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Alright, turn in your Bibles to 
Matthew chapter 19. 

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You thought I was gonna say 20? 
We'll get there. 

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Matthew chapter 19. 
This is where we finished last 

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week. 
But Jesus continues his thought.

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So as I've said many times, 
unfortunately we have to 

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interrupt, interrupt Jesus 
'cause he's a much better 

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preacher than me and he can say 
things much more powerfully, 

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much more quickly than I can. 
But we're, we were mid thought. 

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So even though in your Bible it 
says Matthew 19 and there's this

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big #20 remember whenever 
Matthew wrote this Gospel 

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originally and when all the 
scriptures were written, there 

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were, there was no numerical 
references in them. 

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We added all that later just for
our convenience. 

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So we didn't have to say, hey, 
turn to that section in Matthew 

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about 3/4 of the way through, 
but we could say turn to Matthew

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chapter 20, verse 7. 
So that's just a helpful benefit

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for us. 
But originally that wasn't 

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present. 
So Jesus continues his thought. 

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But I'm going to catch up with 
you again where we were. 

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Remember last week the rich 
young man came to Jesus. 

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So we're going to read through 
this whole passage and then 

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we're going to continue without 
breaking into chapter 20. 

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So you know exactly what Jesus 
says and does next, Matthew 19 

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verse 16 and behold, a man came 
up to him saying, Teacher, what 

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good deed must I do to have 
eternal life? 

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And he said to him, why do you 
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There is only one who is good. 
So it seems like Jesus is 

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creating distance between 
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Verbally, He most definitely is 
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In fact, what he's doing is he's
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comes up, he says good teacher. 
Well, the way he used the word 

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good, it would have generally 
only been used for God. 

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So Jesus testing him going, hey,
you call me a good teacher. 

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You just trying to flatter me. 
You just trying to get an answer

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that you want or do you 
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to? 
Unfortunately, he likely did not

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understand who he was talking to
or if he did, he still didn't 

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respond appropriately. 
So Jesus is the good God. 

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There's no doubt about that. 
But he goes on to answer, 

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There's only one who is good. 
If you would enter life, keep 

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the commandments. 
The rich man says to him, which 

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ones? 
And Jesus said, you shall not 

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murder, you shall not commit 
adultery, you shall not steal, 

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you shall not bear false 
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mother, and you shall love your 
neighbor as yourself. 

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The young man said to him, all 
these I've kept. 

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That's not true. 
But he says he has all these 

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I've kept. 
What do I still lack? 

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Jesus. 
Instead of pointing down the 

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fact that he's incorrect and 
that he hasn't kept the commands

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perfectly, he plays along and he
goes, OK, I'll go into your 

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framework. 
I'll take the bait on what 

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you're going to say here. 
Here's what you need though. 

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Since you think that you are 
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you have accomplished something,
we're about to find out if 

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you've kept the greatest 
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The greatest command is love the
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heart, soul, mind and strength. 
That's the greatest command. 

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So he's about to be tested on 
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He goes, all right, this guy's a
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He thinks he's got all the 
commands locked it Lord, I've 

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done that. 
Oh, easy. 

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Oh yeah, I remember doing that 
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And I'm keeping all these 
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He goes, alright, let's go 
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matter. 
Let's see if you'll love the 

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Lord your God with all your 
heart, soul, mind and strength. 

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Jesus said to him, If you would 
be perfect, go sell what you 

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possess and give to the poor, 
and you will have treasure in 

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heaven. 
And come follow me. 

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When the young man heard this, 
he went away sorrowful, for he 

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had great possessions. 
We explained last week what he 

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needed to do in that moment was 
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Jesus. 
If it felt like too big of an 

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ass for Jesus. 
And by the way, it was literally

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what Jesus was asking. 
That was not only a test. 

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On one hand it is a test, but 
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He wasn't going to go, Oh no, 
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I just wanted to see if you 
would do it like like the Lord 

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did with Abraham, with Isaac. 
No, no, no, don't kill the boy. 

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I was just testing you. 
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Well, because Isaac would have 
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And the Lord is not going to 
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So the Lord doesn't accept any 
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That's all wickedness. 
Except when the Lord says I will

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be the human sacrifice. 
There's only one human sacrifice

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that was ever needed, and that 
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But he goes away sorrowful, for 
he had many great possessions. 

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Why are you sad? 
You're rich, you're young, 

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everything's cool, everything's 
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He's sorrowful because he knows 
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And instead of humbling himself 
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going, oh, you've cut me to the 
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Help me to do what you're 
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I don't even want to do it. 
Help like to wrestle with the 

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Lord and wring out his heart in 
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He just goes, Oh, I've just been
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What are you going to do? 
Rich young ruler, what are you 

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going to do? 
I'm going to go away sorrowful 

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because Jesus exposed me, but 
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pursue Jesus. 
That's what I was talking to you

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about earlier. 
As the Lord calls something out 

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in our hearts and we go, oh, I 
guess I'll just feel guilty 

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after church again today. 
Well, that's your decision that 

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you can make like the rich young
ruler can make, but that's not 

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the Lord's intention. 
That's never the intention of 

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the conviction of the Holy 
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The purpose of the conviction of
the Holy Spirit is not to make 

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you feel bad, which is what 
common country music 

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Christianity has taught us to 
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Like go to church, get my weekly
dose of guilt and then leave 

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there. 
Well, if church is your weekly 

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dose of guilt, you're doing it 
wrong because the Lord seeks to 

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work in you and on you and 
mature you, renew your mind and 

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transform you. 
So if you're coming into His 

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presence and walking out each 
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I sure feel bad about myself. 
Well, that means you're stubborn

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and hard hearted and you haven't
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penetrate your heart and you're 
just going, oh, everybody just 

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makes me feel bad around there. 
The Lord's calling you to 

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something greater and higher and
you're holding onto your dog 

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turd while the Lord offers you a
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I got treasures here. 
That's what the rich young ruler

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thought too. 
He thought he had something 

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special and King Jesus was 
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How many people got that verbal 
invitation from the Lord Jesus 

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Christ while he walked on the 
earth right across that ocean 

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over there, a little country 
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It happened actually literally, 
and he's coming back by the way.

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He's coming back and he's going 
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again. 
He's going to rule and reign 

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forever with his people. 
I'm going away sad. 

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I got great possessions. 
Wow, really? 

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Are they greater than Jesus? 
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So it's a tragedy that story. 
Verse 23, y'all are listening 

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too slow. 
We got to hurry up. 

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We're still in chapter 19. 
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And Jesus said to his disciples,
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walked away. 
We're all still here in the same

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moment. 
He just walked away, turns the 

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disciples. 
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I say to you, only with 
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enter the Kingdom of heaven. 
Again, I tell you, it's easier 

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for a camel to go through the 
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person to enter the Kingdom of 
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He's saying you can't enter the 
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riches, which is what the Jews 
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They thought wealth, that means 
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So that's why the Jews are 
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Man, if he can't get in, how can
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And Jesus saying it's impossible
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heaven on your own merit. 
It's impossible. 

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A camel through the eye of a 
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So therefore no one can get into
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through the Lord's grace. 
Verse 25 when the disciples 

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heard this, they were greatly 
astonished, saying who then can 

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be saved? 
But Jesus looked at them and 

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said, with man this is 
impossible, but with God all 

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things are possible. 
Then Peter said in reply, So 

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Peter's putting it all together.
Jesus just called this guy to 

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give up everything. 
And this guy said, no, Jesus 

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called me to give up everything.
I said yes, he called Matthew 

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the writer of this gospel. 
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Don't let me lose my point here,
Church. 

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Quick story on Matthew, the 
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Matthew is a tax collector, so 
he's a Jew. 

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And the Romans who have 
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hey, we need some of you Jews 
who want to kind of betray your 

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people and help us collect taxes
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You understand the culture, you 
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You know, everybody and their 
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brother and their cousin. 
So you can help us get as much 

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money from it as possible if you
pad your pockets along the way. 

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We are going to turn a blind 
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So tax collectors were hated by 
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You're working for the Romans 
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the process. 
I mean, none of us, I don't 

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think are huge fans of the IRS 
anyway. 

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But we don't feel the same way 
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So Matthew is working in a tax 
collector booth and Jesus comes 

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to him and says come and follow 
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And Matthew drops it, leaves the
booth and goes and follows 

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Jesus. 
That was it. 

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He didn't go. 
We don't have any record of 

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Matthew like well, let me 
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Peter, come follow me, leaves 
his Nets. 

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He says I'm going to make you 
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That sounds weird. 
I don't know what that means, 

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but I'm going with him. 
Then Peter said in reply, see 

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we've left everything and 
followed you. 

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What then will we have Jesus 
said to them, Truly, I say to 

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you, in the new world, when the 
Son of Man will sit on his 

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glorious throne, you who have 
followed me will sit on 12 

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Thrones judging the 12 tribes of
Israel. 

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Now really specifically, this is
a particular promise to the 12 

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minus Judas plus Matthias. 
This is a particular promise to 

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the 12 apostles of the Lamb. 
This isn't like for you and I. 

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So we can't take every single 
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That's a promise for me. 
All the ones that are for us 

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most definitely are for us. 
And there's many, this one is in

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particular for them. 
But he's saying for you guys, 

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you're actually going to sit on 
the 12 on the Thrones, judging 

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the 12 tribes of Israel and 
everyone who has left houses or 

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brothers. 
So this includes us. 

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Now, everyone who's left houses 
or brothers or sisters or father

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or mother or children or lands 
for my name's sake will receive 

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a hundredfold and will inherit 
eternal life. 

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But many who are first will be 
last and the last 1st. 

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So their expectation is the rich
and wealthy are going to have 

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prominent positions in the 
Kingdom. 

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But Jesus continually turn that 
upside down and show them, no, 

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that's not the case. 
There was a rich man, he died 

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and he's burning in hell. 
Jesus told a parable or a story.

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I don't know if it exactly 
happened that way or not, but 

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Jesus is pointing, pointing out 
the fact that and then there was

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a poor man and he was comforted 
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We'll call it just for 
simplicity sake for now. 

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And so these this was shocking 
to Jesus hearers because they're

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going how could, how did the 
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And the poor man who had who had
leprosy and had his sores licked

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by the dogs, how did he end up 
so gloriously saved by grace, 

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which is what the whole Bible 
has always been about the Old 

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Testament and the New Testament 
has always been about God's 

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grace and our faith in him. 
Ask Abraham. 

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He knows something about faith. 
So everyone who has left for 

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receive these blessings, but 
many who are first will be last,

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and the last first. 
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Jesus continues chapter 20. 
Here we go. 

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For the Kingdom of heaven is 
like a master of a house who 

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went out early in the morning to
hire laborers for his vineyard. 

