Our paragraph topic is:(Parable of the laborers in the vineyard) Part 10.
Evening approaches and it's time for the labor to end. Christ continues to tell this parable of the laborers. He wants his disciples to understand the parallel to real life that this story follows. There are laborers. There was work. There is time to work and time to stop working. And then there is pay for the labor that is expended. This is the parallel that this story follows so far. We have been talking about work and pay, entering into the kingdom and what needs to be done to enter in.
The message of the kingdom is the work. The labor is getting the message out to the people. How should that be accomplished? There are many who need to hear the message. There are many who are in want of the message. There are many who can use the message to help them enter into the kingdom. Who will carry it? Who will be the messenger? Who will show how to use the message and lead the way? The work is waiting and the time for payment is near. "But when evening had come , the owner of the vineyard said to his steward, 'Call the laborers, and pay them their wages.' "
The time for payment is near. The laborers have worked all day. Some from the beginning, some from the middle of the day, some from the last quarter of the day, and some from the last hour of the day. They all worked. Some worked more, some worked less but they all worked. Are we working? Are we carrying the message? Are we playing the part of the messenger assuring that the word gets out to those in need? Are we lending a hand? Are we feeding the poor when we see them? Are we clothing the naked, helping the sick and dying? Are we the vessel through which our Father is able to reach his children?
We were all created in his image and likeness. We are all his children. We are all spiritual beings not physical. Can you see your brother/sister in a different way? Can you accept them as you accept yourself even though they may not look like you on the outside, or smell like you? Can you transform your vision to see the physical? Can you transform your feelings to feel the presence of your spiritual brother or sister in another person? Can you look deeper into the soul to see the light of life given you through the sacrifice of Christ?
Our vision is tainted through the glasses of the world. We see what the world wants us to see. We see what we have been programed to see. And yet it takes an inner knowledge of oneself to see beyond the physical. It takes an inner acceptance and peace to know what is within ourselves and everyone else. It takes an inner spark to be what Christ came to give us. See the light of life that is within you and you will be able to see in others what is within you.
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.
Evening approaches and it's time for the labor to end. Christ continues to tell this parable of the laborers. He wants his disciples to understand the parallel to real life that this story follows. There are laborers. There was work. There is time to work and time to stop working. And then there is pay for the labor that is expended. This is the parallel that this story follows so far. We have been talking about work and pay, entering into the kingdom and what needs to be done to enter in.
The message of the kingdom is the work. The labor is getting the message out to the people. How should that be accomplished? There are many who need to hear the message. There are many who are in want of the message. There are many who can use the message to help them enter into the kingdom. Who will carry it? Who will be the messenger? Who will show how to use the message and lead the way? The work is waiting and the time for payment is near. "But when evening had come , the owner of the vineyard said to his steward, 'Call the laborers, and pay them their wages.' "
The time for payment is near. The laborers have worked all day. Some from the beginning, some from the middle of the day, some from the last quarter of the day, and some from the last hour of the day. They all worked. Some worked more, some worked less but they all worked. Are we working? Are we carrying the message? Are we playing the part of the messenger assuring that the word gets out to those in need? Are we lending a hand? Are we feeding the poor when we see them? Are we clothing the naked, helping the sick and dying? Are we the vessel through which our Father is able to reach his children?
We were all created in his image and likeness. We are all his children. We are all spiritual beings not physical. Can you see your brother/sister in a different way? Can you accept them as you accept yourself even though they may not look like you on the outside, or smell like you? Can you transform your vision to see the physical? Can you transform your feelings to feel the presence of your spiritual brother or sister in another person? Can you look deeper into the soul to see the light of life given you through the sacrifice of Christ?
Our vision is tainted through the glasses of the world. We see what the world wants us to see. We see what we have been programed to see. And yet it takes an inner knowledge of oneself to see beyond the physical. It takes an inner acceptance and peace to know what is within ourselves and everyone else. It takes an inner spark to be what Christ came to give us. See the light of life that is within you and you will be able to see in others what is within you.
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.
