Doubtless, it was contingent upon the utter ruin of Israel through their unbelief; but the fall of the lesser thing opened the way for the gift of a better glory in answer to Peter's faith in the glory of His person. The Lord pleads the cause of the disciples. a. I love that family strength among them. When Paul, that faithful labourer, departs, he is with Christ presently. To mock and to scourge: Jesus predicted these specific aspects of His coming agony which on a human level He could not arrange. "And, behold, certain of the scribes said within themselves, This man blasphemeth." However suitable to the Jewish expectation that He should be found a man, undeniably there was that apparent which was infinitely above the Jew's thought; for the Jew showed his own degradation and unbelief in the low ideas he entertained of the Messiah. Far different this was from the errand on which He was intent; but He was there for faith. Workers in the vineyard (Matthew 20:1-16). If the gospel dies in England, write on its tomb, Betrayed. If our churches lose their holy influence among men, write on them, Betrayed. What care we for infidels? Verse 29 gives us strict time. The men who were standing in the market-place were not street-corner idlers, lazing away their time. No sooner had Peter pronounced to Jesus the truth of His person, "Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God," than Jesus holds the secret no longer. 5. And, 2. b. The Gospels So the last shall be first, and the first last. And so the sense is, Many receive the invitations of the Gospel whom God has never "chosen to salvation through sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth" (2Th 2:13). (Matthew 20:1-2) A landowners workers early in the morning. Throughout it is the religious kind that are tested and found wanting. I can't wait until you send Jesus with power and show things as they should be and reward people based on their character, their hearts, their gratitude for your grace, and their service. Since the text and audio content provided by BLB represent a Examine the Scripture, and you will see for yourselves. Johannine Writings Sometimes a young person dies almost before the door of life and achievement have opened at all. Sometimes those that are converted later in their lives, outstrip those that are converted earlier. His word should silence all our murmurings, that, whatever God does to us, or withholds from us, he does us no wrong. Such is His grace, such His wisdom. What Jesus calls upon his followers to do he himself did. 2. Jesus summed up his whole life in one poignant sentence: "The Son of Man came to give his life a ransom for many." of Scripture. But I say unto you, It shall be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon at the day of judgment, than for you . In the picture of the holy city in the Revelation there are twelve gates. No matter when a man comes to Christ, he is equally dear to him. Let me passingly notice a very few particulars. Counting from 6 a.m. therefore, the third hour is 9 a.m., the sixth hour is twelve midday, and the eleventh hour is 5 p.m. There is room also for the most thorough self-abnegation. Luke-Acts Note, First, The church is God's vineyard; it is of his planting, watering, and fencing; and the fruits of it must be to his honour and praise. Now we see Jesus leaving Jericho, a great multitude of people thronging around Him, and these two blind men hearing the multitude passing by, and observing all of the bustle and activities saying, "what's going on, what's happening?" 11 And when they had received it, they murmured against the goodman of the house, 12 Saying, These last have wrought but one hour, and thou hast made them equal unto us, which have borne the burden and heat of the day. Third, this passage sheds a light on Jesus. (Compare Mark 3:13-19, andMark 6:7-11; Mark 6:7-11; Luke 6:1-49; Luke 9:1-62) The mission of the apostles did not take place till afterwards. Because it is free grace, that is given to those that have it, boasting is for ever excluded; and because it is free grace, that is withheld from those that have it not, murmuring is for ever excluded. And he went out about the third hour: The third hour was about 9:00 a.m.; the sixth hour was about 12 noon; the eleventh hour was about 5:00 in the evening. Did you not agree with me for a denarius? In later days others will come in. This should quicken us to expedition and diligence in our work, that we have but a little time to work in, and the night is hastening on, when no man can work; and if our great work be undone when our day is done, we are undone for ever. They put it off until a more convenient time, but so often the more convenient time never comes. Yet let none, upon this presumption, put off their repentance till they are old. Though he vainly thought, that if those few were but two, they were himself and his son. Is there unrighteousness with God? In the eighth chapter of Matthew as it tells of them bringing all of their sick and those who were diseased to Jesus, and He healed them, every one, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet saying, "He in His own body bore our sufferings." Ransom was most commonly used as the purchase price for freeing slaves. (Carson) Lytron (ransom) and the preposition anti (for, literally instead of) point clearly to the idea of his taking our place. (France), ii. Thus, and after the tenderest sort, there is that which evidences the Messiah on earth present to heal His people who appeal to Him; and the Jew, above all counting upon His bodily presence demanding it, I may say, according to the warrant of prophecy, finds in Jesus not merely the man, but the God