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After agreeing with the laborers
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them into his vineyard and going
out about the third hour, he saw

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others standing idle in the 
marketplace. 

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And he said to them, You go in 
the vineyard too, and whatever 

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is right I'll give you. 
So they went going out again 

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about the 6th hour. 
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the same. 
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out and found others standing. 
He said to them, Why do you 

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stand here idle all day? 
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has hired us. 
He said to them, you go into the

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vineyard too. 
And when any evening came, the 

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owner of the vineyard said to 
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pay them their wages, beginning 
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And when those hired about the 
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received a denarius. 
Now when those hired first came,

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they thought they would receive 
more, but each of them also 

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received a denarius. 
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grumbled at the master of the 
house, saying, these last only 

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worked one hour, and you've made
them equal to us who have borne 

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the burden of the day and the 
scorching heat. 

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But he replied to he replied to 
one of them, Friend, I'm doing 

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you no wrong. 
Did you not agree with me for a 

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denarius? 
Take what belongs to you and go.

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I choose to give this last 
worker as I give to you. 

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Am I not allowed to do what I 
choose with what belongs to me? 

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Or do you begrudge my generosity
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1st last? 
Heavenly Father, thank you for 

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your glorious word. 
Bring light and revelation. 

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Lord, I pray that we would not 
be like the rich young ruler. 

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I pray that we would not be 
prideful. 

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I pray that we would not be hard
hearted. 

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I pray we would not leave church
with a guilt trip. 

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I pray we would leave the 
gathering, the fellowship. 

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Built up, edified, strengthened,
yes, corrected as needed. 

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But Lord, perform in us the 
surgery that's needed. 

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Perform in US, whatever you see 
a need for work up. 

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But God, I pray that we would be
tender. 

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God, I pray for every single man
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young woman. 
I pray that they would just 

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tenderize their own hearts right
now. 

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That is the choice that you 
would make. 

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Saints, in this moment, humble 
yourselves before the Almighty 

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God. 
You already came on a Sunday 

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morning to gather, make it 
count. 

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The Lord loves you. 
Receive his blessing. 

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God, we thank you for it all in 
Jesus name, Amen. 

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So we know we're continuing here
this same moment Jesus was 

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finishing this point. 
Let's clarify some things about 

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what you're seeing here. 
So the master of a house, this 

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is a landowner. 
It's probably harvest season, so

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we need extra hands. 
We don't need these people full 

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time all the time, but we need 
extra hands right here, right 

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now. 
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time to harvest. 
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Lot of hands on deck. 
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marketplace. 
He pulls up into Home Depot. 

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He pulls up in a 711 and he sees
who's waiting around. 

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Hey, you guys need work today? 
Yeah, man, we're hoping somebody

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will come by. 
I'll take you and you and you 

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and you and you. 
I don't know if they're legal or

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illegal. 
That's a different conversation.

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We'll just say he needed workers
in the vineyard. 

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So he got some workers in the 
vineyard for the day. 

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But he he's, he's going out the 
day. 

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The, the Jewish work day was 
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It's about 6:00 AM to 6:00 PM. 
So he's in the marketplace, 6:00

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AM. 
Hey, I need some workers today. 

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Hey, me, me, me, cool. 
Hop in the bed of the truck. 

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They go up the road. 
He takes them back to the 

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vineyard. 
He comes back at 9:00 AM. 

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He does it again at 12. 
He does it again at 3:00. 

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And then the 11th hour, it's 
5:00 PM. 

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There's one hour left in the 
work day. 

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So that's some context about 
what's going on here. 

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And then a denarius. 
This is like a Roman days wage. 

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So this is a fair day's wage for
your mind purposes. 

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Let's call it 100 bucks. 
Hey, it's you know, you can make

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more, you can make less, but you
know, hey, come work for me 

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today, pay 100 bucks. 
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accept that. 
So we'll go with that just for 

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for our for our working 
purposes. 

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When we're looking at a parable,
we need to know a parable has 

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one point. 
There are other points. 

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There are other things you could
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true principles, but we want to 
make sure we're saying what 

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Jesus was intending to say. 
Now some of the parables I've 

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come to other things in Matthew 
where I said, hey, something 

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this, something that something, 
this something that, you know 

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what I don't know. 
I wish I did. 

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And if I did, I would tell you I
do. 

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But since I don't, I can't. 
But here's what we know for 

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sure. 
And we will always try and find 

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something good and wholesome. 
That's always biblically true. 

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So there's many things that we 
could probably draw out here. 

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For example, it's good to be a 
worker, isn't it? 

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Hey, you ought to work, you 
know, like there's all kinds of 

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points and connections you can 
make. 

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But primarily, Jesus was still 
connecting back to what just 

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happened with the rich young 
ruler. 

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That's his point, and that's why
he ends his parable this way. 

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So what do we know? 
We know Jesus is the master. 

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Jesus is the landowner. 
Jesus is the owner of the 

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vineyard. 
The vineyard is the mission of 

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God. 
The workers are you and me. 

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The denarius is eternal life. 
Those are the those are the 

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principles that we're working 
with. 

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That's our understanding as we 
go through this. 

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And this one's not a difficult 1
to decode in that sense. 

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Jesus sends laborers to work in 
his harvest field. 

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Salt Church. 
Have you ever heard that before?

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Have we ever prayed that prayer 
before that God would send more 

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workers into the harvest? 
Jesus said the harvest is ready.

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It's not a harvest issue. 
Christians can often look at the

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harvest and go the harvest. 
Harvest needs to get right. 

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Jesus said the harvest is ready.
It's the laborers I need. 

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Jesus said I need more workers 
in my harvest. 

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That's what I need. 
The harvest will be just fine. 

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We just need more laborers in 
that harvest. 

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So this is this is in harvest 
season. 

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This is the calling that Jesus 
is bringing for every person. 

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Come and follow me. 
Become a Christian. 

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And then I'm going to make you 
fishers of men. 

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I'm going to make you a worker 
in the harvest field. 

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You're going to join the mission
of God. 

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So ultimately, are you rewarded 
with eternal life? 

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Yeah, but not because you earned
it. 

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And that's really the main point
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everything is by God's grace. 
Nobody earns anything. 

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So even though he clarified to 
to the to the boys there with 

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him, hey, you boys actually are 
going to have a particular 

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blessing that no one else is 
going to have. 

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You're going to have a special 
reward. 

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But let me clarify, you did not 
earn it. 

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You did not deserve it. 
Everybody gets eternal life who 

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comes to God in humility and 
submission under the blood of 

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Jesus. 
It's by God's grace through your

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faith, which is also a gift from
God. 

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So everything God gets glory for
everything God gets credit for. 

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Amen. 
Christians are workers. 

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This is our first point that 
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To be a Christian is to be a 
worker in the harvest. 

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It is a misunderstanding. 
And if you were told different, 

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you were told wrong. 
And I'm only giving you good 

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news, by the way. 
At first it might sound like, 

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oh, man, I got work to do. 
Well, yeah. 

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And also, it's what you were 
built for. 

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Brother, sister, friend, it's 
what you were made for. 

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You got nothing better to do, I 
assure you. 

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To work in the Lord's Kingdom, 
to work in the Lord's harvest is

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a blessing. 
It's a privilege. 

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It's an honor. 
What a joy that he came and 

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selected me to come and work for
him and to come work with him. 

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Conversations, negotiations 
about payment aside. 

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And you'll notice the first guys
in the morning at 6:00 AM, 

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they're like, what are the 
terms? 

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And the rest of the guys, he 
said, I'll pay you what's fair. 

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And they say good enough for me.
That's the right attitude. 

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I'm coming. 
I'm I'm thankful to be selected.

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I'm thankful to be chosen. 
I'm thankful to have a part in 

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this thing at all. 
What a blessing, what a joy, 

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what a privilege that I could 
have. 

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This, the other thing we 
understand in this parable, as 

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we see that people are coming 
into the Labour, into the 

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Labour's field at different 
times of the day. 

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This represents people being 
saved in different stages of 

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life. 
Some people are saved early on, 

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some people are saved somewhere 
in the middle, some people are 

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saved very late. 
And for those who come to 

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Christ, whether they did it when
they were four years old or 

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whether they did it when they 
were 97, you know what their 

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reward is, Eternal life with 
King Jesus. 

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Well, I followed him faithfully.
Be careful, don't grumble. 

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It was grace that you followed 
God from a young age. 

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Do you think you missed out my 
following him longer and 

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younger? 
Do you think you? 

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Was that a penalty to you? 
Now that was a blessing to you. 

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I worked in the field all day 
long and you worked hard and the

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Master saw it and he loves you. 
And yes, there is a reward seed 

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of Christ. 
That's not what we're getting 

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today. 
We're not going to mix our 

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parables or mix our teaching. 
That's a different conversation 

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today. 
The point is the denarius 

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eternal life comes to all. 
Are there rewards in heaven? 

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There are different 
conversation, different sermon, 

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different day. 
This isn't that one. 

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And you should want those. 
By the way, look, y'all trying 

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to bait me into it. 
I'm not going to fall for it, 

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and you should want those 
additional rewards, but this 

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isn't about that. 
This is about the grace of God 

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for anyone who comes in at any 
time in any way. 

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The Lord saves people at all 
different times. 

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Look in verse six and seven. 
And about the 11th hour he went 

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out and found others standing 
and he said to them, why do you 

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stand here idle all day? 
Isn't that so kind and so 

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merciful and so gracious? 
The last hour of the day? 

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Come on, everybody who's worked 
a long hour of the day like that

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Last hour is not the hardest 
hour. 

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That's like, we're cleaning up a
little bit. 

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Hey, you start sweeping, you 
start loading tools in the 

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trailer. 
Like we're kind of wrapping up. 

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Like that's when I want to roll 
up on y'all's job sites. 

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Like, hey, you need a hand. 
Oh, y'all are done. 

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Oh, OK. 
Can I get paid though? 

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But this is the master knows his
plan. 

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The Master knows how gracious 
he's going to be. 

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Hey, you guys haven't worked all
night. 

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No, come on, come on. 
It's only an hour left. 

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But come on, let's go to work. 
God saving people at the end of 

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their lives. 
The 11th hour call. 

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God saves anyone who will humble
themselves before him. 

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By the way, it's not a good plan
if if you would plan on the 11th

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hour, that would be complete 
foolishness. 

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And in fact, I don't know how 
I'll say that with more 

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conviction. 
I don't believe it's possible to

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look forward to an 11th hour 
call on your life. 

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Because if you think you'll want
the Lord then, but you don't 

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want him now, you won't want him
then. 

