The Parables of Jesus: Matthew 20:1-15
1"For the kingdom of heaven is like a landowner who went out early in the morning to hire men to work in his vineyard. 2He agreed to pay them a denarius for the day and sent them into his vineyard.
3"About the third hour he went out and saw others standing in the marketplace doing nothing. 4He told them, 'You also go and work in my vineyard, and I will pay you whatever is right.' 5So they went.
"He went out again about the sixth hour and the ninth hour and did the same thing. 6About the eleventh hour he went out and found still others standing around. He asked them, 'Why have you been standing here all day long doing nothing?'
7" 'Because no one has hired us,' they answered.
"He said to them, 'You also go and work in my vineyard.'
8"When evening came, the owner of the vineyard said to his foreman, 'Call the workers and pay them their wages, beginning with the last ones hired and going on to the first.'
9"The workers who were hired about the eleventh hour came and each received a denarius. 10So when those came who were hired first, they expected to receive more. But each one of them also received a denarius. 11When they received it, they began to grumble against the landowner. 12'These men who were hired last worked only one hour,' they said, 'and you have made them equal to us who have borne the burden of the work and the heat of the day.'
13"But he answered one of them, 'Friend, I am not being unfair to you. Didn't you agree to work for a denarius? 14Take your pay and go. I want to give the man who was hired last the same as I gave you. 15Don't I have the right to do what I want with my own money? Or are you envious because I am generous?'
The parable of the workers in the vineyard, basically the workers that worked all day were angry because the land owner paid the one’s who came to work for him at the end of the day the same. Relating this to Christ, God isn’t going to treat you any better in heaven if you’ve been a Christian for 30 years or 1 week. All who truly believe will go to heaven, One’s good works will not get you there. We must all the live the way Christ has called you to live young or old.
Kris McCollum
The Parables of Jesus: Mark 13:33-37
33Be on guard! Be alert! You do not know when that time will come. 34It's like a man going away: He leaves his house and puts his servants in charge, each with his assigned task, and tells the one at the door to keep watch.
35"Therefore keep watch because you do not know when the owner of the house will come back—whether in the evening, or at midnight, or when the rooster crows, or at dawn. 36If he comes suddenly, do not let him find you sleeping. 37What I say to you, I say to everyone: 'Watch!' "
I think the faithful servant is a parable which explains that just as a servant is prepared for what ever his master expects of him we to should be prepares for the day the Lord comes. Clearly these verses say wake up believer! The time is close and we can not wait any longer. Our hearts better be in the right place, we don’t know when Christ will return, He will take all who believe, live, & followed him to be with him for eternity.
Kris McCollum
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