see, for the Jewish 
leaders, being religious did not

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help them one bit. 
Knowing the scriptures 

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unfortunately did not help them 
one bit. 

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Only submission and devotion and
believing in the Lord Jesus 

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Christ can make a difference in 
someone's life. 

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So if that's you, you can call 
upon the name of the Lord today.

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So with heads bowed and eyes 
closed, Lord, I bless these 

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people. 
I ask that you withdraw all 

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those to repent who have not yet
trusted, who have not yet 

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forsaken their sins, and that 
you would strengthen the Saints.

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Draw us all near save by the 
power of the Holy Spirit, and 

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bring that breakthrough God that
comes from our surrender in 

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Jesus name. 
Now the Lord bless you and keep 

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you. 
The Lord make his face Shinedown

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upon you and be gracious to you.
The Lord lift up his countenance

949
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upon you and give you great 
peace in Jesus name. 

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Amen. 
God bless you. 

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Yeah, thanks bro.