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1 | What is the message in Matthew 20 1-16 | Matt 20:1 | Laura Beckman | 61813 | ||
I need help understanding the message in Matthew 20 1-16 What does it mean last is first and first is last? | ||||||
2 | What is the message in Matthew 20 1-16 | Matt 20:1 | prayon | 61814 | ||
Greetings and welcome to the forum! Matthew 20:1-16 is the parable of the laborers. The owner represents God and the vineyard His kingdom. The laborers represent all who have heard God's call to them to live for Him and to use their lives to do God's work in His vineyard. The denarius represents eternal life which is given to all workers equally at the end of the age. Eternal life can never be earned. It is God's free gift through faith that is given in grace to all who believe in Him. One interpretation of the parable is that God gives eternal life to all who respond to His call and believe in Him no matter what the amount or type of service given to God's kingdom. All who enter the vineyard in answer to God's call receive it. Another interpretation is that God's rewards depend on His Sovereign grace. Because He is sovereign, He can determine when people are called and how they are rewarded. The third view is that the parable and it's main teaching centers on the faithfulness of the workers, not on the amount of work or the size of the task. Whatever the case, there is a warning for Christians who recognize that they are called to serve God each and every day. Jealousy and envy have no place in a believers life and those who do suffer from such an attitude may find that they have no rank in God's kingdom even though they may seem to be ahead of others in knowledge, age or years in God's sevice. prayon |
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