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So it's really a manipulation of
God and God won't be played, He 

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won't be manipulated. 
So I know there are people who 

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00:21:02,680 --> 00:21:06,000
do that kind of mental 
gymnastics with themselves and 

451
00:21:06,000 --> 00:21:09,120
they're like, well, if I'm ever 
in a car wreck, like people 

452
00:21:09,120 --> 00:21:10,840
think this way, some of you have
thought this way. 

453
00:21:10,840 --> 00:21:13,200
If I'm in a car wreck, hopefully
like while I'm bleeding out, 

454
00:21:13,200 --> 00:21:16,920
I'll be like Lord. 
Well, if it's I don't, I don't 

455
00:21:16,920 --> 00:21:18,840
want to minimize anything. 
I want to be very clear. 

456
00:21:18,960 --> 00:21:21,200
There was a man bleeding out one
time who called on the name of 

457
00:21:21,200 --> 00:21:22,760
the Lord. 
Do you remember him? 

458
00:21:23,280 --> 00:21:25,640
He was hanging beside the Lord 
Jesus on a cross. 

459
00:21:26,400 --> 00:21:28,880
So I will not minimize or take 
that away. 

460
00:21:28,880 --> 00:21:30,880
That was an 11th hour 
conversion, was it not? 

461
00:21:31,080 --> 00:21:33,840
My point is that man did not 
strategically prepare for that 

462
00:21:33,840 --> 00:21:36,440
moment. 
And for those who do, I doubt 

463
00:21:36,440 --> 00:21:37,920
they. 
I doubt that it ever comes 

464
00:21:37,920 --> 00:21:41,320
through. 
But a humble heart always, 

465
00:21:41,520 --> 00:21:44,040
always can be forgiven and 
receive the grace of God. 

466
00:21:44,280 --> 00:21:46,840
Did you hear that? 
A humble heart who responds to 

467
00:21:46,840 --> 00:21:50,560
the Lord with conviction and 
humility will always be received

468
00:21:50,560 --> 00:21:54,200
by Him, but only a hard heart 
would would try to strategize 

469
00:21:54,200 --> 00:21:56,360
for that, and therefore that 
hard heart would never be 

470
00:21:56,360 --> 00:22:00,240
softened in that moment anyway. 
So if your heart's soft, you're 

471
00:22:00,240 --> 00:22:02,480
safe. 
It's the ultimate protection. 

472
00:22:02,760 --> 00:22:04,800
Humility is the ultimate 
protection because you always 

473
00:22:04,800 --> 00:22:08,560
just throw yourself on the mercy
of God, not on what anybody else

474
00:22:08,560 --> 00:22:13,840
said, but on the grace of Jesus.
And that that that grace of God.

475
00:22:14,280 --> 00:22:17,040
When we respond by faith to it, 
the Lord loves it and the Father

476
00:22:17,040 --> 00:22:19,280
will not allow Jesus sacrifice 
to be in vain. 

477
00:22:20,200 --> 00:22:23,440
So when you genuinely come to 
him with sincerity, you will 

478
00:22:23,440 --> 00:22:28,800
receive exactly what you need. 
So people have been sinning hard

479
00:22:28,800 --> 00:22:31,440
their whole life. 
God will rescue them and appoint

480
00:22:31,440 --> 00:22:34,520
them for work in his vineyard. 
So I say that also to be 

481
00:22:34,520 --> 00:22:37,280
encouraged about the loved ones 
that you're praying for. 

482
00:22:37,720 --> 00:22:39,080
And you're like, I haven't seen 
it yet. 

483
00:22:39,080 --> 00:22:41,240
I haven't seen it yet, I haven't
seen it yet. 

484
00:22:41,240 --> 00:22:43,560
It's not too late If they're 
breathing breath on this earth, 

485
00:22:44,040 --> 00:22:47,880
it's not too late for them to 
come to Christ and God is not 

486
00:22:47,880 --> 00:22:50,520
unable to save them. 
God is not unable to 

487
00:22:50,520 --> 00:22:52,520
breakthrough. 
So continue to pray. 

488
00:22:53,800 --> 00:22:55,520
It wasn't too late for the thief
on the cross. 

489
00:22:55,520 --> 00:22:59,720
No matter what hour of your life
you're being saved in, you can. 

490
00:22:59,720 --> 00:23:03,120
God can still bring you in and 
give you that denarius, still 

491
00:23:03,120 --> 00:23:06,760
give you that eternal life. 
So there are rewards. 

492
00:23:06,760 --> 00:23:09,840
Keep going here In verse 8, when
evening came, the owner of the 

493
00:23:09,840 --> 00:23:12,320
vineyard said to his foreman, 
call the laborers and pay them 

494
00:23:12,320 --> 00:23:15,280
their wages, beginning with the 
last up to the first. 

495
00:23:15,480 --> 00:23:16,840
It's interesting that he did it 
that way. 

496
00:23:17,200 --> 00:23:18,600
Sounds like we got a lot of 
workers. 

497
00:23:19,120 --> 00:23:21,480
He lines them up here. 
He's all paying them. 

498
00:23:21,960 --> 00:23:26,600
Everybody, Napoleon Dynamite, 
anybody can't find my checkbook.

499
00:23:26,600 --> 00:23:29,720
He Pats himself twice. 
So we use that, my family a lot.

500
00:23:29,880 --> 00:23:32,720
When you owe somebody money, you
go, can't find my checkbook and 

501
00:23:32,720 --> 00:23:33,840
then you're just somehow off the
hook. 

502
00:23:33,840 --> 00:23:35,840
You don't have to pay them. 
This is where my mind went as I 

503
00:23:35,840 --> 00:23:37,120
read that. 
So I'm seeing like Napoleon 

504
00:23:37,120 --> 00:23:38,120
Dynamite. 
If you don't know what I'm 

505
00:23:38,120 --> 00:23:39,800
talking about, you're probably 
better off. 

506
00:23:44,120 --> 00:23:46,480
Look, you got me distracted. 
Talk about Napoleon Dynamite. 

507
00:23:47,120 --> 00:23:50,040
Where were we? 
Verse 8, call them and pay them 

508
00:23:50,040 --> 00:23:53,800
their wages beginning with the 
last up to the first. 

509
00:23:53,880 --> 00:23:56,800
So he puts them in an order 
where those who started at 6:00 

510
00:23:56,800 --> 00:23:58,240
AM are going to see everybody 
else get paid. 

511
00:23:58,240 --> 00:24:01,480
And they say denarius, denarius,
denarius, denarius. 

512
00:24:01,480 --> 00:24:04,520
And they're going, oh, those 
dudes been here like an hour. 

513
00:24:04,880 --> 00:24:08,200
So we're about to make bank like
this is going to be a good day. 

514
00:24:08,360 --> 00:24:12,240
And he gets to them and goes 
denarius, wait a second. 

515
00:24:13,000 --> 00:24:14,760
That's not, that's not what I 
was expecting. 

516
00:24:15,040 --> 00:24:19,040
That's not what I I saw coming. 
The early workers, they thought 

517
00:24:19,560 --> 00:24:22,800
they would receive more, so this
was a misunderstanding created 

518
00:24:22,800 --> 00:24:26,680
in their own mind. 
There has been no injustice 

519
00:24:26,680 --> 00:24:29,320
here, Church. 
No injustice has taken place 

520
00:24:29,320 --> 00:24:33,640
because God is perfectly just. 
He will never be unjust in any 

521
00:24:33,800 --> 00:24:36,640
way whatsoever. 
He is perfectly just. 

522
00:24:36,640 --> 00:24:38,240
No injustice has taken place 
here. 

523
00:24:38,600 --> 00:24:41,760
Has the Master kept His word? 
The Master has kept his word. 

524
00:24:41,920 --> 00:24:44,680
Has the Master been generous? 
The Master has been generous. 

525
00:24:44,920 --> 00:24:46,720
And here's the point again, 
Grace. 

526
00:24:46,880 --> 00:24:49,880
You better be thankful that the 
Master doesn't give you what you

527
00:24:49,880 --> 00:24:51,880
deserve. 
You better be thankful that the 

528
00:24:51,880 --> 00:24:54,200
Master does, though. 
Keep his word. 

529
00:24:55,000 --> 00:24:58,200
I don't want what I deserve 
because what I deserve is wrath.

530
00:24:58,240 --> 00:25:00,680
Everything else that God has 
given me is grace. 

531
00:25:00,680 --> 00:25:04,280
So there are rewards, but the 
early workers, they think that 

532
00:25:04,280 --> 00:25:07,480
we should receive more. 
Keep going here. 

533
00:25:07,640 --> 00:25:10,200
Verse 9. 
And when those hired about the 

534
00:25:10,200 --> 00:25:13,120
11th hour came, each of them 
received a denarius. 

535
00:25:14,000 --> 00:25:16,760
Now, when those first hired 
came, they thought they would 

536
00:25:16,760 --> 00:25:20,280
receive more, but each of them 
also received a denarius. 

537
00:25:20,520 --> 00:25:23,160
And on receiving it, they 
grumbled at the master of the 

538
00:25:23,160 --> 00:25:25,840
house. 
So they think they're going to 

539
00:25:25,840 --> 00:25:28,120
receive more. 
He pays everybody the same 

540
00:25:28,120 --> 00:25:30,440
amount, the right amount. 
And now the guys who are hired, 

541
00:25:30,440 --> 00:25:34,920
first, they complain not because
they were underpaid, but because

542
00:25:35,000 --> 00:25:36,920
they were comparing themselves 
to somebody else. 

543
00:25:37,480 --> 00:25:38,640
No, no, you kept your word to 
me. 

544
00:25:38,640 --> 00:25:40,600
All that's fine. 
I'm just mad that you bless 

545
00:25:40,600 --> 00:25:42,760
them. 
It just made me mad. 

546
00:25:43,320 --> 00:25:47,120
I'm just jealous. 
I wish I had come in at the 11th

547
00:25:47,120 --> 00:25:50,480
hour too, because they got to 
hang out in the market all day 

548
00:25:50,720 --> 00:25:52,680
and I was like, out here working
for you. 

549
00:25:54,440 --> 00:25:55,400
I thought that's what you 
wanted. 

550
00:25:55,400 --> 00:25:57,840
I thought it's remember at 6:00 
AM we said that was what we were

551
00:25:57,840 --> 00:25:59,320
going to do. 
Like have I done? 

552
00:25:59,320 --> 00:26:01,480
Have I wronged you? 
No, but I'm just super mad and 

553
00:26:01,480 --> 00:26:05,600
jealous for them. 
Well, that's bad and that's the 

554
00:26:05,600 --> 00:26:08,440
point. 
That's the point that that man's

555
00:26:08,440 --> 00:26:11,320
expectations are not the same 
thing as God's design and the 

556
00:26:11,320 --> 00:26:13,760
way God has built it. 
They're not mad because they're 

557
00:26:13,760 --> 00:26:15,040
underpaid. 
They're mad because they're 

558
00:26:15,040 --> 00:26:17,720
comparing. 
Comparison leads to entitlement,

559
00:26:17,720 --> 00:26:19,160
which is exactly what these men 
felt. 

