WEBVTT 00:00:00.660 --> 00:00:07.100 Okay, if you would open up your Bibles to Mark chapter 12. 00:00:09.380 --> 00:00:12.679 It's on page 1008 of your Pew Bible. 00:00:22.539 --> 00:00:26.400 And I'm going to read this passage for us. 00:00:26.399 --> 00:00:30.519 So this is Mark chapter 12, 1 through 12. 00:00:32.179 --> 00:00:37.479 And he, Jesus, began to speak to them in parables. 00:00:39.039 --> 00:00:39.560 Quote, 00:00:40.679 --> 00:00:46.119 A man planted a vineyard and put a fence around it and dug a pit for the winepress 00:00:46.119 --> 00:00:49.879 and built a tower and leased it to tenants and went into another country. 00:00:50.799 --> 00:00:54.759 When the season came, he sent a servant to the tenants to get from them 00:00:54.759 --> 00:00:56.359 some of the fruit of the vineyard. 00:00:56.399 --> 00:01:00.600 And they took him and beat him and sent him away empty-handed. 00:01:01.759 --> 00:01:03.500 Again, he sent to them another servant, 00:01:03.679 --> 00:01:06.000 and they struck him on the head and treated him shamefully. 00:01:06.579 --> 00:01:09.379 And he sent another, and him they killed. 00:01:10.219 --> 00:01:13.000 And so with many others, some they beat and some they killed, 00:01:14.299 --> 00:01:17.980 he had still one other, a beloved son. 00:01:17.980 --> 00:01:22.400 Finally, he sent him to them saying, 00:01:23.040 --> 00:01:24.859 they will respect my son. 00:01:26.079 --> 00:01:28.140 But those tenants said to one another, 00:01:28.540 --> 00:01:30.880 this is the heir, come let us kill him, 00:01:31.659 --> 00:01:33.620 and the inheritance will be ours. 00:01:34.760 --> 00:01:37.859 And they took him and killed him and threw him out of the vineyard. 00:01:37.859 --> 00:01:40.879 What will the owner of the vineyard do? 00:01:42.060 --> 00:01:45.680 He will come and destroy the tenants and give the vineyard to others. 00:01:45.959 --> 00:01:47.579 Have you not read this scripture? 00:01:48.780 --> 00:01:52.140 The stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone. 00:01:52.140 --> 00:01:57.760 This was the Lord's doing, and it is marvelous in our eyes. 00:01:59.099 --> 00:02:01.659 And they were seeking to arrest him, but feared the people, 00:02:01.780 --> 00:02:05.400 for they perceived that he had told the parable against them. 00:02:06.200 --> 00:02:09.259 So they left him and went away. 00:02:09.840 --> 00:02:12.539 May God bless the hearing of his word. 00:02:12.539 --> 00:02:17.000 Are you familiar with the fable of the tortoise and the hare? 00:02:18.739 --> 00:02:20.680 It is a great little story, 00:02:20.840 --> 00:02:25.319 and it teaches that slow and steady is better in the long run 00:02:25.319 --> 00:02:27.459 than fast and sporadic. 00:02:28.239 --> 00:02:32.039 We're familiar with stories that teach lessons. 00:02:33.120 --> 00:02:35.199 And that's exactly what a parable is. 00:02:35.319 --> 00:02:39.259 It's a made-up story that teaches a lesson. 00:02:39.680 --> 00:02:41.759 The difference between a parable and a fable 00:02:41.759 --> 00:02:45.979 is a fable usually uses, like, animals as its main characters, 00:02:46.519 --> 00:02:50.659 but a parable usually uses people as their main characters. 00:02:51.659 --> 00:02:56.359 And Jesus was the parable speaker extraordinaire. 00:02:56.579 --> 00:02:58.919 He is well known for his parables. 00:02:59.019 --> 00:02:59.899 Maybe you remember this one. 00:03:00.180 --> 00:03:02.439 The parable of the treasure hidden in the field. 00:03:02.560 --> 00:03:03.719 It's Matthew 13, 44. 00:03:03.939 --> 00:03:05.500 There's a guy that goes out in the field, 00:03:05.659 --> 00:03:07.219 and he's digging in the field, 00:03:07.219 --> 00:03:09.079 and ding, ding, ding, he hits something, 00:03:09.219 --> 00:03:10.479 and he finds treasure. 00:03:10.479 --> 00:03:12.579 And then Jesus is very clear. 00:03:13.280 --> 00:03:16.299 In his joy, he goes and sells all that he has 00:03:16.299 --> 00:03:20.500 in order to make that parcel of land and treasure his own. 00:03:21.459 --> 00:03:24.679 It's a parable of the kingdom of God about finding salvation. 00:03:25.639 --> 00:03:27.159 Maybe you're familiar with Luke 10, 00:03:27.259 --> 00:03:28.699 the parable of the Good Samaritan. 00:03:29.479 --> 00:03:31.919 It teaches us what a neighbor is, really. 00:03:31.919 --> 00:03:35.859 Maybe you've heard Luke 15, 00:03:36.219 --> 00:03:37.839 the parable of the prodigal son. 00:03:38.000 --> 00:03:39.919 There's a reference to it in one of the songs we sang. 00:03:40.339 --> 00:03:42.159 I mean, we're all prodigals, right? 