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Matthew chapter 19. Let me give you if I can just just a little bit of groundwork before we jump into this Jesus is dealing with his disciples and they were asking some questions about the future and what what was going to happen and and what would they be doing you all know that the disciples, many of whom thought that despite the information he had given them at different times. They thought as many folks did that he was going to set up his kingdom on earth, then, and that they were going to help him rule then and and as Jesus was describing in Matthew chapter 19 we have a couple of these verses up on the board just from Matthew chapter 19 I want you to look at review would verse 26 says.

But Jesus beheld them, and said unto them, with men this is impossible, but with God all things are possible. Verse 27's were we begin, it'll be on the screen.

Therefore, you then answered Peter and said unto him, behold, we have forsaken all, and follow the what shall we have therefore numbers 28 I don't have up on the board and it's interesting here in Jesus and in them barely. I sent you that ye which have followed me, in the regeneration when the Son of Man shall sit in the throne of his glory, ye also shall sit upon 12 thrones judging the 12 tribes of Israel, gives them a little bit of Tibbett information there. But, verse 29 and every one that hath forsaken houses, or brethren, or sisters or father or mother or wife or children or lands, for my namesake shall receive an hundredfold, and shall inherit everlasting life.

That was the agreement. Verse 30 but many that are first shall be last in the last shall be first interesting sentence given at the end of something like this in why did he do that in verse 30 well he introduces the subject of grace. This whole thing of the first shall be last in the last shall be first.

That's an introduction to grace so that it begins in chapter 20. That's why want you to look EE explains it further. Not always did Jesus explain further what he said sometimes he did.

Sometimes he didn't. But this statement, he realized there needs to be some further explanation. Let me let me give a parable about this as Jesus often did look at verse one of chapter 20 for the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is an householder or means owner of farmers are a vineyard owner which went out early in the morning to hire laborers into his vineyard and when he had agreed with the laborers for a penny a day, he sent them into his vineyard, and he went out about the third hour, and saw others standing idle in the marketplace, so he went and what we would call the first hour and higher these labors in they began to get back to the vineyard and start working but he goes back 1/3 hour, and he saw others standing idle in the marketplace and send them, go ye also into the vineyard, and whatsoever is right I will give you and they went their way. Again he went out about the sixth hour and ninth hour, and did likewise in about the 11th hour he went out and found others standing idle, and saith unto them, why stand you here all the day idle.

They stand him because no man hath hired us. He saith unto them, go ye also into the vineyard and whatsoever is right that show you receive. So when even was come, the Lord of the vineyard said into a steward, call the laborers in give them their higher beginning from the last under the first, so the ones he hired early in the morning were the first ones there, but they're the last ones to get paid. Interesting. Verse nine when they came that were hired about the 11th hour.

That means they only worked about an hour, they received every man a penny. But when the first came, they supposed that they should receive more or should have received more and they likewise received every man a penny. And when they had received it, they murmured against the goodman of the house saying, these last have wrought but one hour, and thou hast made them equal with us, which have borne the burden and heat of the day but he answered one of them and said friend and then adjusting this guy just shows attitude after you just paid him a job. He didn't have to. You showed up and hired him.

But he says friend friend. I do the no wrong. It's not thou agree with me for a penny, take that line is and go thy way, I will give unto this last, even as unto the is it not lawful for me to do what I will with mine own is thine eye evil, because I am good so the last shall be first in the first last for many be called, but few chosen. Jesus gives this illustration that literally that these men that had worked all day and they did like the pale really digging it is just quickly, but I want to do a bit of an exhaustive study. If this is an introduction to grace as Jesus is it by the way, listen, grace wasn't even yet part of the Christian life because Jesus had not yet died and rose again and ascended back into glory. Wheat we didn't have full access to all the riches of Christ in heavenly blessings because he hadn't wheat we we had purchased our redemption yet. So Jesus is saying this is what it's going to be. This is how the kingdom of heaven is going to work in any says that literally of this, this, that, as these first laborers watch everybody that came in after them getting the same pay and they thought that they should give more and he gives them what they asked him what they agreed on, which was the penny and and they can they complain about it and murmured and the farmer. Basically, the owner says listen.