560
00:26:19,600 --> 00:26:21,120
I feel like I'm entitled to 
more. 

561
00:26:22,200 --> 00:26:23,520
Walk me through the logic of 
that. 

562
00:26:24,400 --> 00:26:27,000
What you're seeing is 
generosity, and you're 

563
00:26:27,000 --> 00:26:29,320
begrudging my generosity. 
Other translations say, why do 

564
00:26:29,320 --> 00:26:32,640
you have an evil eye towards me?
Why are you being stingy? 

565
00:26:33,280 --> 00:26:36,800
Why are you worrying about that?
Entitlement leads to grumbling 

566
00:26:37,040 --> 00:26:39,880
into complaining. 
So Jesus told the disciples 

567
00:26:39,880 --> 00:26:42,840
about rewards, but now they're 
being warned about keeping score

568
00:26:43,000 --> 00:26:46,160
with others, which is something 
that the boys have fallen into 

569
00:26:46,160 --> 00:26:47,560
the trap of before, have they 
not? 

570
00:26:48,040 --> 00:26:49,760
Who's going to be the greatest 
in the Kingdom? 

571
00:26:49,760 --> 00:26:53,200
And he says, I'll show you a 
child, Children, if you'll be 

572
00:26:53,200 --> 00:26:55,280
childlike, they're going to 
that's who's going to be the 

573
00:26:55,280 --> 00:26:57,280
greatest in the Kingdom. 
They're like, wow, look at the 

574
00:26:57,280 --> 00:26:59,440
rich people, look at us. 
All the things that everybody 

575
00:26:59,440 --> 00:27:01,800
was always impressed with. 
Jesus always flips everything 

576
00:27:01,800 --> 00:27:05,800
upside down right side up rather
and shows people this is the way

577
00:27:05,800 --> 00:27:11,200
that things actually work. 
There are rewards for what 

578
00:27:11,200 --> 00:27:15,400
you've done, but ultimately it's
all still grace. 

579
00:27:15,840 --> 00:27:21,120
The workers are not actually 
owed or sorry, the workers on a 

580
00:27:21,120 --> 00:27:23,280
job site are actually owed their
wage. 

581
00:27:23,720 --> 00:27:26,520
So this is where even the 
parable doesn't always have a 

582
00:27:26,520 --> 00:27:28,000
perfect straight line 
connection. 

583
00:27:28,120 --> 00:27:30,560
Does that make sense? 
The parable is communicating an 

584
00:27:30,560 --> 00:27:32,080
idea. 
But This is why you can't always

585
00:27:32,080 --> 00:27:35,040
extract A parable and go, can we
draw straight lines all the way 

586
00:27:35,040 --> 00:27:37,080
through? 
Well, you get the idea. 

587
00:27:37,080 --> 00:27:39,560
That was the point. 
The parable taught the broader 

588
00:27:39,560 --> 00:27:41,400
idea. 
But you can get yourself tripped

589
00:27:41,400 --> 00:27:43,680
up if you go wait a second. 
But they did work all day and 

590
00:27:43,680 --> 00:27:45,320
they do earn it. 
Well, yeah, in that context, 

591
00:27:45,320 --> 00:27:47,280
yes. 
But the idea here is that 

592
00:27:47,280 --> 00:27:52,000
everything is the grace of God. 
We are not owed anything, no 

593
00:27:52,000 --> 00:27:53,680
matter when we came into the 
vineyard. 

594
00:27:55,680 --> 00:27:58,440
Maybe somebody at your work, 
maybe somebody in the church has

595
00:27:58,440 --> 00:27:59,880
a blessing that God has given 
them. 

596
00:28:01,040 --> 00:28:04,000
And you're OK with that as long 
as you get more blessing than 

597
00:28:04,000 --> 00:28:06,880
them. 
But this is the dangerous to 

598
00:28:06,880 --> 00:28:10,680
become a person who gripes and 
complaints and grumbles. 

599
00:28:10,920 --> 00:28:13,360
But do not compare. 
Look to the Master and look 

600
00:28:13,360 --> 00:28:15,760
nowhere else. 
He will keep His word to you. 

601
00:28:16,080 --> 00:28:18,880
And if you have to suffer for 
his name, then you can count 

602
00:28:18,880 --> 00:28:21,120
yourself worthy, just like the 
apostles did. 

603
00:28:21,200 --> 00:28:23,960
We're I'm thankful that we had 
to suffer for his name. 

604
00:28:23,960 --> 00:28:27,200
What a blessing that we get to 
join Christ in his sufferings. 

605
00:28:28,240 --> 00:28:30,360
If you have to deal with the 
heat of the day, the Lord loves 

606
00:28:30,360 --> 00:28:33,240
you, the Master sees you, He 
cares for you. 

607
00:28:33,240 --> 00:28:35,360
Be thankful to just be in his 
vineyard. 

608
00:28:35,600 --> 00:28:39,920
He will keep his word to you. 
And when whenever you're 

609
00:28:39,920 --> 00:28:41,800
thinking through this, you're 
probably seeing some parallels 

610
00:28:41,800 --> 00:28:44,080
to another parable, the prodigal
son. 

611
00:28:44,760 --> 00:28:46,960
Remember again, it's not 
straight line connections, but 

612
00:28:46,960 --> 00:28:49,920
you can see the older brother. 
He's worked faithfully in the 

613
00:28:49,920 --> 00:28:52,680
father's house all these years. 
And the younger brother said, 

614
00:28:52,760 --> 00:28:55,640
hey, dad, you're not dead yet, 
but I wish you were. 

615
00:28:55,840 --> 00:28:58,800
Could you go ahead and give me 
my inheritance so I can go 

616
00:28:58,800 --> 00:29:00,800
squander it? 
And he goes and squanders in a 

617
00:29:00,800 --> 00:29:04,080
wild living all the things 
prostitutes. 

618
00:29:04,080 --> 00:29:06,640
And then he runs out of all of 
his money and he comes home. 

619
00:29:07,960 --> 00:29:10,160
Practice is practicing is I'm so
sorry, speech. 

620
00:29:10,160 --> 00:29:11,520
I'll be a servant in your house.
Speech. 

621
00:29:11,520 --> 00:29:16,120
And his father rejoices. 
He rejoices and throws a party. 

622
00:29:16,320 --> 00:29:18,960
Kill, kill the calf that will 
kill the cow that we've had for 

623
00:29:18,960 --> 00:29:21,320
years. 
The biggest one put a gold ring 

624
00:29:21,320 --> 00:29:23,280
on my son's hand. 
That's a signal of authority 

625
00:29:23,280 --> 00:29:26,760
back in this household. 
Put the sandals on his feet. 

626
00:29:26,880 --> 00:29:29,800
Put the best robe on him. 
He didn't even have time to get 

627
00:29:29,800 --> 00:29:32,240
out as I'm so sorry. 
I'll just be a servant around 

628
00:29:32,240 --> 00:29:33,800
here. 
He goes, you're elevated 

629
00:29:33,880 --> 00:29:36,880
immediately. 
What a glorious thing. 

630
00:29:36,880 --> 00:29:39,920
We always think that parable was
told for the sinful younger 

631
00:29:39,920 --> 00:29:42,120
brother, and we go, what a 
comfort, what a blessing of 

632
00:29:42,120 --> 00:29:44,320
God's love for me. 
Well, that's true, but that 

633
00:29:44,320 --> 00:29:47,000
parable was actually told 
against someone. 

634
00:29:47,240 --> 00:29:49,720
The parable was told against the
older brothers. 

635
00:29:50,040 --> 00:29:52,120
The parable was told against the
Pharisees. 

636
00:29:52,640 --> 00:29:55,160
They're the ones who think we're
so great, we're so awesome, and 

637
00:29:55,160 --> 00:29:59,520
Jesus goes, you guys make me 
sick because you don't have love

638
00:29:59,520 --> 00:30:01,280
for the younger brother when he 
repents. 

639
00:30:01,800 --> 00:30:03,640
Because the older brother, while
they're having the party in the 

640
00:30:03,640 --> 00:30:06,400
house, the older brother, he 
stays outside, He goes, I'm not 

641
00:30:06,400 --> 00:30:09,200
even coming inside. 
And the father comes outside, he

642
00:30:09,200 --> 00:30:10,360
goes, why don't you come in? 
He goes. 

643
00:30:10,360 --> 00:30:13,040
No, my younger brother, he goes 
and squanders all this stuff. 

644
00:30:13,040 --> 00:30:15,600
And you never even give me so 
much as a goat to enjoy. 

645
00:30:15,960 --> 00:30:16,960
You know, I guess that's a big 
deal. 

646
00:30:16,960 --> 00:30:18,880
My kids have never complained. 
Like Dad, you never give us a 

647
00:30:18,880 --> 00:30:20,840
goat, but that was the thing for
them. 

648
00:30:20,840 --> 00:30:22,440
Like we don't, we don't get good
meat. 

649
00:30:22,560 --> 00:30:24,560
I don't, I don't get to have a 
party and celebrate with my 

650
00:30:24,560 --> 00:30:26,520
friends. 
You never did any of that for 

651
00:30:26,520 --> 00:30:29,240
me. 
And he says, son, everything I 

652
00:30:29,240 --> 00:30:31,760
have is yours and I've always 
had you. 

653
00:30:32,360 --> 00:30:35,360
But your brother was dead and 
now he's alive. 

654
00:30:35,360 --> 00:30:38,720
He was lost and now he's found. 
So we it's right that we 

655
00:30:38,720 --> 00:30:41,280
rejoice. 
Don't compare yourself to him, 

656
00:30:41,560 --> 00:30:43,640
son. 
I love you and that hasn't 

657
00:30:43,640 --> 00:30:46,200
changed. 
Don't begrudge my generosity to 

658
00:30:46,200 --> 00:30:48,840
him. 
Don't begrudge my care and my 

659
00:30:48,840 --> 00:30:50,640
grace for him. 
Rejoice, come and love your 

660
00:30:50,640 --> 00:30:52,200
brother. 
Come and celebrate. 

661
00:30:52,400 --> 00:30:54,760
But his heart wouldn't allow it.
I've worked here in the heat of 

662
00:30:54,760 --> 00:30:57,880
the day. 
He went and had all the fun. 

663
00:30:57,880 --> 00:31:00,640
Did he though? 
Did he have all the fun? 

664
00:31:01,680 --> 00:31:03,440
Or was his soul vexed and 
grieved? 