00:03:43.019 --> 00:03:45.679 And our great God is a father who's waiting 00:03:45.679 --> 00:03:47.359 and then runs to us. 00:03:48.959 --> 00:03:51.699 The parable of the soils in Mark chapter 4, 00:03:52.239 --> 00:03:55.799 where this sower sows the seed, 00:03:55.800 --> 00:03:58.020 and it's the word of the kingdom. 00:03:58.520 --> 00:04:01.080 And it falls upon four different kinds of soils. 00:04:02.160 --> 00:04:05.620 Three having like no response, no fruit, 00:04:06.640 --> 00:04:08.880 and the fourth being incredibly fruitful. 00:04:10.820 --> 00:04:13.620 Jesus was the consummate parable teller. 00:04:14.760 --> 00:04:17.519 He used parables to teach people 00:04:17.519 --> 00:04:20.780 about God and humanity and salvation, 00:04:21.040 --> 00:04:21.879 the kingdom of God. 00:04:21.879 --> 00:04:24.839 So the parable of the tenants 00:04:24.839 --> 00:04:27.719 is a parable made up by Jesus 00:04:27.719 --> 00:04:30.139 to teach a lesson. 00:04:32.719 --> 00:04:34.980 One of the things about reading our Bibles 00:04:34.980 --> 00:04:39.199 is that sometimes we get bored reading our Bibles. 00:04:40.899 --> 00:04:43.459 And one of the solutions to Bible reading boredom 00:04:43.459 --> 00:04:46.899 is asking a lot of questions, to be curious. 00:04:48.180 --> 00:04:50.000 So let's ask some questions this morning 00:04:50.000 --> 00:04:51.100 of the parable of the tenants. 00:04:51.879 --> 00:04:53.079 We're going to ask, 00:04:53.680 --> 00:04:55.399 when did Jesus speak this parable? 00:04:55.959 --> 00:04:56.699 It matters. 00:04:57.920 --> 00:05:00.120 Where did Jesus speak this parable? 00:05:00.980 --> 00:05:02.060 You're going to be surprised. 00:05:03.360 --> 00:05:05.959 Who did Jesus speak this parable to? 00:05:06.579 --> 00:05:08.899 And you're going to find out that it was aimed. 00:05:10.899 --> 00:05:13.100 And one of the questions maybe you're asking right now 00:05:13.100 --> 00:05:15.000 is like, what was this parable all about? 00:05:15.120 --> 00:05:16.219 What represents what? 00:05:16.959 --> 00:05:18.319 We'll get into the weeds of that. 00:05:19.620 --> 00:05:21.480 Why did Jesus speak this parable? 00:05:22.240 --> 00:05:23.240 What's he going after? 00:05:24.519 --> 00:05:25.839 But there's one other question 00:05:25.839 --> 00:05:27.219 that we're going to close on. 00:05:28.159 --> 00:05:30.319 That's one of the most important questions 00:05:30.319 --> 00:05:31.300 we must answer. 00:05:32.560 --> 00:05:35.939 How do we respond to this parable today? 00:05:35.939 --> 00:05:40.180 What we're going to see in the parable of the tenants 00:05:40.180 --> 00:05:42.459 is actually good news. 00:05:43.259 --> 00:05:44.899 This is a gospel parable. 00:05:46.199 --> 00:05:51.139 A beloved son is killed for a vineyard. 00:05:51.139 --> 00:05:55.120 And it's marvelous in our eyes. 00:05:57.099 --> 00:05:58.819 So let's hit question number one. 00:05:59.300 --> 00:06:01.339 When did Jesus speak this parable? 00:06:01.439 --> 00:06:03.219 And you might be familiar enough 00:06:03.219 --> 00:06:03.979 with the life of Jesus 00:06:03.979 --> 00:06:04.860 to be able to say, 00:06:05.000 --> 00:06:07.599 well, probably March, April 33 AD. 00:06:07.919 --> 00:06:08.919 Okay, let's move on. 00:06:09.439 --> 00:06:10.620 Well, true. 00:06:11.199 --> 00:06:12.879 But the question I'm asking is more, 00:06:13.120 --> 00:06:14.899 when in the gospel of Mark 00:06:14.899 --> 00:06:17.479 did Jesus speak this parable? 00:06:17.480 --> 00:06:20.600 Well, it is towards the end. 00:06:22.140 --> 00:06:22.660 True. 00:06:23.840 --> 00:06:26.660 There's a word in the gospel of Mark 00:06:26.660 --> 00:06:29.920 that gets repeated 41 times. 00:06:29.920 --> 00:06:32.439 It's the word immediately. 00:06:34.060 --> 00:06:35.960 In terms of the New Testament, 00:06:37.600 --> 00:06:40.860 immediately shows up 51 times, 00:06:40.960 --> 00:06:41.560 including Mark. 00:06:41.640 --> 00:06:43.680 So this is the 80% use 00:06:43.680 --> 00:06:45.759 of the word immediately 00:06:45.759 --> 00:06:47.040 is in the gospel of Mark. 00:06:49.980 --> 00:06:51.759 And it's not distributed evenly 00:06:51.759 --> 00:06:53.400 in the gospel of Mark. 00:06:54.580 --> 00:06:57.200 The first half of the gospel of Mark, 00:06:57.340 --> 00:06:59.900 the word immediately shows up 30 times. 00:07:00.460 --> 00:07:01.000 Do you know what that means? 00:07:02.120 --> 00:07:03.100 When you're reading through 00:07:03.100 --> 00:07:04.040 the gospel of Mark, 00:07:04.160 --> 00:07:05.580 you're feeling like you're just being 00:07:05.580 --> 00:07:06.980 kind of like moved along 00:07:06.980 --> 00:07:09.020 from one thing to the next. 00:07:09.580 --> 00:07:10.939 And then in chapter 8, 00:07:11.720 --> 00:07:15.060 immediately stops showing up 00:07:15.060 --> 00:07:15.680 as frequently. 