Is this not what we agreed on. I did the no wrong and he says this the money I gave you that yours go your way and do what you want with it, but I'm gonna do what I want with mine and that's the owner's right you agree with that this morning and introduction to grace hope it will this help me out. This will help you Lord. I love you Brady and blessed this morning Lord as we begin this. What I would call a shot in the arm revival. I believe everything that encourages us spiritually begins with grace. Lord we would have nothing without your grace and we needed today and I need it right now in Jesus name we pray. Amen. If I can. Let me just first give you what I would call the context okay in this story it represents to us the kingdom of heaven. And we know that from verse one and chapter 20 is is likened under the kingdom of heaven. Now I want you understand this what Jesus was getting ready to explain through parable was how the dispensation of grace would work and how the distribution of the gospel would work. It's all combined in this one little parable you see the Jewish people were those first laborers.

They were the chosen. They were the first one that that that that literally God had chosen, but the Gentiles which are you and me and and all that they were literally the laborers that were hired later on in the day. Literally the Jews were the first chosen, but they rejected Christ, and so the Gentiles represented those that were hired into the whole system little bit later on and by the way you and I are I believe the 11th hour. It's interesting. This is all about the kingdom of God and that we all no matter whether we were hired at first, or we were hired at the last. However, we entered into his vineyard. We all would be fellow heirs with Christ, if we been saying it's to show us that God is not a debtor to anyone is to show us that many times men who appear to be first will end up being last and that those that sometimes appear that they're going to be last end up first. We think of the apostle Paul that came after the initial disciples the inner circle. And yet Paul surpassed them in writing of the word of God and Paul was the one that introduced the gospel to the Gentile. He came last, but he ended up first. I think about the prodigal son. He left home, he rebelled, he went away with riotous living in that older brother is the one that stayed home. He was the he was the older brother.

He was the first and yet who ended up getting the celebration in the fatted calf in the reading and the robe. It was the last that ended up becoming first because of the attitude of the heart dear friend, you and I don't become first because of our work, we become accepted because of his grace. Mom going somewhere with all this. This is to show us this passage that reward is not based on performance reward is based on grace. So, are you okay if I jump into a room quickly this morning. Are you came to that semen want you to see. First, the contract, the contract we got only now this is introduction to grace this is how Jesus said grace is going to work. I want to know everything I can about this passage, notice the contract. First thing under that is this who hired who hired in Britain understand this, who hired the verse one. The Bible says, for the kingdom of heaven is likened to a man that is an householder, which went out early in the morning to hire laborers into his vineyard.

The owner sought after the laborers. It was his house, his property, his vineyard, his tools, his supplies, his money and God is the owner not just in this parable, but in our life. It's his. He owns it he created it he created you he created me he created the art.

He is the owner. You see, this owner didn't need the laborers. The laborers needed the owner Bible says that God is as we are and whom we serve God hires laborers that he does not need and pays them a reward that they do not deserve to listen to me, these laborers would not even know where to find vineyard. The owner came not just early in the morning, but the owner came numerous times during the day. Aren't you glad that Jesus came back to you even though you didn't say yes the first time you heard the gospel and even though you didn't accept it the first time you heard the truth. Aren't you glad he didn't just stop at the first hour of the day, but he came back at the third hour in the sixth hour in the ninth hour and 11th hour can I get an amen this morning the owner initiated the relationship Bible says we love him because he first loved us. You and I were standing idle in the marketplace of life. But thank God he came by and sought us only way I could describe this is you know growing up I was an only child. My mom lost a baby before me lost one after me and so I was an only child and I absolutely loved it. I got all the attention all the presents all the gifts all the food I got it all came back to haunt me because now I have all the metabolism and I have all the airline and I have okay anyway we will go through all that I never get at what they called women's Hospital there in Greensboro.

My wife we were preaching revival in Maryland and this church. This church in Maryland were preaching the survival and there like seven or eight women pregnant in this church and I got up the first night in a silicon say something I don't know what's in the water around here but my wife's not allowed to drink it in the next day my wife showed me the pregnancy test that she was pregnant with our first child we went back and forth on the names that we were gonna of my favorite town in the world is Cody Wyoming. So we do at talk about on the name Cody and we just thought that was found out it was a boy were going probably names in different things and we didn't really decide till, he was born in our sun came out first time you know you'll member your parent that first child and you just you just not ready or prepared to love something like that see your wife or your mate. It takes time.

