And when they had received it, they complained against the landowner, saying, These last men have worked only one hour, and you made them equal to us who have borne the burden and the heat of the day. But he answered one of them and said, Friend, I am doing you no wrong. But I have learned that the only young people who can ever stand up to this grueling demand, and can meet it with an unvarying spirit of joy and gladness, with the kind of attitude that has so impressed you, are those who have learned to love Jesus.". In the story, the master went several times to hire workers in his vineyard. Recall, verse two of the passage: Matthew 20:2 After agreeing with the laborers for a denarius a day, he sent them into his vineyard. All of us have learned, one way or another, that love demands a response if it is to grow. And leave pride out of it. When we understand ourselves as all workers in Gods vineyard (Mt 20:1-14), we cannot help but join the fight for our fellow workers who are being mistreated. "Without me you can do nothing.". You are God's field, God's building. Unless otherwise noted, all material copyright 2023, Rochester Catholic Press Association, Inc. In this parable we encounter a situation that just does not seem right. How could they be otherwise until the Landowner had commissioned them to work? Look up Matthew 9:37; John 4:35. If we focus on the rewards of working in Gods vineyard, we miss the pleasure of serving the Master. Jesus told a couple parables that deals with the heart of those who are called to do Gods work. Making decisions and then trying to do the whole thing yourself, as though the whole responsibility rests upon you, is going to produce a fruitless Christian life -- intense activity, but no results. That is the main issue with this parable. Compare Acts 8:29; 9:11; 10:19; 13:1-4; Isaiah 6:1-8. Do you want to be known as a disciple of Jesus? That is, it will be fruitlessness again. We are to each be working to make more disciples of Jesus Christ while we have time. In order to appease the union workers, the government recognized Labor Day. Fruitfulness shows that we are in partnership with GOD. I am sure you have all had the experience of being confronted with a word of Scripture and learning from it that something you had been doing all your life, and which you thought was right, was actually wrong. They may have been members of churches for years, but there is no life evident at all. No matter how long you have been a member of the church, have served on different committees, been a deacon, a Sunday School teacher, or whatever you have done, you do not deserve Gods grace, and you certainly do not deserve more of it. They mistakenly believe that they are the ones in charge and can call the shots in Gods Kingdom. But the vinedressers beat him and sent him away empty-handed. What is that? Website 2023 by Ray Stedman Ministries. We are to abide in him (that is active, something we do), and we are to let him abide in us (that is passive, something we allow him to do). But that was not the end of it; there was to be more as they went on. Then he leased it to tenants and went to another country.. God sends the invitation to everybody to come to him, come by faith in Christ (Acts 4:12). When you do that, then love grows into this deepening, quickening experience. Do you love God for Who He is, or do you love Him for the benefits He gives you? But where love is responded to, it grows deeper and richer and truer, and eventually becomes a glorious experience. They prove to be his disciples. I have been praying for a long time for something that I am confident is according to Gods will, but I do not get it. All they hear is, "Do as you please." It is not about us, but about the Master, His vineyard and His harvest that He is reaping. The Collect. What we receive from God is a gift and undeserved. People come and spend a lot of money, staying a week or so at a time. Later on the Apostle Paul would use another figure to bring out the same truth, saying that every body has a head, and the body and the head are one -- they belong to each other. WebThere is a great need for God s people today to get a worldwide missionary vision because we can be very local and parochial in our concept of the Lord s work. But it is conceivable that the master had a lot of work to do and wanted all the workers he could find to do it. We must decide to do things which expose ourselves to him and keep ourselves in contact with him. His beautiful analogy has helped a great many Christians to understand the relationship God wants them to know. When we think of its size, how few workers there are! Again he went out about the sixth and the ninth hour, and did likewise. Christians should work diligently to glorify the Lord and bring others to Christ, and because of the genuineness of our hearts will we obtain rewards in heaven. Secondly, there is the demonstration of discipleship, Verse8: "By this my Father is glorified, that you bear much fruit, and so prove to be my disciples." Surely, Given the circumstances, we should center around God's benevolence toward us, and be grateful for what we have. There are no Bible studies, no meetings; it is a very low-key approach. This illustration is particularly for the individuals who might feel privileged due to their heritage or by the alleged position of authority that they may hold. California - Do Not Sell My Personal Information. Christ then becomes real to you. The fact of the matter is that God does not work that way. It is now generally viewed as a time for barbecues and the end of summer, but it was originally observed to acknowledge the contribution workers make to our society. Judas was a paramount example of this. He does not even owe us a denarius. If they respond just a little, then your love can reach out further, can deepen and grow. Whoever falls on that stone will be broken; but on whomever it falls, it will grind him to powder.. Again, let God be your guide. You can raise your family without Christ. We can look at this as a progression from the calling of the Jews to the calling of the Gentiles (Mark 16:15; Luke 14:23). He said, "I am the true vine, and my Father is the vinedresser. We should never compare ourselves to others. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); Enter your email address to follow this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email. The whole plant was the vine. It is a matter of human dignity, he said. If indeed this is the location, they then took their way down across the Tyropoeon Valley, which separated the Temple from the rest of the city, around the wall skirting the Temple area, down into the Kidron Valley, across the brook, and then up the slope of the Mount of Olives to the garden. Furthermore, it is added to any new believers as a consolation of the grace of God. Vineyards were especially evocative as they produced wine, to gladden their hearts (Ps 104:15). None of us are worthy to be there, but Jesus paid for our sins and died for us, so that all who believe may enter into heaven. By the third evening the guests are all asking, "Where did you ever get this tremendous crew of young people? The masters promise was entirely fair; however, since the master of the vineyard gave the others who worked less than a full day the same wage as those who had borne the burden of the day, those first workers believed that they deserved something more. On the way they undoubtedly passed through the vineyards which surrounded the city. In this role, she serves as the local representative of the national Catholic Labor Network in Nashville, Tennessee. This is also suggested in the parable. And about the eleventh hour he went out and found others standing idle, and said to them, Why have you been standing here idle all day? They said to him, Because no one hired us. He said to them, You also go into the vineyard, and whatever is right you will receive., So when evening had come, the owner of the vineyard said to his steward, Call the laborers and give them their wages, beginning with the last to the first. And when those came who were hired about the eleventh hour, they each received a denarius. These are signs of human dignity being upheld, of people being placed over profit. It is also a holiday that is observed to celebrate those who labor. If you are not feeling the depth of love you would like to experience, one of the reasons may be that you are not responding to the love which is already reaching out to you. We thereby are Both of these are necessary in the Christian experience. It is not activity which glorifies God; it is character, it is what you are, and the way you react to a situation. WebThe life which is in the vine produces fruit which Paul describes in Galatians 5 as: love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, self-control. And from that we saw that obedience grows out of love. He was with the Lord -- spent three and a half years with him. Again he sent another servant; and they beat him also, treated him shamefully, and sent him away empty-handed. (1) For the kingdom. The invitation has been given, many will accept it and work, many will not. Choose from news (Monday), leisure (Thursday) or worship (Saturday) or get all three! Change), You are commenting using your Facebook account. And he tells them about the three questions he asked: Do you love work? In fact, if God were to give us exactly what we do deserve, we would receive condemnation. All things being equal, we expect businesses would not pay workers the same wage who worked less than others. In 1 Peter we are told that we shall receive a crown of glory (1 Peter 5:4). There was a landowner who planted a vineyard, put a fence around it, dug a wine press in it, and built a watchtower. What a fantastic group they are!" These three vineyard texts insist that God remains in personal relationship with his people, continues to care for and preserve them and stays faithful even when the people fail to do so. Almighty God, you have so linked our lives one with another that all we do affects, for good or ill, all other lives: So guide us in the work we do, that we may do it not for self alone, but for the common good; and, as we seek a proper return for our own labor, make us mindful of the rightful aspirations of other workers, and arouse our conc If allowed to continue to grow, they would dissipate the life of the vine through so many branches that the vine would produce little or no fruit but would produce leaves instead. This is somewhat counter cultural as the world seems fixated on entitlements. They will not build and another inhabit, They will not plant and another eat; For as the lifetime of a tree, so will be the days of My people, The point is that God owes us nothing. Jerry Tu. Bible Meaning and Text. Now remain in my love. Then He began to tell the people this parable: A certain man planted a vineyard, leased it to vinedressers, and went into a far country for a long time. The first social encyclical, Rerum Novarum, written by Pope Leo XIII in 1891, grounds our social tradition in a discussion of labor and worker rights. Several biblical passages describe the grape harvest as a time of For those who have accepted Christ and may at times cry foul when life seems unfair, remember that the truly desirable thing is to be called by the Master and work with all our might not for the reward but out of love for the Master. 53). 