Our paragraph topic is: (Parable of the laborers in the vineyard)
Part 14.
It is funny how we make comparisons and draw conclusions. We are given that we are to compare. We are given that we are different. We are given that we value ourselves and our value is given to us through the looking glass of the world. Each day we see the best, the perfect, the brightest, the smartest, the most superlative of who we are. And we measure ourselves based upon what we see with our eyes through the media of the world.
The world decides who we are. The world gives us our identity. The world sets the rules of how we measure ourselves. No longer are we the same. No longer are we similar. No longer are we members of the human race but we are different, unique, special, because of what we are given. One fact remains, in the eyes of God our Father, we are his children and he is our Father, our creator, our maker, the one who gave us life. We each received the same gift, just as the laborers did in the vineyard. "They also received each his denarius."
This parable started out by Christ telling his disciples that the kingdom of heaven is like a house-holder seeking laborers to work in his vineyard. The house-holder went out early to seek workers for his vineyard. He found laborers waiting in the market place seeking work. He told them that if they wanted to work that he would pay them each a denarius to labor in his vineyard. They agreed and went to work. All was fine. All were happy that they found work. All worked in the vineyard according to what they were asked to do.
They all were the same. They all were going to get paid the same. They started at the same time and they will end work at the same time and they will all get paid the same. This was what they agreed upon. We today agree to work for our wages. We are born, we go to school, we learn our A, B, C's, we learn our math and science, our history, and our geography. We are trained in the rules of the world. After we are trained, we go out into the world to seek our futures, our fame and our fortunes.
Part 14.
It is funny how we make comparisons and draw conclusions. We are given that we are to compare. We are given that we are different. We are given that we value ourselves and our value is given to us through the looking glass of the world. Each day we see the best, the perfect, the brightest, the smartest, the most superlative of who we are. And we measure ourselves based upon what we see with our eyes through the media of the world.
The world decides who we are. The world gives us our identity. The world sets the rules of how we measure ourselves. No longer are we the same. No longer are we similar. No longer are we members of the human race but we are different, unique, special, because of what we are given. One fact remains, in the eyes of God our Father, we are his children and he is our Father, our creator, our maker, the one who gave us life. We each received the same gift, just as the laborers did in the vineyard. "They also received each his denarius."
This parable started out by Christ telling his disciples that the kingdom of heaven is like a house-holder seeking laborers to work in his vineyard. The house-holder went out early to seek workers for his vineyard. He found laborers waiting in the market place seeking work. He told them that if they wanted to work that he would pay them each a denarius to labor in his vineyard. They agreed and went to work. All was fine. All were happy that they found work. All worked in the vineyard according to what they were asked to do.
They all were the same. They all were going to get paid the same. They started at the same time and they will end work at the same time and they will all get paid the same. This was what they agreed upon. We today agree to work for our wages. We are born, we go to school, we learn our A, B, C's, we learn our math and science, our history, and our geography. We are trained in the rules of the world. After we are trained, we go out into the world to seek our futures, our fame and our fortunes.
The world would segment and categorize us so that we make comparisons. We are different, we are white, we are black, we are Asian, Latino, European, Italian, etc. We live in categories, in boxes, based upon what our senses tell us and what the world tells us about who and what we want to be. And yet we all received a denarius. We all became children. We all were created in his image and likeness. We are his children and he is our Father . We live in a shell, a box, a category. But inside we are all the same, spiritual beings not physical. We all received life and life is within all of us. Think not of yourself as different, but think of yourself as the same, one spirit in the Father.
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.