You date them and you get to know them and you form a bond in an and you share interest in dreams and all those things and and all of a sudden one day I don't know exactly when it happens or whatever the case might be, you just know I love them and and and I like I just don't think I can live life without them, but went when your first child comes out it's instantaneous and as I held him and we decided that we would name him the third one will be like Saturn doesn't like that way.

I guess we'll never be honest with us about that. I loved him like I could never describe but he didn't love me he couldn't. He had no ability to for the first time in your life you love an object, a person that does not love you back and that's exactly what you and I were we did know how to love God. We didn't have the ability we didn't know him, but he loved us.

He initiated that relationship with us and we love him now because he loved us when we couldn't even love him back who hired them. The owner came and found number two where were they hired well verse three. The Bible uses this term and does later on the passage as well that the Bible says that this owner went out the third hour, and saw others. He said, standing idle in the market place. So in verse one. That's where he went but he didn't say that particular term but we find out later that what it was called, was the marketplace and this is where all the people. Individuals that were there they were there to be hired by someone and it literally means they didn't have work they didn't have an owner they didn't have a boss that they didn't have somebody that it hired them was going to pay them wages and so they were there to be hired and by the way, the soul of man. Even right now. It literally stands in the marketplace waiting to be hired by somebody and if you've never been say you don't know it. Right now, which are in the marketplace and you're waiting to be hired by somebody that now get this. Do you know that that owner that day wasn't probably the only man that was hiring. I cannot tell you something.

While God is, is that the marketplace looking for you. Just as this owner was looking for laborers. I guarantee you that Satan is just as busy hiring in the market. We have a generation of young people that don't realize it, but literally Satan is bidding on their lot.

That's why the Bible says, choose you this day whom ye will serve were going to serve somebody and it's either going to be the Lord is good to be ourselves is going to be Satan and dear friend, I want you to know that the owner isn't the only one there. The marketplace looking for labor. Satan is just as busy doing it right now. The Bible says whosoever will make God's hiring today.

Interesting essay this that many refuse the Lord's offer they choose to serve a different owner and they live to regret it. See, we have young people, teenagers here not just in this building, but in this country there deciding who they're going to serve their there deciding who they're gonna work for trying to choose whose vineyard they're going to help grow. That's a scary decision number three.

What were they hired to do what were they hired to verse one. Now put on your big boy britches okay verse one for the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is an householder, which went out early in the morning to hire, what to hire, what laborers so were talking about the contractor were talking about the agreement. What were they hired to do. They were hired to serve. They were hired to labor they were hired laborers.

Now that I got said not to put your seatbelt on. Are you listening, they were not hired to run the vineyard they were not hired to fix the vineyard.

They were not hired to advise the owner on how to run the vineyard they were not hired to tell the other laborers how to do their job. They were not hired to sit back and critique those who actually were working in the vineyard. They were not hired to sit and drink green juice and enjoy the blessings of the vineyard while others were working in it. They were not hired to be the owner. They were hired to be the labor they were hired to serve, don't you think it's ironic that vineyard work is much like church work, vineyard work, and church work. It involves pruning and dressing and digging and watering and fencing and weeding and late nights and early mornings and by the way the vineyard is God it's because he's the owner and we are called to labor and serve and dress up the vineyard for him, not for us. I guess I can get off that when that was a better point and apparently it seems to be next part of the contract. What were the wages what were the wages going to be the first to when he agree with the laborers for a penny a day, a dinar, they call it. It was literally at that point what you would pay a normal rate for a days work. So we see first that he says a penny. It was promised to those that he hired early, but what is interesting that beginning in verse seven, and those that were hired at the third hour in the sixth hour in the ninth hour and 11 verily verse seven says they saying to him, because no man hath hired us.

He say that him, go ye also into the vineyard, and whatsoever is right, that shall you receive. Now there's no dollar figure put on. I mean the ones that jumped right onto the truck and went to work early that morning.

They agreed for a penny a day, but those that were hired labor later on that the owner just said listen what is right. You will receive no particular number, just, whatever is right, remember that last. I would ask you this. What was the time. They were hired for verse two and when he had agreed with the laborers for a penny.

