Our paragraph topic is: (Parable of the laborers in the vineyard) Part 9.
Our story continues. Christ is telling his disciples about the house-holder who has property and needs help to harvest the crop. He has gone to the market several times during the day and found workers standing around with no work. Even at the last hour of the day he has gone and found workers without work. He is puzzled as to why they are still standing around without work and he asks them why. They tell him that they are still waiting because no man has come to hire them. They are still waiting at the last hour hoping that someone will come to hire them that they may work.
Our story is one of simple theme. It is meant to bring home principles that even the simple man can understand. Every man wants to work to earn wages that he may provide for himself and family. It is the nature of man. Idleness is not in man's nature. He needs something to do to occupy his time. In past times man worked on the land, planting, growing, and harvesting his food. He built his home, cared for his livestock, and provided warmth to his home. He hunted for his food in the forest and sought companionship for himself with a mate. This is the nature of man, the nature of his need to be productive. So when they hoped for work in the market place, the house-holder, "He said to them, 'Go you also into the vineyard.' "
So the house-holder wants all that seek work to find work. He wants all who hope to not be idle to have work. The house-holder has need of harvesters and seeks to hire all who want to work. This is what we can draw from this parable so far. For we have only talked about working and finding workers who hope to work. There are those who seek to work and there are those who seek to be idle. There are those who hope for employment and those who do not. And then there are those who are work motivated and need no man to hire them but are themselves self hired. They are the ones who know that there is a harvest and that there is need for workers.
Do you know about the harvest? Are you one of the harvesters or just an idler? There is work to be done. There is need for workers. The rewards are great. The benefits are plentiful. Do you have the skills? Are you willing to work? There are many positions that are in need of filling. All you need is an open heart and a desire to be counseled. It does not matter the day or the time, the need is ever present. It does not matter if you are young or old, rich or poor, black or white, Asian or Latino. All are called to be witnesses to the harvest that is in need of workers.
What does it take? It only takes your willingness to follow Christ and your willingness to be a witness to his love. Everyday you may be called upon to let him in. Everyday you may be called upon to show his love. Everyday you may be called upon to lend a hand, to give a word, to spare a dime, to give some food, to see beyond what may be apparent externally but to see what is internal that belongs to him. For we are all created in his image. We are all spiritual beings and not physical. And within the external body is the spirit and life of God our Father. And that is what we are called to love, to see, to believe, to know that we are all alike.
We are not Black, or White, or Jew, or Gentile, or Asian, or Latino or any race, or color or religion. We are all spiritual beings created in his image and given life, a second chance, through the love and sacrifice of Christ Jesus our Savior. So if we can reflect what is within us outward, others can see and experience that which is within us. Then we become workers for the vineyard, attracting others and showing them the way to eternal life given us by Christ our savior through God our Father. For he is the one true ever living God. And he is our creator and our Father, and our provider, and our protector. Open the door to your heart and let him in. Seek that which is within you and know the truth of who you are in him. The light of life will shine forth and others will see that which is within you. Be the worker!
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.
Our story continues. Christ is telling his disciples about the house-holder who has property and needs help to harvest the crop. He has gone to the market several times during the day and found workers standing around with no work. Even at the last hour of the day he has gone and found workers without work. He is puzzled as to why they are still standing around without work and he asks them why. They tell him that they are still waiting because no man has come to hire them. They are still waiting at the last hour hoping that someone will come to hire them that they may work.
Our story is one of simple theme. It is meant to bring home principles that even the simple man can understand. Every man wants to work to earn wages that he may provide for himself and family. It is the nature of man. Idleness is not in man's nature. He needs something to do to occupy his time. In past times man worked on the land, planting, growing, and harvesting his food. He built his home, cared for his livestock, and provided warmth to his home. He hunted for his food in the forest and sought companionship for himself with a mate. This is the nature of man, the nature of his need to be productive. So when they hoped for work in the market place, the house-holder, "He said to them, 'Go you also into the vineyard.' "
So the house-holder wants all that seek work to find work. He wants all who hope to not be idle to have work. The house-holder has need of harvesters and seeks to hire all who want to work. This is what we can draw from this parable so far. For we have only talked about working and finding workers who hope to work. There are those who seek to work and there are those who seek to be idle. There are those who hope for employment and those who do not. And then there are those who are work motivated and need no man to hire them but are themselves self hired. They are the ones who know that there is a harvest and that there is need for workers.
Do you know about the harvest? Are you one of the harvesters or just an idler? There is work to be done. There is need for workers. The rewards are great. The benefits are plentiful. Do you have the skills? Are you willing to work? There are many positions that are in need of filling. All you need is an open heart and a desire to be counseled. It does not matter the day or the time, the need is ever present. It does not matter if you are young or old, rich or poor, black or white, Asian or Latino. All are called to be witnesses to the harvest that is in need of workers.
What does it take? It only takes your willingness to follow Christ and your willingness to be a witness to his love. Everyday you may be called upon to let him in. Everyday you may be called upon to show his love. Everyday you may be called upon to lend a hand, to give a word, to spare a dime, to give some food, to see beyond what may be apparent externally but to see what is internal that belongs to him. For we are all created in his image. We are all spiritual beings and not physical. And within the external body is the spirit and life of God our Father. And that is what we are called to love, to see, to believe, to know that we are all alike.
We are not Black, or White, or Jew, or Gentile, or Asian, or Latino or any race, or color or religion. We are all spiritual beings created in his image and given life, a second chance, through the love and sacrifice of Christ Jesus our Savior. So if we can reflect what is within us outward, others can see and experience that which is within us. Then we become workers for the vineyard, attracting others and showing them the way to eternal life given us by Christ our savior through God our Father. For he is the one true ever living God. And he is our creator and our Father, and our provider, and our protector. Open the door to your heart and let him in. Seek that which is within you and know the truth of who you are in him. The light of life will shine forth and others will see that which is within you. Be the worker!
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.
