Our paragraph topic is: (Parable of the two sons) Part 3.
Christ continues his parable to help open the minds and the hearts of the chief priest and the elders. He gave them the opportunity to understand but they were filled with deceit. So he now tells them this parable to give them a second chance to see, to understand, to open their eyes that they might be saved.
The two sons each were told by their father to go to work in the vineyard. One said that he would not and later regretted his answer and went to work. The other lied to his father and told him that he would go to work but later did not. Christ asked them: "Which of the two did the father's will?" They said "The first."
The first did the father's will being obedient to his request. Most of us come of age knowing the authority of a father or a father figure. It is in his will that we find our own. It is in his will that we come to know who we are. It is in his will that we have our example to follow through life. And it is in his will that we have a model to reshape our own authority in life.
Where does this authority come from? Who gave it to our fathers and their fathers and their fathers before them throughout history? Did it just come of its own? Did it just evolve into itself without the help of anyone or anything? Or were we given the authority from our Father on high and passed it down from generation to generation?
Fathers are protectors. Fathers are providers. They are the rule makers to the young and the givers of love and comfort to the children who do not know for themselves. Fathers come with mothers and together they make the home in which we grow and develop. They form us from the womb, give us our character and guidance through life. They are our patterns, our examples in life. We carry the genes of generations of learning passed down to us from our mothers and fathers. They have gone before us, experienced life that we have not, and survived with a knowledge that we can inherit.
Do the Father's will for he was here before us. He knows that which we do not. He teaches that which we have yet to learn. His is the love that filled his heart from the day we came into this world. He knew us in the womb. He rejoiced with our every kick, our every turn, our every move. He is the ultimate love and protection that comes to us, if we accept him. He comes to those who had an earthly father and for those who did not. God is our Father and the authority is with him. Do the Father's will and all will be well.
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 nd 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.
Christ continues his parable to help open the minds and the hearts of the chief priest and the elders. He gave them the opportunity to understand but they were filled with deceit. So he now tells them this parable to give them a second chance to see, to understand, to open their eyes that they might be saved.
The two sons each were told by their father to go to work in the vineyard. One said that he would not and later regretted his answer and went to work. The other lied to his father and told him that he would go to work but later did not. Christ asked them: "Which of the two did the father's will?" They said "The first."
The first did the father's will being obedient to his request. Most of us come of age knowing the authority of a father or a father figure. It is in his will that we find our own. It is in his will that we come to know who we are. It is in his will that we have our example to follow through life. And it is in his will that we have a model to reshape our own authority in life.
Where does this authority come from? Who gave it to our fathers and their fathers and their fathers before them throughout history? Did it just come of its own? Did it just evolve into itself without the help of anyone or anything? Or were we given the authority from our Father on high and passed it down from generation to generation?
Fathers are protectors. Fathers are providers. They are the rule makers to the young and the givers of love and comfort to the children who do not know for themselves. Fathers come with mothers and together they make the home in which we grow and develop. They form us from the womb, give us our character and guidance through life. They are our patterns, our examples in life. We carry the genes of generations of learning passed down to us from our mothers and fathers. They have gone before us, experienced life that we have not, and survived with a knowledge that we can inherit.
Do the Father's will for he was here before us. He knows that which we do not. He teaches that which we have yet to learn. His is the love that filled his heart from the day we came into this world. He knew us in the womb. He rejoiced with our every kick, our every turn, our every move. He is the ultimate love and protection that comes to us, if we accept him. He comes to those who had an earthly father and for those who did not. God is our Father and the authority is with him. Do the Father's will and all will be well.
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 nd 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.
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