of Israel. GenesisExodusLeviticusNumbersDeuteronomyJoshuaJudgesRuth1 Samuel2 Samuel1 Kings2 Kings1 Chronicles2 ChroniclesEzraNehemiahEstherJobPsalmsProverbsEcclesiastesSong of SongsIsaiahJeremiahLamentationsEzekielDanielHoseaJoelAmosObadiahJonahMicahNahumHabakkukZephaniahHaggaiZechariahMalachiMatthewMarkLukeJohnActsRomans1 Corinthians2 CorinthiansGalatiansEphesiansPhilippiansColossians1 Thessalonians2 Thessalonians1 Timothy2 TimothyTitusPhilemonHebrewsJames1 Peter2 Peter1 John2 John3 JohnJudeRevelation, Select a Beginning Point In spite of all he had said, here were these men and their mother still chattering about posts in an earthly government and kingdom. That many who begin last, and promise little in religion, sometimes, by the blessing of God, arrive at greater attainments in knowledge, grace, and usefulness, than others whose entrance was more early, and who promised fairer. "And when Jesus departed thence, two blind men followed Him, crying and saying, Thou Son of David, have mercy on us." None can suppose that these were deemed useless, or that, because not now chosen to serve their country in the field, they were proscribed from the rights and privileges of citizens, much less destroyed, because others were found better qualified to serve their country at the post of honour and danger. Though a testimony to them, still it was in the result a recognition of what Moses commanded. GenesisExodusLeviticusNumbersDeuteronomyJoshuaJudgesRuth1 Samuel2 Samuel1 Kings2 Kings1 Chronicles2 ChroniclesEzraNehemiahEstherJobPsalmsProverbsEcclesiastesSong of SongsIsaiahJeremiahLamentationsEzekielDanielHoseaJoelAmosObadiahJonahMicahNahumHabakkukZephaniahHaggaiZechariahMalachiMatthewMarkLukeJohnActsRomans1 Corinthians2 CorinthiansGalatiansEphesiansPhilippiansColossians1 Thessalonians2 Thessalonians1 Timothy2 TimothyTitusPhilemonHebrewsJames1 Peter2 Peter1 John2 John3 JohnJudeRevelation, Select a Beginning Point And I pray to God that we will never lose this concept of the ministry, that we are the servants of all.It is so important that we maintain, because Jesus said. Now what is Jesus seeking to teach by this parable of sending forth the laborers into the vineyard? Subsequent, considerably, to this was the case of the centurion's servant, preceded a good while before by the cleansing of the leper. Beracot, fol. A devotional to help reclaim Jesus as the daily Lord of our lives. Can I not do what I like with my own money? "What do you want me to do for you?" The disciples had been summoned to work in the vineyard. Still further, here is demonstrated the unshakable loyalty of the disciples. 10 But when the first came, they supposed that they should have received more; and they likewise received every man a penny. So the last will be first, and the first last: Peter and the disciples knew they had given up a great deal to follow Jesus. yea, they may forget, yet will not I forget thee. c. Whoever desires to become great among you, let him be your servant: In the Kingdom community, status, money, popularity should never be the prerequisites for leadership. Jesus gave everything to bring men back to God; and we must walk in the steps of him who loved to the uttermost. Matthew calls her the mother of the sons of Zebedee; Mark calls her Salome; and John calls her Jesus' mother's sister. The ox had to be ready either for the supreme moment of sacrifice on the altar or the long labour of the plough on the farm. Then comes the boast of Peter, though for others as well as himself. Matthew 5:45). He healed, and bore its burden on His heart before God, as truly as He took it away from men. They worked in the heat of the day while others shaded themselves. 5 Again he went out about the sixth and ninth hour, and did likewise. (Matthew 20:20-21) The mother of James and John asks for a place of special status for her sons. But Israel had no sense of their leprosy; and they valued not, but despised, their Messiah, albeit divine I might almost say because divine. It is a picture of what was about to take place when the Lord Jesus, quitting Israel and the earth, ascends on high, and all assumes another form not the reign upon earth, but intercession in heaven. The true disciple is motivated by love not lust. If God gives that grace to others, which he denies to us, it is kindness to them, but no injustice to us; and bounty to another, while it is no injustice to us, we ought not to find fault with. It is the end of the account of Jesus itinerant ministry, and its setting as they went out of Jericho points forward to the next town on the road, Jerusalem. (France). Such is the perversity of man, that he who is not called thinks he can follow Jesus whithersoever He goes. "This man blasphemeth." "The parable is emphasizing a right attitude in service." This place seems to refer to the ancient Roman custom of recruiting their armies. (Matthew 19:30.) They used their waiting time in considering their own superiority to the latecomers. (Spurgeon). It may indeed have had a comparatively limited application when it was spoken for the first time; but it contains truth which goes to the very heart of the Christian religion. Nonetheless God had the right to give just as great reward to those whose service was not as long. As before he asserted his justice, so here his sovereignty; Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with my own? This finds its fitting place, not in Luke, but in Matthew, particularly as the details here (not in Mark, who only gives the general fact) cast great light upon God's dispensational ways. Then, alas! He also gives Peter the keys of the kingdom, as we see afterwards. 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