What a day. So a day was the period of time that they were chosen for. That's why literally. The Bible says, choose you this day whom ye will serve you see the time of life is the day in which the Bible says we must work the works of him that sent us. Job chapter 14 has an interesting take on what you to see this Job have some insight here.

Seeing his days are determined, the number of his months are with the thou hast appointed his bounds that he cannot pass. Speaking of garlic verse six turned from him that he may rest, till he shall accomplish as an hireling. His day, our life is literally referred to as a day and in fact the Bible says a day is as a thousand years and a thousand years is as it is, as a day in heaven literally that our life goes by so quickly. It's just a day that interesting. The Jews were called early in the morning the Gentiles were called later in the day I was saved as a young man at nine years of age in a Christian home. Some of you were saved in your 20s or 30s after being involved in a life of sin. We have some who have been saved in the middle of their life. We've even had some to the ministries of this church that have been saved in their 80s 90s and even in the early 100s before they died that interesting.

So we see in the context of the contract now number three were not far from being done. I want you to see the compensation were looking at this whole thing look at verse six is in verse eight so when even was come all this, it transpired. Now the day is done. So when even was come, the Lord of the vineyard wow now were introduced.

It was how it was householder now were given a little bit more information go to Lavelle God speaks see you and I are not careful we can get in ministry and think were just serving a boss, but he is Lord. Well, so even was come, the Lord of the vineyard saith unto his steward, call the laborers, and give them their higher beginning from the last unto the first night going give just a little bit of information here.

Notice that they did not come to get paid to the owner called their day wasn't done until the owner said it was meant to say this I don't care what sickness you may have what disease you might have five set in homes and hospital beds and I've told people this and only to tell you again. I don't care what you have. You are safe as safe can be till it's God's time to take you in your life. No disease will ever take a child of God.

Your days not done so. The owner's residence and when your work is finished, then it's time to come in. The work was not done until he said it was done. Notice the order of the reward given. He started with the last ones that arrived. Isn't that interesting, and I don't know maybe during this period of time. Those that had been there early in the morning then working all day. You would think that maybe they would think you were to get paid first. We been here the longest. But no, they had to sit and watch everybody else and it just showed up they had to watch them get paid and maybe that that time. Maybe all during that they were just churning inside and maybe it sent a little bit wrong with them but I do know that as they watched all of them get paid. The Bible says of any.

They were all paid the same goes and worked an hour and those that are work three hours and those that work six hours and those that are work nine hours and those they were all getting a penny so maybe those that were there first thought if they're getting that shortly. We're going to get more of the last shall be first in the first shall be last.

You know, at the rapture listen to me though, the dead in Christ shall rise first. Yet we which are alive and remain on whom the ends of the 11th hour, has been laid, we shall be caught up together with them in the cloud.

The first shall be last. The last shall be first, there is no seniority there is no favorites. It literally is this that all of us will enter into heaven with our glorified bodies together. Verse nine says this and when they came that were hired about the 11th hour, they received every man a penny for compensation. Now you would think okay were all thrilled they didn't have work that didn't have a job. They all had families, they all had to try to put food on the table. You would think ahead with this job. The owner showed up and hired us were thankful were grateful I can take this full day's wage and I can go provide food and put food on the table but they all weren't happy. So what you notice.

Fourthly, the complaint verse 10 but when the first came, they supposed that they should receive more and they likewise received every man a penny.

And when they had received it, they murmured against the goodman of the house 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 and know about you but sometimes us laborers can get a bit cantankerous.

What you notice. Number one, they were discontent. They were discontent we see in verse 10, the Bible says that when they came, they supposed they supposed that they should receive more and they murmured about it they supposed to heal. Oftentimes you and I think we have too little, and others have too much of the blessings of God and then we think that we do too much and others do too little in the work of God. We think that they have too much of the blessings of God and I have too little and I'm over here doing too much of the work of the God, and they are doing too little, and oftentimes you and I can so close things in our life. We begin to make judgments and comparisons and we become discontent as we look around and we see the grace that God has bestowed on fellow laborers and we become discontent. Thank you for listening to you received a blessing from our broadcast Baptist Church is located at 4520 Old Hollow Rd. in Kernersville, NC may also contact us by phone at 33699351924 Kerwin Baptist Church.com enjoy our services live molar medium on her website and church. Thank you for listening. Kerwin broadcast God bless you