00:07:17.060 --> 00:07:19.740 In fact, in chapters 8 through 11, 00:07:19.840 --> 00:07:20.939 it shows up five times. 00:07:21.120 --> 00:07:23.139 In chapters 12 through 16, 00:07:23.259 --> 00:07:24.560 it shows up six times. 00:07:25.180 --> 00:07:26.100 Interestingly enough, 00:07:26.100 --> 00:07:28.480 it shows up less 00:07:28.480 --> 00:07:31.000 when Jesus starts talking about 00:07:31.000 --> 00:07:33.040 in Mark chapter 8, 00:07:34.319 --> 00:07:35.800 that the Son of Man must suffer, 00:07:36.700 --> 00:07:37.640 be rejected, 00:07:38.480 --> 00:07:39.920 be killed, and be raised. 00:07:41.020 --> 00:07:43.180 And the effect of that is this. 00:07:43.780 --> 00:07:44.640 As you're reading through 00:07:44.640 --> 00:07:45.700 the gospel of Mark, 00:07:46.200 --> 00:07:47.700 even though you may not realize it, 00:07:47.980 --> 00:07:51.020 you sense the story slowing down. 00:07:51.019 --> 00:07:54.019 And as the story slows down, 00:07:54.159 --> 00:07:56.279 it actually is designed to 00:07:56.279 --> 00:07:58.060 start to emphasize 00:07:58.060 --> 00:07:59.139 what you're reading. 00:08:01.759 --> 00:08:04.419 And that's where this parable falls. 00:08:05.379 --> 00:08:06.000 Chapter 12. 00:08:07.539 --> 00:08:10.699 This is a climactic parable. 00:08:12.139 --> 00:08:14.259 It's accumulative, 00:08:14.759 --> 00:08:15.539 cumulating. 00:08:15.540 --> 00:08:18.140 This is going to be 00:08:18.140 --> 00:08:19.400 a confrontational parable. 00:08:21.100 --> 00:08:22.319 So when did Jesus speak 00:08:22.319 --> 00:08:22.879 this parable? 00:08:23.280 --> 00:08:24.700 Well, towards the end of his life, 00:08:24.800 --> 00:08:25.819 he will see where 00:08:25.819 --> 00:08:26.540 in just a second. 00:08:27.939 --> 00:08:28.960 But it's significant. 00:08:30.620 --> 00:08:32.120 Where did Jesus speak the parable? 00:08:32.560 --> 00:08:33.180 Well, you'll notice 00:08:33.180 --> 00:08:34.360 chapter 12, 00:08:34.420 --> 00:08:35.139 1 through 12, 00:08:35.259 --> 00:08:36.000 1 through 12, 00:08:36.100 --> 00:08:37.580 it's like there's no explicit reference 00:08:37.580 --> 00:08:38.480 to where Jesus is 00:08:38.480 --> 00:08:39.259 speaking this parable. 00:08:39.580 --> 00:08:40.420 So what does that mean? 00:08:40.419 --> 00:08:42.899 You need to be a sleuth of sorts, 00:08:43.459 --> 00:08:46.019 a contextual sleuth. 00:08:46.120 --> 00:08:46.979 And so you start looking 00:08:46.979 --> 00:08:49.019 for passages before and after 00:08:49.019 --> 00:08:50.179 that may give hints 00:08:50.179 --> 00:08:51.839 of where this is taking place. 00:08:52.500 --> 00:08:53.539 And if you look up 00:08:53.539 --> 00:08:55.519 into chapter 11, verse 27, 00:08:56.339 --> 00:08:57.439 you're given a huge clue 00:08:57.439 --> 00:08:58.279 of where this is happening. 00:08:59.240 --> 00:08:59.939 First is this, 00:09:00.039 --> 00:09:00.819 and they came again 00:09:00.819 --> 00:09:01.539 into Jerusalem. 00:09:02.079 --> 00:09:03.139 It's they as Jesus 00:09:03.139 --> 00:09:03.919 and his disciples. 00:09:04.120 --> 00:09:04.980 They're going in and out 00:09:04.980 --> 00:09:05.559 of Jerusalem. 00:09:06.419 --> 00:09:07.939 And they've come back in. 00:09:08.059 --> 00:09:09.019 And then we read, 00:09:09.019 --> 00:09:10.199 and as he was walking 00:09:10.199 --> 00:09:10.860 in the temple, 00:09:12.419 --> 00:09:13.759 the chief priests, 00:09:14.799 --> 00:09:15.480 scribes, and elders 00:09:15.480 --> 00:09:16.799 come up and say something to him. 00:09:17.059 --> 00:09:18.600 So not only in Jerusalem, 00:09:18.799 --> 00:09:21.539 which is kind of the center 00:09:21.539 --> 00:09:22.539 of Israel, 00:09:23.659 --> 00:09:25.919 he's in the temple. 00:09:26.740 --> 00:09:27.960 So he's going to speak 00:09:27.960 --> 00:09:30.319 this parable in the temple 00:09:30.319 --> 00:09:31.840 in Jerusalem. 00:09:32.259 --> 00:09:33.120 Now here's what you need 00:09:33.120 --> 00:09:33.500 to understand. 00:09:33.579 --> 00:09:34.439 There's actually something 00:09:34.439 --> 00:09:35.980 more significant going on here. 00:09:36.159 --> 00:09:37.879 If you would flip your Bible 00:09:37.879 --> 00:09:39.980 over to chapter 11, 00:09:40.059 --> 00:09:41.039 verse 15, 00:09:42.120 --> 00:09:43.360 something else has happened 00:09:43.360 --> 00:09:44.419 here. 00:09:46.740 --> 00:09:48.279 And Jesus and his disciples 00:09:48.279 --> 00:09:49.159 came to Jerusalem, 00:09:49.480 --> 00:09:50.620 and he entered the temple 00:09:50.620 --> 00:09:51.939 and began to drive out 00:09:51.939 --> 00:09:52.840 those who sold 00:09:52.840 --> 00:09:54.159 and those who bought 00:09:54.159 --> 00:09:54.779 in the temple. 