3 And he went out about the third hour, and saw others standing idle in the marketplace, He employs the workers and not the other way around. The denarius was a standard minimum days wage at that time and the workers had agreed to it. What then will we have? Jesus said to them, Truly, I say to you, in the new world, when the Son of Man will sit on his glorious throne, you who have followed me will also sit on twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel. Instead there will be a shabby sham, a phony imitation of the real thing, which will drive people away from Christ and will produce nothing but a dull, mechanical religiosity which is piousness without God. But many who are first will be last, and the last first.. We ought not to resent the people who go to God in the last snapshots of life, in light of the fact that, truly, nobody merits timeless life. In the parable that Jesus tells, the master of the vineyard called many, You too go and work in my vineyard!. He adds here the ingredient that when we obey his word, keep his commandments, we will abide in his love. Again he sent another servant; and they beat him also, treated him shamefully, and sent him away empty-handed. Look up Psalm 126:6; Matthew 25:21; 1 Corinthians 4:2. Our Lord goes on now to point out the consequence of not abiding in him: "If a man does not abide in me, he is cast forth as a branch and withers; and the branches are gathered, thrown into the fire and burned." On the other hand, if you let him take all the responsibility and you make no choices at all, if you depend on him to do everything including making the choices, you will also have a fruitless life. But if you try, you find that there will be no fruit, no Christlikeness, no manifestation of that beautiful character which arrests the attention of others. We can comfort others and show them the lifestyle choice since we have been assisted with our concerns by God and his workers (2 Corinthians 1:3-7). He is the boss in charge. A certain man planted a vineyard, leased it to vinedressers, and went into a far country for a long time. Gods vineyard is a place God puts you to bear good fruit for Him (Isaiah 5:1-2, Luke 13:6-7). He was the vine from which true life is received. Pingback: Laborers in Gods Vineyard (Matthew 20:1-16) | Good Hope Baptist Church. You can check out his work here. There he is, back on the subject of that basic relationship which is already established by the coming of the Holy Spirit into an individual's life: "You in me, and I in you." But the vinedressers beat him and sent him away empty-handed. What is the instrument he uses? We are to each be sowing seed in His field. The Father is the vinedresser. -It involves sowing seed, and watering and cultivating, and maintaining and protecting the vineyard, and reaping the harvest. WebThey will also plant vineyards and eat their fruit. Too many want to fit in to society instead of following what they were called to do. His joy, the joy that was always there at the bottom of his heart, that gladness of relationship with his Father, is now to be our experience. He may have been eager to make sure people had work. The remainder, Chapters15 through17, occurred as they were walking on their way to the Garden of Gethsemene. (4) Still others at the eleventh hour (verse 6) - twenty-first century witnesses? If we do that we are fulfilling this active, necessary decision of the will to obey his Word, to do what he says, and to stay in touch with him. We thank you for these possibilities which we have in Jesus Christ our Lord. Either we will feel inadequate or have pride or grumble. Can you explain it to me?, Dr. Torrey said it was easy to explain. You suddenly were confronted with what you were doing to yourself and to others -- you felt it and heard it and saw it. Many are called to do Gods work. 2He cuts off every branch in me that bears no fruit, while every branch that does bear fruit he prunes so that it will be even more fruitful. Change), You are commenting using your Facebook account. Thus, this parable flies at the heart of that assumption. Do you love Jesus? Let all that be present in the heart, and the face will light up with joy! Look up Galatians 6:9. They are not mere mechanical practices which every Christian ought to do in order to stay "in" with the crowd, or to maintain his "membership card," or to get "brownie points" with God! Your heart may go out to those workers who labored the whole day only to receive the same wage as those who worked for only one hour. The point here is that it is the masters money and he can pay as much or as little as he wants. All rights reserved. 1"I am the true vine, and my Father is the gardener. And if you are truly loving him, you can ask whatever you will. This is the STONE WHICH WAS REJECTED BY YOU BUILDERS, WHICH HAS BECOME THE CHIEF CORNERSTONE. Nor is there salvation in any other, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved.. (2) In other continents the need is vast - where the darkness of heathenism, superstition and ignorance abound. Stand Up Nashville, a grassroots organization supported by the Catholic Campaign for Human Development, also in Nashville, has fought for a community benefits agreement around the new soccer stadium construction project to ensure that local residents benefit from living wage employment opportunities. (1) Idleness (verse 6). They are most likely stunned to receive a full days pay for only small amount of work. But Jesus explains that salvation is for everyone, Jew and Gentile alike. You can be flat on your back in bed, sick, but manifesting a Christ-like spirit, and you are glorifying God by that experience. 