This parable can be read and understood at at least two different ways. I choose to speak to how the Word speaks to my heart condition.
"Therefore I tell you that the kingdom of God will be taken away from you and given to a people who will produce its fruit."
Verse 43 sums it up for me. We are tenants in this lifetime and the master has in-trusted a portion of the land for each of us... and according the gifts and gifting we are to produce.
Repeatedly, the landlord sends His message... finally the master sends his own Son. But my heart is hardened... I crucify the Son!
The benevolent landowner know how we feel about him by the way we treat his messengers. How much longer will He tolerate our murderous behavior?
Our days are numbered, and there will be a time for each of us to account for what we have done. Jesus cursed the fig tree that did not have any fruits. In another parable, the Master takes away the portion given to the one who did not make any "profit."
My response is like that of the pharisees... I know He is speaking the truth!
Unlike the pharisees, we can choose to repent and ask the Lord for extra measure of Grace and Mercy... may we be healed of the backsliding and bear much fruit for the Master of our hearts.
Grace to you this day my sisters!
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Thank you, Helen, for your insight. I wonder at times if we are like the Pharisees because we are so stubborn with certain sins that we refuse to lay down and repent for. Then I wonder what would Jesus say and would he abandon us for that particular sin. But then I'm reminded that God is merciful as he is just. If we ask that He give us a repentant heart, He will give it to us. So like you said, unlike the Pharisees, we should pray and ask God to show us mercy and teach us how to repent so that we can bear good fruit for him.
thanks for your reflection, helen. this passage really speaks to the hardness of our hearts. time and again God sends messengers to us and we refuse to believe. the very fact that we rarely see ourselves in the passage is the exact case in point.
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