00:09:55.039 --> 00:09:55.980 And he overturned 00:09:55.980 --> 00:09:57.620 the tables of the money changers 00:09:57.620 --> 00:09:58.840 and the seats of those 00:09:58.840 --> 00:09:59.639 who sold pigeons. 00:10:00.019 --> 00:10:01.039 And he would not allow 00:10:01.039 --> 00:10:02.440 anyone to carry anything 00:10:02.440 --> 00:10:03.240 through the temple. 00:10:04.940 --> 00:10:05.259 You see, 00:10:05.259 --> 00:10:06.480 what happened the day 00:10:06.480 --> 00:10:07.840 before he speaks this parable 00:10:07.840 --> 00:10:09.340 is he cleanses the temple. 00:10:11.319 --> 00:10:12.480 Remember when he comes in 00:10:12.480 --> 00:10:13.220 in chapter 1, 00:10:13.240 --> 00:10:14.000 1 through 11, 00:10:14.399 --> 00:10:15.960 and he comes in on a colt. 00:10:16.080 --> 00:10:16.700 In verse 11, 00:10:16.799 --> 00:10:18.240 he goes right into the temple. 00:10:18.419 --> 00:10:19.220 He's there late. 00:10:19.480 --> 00:10:20.299 He looks around 00:10:20.299 --> 00:10:21.639 and he leaves without a word. 00:10:21.799 --> 00:10:22.299 Do you know why 00:10:22.299 --> 00:10:23.340 he leaves without a word? 00:10:23.899 --> 00:10:24.740 Because he sees 00:10:24.740 --> 00:10:25.419 what's going on 00:10:25.419 --> 00:10:25.840 in the temple. 00:10:25.840 --> 00:10:29.800 He sees 00:10:29.800 --> 00:10:32.360 that the place 00:10:32.360 --> 00:10:33.460 of God's dwelling 00:10:33.460 --> 00:10:34.540 has been made 00:10:34.540 --> 00:10:36.259 into a den of robbers. 00:10:39.540 --> 00:10:40.820 Look at verse 17. 00:10:41.920 --> 00:10:42.820 And he was teaching them 00:10:42.820 --> 00:10:43.560 and saying to them, 00:10:43.680 --> 00:10:44.780 again, this is in the temple. 00:10:46.120 --> 00:10:46.700 Is it not written, 00:10:46.920 --> 00:10:47.899 my house shall be called 00:10:47.899 --> 00:10:48.540 a house of prayer 00:10:48.540 --> 00:10:49.399 for all the nations, 00:10:49.540 --> 00:10:51.180 but you have made it 00:10:51.180 --> 00:10:52.400 a den of robbers. 00:10:52.900 --> 00:10:53.340 Amen. 00:10:55.840 --> 00:10:59.980 The temple had been defiled. 00:11:01.600 --> 00:11:02.920 It's being used for things 00:11:02.920 --> 00:11:04.200 that it was never intended for. 00:11:05.120 --> 00:11:05.620 In fact, 00:11:05.800 --> 00:11:07.120 if you take a step back 00:11:07.120 --> 00:11:07.879 and you're familiar 00:11:07.879 --> 00:11:09.139 with the history of Israel, 00:11:09.759 --> 00:11:10.879 the people of Israel 00:11:10.879 --> 00:11:11.899 were to be a light 00:11:11.899 --> 00:11:12.940 to the nations. 00:11:14.100 --> 00:11:15.759 All the nations of the world 00:11:15.759 --> 00:11:17.460 were to learn about 00:11:17.460 --> 00:11:18.899 the God of Israel 00:11:18.899 --> 00:11:20.780 and come to worship Him. 00:11:21.240 --> 00:11:22.160 And so when God says, 00:11:22.360 --> 00:11:23.240 my house is a house 00:11:23.240 --> 00:11:24.060 of the nations, 00:11:24.059 --> 00:11:25.939 God has always intended 00:11:25.939 --> 00:11:26.979 the nations to come 00:11:26.979 --> 00:11:27.959 and worship Him 00:11:27.959 --> 00:11:29.399 as the one true God. 00:11:29.859 --> 00:11:31.719 But they were using it 00:11:31.719 --> 00:11:32.479 for something else. 00:11:34.500 --> 00:11:36.339 Money-making venture. 00:11:39.299 --> 00:11:40.159 Defiled it. 00:11:41.039 --> 00:11:41.579 Greed. 00:11:41.580 --> 00:11:44.120 But the thing you need 00:11:44.120 --> 00:11:45.040 to understand is that 00:11:45.040 --> 00:11:48.879 in order for these businesses 00:11:48.879 --> 00:11:50.560 to be taking place 00:11:50.560 --> 00:11:51.600 in the temple, 00:11:52.600 --> 00:11:55.180 someone had to have approved it. 00:11:56.440 --> 00:11:57.759 It had to have been okayed. 00:11:59.420 --> 00:12:01.440 So we've seen who or when, 00:12:01.639 --> 00:12:02.540 we've seen where, 00:12:03.020 --> 00:12:04.280 and now let's talk about 00:12:04.280 --> 00:12:06.100 who Jesus is speaking 00:12:06.100 --> 00:12:07.560 this parable to. 00:12:07.559 --> 00:12:11.000 Jesus has just cleansed 00:12:11.000 --> 00:12:11.879 the temple, 00:12:12.059 --> 00:12:12.419 and again, 00:12:12.619 --> 00:12:13.500 we're not talking 00:12:13.500 --> 00:12:14.819 broom and dustpan, 00:12:15.079 --> 00:12:16.299 Windex and mop. 00:12:16.739 --> 00:12:17.919 What He's doing is 00:12:17.919 --> 00:12:19.079 He's getting rid 00:12:19.079 --> 00:12:20.659 of the greedy filth 00:12:20.659 --> 00:12:21.439 in the temple 00:12:21.439 --> 00:12:22.979 for using it 00:12:22.979 --> 00:12:23.419 for something 00:12:23.419 --> 00:12:24.119 it was never meant 00:12:24.119 --> 00:12:24.839 to be used for. 00:12:27.819 --> 00:12:28.899 And what happens 00:12:28.899 --> 00:12:31.399 in verse 18 00:12:31.399 --> 00:12:32.579 is that 00:12:32.579 --> 00:12:34.259 after He cleanses 00:12:34.259 --> 00:12:34.759 the temple, 00:12:34.879 --> 00:12:35.519 the chief priests, 00:12:35.619 --> 00:12:36.239 the scribes, 00:12:36.240 --> 00:12:37.779 they heard about it, 00:12:38.060 --> 00:12:39.060 and they were seeking 00:12:39.060 --> 00:12:40.980 a way to destroy Him. 00:12:44.340 --> 00:12:45.580 Now who does Jesus 00:12:45.580 --> 00:12:47.060 speak this parable to? 00:12:48.480 --> 00:12:49.659 Chapter 12, verse 1, 00:12:49.940 --> 00:12:51.039 and He began to speak 00:12:51.039 --> 00:12:53.060 to them in parables. 