What is the meaning of the passage of the laborers of the vine? (Part 6).
Keep in mind: the important isn't the time worked. What import is to obey the calling (Mt 24:13), fulfill the mission, regardless the time of the mission (fulfilling the mission with fidelity, we will receive the same reward, inasmuch as all of us did the same thing: we were faithful to the Creator and His will for us).
The truth is that nobody has any merit:
• Rom 3:9 -> “What then? Are we Jews any better off? No, not at all. For we have already charged that all, both Jews and Greeks, are under sin,”.
• Rom 11:32 -> “For God has consigned all to disobedience, that he may have mercy on all.”.
Therefore, the Creator has no obligation of giving account for His acts:
• Rom 11:34 -> “ “For who has known the mind of the Lord, or who has been his counselor?” “Or who has given a gift to him that he might be repaid?” “.
Especially because we don’t have anything. All belongs to Him (Ps 24:1):
• Rom 11:36 -> “For from him and through him and to him are all things. To him be glory forever. Amen.”.
Therefore:
• 1Co 4:7 -> “For who sees anything different in you? What do you have that you did not receive? If then you received it, why do you boast as if you did not receive it?”.
Recollect that the first workers thought that they had something. Nonetheless, all their gift was, first of all, given by the Creator. All of us came to this world without nothing (although we are born with a closed hand, as if we had brought with us something precious, in fact, the hand of all baby comes empty).
While we don’t believe that we are unworthy of anything good, we will always try to be better than Jesus, seeking to fix all that is, before our eyes, unrighteous. In this case, the same question that Jesus made to the apostles is up to us:
• Joh 6:67 -> “So Jesus said to the twelve, “Do you want to go away as well?” “.
Will we go away from His presence trying to sort out the things by ourselves and in our way, or will we really believe that He is the unique Savior?
• Joh 6:68,69 -> “Simon Peter answered him, “Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life, and we have believed, and have come to know, that you are the Holy One of God.””.
The question of Peter is very pertinent: “to whom shall we go”? In the case of the workers of the first hour: “if they knew, formerly, that the owner would deal with them as he did, what they would do? They would work for whom? Or would they stay without provision for their family? Remember that the workers of the last hour didn’t find any service, despite all effort.
So, have a good day staying with Jesus by the privilege of hearing His voice and learning direct from Him.
Tomorrow we will keep on.
Keep in mind: the important isn't the time worked. What import is to obey the calling (Mt 24:13), fulfill the mission, regardless the time of the mission (fulfilling the mission with fidelity, we will receive the same reward, inasmuch as all of us did the same thing: we were faithful to the Creator and His will for us).
The truth is that nobody has any merit:
• Rom 3:9 -> “What then? Are we Jews any better off? No, not at all. For we have already charged that all, both Jews and Greeks, are under sin,”.
• Rom 11:32 -> “For God has consigned all to disobedience, that he may have mercy on all.”.
Therefore, the Creator has no obligation of giving account for His acts:
• Rom 11:34 -> “ “For who has known the mind of the Lord, or who has been his counselor?” “Or who has given a gift to him that he might be repaid?” “.
Especially because we don’t have anything. All belongs to Him (Ps 24:1):
• Rom 11:36 -> “For from him and through him and to him are all things. To him be glory forever. Amen.”.
Therefore:
• 1Co 4:7 -> “For who sees anything different in you? What do you have that you did not receive? If then you received it, why do you boast as if you did not receive it?”.
Recollect that the first workers thought that they had something. Nonetheless, all their gift was, first of all, given by the Creator. All of us came to this world without nothing (although we are born with a closed hand, as if we had brought with us something precious, in fact, the hand of all baby comes empty).
While we don’t believe that we are unworthy of anything good, we will always try to be better than Jesus, seeking to fix all that is, before our eyes, unrighteous. In this case, the same question that Jesus made to the apostles is up to us:
• Joh 6:67 -> “So Jesus said to the twelve, “Do you want to go away as well?” “.
Will we go away from His presence trying to sort out the things by ourselves and in our way, or will we really believe that He is the unique Savior?
• Joh 6:68,69 -> “Simon Peter answered him, “Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life, and we have believed, and have come to know, that you are the Holy One of God.””.
The question of Peter is very pertinent: “to whom shall we go”? In the case of the workers of the first hour: “if they knew, formerly, that the owner would deal with them as he did, what they would do? They would work for whom? Or would they stay without provision for their family? Remember that the workers of the last hour didn’t find any service, despite all effort.
So, have a good day staying with Jesus by the privilege of hearing His voice and learning direct from Him.
Tomorrow we will keep on.