63). How discontented we are (Hebrews 13:5)! Each worker is personally called and directed where and how to work. Therefore what will the owner of the vineyard do to them? He sovereignly rules over all of creation and none of us have a legitimate claim on it. (John 15:11 RSV). This is what it means to abide in him. In the second parable, Jesus teaches that all are equal in Gods kingdom. The parable is about a master calling people to work for Him. Some of you may have been there and seen it. The withering process was very short in his case. There is an activity which is to be done, and a passivity which is to be acknowledged -- an active voice and a passive voice. (LogOut/ When you love God, then all that you do is touched and controlled by love, and love is the fulfilling of the Law. 3 About nine in the morning he went out and saw others standing in the marketplace doing nothing. The good news is that God does bestow grace on us, the eleventh hour workers, and we receive the same reward of forgiveness, salvation, and eternal glory as the The fruit, in You can make it run well. Millions live and die in Europe without a true knowledge of the love of God and of the way of salvation. The relationship is not merely to be recognized; it is to be acted upon: "Abide in me, and I in you. 07/15/2018. Web20 For the kingdom of heaven is like a landowner who went out early in the morning to hire workers for his vineyard. He who abides in me, and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing." There is a pruning time, a pruning season. Chris Swansonanswered the call into the ministry over 20 years ago. 1. Now when he had agreed with the laborers for a denarius a day, he sent them into his vineyard. They mistakenly believe that they have earned whatever they have. He responded, This man thinks that because he has been a consistent church member for thirty years, a faithful Sunday school superintendent for twenty-five years, and an elder in the church for twenty years, that God is under obligation to answer his prayer. Jesus tells us in Verse3: "You are already made clean [pruned] by the word which I have spoken to you." The other aspect was that the Jews figured they were Gods people and were the only ones that had the right to heaven. As he held this vine and its branches in his hand, he indicated that this was the copy. All the signs of the times - religious, political and Jewish - tell us that it is almost the Midnight hour. Does the Pandemic Still Affect Church Attendance? We would be foolish to appeal to God for justice rather than grace, for if we really received justice, we would all be condemned. There is a spiritual principle here. No one can gain more favor than another, whether we spend a lifetime serving God or, like the thief on the cross, a person who comes to repentance at the end of ones life will be saved and enter into paradise (see Luke 23:39-43). If we focus on the material reward of working in the vineyard, we miss the masters generosity to the majority of his workers. The parable occurs between two very similar statements in Matthew: The first will be last, and the last first. Your whole family had done it; it had been a family characteristic. Because the field is so great, the variety of workers needed is also great. In that unique way which was his, our Lord took what lay at hand and made it unfold spiritual truth. You see, you can do many things without depending on Christ. Cultivating the vineyard of the Lord includes cultivating the lives of those who toil in the vineyard. If you put in a certain amount of time and effort it only seems right to be fairly compensated for it. And many a churchgoer is in that state. I believe that this is similar to today. We are His Laborers Working for His Harvest. In Gods vineyard, people have no anxiety at all. Instead of worrying they pray with thanksgiving, [making] their requests known to God. In this, they can be utterly Fruit, here, is that which is produced by the vine and is the natural outflow of the life of the vine. You see, Peter asked Jesus what the disciples would receive because they had left everything to follow Him. We might ask that, too, if it were us. God has so much work, and there is room for everyone who is willing. If we did, then it would not be grace. God graciously gives according to His will, as He so chooses. Why Did Pharaoh Tell Joseph to Enjoy the 'Fat of the Land'? Now at vintage-time he sent a servant to the vinedressers, that they might give him some of the fruit of the vineyard. But it is an Our Father, as you have been walking through your vineyard this morning, you have been looking at various vines growing here. ", TEN OF OUR LORDS PARABLES by Francis Dixon Scripture Portion: Matthew 20:1-16. How difficult that would be! So every vinedresser knows it is important to prune away these little sucker shoots in order that the vine may produce more fruit. Now we must choose to maintain that relationship by the decisions we make, i.e., decisions to expose ourselves to his Word in order to learn about him, and to relate to him in prayer wherein we converse with him, and to relate to other believers in body-life experiences, i.e., bearing one another's burdens and confessing our faults and sharing in fellowship with one another, wherein we learn about and see Christ in one another. This is the glory of Christian liberty. He will call you into the fold and pay you more than you ever deserve. This is the work of the Father. So the question arises at this point, "What does this fruit stand for in our life?" Gods kingship overturns all our expectations of being treated as we deserve, all our human conventions of social honour, all our natural desires to be recognized as There was no fruit. 8This is to my Father's glory, that you bear much fruit, showing yourselves to be my disciples. Was it unfair for them to receive what they received from the master of the vineyard? So it is with the church: we need all the workers we can get to accomplish all that God has called us to do. Is that what we really want? And our Lord is indicating that the very purpose of the vine is to produce such fruit. In closing, the principle of this parable is that it is foolish to demand fairness from God. He asks them only three questions: First, "Do you love work?" Their Right to Recall campaign ensures that when businesses do reopen at full capacity, they call back furloughed workers at their former wages and benefits. He is teaching us here that right in the midst of the circumstances of life there can be more likeness to Christ, more of the moral character of Jesus, more fruit. Caring for Gods Vineyard: My Sermon on Matthew 21:33-46. Music City Construction Careers in Nashville is one such bridge-building program. The fact of the love of God us, and maintaining and protecting vineyard! 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