00:12:53.180 --> 00:12:54.100 Well, who is that? 00:12:54.700 --> 00:12:55.620 It's the same people 00:12:55.620 --> 00:12:56.360 in verse 10. 00:12:56.620 --> 00:12:57.740 Have you not read 00:12:57.740 --> 00:12:58.320 the Scripture? 00:12:59.779 --> 00:13:01.039 It's the same people 00:13:01.039 --> 00:13:03.060 in verse 27 and 28 00:13:03.060 --> 00:13:03.899 of chapter 11. 00:13:04.080 --> 00:13:05.220 The scribes 00:13:05.220 --> 00:13:06.080 and the chief priests 00:13:06.080 --> 00:13:06.600 and the elders, 00:13:06.720 --> 00:13:07.500 they had just come up 00:13:07.500 --> 00:13:08.060 to Him and said, 00:13:08.440 --> 00:13:09.400 by what authority 00:13:09.400 --> 00:13:11.300 are you doing this? 00:13:11.860 --> 00:13:13.259 Who gives you the right 00:13:13.259 --> 00:13:14.639 to cleanse the temple? 00:13:15.580 --> 00:13:17.280 To mess up our operations? 00:13:21.900 --> 00:13:23.700 Jesus is speaking 00:13:23.700 --> 00:13:25.160 the parable of the tenants 00:13:25.160 --> 00:13:28.800 to the Jewish leadership. 00:13:30.180 --> 00:13:31.440 The Sanhedrin. 00:13:31.440 --> 00:13:36.420 the leaders of Israel, 00:13:36.420 --> 00:13:36.440 the leaders of Israel, 00:13:36.720 --> 00:13:37.500 its shepherds, 00:13:38.660 --> 00:13:40.000 they okayed 00:13:40.000 --> 00:13:43.260 the temple to be used 00:13:43.260 --> 00:13:45.920 for greedy purposes. 00:13:46.920 --> 00:13:48.560 We're not told explicitly 00:13:48.560 --> 00:13:49.820 they were getting kickbacks, 00:13:50.480 --> 00:13:51.820 but it's not hard to imagine. 00:13:51.820 --> 00:13:56.240 God wants the nations 00:13:56.240 --> 00:13:58.100 coming to worship Him, 00:13:58.980 --> 00:14:00.000 but the Sanhedrin 00:14:00.000 --> 00:14:00.680 has seemed 00:14:00.680 --> 00:14:01.560 to have made 00:14:01.560 --> 00:14:02.700 the temple complex 00:14:02.700 --> 00:14:04.800 more into a lucrative 00:14:04.800 --> 00:14:05.800 business venture. 00:14:08.640 --> 00:14:09.700 So the parable 00:14:09.700 --> 00:14:10.460 of the tenants, 00:14:11.400 --> 00:14:12.600 Jesus is speaking 00:14:12.600 --> 00:14:14.840 to a select group 00:14:14.840 --> 00:14:15.440 of people. 00:14:15.440 --> 00:14:18.140 It's aimed. 00:14:21.140 --> 00:14:22.340 It's got judgment. 00:14:26.200 --> 00:14:27.440 And the Sanhedrin, 00:14:27.540 --> 00:14:28.980 you can see in verse 12, 00:14:30.320 --> 00:14:31.560 they knew it. 00:14:34.440 --> 00:14:35.400 And they were seeking 00:14:35.400 --> 00:14:36.020 to arrest Him, 00:14:36.060 --> 00:14:36.800 but feared the people, 00:14:36.960 --> 00:14:37.460 for they, 00:14:37.900 --> 00:14:38.740 the chief priests, 00:14:38.980 --> 00:14:39.380 scribes, 00:14:39.420 --> 00:14:39.900 and elders, 00:14:40.760 --> 00:14:41.700 perceived that He 00:14:41.700 --> 00:14:43.120 had told the parable 00:14:43.120 --> 00:14:44.940 against them. 00:14:45.440 --> 00:14:48.080 So, 00:14:48.360 --> 00:14:50.080 this was not good news 00:14:50.080 --> 00:14:51.020 to the Sanhedrin, 00:14:51.200 --> 00:14:52.180 but what we're going to see, 00:14:52.600 --> 00:14:53.860 this is actually marvelous 00:14:53.860 --> 00:14:54.700 in our sight. 00:14:58.180 --> 00:14:59.360 So we've seen the when, 00:14:59.460 --> 00:15:00.120 we've seen the where, 00:15:00.220 --> 00:15:01.000 we've seen the who. 00:15:02.440 --> 00:15:03.540 Now let's talk about 00:15:03.540 --> 00:15:05.480 what is this parable about? 00:15:08.480 --> 00:15:08.920 Well, 00:15:08.960 --> 00:15:10.160 on the most basic level, 00:15:11.340 --> 00:15:12.880 the parable is about 00:15:12.880 --> 00:15:14.760 a property dispute. 00:15:15.440 --> 00:15:17.620 between a vineyard owner 00:15:17.620 --> 00:15:18.700 and tenant farmers 00:15:18.700 --> 00:15:20.000 over a vineyard. 00:15:20.160 --> 00:15:21.700 The conflict is over 00:15:21.700 --> 00:15:23.220 who the vineyard belongs to 00:15:23.220 --> 00:15:24.540 and who has rights 00:15:24.540 --> 00:15:25.440 to the fruit. 00:15:26.620 --> 00:15:26.860 That's, 00:15:27.040 --> 00:15:28.260 on the basic level, 00:15:28.400 --> 00:15:28.940 surface level, 00:15:29.000 --> 00:15:29.880 that's what this is about. 