665
00:31:03,440 --> 00:31:05,760
And now does he have a lot of 
things that are going to 

666
00:31:05,760 --> 00:31:10,080
continue to where the enemy will
try to attack his conscience for

667
00:31:10,080 --> 00:31:11,680
years to come? 
The Lord will shield him. 

668
00:31:11,680 --> 00:31:14,720
The Lord will protect him. 
But what a blessing that you 

669
00:31:14,720 --> 00:31:17,640
were working faithfully in the 
vineyard the whole time. 

670
00:31:17,840 --> 00:31:22,240
Be humble, be sweet, and rejoice
when you see others respond to 

671
00:31:22,240 --> 00:31:25,200
the Lord's grace. 
If you don't see yourself 

672
00:31:25,200 --> 00:31:28,160
rejoicing, that's how you know 
that you don't love somebody. 

673
00:31:28,240 --> 00:31:29,760
Do you not want God's best for 
them? 

674
00:31:31,200 --> 00:31:34,520
Who is there anybody in your 
life that if they were to walk 

675
00:31:34,520 --> 00:31:37,560
in the doors of Salt Church and 
give their life to Jesus? 

676
00:31:37,560 --> 00:31:40,200
I put our church not because 
we're the only church, because 

677
00:31:40,200 --> 00:31:41,600
that's the one where you'd have 
to watch it. 

678
00:31:41,600 --> 00:31:44,040
That's the one where you'd have 
to see it. 

679
00:31:44,640 --> 00:31:47,520
And they come in here and they 
give their hearts to the Lord. 

680
00:31:47,800 --> 00:31:49,520
Does that not fill you with joy 
to hear that? 

681
00:31:49,880 --> 00:31:53,440
Or do you go? 
They shouldn't they? 

682
00:31:53,440 --> 00:31:55,000
You don't know their past, 
Pastor. 

683
00:31:55,000 --> 00:31:58,840
Well, that's true. 
And you don't know mine, and I 

684
00:31:58,840 --> 00:32:01,560
don't know all yours, but I know
the Lord does. 

685
00:32:02,480 --> 00:32:05,120
And the Lord rejoices to give 
His grace. 

686
00:32:05,720 --> 00:32:08,880
That's kind of his whole thing. 
It's kind of his shtick. 

687
00:32:09,280 --> 00:32:13,880
He loves to give grace because 
it glorifies his name, because 

688
00:32:13,880 --> 00:32:17,400
there's no God like him, there's
nobody like him, there's no God 

689
00:32:17,400 --> 00:32:20,160
who can give grace and still 
keep justice. 

690
00:32:20,440 --> 00:32:22,040
Told you this before. 
Islam can't do it. 

691
00:32:22,680 --> 00:32:24,480
God is merciful, they say it all
the time. 

692
00:32:24,920 --> 00:32:27,600
What's the mechanism by which 
Allah can show mercy? 

693
00:32:27,600 --> 00:32:29,280
I was a false God demon by the 
way. 

694
00:32:29,280 --> 00:32:31,600
Just want to be clear. 
What mechanism does he use to 

695
00:32:31,600 --> 00:32:33,680
show mercy? 
He doesn't have one, he just 

696
00:32:33,680 --> 00:32:37,440
overlooks a giant problem. 
That's not a good judge. 

697
00:32:37,840 --> 00:32:39,720
That's not justice. 
It's not loving. 

698
00:32:40,240 --> 00:32:42,840
That's a giant error in their 
theology. 

699
00:32:43,240 --> 00:32:47,160
Christian theology is airtight. 
It is logically perfect because 

700
00:32:47,200 --> 00:32:49,080
man didn't build it. 
God did. 

701
00:32:49,720 --> 00:32:53,000
So God gives grace, God upholds 
justice, and we should be 

702
00:32:53,000 --> 00:32:56,600
thankful and excited when those 
you say I have, I have many 

703
00:32:56,600 --> 00:32:57,080
enemies. 
You have. 

704
00:32:57,240 --> 00:32:58,920
You love your enemies because 
you're a Christian. 

705
00:32:59,840 --> 00:33:01,960
We love our enemies. 
That means we want God's best 

706
00:33:01,960 --> 00:33:03,200
for them. 
I don't have to trust my 

707
00:33:03,200 --> 00:33:05,120
enemies. 
I don't have to go on vacation 

708
00:33:05,120 --> 00:33:07,600
with my enemies. 
There are many standards and 

709
00:33:07,600 --> 00:33:09,120
boundaries I might have with my 
enemies. 

710
00:33:09,280 --> 00:33:11,400
But one thing I always want for 
my enemies is I want their 

711
00:33:11,400 --> 00:33:14,440
repentance. 
I want God's best for them, and 

712
00:33:14,440 --> 00:33:17,280
I want reconciliation for them 
to the Lord and for me to them. 

713
00:33:17,280 --> 00:33:19,280
That would be awesome. 
That would be awesome. 

714
00:33:19,480 --> 00:33:23,800
And the humble heart wants that.
So like I said earlier, when 

715
00:33:23,800 --> 00:33:25,760
Peter was called, he left his 
Nets. 

716
00:33:25,760 --> 00:33:27,040
He followed without 
calculations. 

717
00:33:27,040 --> 00:33:29,120
When Matthew was called, it 
seems as though he comes right 

718
00:33:29,120 --> 00:33:31,640
away without calculation. 
When the rich young ruler is 

719
00:33:31,640 --> 00:33:35,280
called, it's a business 
transaction for him and he walks

720
00:33:35,280 --> 00:33:37,600
away from it. 
Jesus is worth it for some, but 

721
00:33:37,600 --> 00:33:42,440
for some Jesus is not worth it. 
They calculate, they judge, Nah,

722
00:33:43,680 --> 00:33:47,480
that's their decision to make. 
But for others, we're just 

723
00:33:47,480 --> 00:33:51,160
thankful to have him forever. 
But we stay humble because we 

724
00:33:51,160 --> 00:33:52,800
know we don't deserve him 
either. 

725
00:33:54,440 --> 00:33:57,640
Now Jesus continues the parable 
and responds directly to the 

726
00:33:57,640 --> 00:33:59,760
grumbling worker. 
Verse 13. 

727
00:33:59,760 --> 00:34:03,280
He says, friend, the master of 
the house, talking to the work 

728
00:34:03,280 --> 00:34:06,040
of the vineyard. 
He goes, friend, have I wronged 

729
00:34:06,040 --> 00:34:07,800
you? 
Isn't that sweet and gracious? 

730
00:34:07,800 --> 00:34:10,159
They come complaining and he's 
gracious to him right away. 

731
00:34:10,159 --> 00:34:15,600
Friend, he, the Lord is so kind,
perfectly just correcting those 

732
00:34:15,600 --> 00:34:18,159
who think they deserve more, 
whether it's because of their 

733
00:34:18,159 --> 00:34:21,239
efforts or it's because of their
background or it's because of 

734
00:34:21,239 --> 00:34:25,159
their history. 
So this parable is primarily 

735
00:34:25,159 --> 00:34:29,719
about individual entitlement. 
It is 100% about the grace of 

736
00:34:29,719 --> 00:34:31,199
God. 
But it also has another 

737
00:34:31,199 --> 00:34:34,360
secondary application to the 
Jewish rulers who think they're 

738
00:34:34,360 --> 00:34:37,960
better off than that fisherman 
who's walking with Jesus and 

739
00:34:37,960 --> 00:34:39,920
that tax collector who's walking
with Jesus. 

740
00:34:40,239 --> 00:34:42,400
The Pharisees, the religious 
ruling class. 

741
00:34:42,800 --> 00:34:44,880
We are so great. 
We are so awesome. 

742
00:34:45,000 --> 00:34:48,159
We have the best robes. 
Our beard is kept the the best 

743
00:34:48,159 --> 00:34:49,880
way. 
We do everything right. 

744
00:34:50,320 --> 00:34:55,400
We're so focused on the 
externals, but their entitlement

745
00:34:55,480 --> 00:34:57,320
is always showing through. 
They always think that they're 

746
00:34:57,320 --> 00:34:59,960
going to have a better reward. 
Now, in fact, many unfortunately

747
00:34:59,960 --> 00:35:02,280
never received any reward. 
They did not receive the 

748
00:35:02,280 --> 00:35:04,400
denarius of eternal life because
they didn't put their faith in 

749
00:35:04,400 --> 00:35:07,000
Jesus. 
But this parable also brings to 

750
00:35:07,000 --> 00:35:10,360
light any assumptions people 
could make about their status 

751
00:35:10,360 --> 00:35:12,760
with God. 
And it's worth saying and 

752
00:35:12,760 --> 00:35:15,640
connecting these dots, 
especially today when last night

753
00:35:15,840 --> 00:35:18,840
the United States bombed Iran in
support of Israel. 

754
00:35:19,920 --> 00:35:23,520
It the point I want to make is 
that ethnic Israel doesn't have 

755
00:35:23,520 --> 00:35:27,000
a special covenant status apart 
from Christ. 

756
00:35:27,800 --> 00:35:30,960
Nobody has a covenant status 
outside of Jesus. 

757
00:35:31,440 --> 00:35:35,600
If anybody wants access to God, 
they're always going to have to 

758
00:35:35,600 --> 00:35:38,920
come through Jesus. 
Yes, God made real promises to 

759
00:35:38,920 --> 00:35:41,920
Abraham. 
And yes, Paul even asks in 

760
00:35:41,920 --> 00:35:45,080
Romans 3 or what advantage then 
after he's making the point that

761
00:35:46,480 --> 00:35:48,560
like there's, there's really no 
point in being a Jew and he 

762
00:35:48,560 --> 00:35:49,760
goes, well, well, well, let me 
clarify. 

763
00:35:49,760 --> 00:35:51,480
He goes, what advantage is there
in being a Jew? 

764
00:35:51,480 --> 00:35:53,440
He says, well, there's actually 
much in every way. 

765
00:35:53,960 --> 00:35:57,120
But the advantage that he then 
goes on to list is not automatic

766
00:35:57,120 --> 00:36:00,400
salvation. 
The advantage is meant the 

767
00:36:00,400 --> 00:36:03,400
advantage that they had was that
they got to carry God's word and

768
00:36:03,400 --> 00:36:05,320
they carried God's promises for 
a time. 

769
00:36:05,680 --> 00:36:07,840
What a privilege, what a 
blessing. 

770
00:36:07,960 --> 00:36:10,320
That ain't nothing that's 
special. 

771
00:36:10,480 --> 00:36:11,680
But you know what? 
That's also not? 

772
00:36:11,800 --> 00:36:14,320
That's not some automatic 
salvation deal that runs 

773
00:36:14,320 --> 00:36:17,080
parallel with Jesus, but 
separate from Jesus. 

774
00:36:17,960 --> 00:36:21,080
So it's a blessing that the 
prophets came through you. 

