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For Gladys Raquel Hernández
Blog The Kingdom of God
In this passage God states that he is good and longs provide equal opportunities to all human beings to know and be part of His chosen people (people of God) (1 º Pedro 2:9) Consider the following story:
"For the kingdom of heaven is like a man, a father, who left in the morning to hire laborers for his vineyard. He had agreed with the laborers for a denarius a day, he sent them into his vineyard. Out about the third hour, saw others standing idle in the marketplace, and said to them: Go ye also into my vineyard, and give you whatever is right. And they were. He went out again about the sixth and ninth hours, and did likewise. And about the eleventh hour, and found others standing idle, and saith unto them, Why stand ye here all day idle? He said: Because no one hired us. He told them: Go ye also into the vineyard, and receive what is fair. When evening came, the lord of the vineyard said to his steward, Call the laborers and pay them their wages, beginning from the last unto the first. And to come those who were hired about the eleventh hour each received a denarius. To come too early, they thought they would receive more, and they likewise received each a denarius. And on receiving it they grumbled at the householder, saying, These last have worked only one hour, and hast made them equal to us who have borne the burden and heat of the day. And he answered and said to one of them, 'Friend, I do thee wrong, do not agree with me for a penny? Take what is yours, and go thy way: I give unto this last, as you do. "Shall I not do what I want with mine? Is your eye evil because I am good? Thus, the first shall be last and the first last: for many are called, but some elect. " (Matthew 20:1-16)
What story so interesting that Jesus did, right?. This passage teaches us to deepen and reflect on the personal commitment we have with the Lord throughout our lives, either if we have converted to Christianity in our childhood or adolescence, or in our youth, adulthood and old age. No matter when we have become, God will judge us based on our works from the time of our conversion to Christianity. God clearly promised that has buried our sins in the sea bottom did not remember more of them. We consider the new creatures in Christ Jesus. (2 nd Corinthians 5:17)
Let these quotes from the Bible:
"He will have compassion of us subdue our iniquities, and cast into the depths of the sea all our sins. " (Micah 7:19)
"For will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and I remember no more of their sins and their iniquities. " (Hebrews 8:12)
The "penny" (daily wage of a laborer), in this parable represent eternal life. The laborers who worked all day and complained because they wanted more, people would be converted to whole life or many years down the road of God. The laborers who worked less and were to receive a penny too, would be the people who became perhaps in adulthood and old age. Being a convert to whole life does not necessarily mean better, higher or worthy one become an adult, for example. In turn, a convert in adulthood can do great things for the glory of the Lord, or sometimes fail. In other words, the Lord will evaluate the quality (fidelity, obedience and responsibility) and not the amount of time, sometimes not well used.
For this reason, Jesus said the first shall be last and the last first. We must be careful about the actions, attitudes and deeds we perform. Jesus calls many individuals and pick a few in relation to the amount of people calling, because many individuals find it very difficult to live a Christian life of obedience to the Lord and find it difficult to persevere on the path of faith and follow the Lord every day doing good deeds to please Him, in order to further expand the kingdom of God land.
Let these quotes from the Bible:
"But he who endures to the end shall be saved" . (Matthew 24:13)
"So faith without works is dead, being alone." (James 2:17)
Therefore, we know that we should accompany our faith which is developing day by day with good works (according to the ministry and / or assigned to each individual service) in order to please our good but demanding God, persevering to the end of our lives for eternal salvation. The price of cruel death on the cross of Jesus Christ, who gave his life in atonement for our sins so required!
AMEN!
gladysrah@gmail.com
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What story so interesting that Jesus did, right?. This passage teaches us to deepen and reflect on the personal commitment we have with the Lord throughout our lives, either if we have converted to Christianity in our childhood or adolescence, or in our youth, adulthood and old age. No matter when we have become, God will judge us based on our works from the time of our conversion to Christianity. God clearly promised that has buried our sins in the sea bottom did not remember more of them. We consider the new creatures in Christ Jesus. (2 nd Corinthians 5:17)
Let these quotes from the Bible:
"He will have compassion of us subdue our iniquities, and cast into the depths of the sea all our sins. " (Micah 7:19)
"For will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and I remember no more of their sins and their iniquities. " (Hebrews 8:12)
The "penny" (daily wage of a laborer), in this parable represent eternal life. The laborers who worked all day and complained because they wanted more, people would be converted to whole life or many years down the road of God. The laborers who worked less and were to receive a penny too, would be the people who became perhaps in adulthood and old age. Being a convert to whole life does not necessarily mean better, higher or worthy one become an adult, for example. In turn, a convert in adulthood can do great things for the glory of the Lord, or sometimes fail. In other words, the Lord will evaluate the quality (fidelity, obedience and responsibility) and not the amount of time, sometimes not well used.
For this reason, Jesus said the first shall be last and the last first. We must be careful about the actions, attitudes and deeds we perform. Jesus calls many individuals and pick a few in relation to the amount of people calling, because many individuals find it very difficult to live a Christian life of obedience to the Lord and find it difficult to persevere on the path of faith and follow the Lord every day doing good deeds to please Him, in order to further expand the kingdom of God land.
Let these quotes from the Bible:
"But he who endures to the end shall be saved" . (Matthew 24:13)
"So faith without works is dead, being alone." (James 2:17)
Therefore, we know that we should accompany our faith which is developing day by day with good works (according to the ministry and / or assigned to each individual service) in order to please our good but demanding God, persevering to the end of our lives for eternal salvation. The price of cruel death on the cross of Jesus Christ, who gave his life in atonement for our sins so required!
AMEN!
gladysrah@gmail.com
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