THE PARABLE of THE REWARD of DISCIPLESHIP
Matthew 19:27-30
V: 27 We have
forsaken all ….
What is the reward for a lifetime of
discipleship?
V: 29 (A) It just doesn’t
get any better than: you will inherit eternal life!
It’s a hundredfold better than
anything you have ever seen with your eyes, heard about with your ears or
imagined in your heart. I Corinthians 2:9
V: 30 What JESUS
has accomplished in His life, death, burial and
resurrection – The Gospel – would be for all who are In
Christ – so first or last is irrelevant.
It is in this context of V:27-30 that
Jesus teaches the following Parable
THE PARABLE of THE LABORERS IN THE VINEYARD
Matthew 20:1-16
V: 1 (A)
The kingdom of Heaven (the
Church of Christ) is like
(B))
a man is JESUS. Matthew 13:7
(C) We have a divine teacher. John 6:44-45, Hebrews 1:1-2 & Hebrew
8:8-12
(D) Who calls all who come to GOD’S vineyard. John 6:44, 1John 4:10.
Romans 5:6, 8
(E) In every age (hour), it is HE who calls and teaches in these
last days
(the whole Christian age). John 6:23,
Hebrews 1:1-4, II Timothy 3:16-17 &
4:1-2
(F)
The morning - sunup – 6:00 A.M.
V: 2 A
penny – a day’s wages. Romans 6:23
V: 3 The
third hour – 9:00 A.M. It’s still early in life. Come to the vineyard.
Isaiah 55:7
V: 5 (A) The
sixth hour – 12:00 – If it’s noon of your life, the invitation is
open. Come to the vineyard. Ezekiel
18:31
(B)
The nineth hour – 3:00 P.M. – If ¾ of your life is gone, come
to the
vineyard. Isaiah 55:7
V: 6 The
eleventh hour – 5:00 p.m. - If it’s the last hour of your life, it’s not too
late to hear the invitation. Come to the vineyard! 11 Peter 3:9
V: 8-9 A
proclamation of grace: the unmerited love of GOD. Ephesians 2:4-10
V: 10 JESUS
is very clear – The wages are the same – everlasting life.
Matthew 19:29
V: 11-12 (A) How do you
feel about one who has been a rounder until late in life getting
the very same reward as you?
(B) Have
you murmured against the good man of the house?
V: 13-15 (A)
Companionship with JESUS is the only compensation for spending all day-
all your life – in service with the LORD in the vineyard. … and lo, I am
with you always, even unto the end of the world. Matthew 28:20
(B) Is
companionship with JESUS enough, or Is thine eye evil?
(C) JESUS thinks HE did right.
(V: 4 & 7) What do you think?
V: 16 (A) It is
hard to believe that GOD loves us in spite of what we have done.
Romans 3:21-26
(B)
Others find it an affront that GOD does not love them because of what they
have done! (V: 11-12)