775
00:36:21,080 --> 00:36:23,840
It's a blessing that you were 
the holders of the Scriptures 

776
00:36:24,200 --> 00:36:27,000
and the Lord chose you. 
So you really can't be puffed up

777
00:36:27,000 --> 00:36:29,760
about that either. 
Friends, the Lord did it. 

778
00:36:30,000 --> 00:36:34,120
He picked Abraham. 
He selected him and said I'm 

779
00:36:34,120 --> 00:36:37,760
going to bless you. 
He told him he would and the 

780
00:36:37,760 --> 00:36:41,480
Lord did. 
So what advantage is there much 

781
00:36:41,480 --> 00:36:44,320
in every way? 
And then he clarifies, it's that

782
00:36:44,440 --> 00:36:48,320
we had the the word of God and 
we revealed his promises. 

783
00:36:48,320 --> 00:36:50,120
For a time. 
They had front row seats to 

784
00:36:50,120 --> 00:36:52,200
God's plan. 
They were entrusted with the 

785
00:36:52,200 --> 00:36:56,080
oracles of God, the covenants, 
and the lineage of Christ. 

786
00:36:56,560 --> 00:36:59,120
That's the biggest blessing to 
all of our ethnic Jewish 

787
00:36:59,120 --> 00:37:01,000
friends. 
I'm an ethnic Jew. 

788
00:37:01,000 --> 00:37:04,600
Wow, what a blessing that you're
connected to the Lord Jesus 

789
00:37:04,600 --> 00:37:07,560
Christ. 
That's your blessing. 

790
00:37:07,960 --> 00:37:13,560
The root of Jesse is Jesus. 
So the ethnic Jew who goes, I'm 

791
00:37:13,560 --> 00:37:16,640
an ethnic Jew and go, what a 
blessing to be connected to the 

792
00:37:16,640 --> 00:37:18,360
King of Kings through the 
lineage of Christ. 

793
00:37:18,440 --> 00:37:20,560
No, no, no, I don't. 
I actually think other things 

794
00:37:20,560 --> 00:37:21,920
about Jesus. 
I won't tell you what they 

795
00:37:21,920 --> 00:37:24,600
actually believe about Jesus 
because it's despicable and 

796
00:37:24,600 --> 00:37:28,120
heretical and horrific. 
But for those who put their 

797
00:37:28,120 --> 00:37:30,400
faith in Jesus, what a beautiful
thing. 

798
00:37:30,960 --> 00:37:35,040
But Jesus is the only vine. 
Jesus is the root of Jesse and 

799
00:37:35,040 --> 00:37:37,520
if you want access to the 
Father, you're only coming 

800
00:37:37,520 --> 00:37:40,800
through the root of Jesse. 
And if you don't come through 

801
00:37:40,800 --> 00:37:44,360
them, if if you're a branch 
connected to this vine and 

802
00:37:44,360 --> 00:37:47,400
you're not and you're not 
receiving the life of the vine, 

803
00:37:47,400 --> 00:37:50,880
you will be broken off and 
others will be grafted in. 

804
00:37:51,560 --> 00:37:53,680
Your pastors quote New Testament
to you church. 

805
00:37:55,480 --> 00:37:59,400
So the lineage of Christ is the 
greatest blessing. 

806
00:37:59,680 --> 00:38:02,000
But if they reject the 
fulfillment of those promises 

807
00:38:02,200 --> 00:38:05,160
and they reject Jesus himself, 
they have no saving covenant. 

808
00:38:06,160 --> 00:38:08,440
So those promises are fulfilled 
in Christ. 

809
00:38:08,480 --> 00:38:10,560
All the promises of the Old 
Testament are fulfilled in 

810
00:38:10,560 --> 00:38:15,040
Christ, the true vine that we 
have been grafted into the root 

811
00:38:15,040 --> 00:38:19,680
of Jesse, both ethnic Jews and 
Gentiles must believe in him or 

812
00:38:19,680 --> 00:38:21,760
they're cut off. 
Romans 11 says it plainly. 

813
00:38:22,120 --> 00:38:26,560
They were broken off because of 
unbelief, but you stand fast 

814
00:38:26,560 --> 00:38:30,320
through faith. 
Oh, so as Gentiles we should 

815
00:38:30,320 --> 00:38:32,680
brag now, right? 
We got it good. 

816
00:38:32,880 --> 00:38:34,880
So man, he broke off some of the
Jews. 

817
00:38:35,320 --> 00:38:37,480
You know what grafting in. 
So you wound the plant. 

818
00:38:37,480 --> 00:38:39,040
Christ was the plant that was 
wounded. 

819
00:38:39,400 --> 00:38:42,000
And then you take us from a 
different plant and we can be 

820
00:38:42,000 --> 00:38:43,880
grafted on and that thing would 
actually heal. 

821
00:38:44,520 --> 00:38:45,920
That's crazy. 
Actually. 

822
00:38:46,320 --> 00:38:48,280
Like I just that's just a 
fascinating thing that happens 

823
00:38:48,280 --> 00:38:52,040
in the in the plant world to me.
I still can't get over it, but 

824
00:38:52,040 --> 00:38:54,120
that's the image. 
So some get broken off because 

825
00:38:54,120 --> 00:38:55,960
you go whoa, whoa, whoa, you're 
not trusting in Christ. 

826
00:38:55,960 --> 00:38:58,880
You're broken off of Christ. 
Well, I've always been in 

827
00:38:58,880 --> 00:39:01,080
Christ. 
Well, you didn't understand what

828
00:39:01,080 --> 00:39:02,840
you were a part of, but you're 
always a part of the root of 

829
00:39:02,840 --> 00:39:04,720
Jesse. 
He ran from Genesis. 

830
00:39:04,720 --> 00:39:07,400
He runs through Revelation. 
He's the only life source. 

831
00:39:07,400 --> 00:39:09,680
He's the only salvation that 
there ever was and ever is. 

832
00:39:10,000 --> 00:39:12,800
He's the one who Moses and 
Abraham and all the prophets 

833
00:39:12,800 --> 00:39:15,560
we're looking towards. 
So he is the continuation. 

834
00:39:15,560 --> 00:39:18,080
God wasn't a Jew in the Old 
Testament and he gets saved and 

835
00:39:18,080 --> 00:39:19,600
become a Christian in the New 
Testament. 

836
00:39:19,920 --> 00:39:23,000
God is always God. 
He's the same God through and 

837
00:39:23,000 --> 00:39:25,880
through all the way. 
Pastor Jim, Uncle, you're making

838
00:39:25,880 --> 00:39:27,720
me nervous. 
Did he choose the Jews or not? 

839
00:39:27,720 --> 00:39:30,400
He most definitely chose the 
Jews for the things I already 

840
00:39:30,400 --> 00:39:32,400
listed. 
They had a special covenant 

841
00:39:32,400 --> 00:39:36,000
place and they had special 
privileges for a time and 

842
00:39:36,000 --> 00:39:39,520
season, all which were pointing 
to Jesus, all which are 

843
00:39:39,520 --> 00:39:43,800
fulfilled in Jesus. 
So let me keep reading. 

844
00:39:43,800 --> 00:39:49,080
They were broken off who any Jew
who didn't put faith in Christ. 

845
00:39:49,160 --> 00:39:50,320
That's it. 
Not every Jew. 

846
00:39:50,760 --> 00:39:53,640
Plenty of Jews have converted to
Christianity and they've and 

847
00:39:53,640 --> 00:39:56,120
they've trusted in Christ. 
So they didn't they just, or 

848
00:39:56,120 --> 00:39:58,400
they were just able to continue 
like the 12 apostles of the 

849
00:39:58,400 --> 00:39:59,760
Lamb. 
They were just able to just 

850
00:39:59,760 --> 00:40:02,080
continue. 
This is the next step of the the

851
00:40:02,080 --> 00:40:03,720
revelation of the Lord in our 
lives. 

852
00:40:04,080 --> 00:40:05,680
So we just walk that out and 
enjoy it. 

853
00:40:05,880 --> 00:40:09,160
They were broken off because of 
unbelief. 

854
00:40:09,600 --> 00:40:11,520
But you stand fast through 
faith. 

855
00:40:11,680 --> 00:40:15,120
So do not become proud, but 
fear. 

856
00:40:16,200 --> 00:40:18,160
So that's the encouragement to 
the Gentile when the Gentile 

857
00:40:18,160 --> 00:40:21,680
could think, Yeah, stick it to 
him, Lord. 

858
00:40:21,680 --> 00:40:24,640
And you shut up. 
You be quiet too. 

859
00:40:24,640 --> 00:40:27,800
It's like when when I'm 
correcting my kids, like one of 

860
00:40:27,800 --> 00:40:31,720
them is like, careful, I can 
come back this way too. 

861
00:40:33,160 --> 00:40:35,680
So in the same way Jews don't go
where you've got it better than 

862
00:40:35,680 --> 00:40:38,000
the Gentiles that really got 
body slammed in the New 

863
00:40:38,000 --> 00:40:39,640
Testament. 
But in the same way he's 

864
00:40:39,640 --> 00:40:42,160
correcting Gentiles, you and I, 
I don't know, maybe you're 

865
00:40:42,160 --> 00:40:44,480
ethnic Jews, some of you, but if
you are, you have to come 

866
00:40:44,480 --> 00:40:47,280
through Christ as well. 
But for the Gentiles ago, huh? 

867
00:40:47,520 --> 00:40:49,720
We've been brought in like 
nobody's puffed up. 

868
00:40:50,320 --> 00:40:52,960
Nobody. 
However, you came in if you came

869
00:40:52,960 --> 00:40:54,840
in early in the day, if you came
in late in the day, if you came 

870
00:40:54,840 --> 00:40:56,360
in the day, if you came in with 
Jewish heritage. 

871
00:40:56,360 --> 00:41:02,240
Paul said I'm I'm a super Jew. 
I'm the Jew among Jews and still

872
00:41:03,000 --> 00:41:05,960
I count it all as loss and 
everything else compared to just

873
00:41:05,960 --> 00:41:08,000
knowing Jesus. 
He is the reward. 

874
00:41:08,160 --> 00:41:11,920
He is the blessing. 
So we didn't earn our place in 

875
00:41:11,920 --> 00:41:14,320
the vineyard. 
We're all undeserving. 

876
00:41:14,480 --> 00:41:18,000
We're all saved by grace. 
Gentiles, we cannot boast over 

877
00:41:18,000 --> 00:41:22,520
Israel or anyone else. 
Say we're saved by grace. 

878
00:41:23,720 --> 00:41:26,200
Keep going. 
Verse 14, we're closing. 