00:15:30.520 --> 00:15:32.100 And Jesus has made this up. 00:15:32.860 --> 00:15:34.020 He's absolutely brilliant. 00:15:35.140 --> 00:15:36.380 So let's walk through it. 00:15:37.400 --> 00:15:38.020 Verse 1, 00:15:38.100 --> 00:15:38.680 there's this guy 00:15:38.680 --> 00:15:39.220 who develops 00:15:39.220 --> 00:15:40.480 a bunch of land 00:15:40.480 --> 00:15:41.340 into a vineyard 00:15:41.340 --> 00:15:43.040 to grow grape vines. 00:15:43.600 --> 00:15:45.080 He puts a wine press 00:15:45.080 --> 00:15:46.139 in the middle of it. 00:15:46.220 --> 00:15:47.220 That's in order 00:15:47.220 --> 00:15:48.600 to produce wine. 00:15:49.440 --> 00:15:50.460 And so he has kind of 00:15:50.460 --> 00:15:51.720 made a turnkey business 00:15:51.720 --> 00:15:53.240 opportunity for someone. 00:15:54.080 --> 00:15:55.399 And he leases the vineyard 00:15:55.399 --> 00:15:56.920 to some tenant vineyard farmers. 00:15:57.019 --> 00:15:57.519 These are people 00:15:57.519 --> 00:15:58.540 who don't own a vineyard, 00:15:58.879 --> 00:16:00.759 but kind of lease it 00:16:00.759 --> 00:16:01.620 to use it 00:16:01.620 --> 00:16:02.420 to make money. 00:16:02.419 --> 00:16:04.819 And there are to be 00:16:04.819 --> 00:16:05.579 caretakers 00:16:05.579 --> 00:16:06.559 to produce 00:16:06.559 --> 00:16:08.059 a grape harvest 00:16:08.059 --> 00:16:09.039 in wine. 00:16:10.879 --> 00:16:11.620 So that's where 00:16:11.620 --> 00:16:12.379 Jesus starts. 00:16:14.740 --> 00:16:15.740 In verse 2, 00:16:16.240 --> 00:16:17.319 we get a hint 00:16:17.319 --> 00:16:18.039 of the agreement. 00:16:18.259 --> 00:16:19.179 When the season comes, 00:16:19.240 --> 00:16:20.179 the harvest season comes, 00:16:20.479 --> 00:16:21.139 he sends a servant 00:16:21.139 --> 00:16:21.699 to the tenants 00:16:21.699 --> 00:16:22.459 to get from them 00:16:22.459 --> 00:16:23.139 some of the fruit 00:16:23.139 --> 00:16:23.819 of the vineyard. 00:16:23.899 --> 00:16:25.039 So the agreement 00:16:25.039 --> 00:16:27.500 between the vineyard owner 00:16:27.500 --> 00:16:29.639 and the tenant farmers 00:16:29.639 --> 00:16:30.799 would be, 00:16:31.120 --> 00:16:31.259 hey, 00:16:31.259 --> 00:16:32.620 when the harvest comes, 00:16:33.100 --> 00:16:33.879 you give him, 00:16:34.159 --> 00:16:35.000 the vineyard owner, 00:16:36.000 --> 00:16:38.019 a portion of the harvest 00:16:38.019 --> 00:16:39.419 as payment 00:16:39.419 --> 00:16:40.799 for the use 00:16:40.799 --> 00:16:41.399 of the vineyard. 00:16:43.080 --> 00:16:44.139 Because the vineyard 00:16:44.139 --> 00:16:46.259 belongs to the vineyard owner. 00:16:48.620 --> 00:16:49.720 Okay, so let's 00:16:49.720 --> 00:16:51.960 check out the cast 00:16:51.960 --> 00:16:53.319 of character so far 00:16:53.319 --> 00:16:54.580 in this parable. 00:16:54.720 --> 00:16:55.879 It's an elaborate parable. 00:16:56.980 --> 00:16:58.200 We have the vineyard owner. 00:16:58.379 --> 00:16:58.600 Do you know 00:16:58.600 --> 00:16:59.319 who that represents? 00:17:00.200 --> 00:17:01.139 God the Father. 00:17:02.240 --> 00:17:04.379 We have the bad guys. 00:17:05.039 --> 00:17:05.940 The tenant farmers. 00:17:06.359 --> 00:17:06.599 Do you know 00:17:06.599 --> 00:17:07.319 who they represent? 00:17:08.819 --> 00:17:09.940 The scribes, 00:17:10.079 --> 00:17:11.000 chief priests, 00:17:11.259 --> 00:17:11.920 and elders. 00:17:13.619 --> 00:17:14.440 And then there's 00:17:14.440 --> 00:17:16.480 the vineyard itself. 00:17:17.480 --> 00:17:17.740 Do you know 00:17:17.740 --> 00:17:18.599 what the vineyard represents? 00:17:19.740 --> 00:17:20.640 If you were to go 00:17:20.640 --> 00:17:21.099 in your Bible 00:17:21.099 --> 00:17:22.480 to Isaiah chapter 5, 00:17:22.700 --> 00:17:23.579 1 through 7, 00:17:23.579 --> 00:17:25.299 you will see 00:17:25.299 --> 00:17:26.960 Isaiah speaking 00:17:26.960 --> 00:17:28.099 a passage 00:17:28.099 --> 00:17:29.419 about Israel 00:17:29.419 --> 00:17:30.939 that uses 00:17:30.939 --> 00:17:33.079 a lot of the same language. 00:17:35.240 --> 00:17:36.139 God's people. 00:17:37.099 --> 00:17:38.139 That's the vineyard. 00:17:40.039 --> 00:17:41.699 And so the cast so far 00:17:41.699 --> 00:17:42.199 is 00:17:42.199 --> 00:17:43.619 a vineyard owner, 00:17:43.779 --> 00:17:44.439 God the Father, 00:17:44.679 --> 00:17:45.159 the vineyard, 00:17:45.259 --> 00:17:45.919 God's people, 00:17:46.139 --> 00:17:47.460 and the tenant farmers 00:17:47.460 --> 00:17:48.240 who were 00:17:48.240 --> 00:17:49.759 the leadership 00:17:49.759 --> 00:17:51.419 of God's people. 00:17:51.420 --> 00:17:53.680 And then in 00:17:53.680 --> 00:17:55.759 verses 3 through 5, 00:17:56.519 --> 00:17:58.820 things start getting tense. 