Our paragraph topic is: (Parable of the laborers in the vineyard) Part 5.
What is just? What is fair? What is honest? What is good? What is right or wrong? We see and ask these questions on a daily basis. Christ told his disciples a parable that raised all of these questions. Why did he do this? He wanted them to have an understanding that was not openly available to everyone. Theirs was the understanding of the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven. Theirs was the knowledge that was not available to wise men. Theirs was the vision of the Christ in his full glory. Theirs was the insight given them by God our Father.
They did not yet posses all that was given to them, but the seeds were planted. They would witness the coming forth of the fruit. Christ spoke of a house-holder who needed workers in his vineyard. He spoke to his disciples in plain terms that they could understand. And yet underlying those plain term was the fruit that would later blossom into the understanding and insight given to them by the grace of God. So the house-holder hired workers and agreed to pay them what was just. "So they went. And again he went out about the sixth, and about the ninth hour, and did as before."
The house-holder called his workers, even in the middle of the day. He saw them standing idle in the market place and he called them to work. Christ calls his workers. He calls them at all times of the day. And he agrees to pay them what is just. He does this again and again and again. No matter what the time of day he calls workers to come and work in his vineyard. Are you a worker? Are you a weed? Are you the fruit that needs to be harvested? How do you fit into the kingdom of heaven?
The door is open to all who want to come. The requirements are easy. Anyone can qualify. The choice is yours to make if you understand the offer. There is another offer also, the offer of the world. It is the one we are born into. It is the one we live with. It is the one that surrounds us daily. But one must rise above what is seen. One must view beyond what is obvious. One must change the perspective to see what is hidden. We have a choice. Some understand that choice early on. Some find that choice later in life. And some struggle with that choice only to not understand. And then there are those who see the choice, know the choice, but cannot make the choice.
Can you make the choice? Can you choose to be the one? Can you accept the choice of who you are in Christ? The world will blind you. The world will deceive you. The world will seek to turn you away from your choice. But the spirit cries out in you. The spirit burns in you for fulfillment. The spirit within you knows the truth of who you are. Can you seek it? Can you find it? Can you know the truth of who you are in Christ? The choice is yours to make. The thief is out there seeking to steal your choice. Be careful! He will not announce himself to you. He will not knock at your door. He will come and take you away without your having a choice. And then you will know.
Christ calls you. Christ loves you. Christ gave his life for you that you would have life. Seek him and know. Know him and love. Be with him and be fulfilled. The spirit cries out for you. The spirit awaits for you. The spirit is within you waiting for you to open the door and say: "Come in!"
Read the sign of the times! Read the Highlighted New Testament Bible and lift the scales from your eyes that you may see, that you may know, that you may find the truth of who you are in Christ. Read it as though you would read a good book, from cover to cover, and see for yourself. Do not study it in parts reading one passage and then skipping to another, but read it for understanding. Read it for knowledge. Read it for faith. Read it that your eyes may be opened, that your ears may hear, that your heart may be filled with the light of Christ. The Holy Spirit awaits you. Christ seeks to know you. Open the door and let him in.
What is just? What is fair? What is honest? What is good? What is right or wrong? We see and ask these questions on a daily basis. Christ told his disciples a parable that raised all of these questions. Why did he do this? He wanted them to have an understanding that was not openly available to everyone. Theirs was the understanding of the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven. Theirs was the knowledge that was not available to wise men. Theirs was the vision of the Christ in his full glory. Theirs was the insight given them by God our Father.
They did not yet posses all that was given to them, but the seeds were planted. They would witness the coming forth of the fruit. Christ spoke of a house-holder who needed workers in his vineyard. He spoke to his disciples in plain terms that they could understand. And yet underlying those plain term was the fruit that would later blossom into the understanding and insight given to them by the grace of God. So the house-holder hired workers and agreed to pay them what was just. "So they went. And again he went out about the sixth, and about the ninth hour, and did as before."
The house-holder called his workers, even in the middle of the day. He saw them standing idle in the market place and he called them to work. Christ calls his workers. He calls them at all times of the day. And he agrees to pay them what is just. He does this again and again and again. No matter what the time of day he calls workers to come and work in his vineyard. Are you a worker? Are you a weed? Are you the fruit that needs to be harvested? How do you fit into the kingdom of heaven?
The door is open to all who want to come. The requirements are easy. Anyone can qualify. The choice is yours to make if you understand the offer. There is another offer also, the offer of the world. It is the one we are born into. It is the one we live with. It is the one that surrounds us daily. But one must rise above what is seen. One must view beyond what is obvious. One must change the perspective to see what is hidden. We have a choice. Some understand that choice early on. Some find that choice later in life. And some struggle with that choice only to not understand. And then there are those who see the choice, know the choice, but cannot make the choice.
Can you make the choice? Can you choose to be the one? Can you accept the choice of who you are in Christ? The world will blind you. The world will deceive you. The world will seek to turn you away from your choice. But the spirit cries out in you. The spirit burns in you for fulfillment. The spirit within you knows the truth of who you are. Can you seek it? Can you find it? Can you know the truth of who you are in Christ? The choice is yours to make. The thief is out there seeking to steal your choice. Be careful! He will not announce himself to you. He will not knock at your door. He will come and take you away without your having a choice. And then you will know.
Christ calls you. Christ loves you. Christ gave his life for you that you would have life. Seek him and know. Know him and love. Be with him and be fulfilled. The spirit cries out for you. The spirit awaits for you. The spirit is within you waiting for you to open the door and say: "Come in!"
Read the sign of the times! Read the Highlighted New Testament Bible and lift the scales from your eyes that you may see, that you may know, that you may find the truth of who you are in Christ. Read it as though you would read a good book, from cover to cover, and see for yourself. Do not study it in parts reading one passage and then skipping to another, but read it for understanding. Read it for knowledge. Read it for faith. Read it that your eyes may be opened, that your ears may hear, that your heart may be filled with the light of Christ. The Holy Spirit awaits you. Christ seeks to know you. Open the door and let him in.