879
00:41:27,360 --> 00:41:31,480
Take what belongs to you and go.
I choose to give this last 

880
00:41:31,480 --> 00:41:35,000
worker as I give to you. 
Am I not allowed to do what I 

881
00:41:35,000 --> 00:41:39,160
choose with what belongs to me? 
Or do you begrudge my 

882
00:41:39,160 --> 00:41:42,840
generosity? 
So the last will be 1st and the 

883
00:41:42,840 --> 00:41:45,640
1st last. 
This is a common message for us 

884
00:41:45,640 --> 00:41:48,800
to hear at this point as 
Gentiles, but for the Jews this 

885
00:41:48,800 --> 00:41:51,760
was shocking stuff. 
You know, the whole New 

886
00:41:51,760 --> 00:41:55,480
Testament, like as Jesus 
continued to level things off 

887
00:41:55,800 --> 00:41:58,480
where the Jews thought they had 
a a prominent guaranteed 

888
00:41:58,480 --> 00:42:02,480
position just because existing, 
just because I'm a Jew, Jesus 

889
00:42:02,480 --> 00:42:06,440
said God can raise up these 
stones and make them children of

890
00:42:06,440 --> 00:42:10,000
Abraham. 
I can make these stones ethnic 

891
00:42:10,000 --> 00:42:13,920
Jews. 
Well, that's why Jesus gets the 

892
00:42:13,920 --> 00:42:17,000
credit for everything, because 
it's not about my bloodline was 

893
00:42:17,000 --> 00:42:19,880
the best. 
It's not about my Christian 

894
00:42:19,880 --> 00:42:23,080
pedigree was the best. 
It's simply I threw my feet. 

895
00:42:23,160 --> 00:42:26,080
I threw myself at the feet of 
Jesus and I said I need mercy 

896
00:42:26,400 --> 00:42:29,680
and I need grace. 
And apart from you, I can do 

897
00:42:29,680 --> 00:42:31,280
nothing. 
You are the vine. 

898
00:42:31,440 --> 00:42:34,840
I am the branch. 
All life, all fruit that flows 

899
00:42:34,840 --> 00:42:38,200
through me comes because I'm 
connected to the root of Jesse. 

900
00:42:38,920 --> 00:42:41,640
That's why he provides the life.
Look at me. 

901
00:42:41,640 --> 00:42:42,920
I'm a great branch. 
I produce fruit. 

902
00:42:43,160 --> 00:42:44,400
Yeah. 
Let's cut you off and see what 

903
00:42:44,400 --> 00:42:46,320
happens. 
Can you produce fruit on your 

904
00:42:46,320 --> 00:42:47,160
own? 
Of course not. 

905
00:42:47,600 --> 00:42:50,920
Jesus always gets the credit. 
Jesus always gets the glory. 

906
00:42:51,200 --> 00:42:54,440
Jesus is always the hero. 
Nobody else. 

907
00:42:57,320 --> 00:43:00,000
Take what belongs to you and go.
This is the whole. 

908
00:43:00,000 --> 00:43:02,720
This is the central sentence of 
the of the parable. 

909
00:43:02,920 --> 00:43:06,280
Am I not allowed to do what I 
want to do with others? 

910
00:43:06,760 --> 00:43:10,240
I kept my word to you. 
Can't I bless others as well? 

911
00:43:12,280 --> 00:43:14,840
The most practical application 
for you is probably not going to

912
00:43:14,840 --> 00:43:18,560
be 1. 
As an ethnic Jew, the most 

913
00:43:18,560 --> 00:43:21,080
practical application for you 
today is probably going to be 

914
00:43:21,440 --> 00:43:24,720
you looking around at others 
with comparison, with jealousy, 

915
00:43:24,800 --> 00:43:28,840
with envy, with coveting, with 
grumbling. 

916
00:43:28,840 --> 00:43:30,520
Lord, why would you do that for 
them? 

917
00:43:30,520 --> 00:43:32,440
Lord? 
Why would you bless them that 

918
00:43:32,440 --> 00:43:34,320
way? 
The Lord loves you, the Lord 

919
00:43:34,320 --> 00:43:38,480
loves you, the Lord loves you. 
Well, then how come? 

920
00:43:38,480 --> 00:43:41,560
Well, there's many reasons that 
the world is broken, but it's 

921
00:43:41,560 --> 00:43:44,720
because of sin. 
Things don't go right, they're 

922
00:43:44,720 --> 00:43:47,320
going to go right. 
He's going to fix everything. 

923
00:43:47,560 --> 00:43:49,120
He's going to restore 
everything. 

924
00:43:50,560 --> 00:43:52,400
And there's a denarius that 
waits for you and I. 

925
00:43:52,800 --> 00:43:56,000
There is the eternal life in 
Christ that waits for you and I.

926
00:43:56,800 --> 00:44:01,360
As we put our faith in Jesus, 
those who thought they were 

927
00:44:01,360 --> 00:44:04,560
first because of effort, 
history, bloodline may find 

928
00:44:04,560 --> 00:44:07,360
themselves last. 
And the last who come in humbly 

929
00:44:07,360 --> 00:44:09,640
by faith receive the full 
reward. 

930
00:44:09,800 --> 00:44:14,000
Just like the Pharisee who goes 
in to pray and the tax collector

931
00:44:14,000 --> 00:44:16,920
who goes in to pray, the 
Pharisee walks into the temple. 

932
00:44:16,920 --> 00:44:21,600
God, I thank you that I'm 
awesome, Thank you that I tithe.

933
00:44:21,600 --> 00:44:25,000
He just proceeds to brag to the 
Lord about how great he is. 

934
00:44:25,000 --> 00:44:27,480
And then he looks at this poor 
tax collector who came in to 

935
00:44:27,480 --> 00:44:29,760
pray and he goes and I thank you
that I'm not like that guy. 

936
00:44:31,200 --> 00:44:33,000
That's it. 
God, just want to say thanks for

937
00:44:33,200 --> 00:44:34,960
I guess. 
I guess I came to say you're 

938
00:44:34,960 --> 00:44:37,680
welcome, actually have a good 
day. 

939
00:44:39,000 --> 00:44:44,280
The tax collector stands afar 
off, beats his chest in grief 

940
00:44:44,560 --> 00:44:46,800
and humility and says, forgive 
me, God a Sinner. 

941
00:44:48,720 --> 00:44:52,200
Jesus said one of those men 
walked away justified, the other

942
00:44:52,200 --> 00:44:54,440
did not. 
When one walks away 

943
00:44:54,440 --> 00:44:57,520
self-righteous, well I was 
awesome yesterday, I'm awesome 

944
00:44:57,520 --> 00:45:00,240
today. 
And the other said, oh God help 

945
00:45:00,240 --> 00:45:06,080
me, I'm a mess, I'm a wreck. 
I wonder if that tax collector 

946
00:45:06,080 --> 00:45:10,600
was Matthew. 
I wonder if that was a thing 

947
00:45:10,600 --> 00:45:13,200
that actually happened. 
Never had that thought tell me. 

948
00:45:13,200 --> 00:45:14,320
I was just sharing it out loud 
with you. 

949
00:45:14,320 --> 00:45:18,360
I wonder if Matthew prayed that 
and then the next day Jesus 

950
00:45:18,360 --> 00:45:19,800
invites him to fall on. 
That would be dope. 

951
00:45:20,720 --> 00:45:23,520
I don't know that that happened,
but it would be cool. 

952
00:45:26,040 --> 00:45:28,560
So it's true for everyone, Jew 
or Gentile. 

953
00:45:28,640 --> 00:45:32,720
First hour, 11th hour, when the 
Master invites you into his 

954
00:45:32,720 --> 00:45:34,160
vineyard. 
If you don't accept, you have no

955
00:45:34,160 --> 00:45:37,200
reward. 
This parable, this parable 

956
00:45:37,200 --> 00:45:39,320
specifically is only about 
Christians. 

957
00:45:39,680 --> 00:45:41,920
Jew or Gentile Christians, 
that's who it was for. 

958
00:45:42,040 --> 00:45:44,080
It's for workers in the Kingdom 
of God. 

959
00:45:44,320 --> 00:45:46,160
That's who it's about. 
So we made some secondary 

960
00:45:46,160 --> 00:45:49,080
applications here, but 
Christian, Jews or Gentiles, it 

961
00:45:49,080 --> 00:45:50,960
would still apply. 
Those who thought they were 

962
00:45:50,960 --> 00:45:52,960
first in the morning had wrong 
assumptions. 

963
00:45:53,200 --> 00:45:55,440
Those who seemed last in the 
evening got the same reward 

964
00:45:55,440 --> 00:45:56,880
because of the master's 
generosity. 

965
00:45:57,440 --> 00:45:58,800
Jesus calls you into his 
vineyard. 

966
00:46:00,280 --> 00:46:02,640
Whether it's the first hour or 
last hour of your life, your 

967
00:46:02,640 --> 00:46:04,440
last breath, the Master calls 
you. 

968
00:46:05,000 --> 00:46:06,440
Most importantly, he calls you 
right now. 

969
00:46:06,920 --> 00:46:08,960
I don't know what hour of this 
life here is, and frankly, you 

970
00:46:08,960 --> 00:46:11,680
don't either. 
We like to think of old age. 

971
00:46:12,640 --> 00:46:15,440
I'm. 
I'm planning on it, but we'll 

972
00:46:15,440 --> 00:46:19,760
see. 
He calls you now. 

973
00:46:20,440 --> 00:46:22,200
Don't walk away like the rich 
young ruler. 

974
00:46:22,200 --> 00:46:24,720
Don't grumble like the entitled 
workers. 

975
00:46:24,840 --> 00:46:30,080
Just come humbly by faith. 
He'll take you, He'll reward 

976
00:46:30,080 --> 00:46:31,680
you. 
He will keep his word to you. 

977
00:46:31,680 --> 00:46:34,520
If you refuse the invitation, 
there is no reward. 

978
00:46:36,080 --> 00:46:37,440
This parable is not about the 
world. 

979
00:46:37,440 --> 00:46:40,760
It's about the church. 
It's about the saved, the call. 

980
00:46:40,880 --> 00:46:45,400
Those who said yes to the 
master's call say yes today. 

981
00:46:45,400 --> 00:46:51,160
Enter the vineyard of the Lord. 
Joyfully receive the kindness of

982
00:46:51,160 --> 00:46:54,520
the generous king. 
How do I enter into the 

983
00:46:54,520 --> 00:46:56,640
vineyard? 
There's only one way I said it 

984
00:46:56,640 --> 00:46:57,800
before. 
Through the name and through the

985
00:46:57,800 --> 00:46:59,920
blood of Jesus. 
What do you mean exactly, John? 

986
00:46:59,920 --> 00:47:02,240
Michael, Here's what I mean 
exactly. 