00:18:00.940 --> 00:18:01.620 Jesus 00:18:01.620 --> 00:18:04.720 inserts tension 00:18:04.720 --> 00:18:05.940 into this parable. 00:18:06.400 --> 00:18:06.880 Verse 3, 00:18:06.980 --> 00:18:07.759 the owner sends 00:18:07.759 --> 00:18:08.380 a servant 00:18:08.380 --> 00:18:10.320 to collect 00:18:10.320 --> 00:18:11.779 some of the produce. 00:18:11.980 --> 00:18:12.600 That servant 00:18:12.600 --> 00:18:13.700 gets beat up 00:18:13.700 --> 00:18:14.560 and sent home 00:18:14.560 --> 00:18:15.259 empty-handed. 00:18:15.259 --> 00:18:16.319 no fruit 00:18:16.319 --> 00:18:16.940 for you. 00:18:18.940 --> 00:18:20.299 So the tenant farmers 00:18:20.299 --> 00:18:21.339 are actually denying 00:18:21.339 --> 00:18:22.220 the vineyard owner 00:18:22.220 --> 00:18:23.299 what's due him. 00:18:23.660 --> 00:18:24.099 It appears 00:18:24.099 --> 00:18:24.500 they're beginning 00:18:24.500 --> 00:18:25.039 to think 00:18:25.039 --> 00:18:26.420 that the vineyard 00:18:26.420 --> 00:18:27.420 actually belongs 00:18:27.420 --> 00:18:27.940 to them. 00:18:28.779 --> 00:18:29.359 Verse 4, 00:18:29.519 --> 00:18:30.599 the owner sends 00:18:30.599 --> 00:18:31.660 another servant 00:18:31.660 --> 00:18:33.339 who is humiliated 00:18:33.339 --> 00:18:34.180 and presumably 00:18:34.180 --> 00:18:34.900 sent back 00:18:34.900 --> 00:18:35.519 empty-handed. 00:18:35.700 --> 00:18:36.220 No fruit 00:18:36.220 --> 00:18:36.700 for you. 00:18:37.599 --> 00:18:38.000 Denied. 00:18:38.539 --> 00:18:39.440 Verse 5, 00:18:39.819 --> 00:18:40.799 the vineyard owner 00:18:40.799 --> 00:18:41.319 sends 00:18:41.319 --> 00:18:43.339 another servant 00:18:43.339 --> 00:18:44.379 who's killed. 00:18:44.380 --> 00:18:45.880 And then he sends 00:18:45.880 --> 00:18:47.340 more servants 00:18:47.340 --> 00:18:48.660 who are also 00:18:48.660 --> 00:18:49.180 beaten 00:18:49.180 --> 00:18:50.380 and killed. 00:18:50.880 --> 00:18:51.740 So the cast 00:18:51.740 --> 00:18:53.020 of characters 00:18:53.020 --> 00:18:53.560 expands. 00:18:54.760 --> 00:18:55.320 So, 00:18:55.520 --> 00:18:56.340 who are these servants? 00:18:57.220 --> 00:18:57.720 Anybody want 00:18:57.720 --> 00:18:58.400 to venture a guess? 00:18:59.360 --> 00:19:00.420 The prophets. 00:19:02.500 --> 00:19:03.640 The prophets 00:19:03.640 --> 00:19:04.800 of the Old Testament. 00:19:05.940 --> 00:19:07.020 They're sent 00:19:07.020 --> 00:19:07.820 by God 00:19:07.820 --> 00:19:09.340 to his disobedient 00:19:09.340 --> 00:19:09.780 people, 00:19:09.980 --> 00:19:10.780 to the leaders 00:19:10.780 --> 00:19:11.720 of his disobedient 00:19:11.720 --> 00:19:12.140 people, 00:19:12.260 --> 00:19:13.200 to call them 00:19:13.200 --> 00:19:14.240 again and again 00:19:14.240 --> 00:19:15.180 back to him. 00:19:15.460 --> 00:19:16.480 Back to him. 00:19:16.660 --> 00:19:17.299 What Jesus 00:19:17.299 --> 00:19:18.259 is doing here 00:19:18.259 --> 00:19:19.580 is absolutely 00:19:19.580 --> 00:19:20.319 remarkable. 00:19:21.660 --> 00:19:22.640 He's presenting 00:19:22.640 --> 00:19:23.519 a parabolic 00:19:23.519 --> 00:19:24.819 picture 00:19:24.819 --> 00:19:27.019 of Israel's 00:19:27.019 --> 00:19:27.860 unfaithfulness 00:19:27.860 --> 00:19:29.819 and God's 00:19:29.819 --> 00:19:31.100 faithfulness. 00:19:33.660 --> 00:19:35.580 Jesus is skillfully 00:19:35.580 --> 00:19:36.200 linking 00:19:36.799 --> 00:19:38.680 the Sanhedrin, 00:19:39.880 --> 00:19:40.600 the present 00:19:40.600 --> 00:19:41.420 leaders of Israel, 00:19:41.420 --> 00:19:44.960 to the past 00:19:44.960 --> 00:19:46.200 shepherds 00:19:46.200 --> 00:19:47.240 of Israel. 00:19:50.740 --> 00:19:51.820 There's a passage 00:19:51.820 --> 00:19:52.500 in Jeremiah 00:19:52.500 --> 00:19:54.480 chapter 23. 00:19:54.680 --> 00:19:55.100 I'm going to read 00:19:55.100 --> 00:19:55.580 it for you. 00:19:55.680 --> 00:19:56.920 It's verses 1 00:19:56.920 --> 00:19:57.960 through 6. 00:19:59.160 --> 00:19:59.759 Jeremiah, 00:20:00.000 --> 00:20:00.500 God through 00:20:00.500 --> 00:20:01.000 Jeremiah 00:20:01.000 --> 00:20:01.680 is speaking 00:20:01.680 --> 00:20:03.600 to Israel's 00:20:03.600 --> 00:20:03.960 leadership. 00:20:04.180 --> 00:20:04.480 He's not 00:20:04.480 --> 00:20:05.500 calling them 00:20:05.500 --> 00:20:06.320 tenant farmers 00:20:06.320 --> 00:20:06.539 though. 00:20:06.580 --> 00:20:06.960 He's calling 00:20:06.960 --> 00:20:07.779 them shepherds. 