987
00:47:02,800 --> 00:47:04,920
All have sinned. 
The Bible tells us we've all 

988
00:47:04,920 --> 00:47:06,080
sinned. 
We've all fallen short of the 

989
00:47:06,080 --> 00:47:08,960
glory of God. 
So you think your sin is special

990
00:47:08,960 --> 00:47:10,760
and unique and particularly 
dark? 

991
00:47:11,080 --> 00:47:16,280
Well, sure, maybe it is God's. 
God's not amazed by it. 

992
00:47:16,680 --> 00:47:19,360
God's not afraid of it because 
God has a solution for it. 

993
00:47:19,560 --> 00:47:23,440
His solution is not to say I 
don't worry about that, as I 

994
00:47:23,440 --> 00:47:25,440
mocked Islam earlier and other 
religions do. 

995
00:47:25,440 --> 00:47:27,360
I don't worry about that. 
I'll just overlook it. 

996
00:47:27,360 --> 00:47:29,680
No, you can't just overlook it. 
Why? 

997
00:47:29,680 --> 00:47:33,880
Because God is so perfectly holy
and good, infinitely good and 

998
00:47:33,880 --> 00:47:36,440
holy and perfect, that's who he 
is. 

999
00:47:37,080 --> 00:47:38,560
So he can't just go, don't worry
about that. 

1000
00:47:38,560 --> 00:47:40,680
No, he has to worry about that. 
The books are broken. 

1001
00:47:40,680 --> 00:47:43,920
He has to reconcile them. 
Now we need a mechanism by which

1002
00:47:44,200 --> 00:47:46,920
they can be reconciled. 
Well, I sin, so I've got to 

1003
00:47:46,920 --> 00:47:48,120
suffer the punishment. 
That's fair. 

1004
00:47:48,640 --> 00:47:50,640
That is fair. 
That's the only fairway to 

1005
00:47:50,640 --> 00:47:53,640
handle it. 
Except God, who is rich in 

1006
00:47:53,640 --> 00:48:00,280
mercy, said I will become flesh,
I'll become a human being, and I

1007
00:48:00,280 --> 00:48:02,760
won't do it with a cheat code. 
I'll actually do it. 

1008
00:48:02,760 --> 00:48:06,720
I'll actually go experience 
temptation and trials in every 

1009
00:48:06,720 --> 00:48:09,200
way that they feel. 
And yet I'll do it without sin. 

1010
00:48:10,560 --> 00:48:15,640
This is why Jesus matters. 
This is why Jesus is required. 

1011
00:48:15,760 --> 00:48:19,440
This is why Christian 
Christianity's logic is perfect.

1012
00:48:19,960 --> 00:48:23,000
Jesus comes, He lives the 
sinless life and then willingly.

1013
00:48:23,000 --> 00:48:25,280
Nobody forced it on him. 
Nobody killed him. 

1014
00:48:25,680 --> 00:48:28,880
Jesus deliberately gave himself 
over to the Jews and to the 

1015
00:48:28,880 --> 00:48:32,240
Romans who hated him, but it was
all part of his plan. 

1016
00:48:32,240 --> 00:48:35,280
The Bible says he's the Lamb of 
God who was slain before the 

1017
00:48:35,280 --> 00:48:37,320
foundation of the world. 
That means it was always in the 

1018
00:48:37,320 --> 00:48:39,440
heart of God. 
It was always in the plan of God

1019
00:48:39,840 --> 00:48:41,520
that Jesus would be the 
sacrifice. 

1020
00:48:41,880 --> 00:48:46,560
So God said everybody's guilty, 
but if one innocent one could 

1021
00:48:46,560 --> 00:48:48,560
suffer, then all the guilty 
could go free. 

1022
00:48:48,560 --> 00:48:53,200
But again, the problem, nobody's
innocent except for this one 

1023
00:48:53,200 --> 00:48:57,280
born of a virgin. 
So he lives this sinless life. 

1024
00:48:57,280 --> 00:49:02,160
And now here you and I are, me, 
you, filth, shame, sin, 

1025
00:49:02,800 --> 00:49:07,000
rebellion. 
We should be crushed and made 

1026
00:49:07,000 --> 00:49:11,720
lo, and here's King Jesus. 
He should be worshipped, adored,

1027
00:49:12,440 --> 00:49:16,200
and he should be elevated. 
But instead, God crushes his Son

1028
00:49:16,200 --> 00:49:19,760
on the cross, and through a 
substitution of God's grace and 

1029
00:49:19,760 --> 00:49:24,760
our faith, Jesus is brought low 
and we can be saved and 

1030
00:49:24,760 --> 00:49:27,560
elevated. 
That is the substitution of the 

1031
00:49:27,560 --> 00:49:30,480
gospel. 
That is the crazy good news. 

1032
00:49:30,480 --> 00:49:32,600
You've got to be kidding me. 
Why would he do it? 

1033
00:49:32,800 --> 00:49:38,120
Message of the cross. 
For God so loved the world that 

1034
00:49:38,120 --> 00:49:41,480
he gave his only Son so that 
whoever would believe in him 

1035
00:49:41,840 --> 00:49:44,160
would not perish, but would have
everlasting life. 

1036
00:49:45,160 --> 00:49:47,680
Those who don't believe the 
scripture says are condemned 

1037
00:49:47,680 --> 00:49:50,960
already. 
My birth status was condemned. 

1038
00:49:51,320 --> 00:49:54,800
I'm pre condemned because I'm a 
son of Adam and because I sin 

1039
00:49:54,800 --> 00:49:57,440
all the time. 
I need grace. 

1040
00:49:57,640 --> 00:50:03,920
Forgive me God a Sinner, help me
and cover me in the blood of 

1041
00:50:03,920 --> 00:50:08,200
Christ. 
And God through this miracle 

1042
00:50:08,200 --> 00:50:12,680
actually makes you a new person.
I don't mean like slowly, I mean

1043
00:50:13,000 --> 00:50:16,360
instantly God does a miracle in 
your spirit and you become a new

1044
00:50:16,360 --> 00:50:22,480
creation, new desires, new 
expectations, new pursuits. 

1045
00:50:23,640 --> 00:50:27,920
And then we walk it out day by 
day, saved, rescued workers in 

1046
00:50:27,920 --> 00:50:31,720
the vineyard, sons in the house.
We still have the capability to 

1047
00:50:31,720 --> 00:50:34,360
sin, unfortunately at that 
point, but the difference will 

1048
00:50:34,360 --> 00:50:38,200
be we live a life of repentance 
and we are in fellowship with 

1049
00:50:38,200 --> 00:50:40,880
the Father who loves us. 
This is the good news. 

1050
00:50:40,880 --> 00:50:42,320
This is what He invites you 
into. 

1051
00:50:42,680 --> 00:50:45,440
I just told you the first part. 
The rest of it is then we go to 

1052
00:50:45,440 --> 00:50:47,400
work. 
Then we go around telling 

1053
00:50:47,400 --> 00:50:50,200
everybody, you're not going to 
believe what God did for me and 

1054
00:50:50,200 --> 00:50:52,040
he wants to do it for you 
because he loves you. 

1055
00:50:52,680 --> 00:50:56,760
And it's awesome news. 
That's the invitation that Jesus

1056
00:50:56,760 --> 00:50:59,640
offers to everybody. 
Come, come work in my vineyard. 

1057
00:50:59,640 --> 00:51:01,240
I want to love you. 
I want to save you, I want to 

1058
00:51:01,240 --> 00:51:04,120
provide for you. 
I want to bless you, and I want 

1059
00:51:04,120 --> 00:51:08,200
you to join me in the labor. 
Heavenly Father, I pray for 

1060
00:51:08,200 --> 00:51:14,360
these precious people. 
God, I ask that you would save, 

1061
00:51:16,000 --> 00:51:20,320
that you would save and deliver 
completely and fully the humble 

1062
00:51:20,320 --> 00:51:26,840
heart who wants you, the humble 
heart who is drawn near and has 

1063
00:51:26,840 --> 00:51:29,680
been warmed by the fire. 
God, I pray that they would come

1064
00:51:29,680 --> 00:51:32,000
fully in and be baptized in 
fire. 

1065
00:51:32,400 --> 00:51:35,520
I pray they would come fully in 
and experience all of your 

1066
00:51:35,520 --> 00:51:38,400
goodness and all of your 
blessing, all of the salvation 

1067
00:51:38,400 --> 00:51:42,400
that comes by being loved by 
Jesus and loving Him back, 

1068
00:51:42,920 --> 00:51:47,760
confessing our sins and 
receiving your grace. 

1069
00:52:08,520 --> 00:52:11,320
I'm just pausing for a moment. 
You don't have to feel strange. 

1070
00:52:11,520 --> 00:52:14,080
Just keep your head bowed. 
Attitude of prayer. 

1071
00:52:19,520 --> 00:52:23,400
I know the Lord is drawing on 
hearts and I know He wants to 

1072
00:52:23,400 --> 00:52:26,280
save you. 
You can respond to Him right 

1073
00:52:26,280 --> 00:52:31,520
where you are. 
I want to pray for you, but I 

1074
00:52:31,520 --> 00:52:35,280
can't pray for you. 
I can't pray instead of you. 

1075
00:52:40,960 --> 00:52:44,360
Call upon the name of the Lord 
and you will be saved. 

1076
00:52:46,680 --> 00:52:50,440
God, His hearts are being 
ministered to by by you right 

1077
00:52:50,440 --> 00:52:53,560
now. 
I thank you for salvation. 

1078
00:52:56,760 --> 00:53:01,640
I thank you for the gift. 
I thank you for the glory. 

1079
00:53:02,360 --> 00:53:10,840
I thank you for the reward. 
I plead the blood of Jesus over 

1080
00:53:10,840 --> 00:53:16,440
these people. 
Send them out, not with guilt, 

1081
00:53:16,920 --> 00:53:19,120
not with shame. 
Don't let them go away 

1082
00:53:19,120 --> 00:53:21,400
sorrowful. 
Let them walk away rejoicing 

1083
00:53:22,640 --> 00:53:26,200
like a calf loose from the 
stall, enjoying the freedom, the

1084
00:53:26,200 --> 00:53:30,480
blessing of salvation, a 
conscience that's been sprinkled

1085
00:53:30,480 --> 00:53:35,040
clean, knowing that they're 
loved by their heavenly Father. 

1086
00:53:37,480 --> 00:53:39,120
Thank you for it all in Jesus 
name. 

1087
00:53:40,720 --> 00:53:42,720
And now the Lord bless you and 
keep you. 

1088
00:53:43,640 --> 00:53:47,440
The Lord make his face Shinedown
upon you and be gracious to you.

1089
00:53:48,440 --> 00:53:51,400
The Lord lift up his countenance
upon you and give you great 

1090
00:53:51,400 --> 00:53:55,200
peace in Jesus name, Amen.