00:20:08.680 --> 00:20:09.240 Hear this. 00:20:09.240 --> 00:20:11.140 Woe to the 00:20:11.140 --> 00:20:11.559 shepherds 00:20:11.559 --> 00:20:12.140 who destroy 00:20:12.140 --> 00:20:12.700 and scatter 00:20:12.700 --> 00:20:13.140 the sheep 00:20:13.140 --> 00:20:13.839 of my pasture, 00:20:13.960 --> 00:20:14.460 declares the 00:20:14.460 --> 00:20:14.660 Lord. 00:20:15.339 --> 00:20:15.640 Therefore, 00:20:15.759 --> 00:20:16.299 thus says the 00:20:16.299 --> 00:20:16.440 Lord, 00:20:16.519 --> 00:20:16.880 the God of 00:20:16.880 --> 00:20:17.140 Israel, 00:20:17.240 --> 00:20:17.920 concerning the 00:20:17.920 --> 00:20:18.339 shepherds 00:20:18.339 --> 00:20:18.839 who care for 00:20:18.839 --> 00:20:19.299 my people, 00:20:19.700 --> 00:20:20.099 you have 00:20:20.099 --> 00:20:20.720 scattered my 00:20:20.720 --> 00:20:21.240 flock and 00:20:21.240 --> 00:20:21.620 have driven 00:20:21.620 --> 00:20:22.039 them away. 00:20:22.160 --> 00:20:22.400 You have 00:20:22.400 --> 00:20:23.099 not attended 00:20:23.099 --> 00:20:23.539 to them. 00:20:24.059 --> 00:20:24.480 Behold, 00:20:24.859 --> 00:20:25.319 I will 00:20:25.319 --> 00:20:25.940 attend to 00:20:25.940 --> 00:20:26.779 you for 00:20:26.779 --> 00:20:27.279 your evil 00:20:27.279 --> 00:20:27.660 deeds, 00:20:27.779 --> 00:20:28.279 declares the 00:20:28.279 --> 00:20:28.480 Lord. 00:20:28.779 --> 00:20:29.339 Then I 00:20:29.339 --> 00:20:29.819 will gather 00:20:29.819 --> 00:20:30.279 the remnant 00:20:30.279 --> 00:20:30.700 of my 00:20:30.700 --> 00:20:31.279 flock out 00:20:31.279 --> 00:20:31.660 of all the 00:20:31.660 --> 00:20:32.240 countries where 00:20:32.240 --> 00:20:32.440 I have 00:20:32.440 --> 00:20:32.920 driven them, 00:20:33.140 --> 00:20:33.460 and I 00:20:33.460 --> 00:20:33.799 will bring 00:20:33.799 --> 00:20:34.259 them back 00:20:34.259 --> 00:20:34.599 to their 00:20:34.599 --> 00:20:34.900 fold, 00:20:35.019 --> 00:20:35.380 and they 00:20:35.380 --> 00:20:35.980 shall be 00:20:35.980 --> 00:20:36.640 fruitful and 00:20:36.640 --> 00:20:37.059 multiply. 00:20:39.240 --> 00:20:40.220 New shepherds 00:20:40.220 --> 00:20:40.859 over them 00:20:40.859 --> 00:20:41.859 who will 00:20:41.859 --> 00:20:42.299 care for 00:20:42.299 --> 00:20:42.559 them, 00:20:42.620 --> 00:20:42.819 and they 00:20:42.819 --> 00:20:43.779 shall fear 00:20:43.779 --> 00:20:44.400 no more, 00:20:44.480 --> 00:20:44.799 nor be 00:20:44.799 --> 00:20:45.359 dismayed, 00:20:45.380 --> 00:20:45.859 neither shall 00:20:45.859 --> 00:20:46.259 any be 00:20:46.259 --> 00:20:46.539 missing, 00:20:46.620 --> 00:20:47.120 declares the 00:20:47.120 --> 00:20:47.279 Lord. 00:20:47.359 --> 00:20:47.640 Behold, 00:20:47.700 --> 00:20:48.120 the days are 00:20:48.120 --> 00:20:48.500 coming, 00:20:48.640 --> 00:20:49.120 declares the 00:20:49.120 --> 00:20:49.319 Lord, 00:20:49.720 --> 00:20:50.099 when I 00:20:50.099 --> 00:20:50.599 will raise 00:20:50.599 --> 00:20:51.220 up for 00:20:51.220 --> 00:20:52.259 David a 00:20:52.259 --> 00:20:52.740 righteous 00:20:52.740 --> 00:20:53.539 branch, 00:20:54.779 --> 00:20:55.400 the Messiah, 00:20:56.319 --> 00:20:57.200 the good 00:20:57.200 --> 00:20:57.539 shepherd, 00:20:57.960 --> 00:20:58.460 the son of 00:20:58.460 --> 00:20:58.759 man, 00:20:58.920 --> 00:20:59.440 the son of 00:20:59.440 --> 00:20:59.759 God, 00:21:00.440 --> 00:21:01.099 the Christ. 00:21:09.240 --> 00:21:29.900 God's 00:21:29.900 --> 00:21:30.920 been sending 00:21:30.920 --> 00:21:31.640 prophets to 00:21:31.640 --> 00:21:32.380 his disobedient 00:21:32.380 --> 00:21:33.420 shepherds for 00:21:33.420 --> 00:21:34.000 a long time, 00:21:34.000 --> 00:21:34.119 God. 00:21:35.559 --> 00:21:36.180 And Jesus 00:21:36.180 --> 00:21:37.160 is just 00:21:37.160 --> 00:21:38.279 very skillfully 00:21:38.279 --> 00:21:39.079 making all 00:21:39.079 --> 00:21:39.799 these connections 00:21:39.799 --> 00:21:40.480 in parabolic 00:21:40.480 --> 00:21:41.440 form while 00:21:41.440 --> 00:21:42.039 he's in the 00:21:42.039 --> 00:21:42.700 temple in 00:21:42.700 --> 00:21:43.140 Jerusalem. 00:21:44.940 --> 00:21:45.700 God has 00:21:45.700 --> 00:21:48.460 sent Isaiah, 00:21:48.960 --> 00:21:49.579 Jeremiah, 00:21:49.940 --> 00:21:50.519 Ezekiel, 00:21:50.660 --> 00:21:51.079 Hosea, 00:21:51.200 --> 00:21:51.599 Amos, 00:21:51.900 --> 00:21:52.420 Zechariah, 00:21:52.500 --> 00:21:52.819 Malachi, 00:21:52.960 --> 00:21:53.359 just to name 00:21:53.359 --> 00:21:53.660 a few. 00:21:53.779 --> 00:21:53.960 They were 00:21:53.960 --> 00:21:54.380 beaten, 00:21:54.740 --> 00:21:55.079 they were 00:21:55.079 --> 00:21:55.619 killed, 00:21:55.960 --> 00:21:56.259 they were 00:21:56.259 --> 00:21:57.200 humiliated. 00:21:58.380 --> 00:21:58.599 They were 00:21:58.599 --> 00:21:59.220 God's servants 00:21:59.220 --> 00:21:59.700 faithfully 00:21:59.700 --> 00:22:00.519 proclaiming God's 00:22:00.519 --> 00:22:01.400 word to a 00:22:01.400 --> 00:22:01.880 disobedient 00:22:01.880 --> 00:22:02.200 people. 00:22:02.200 --> 00:22:04.319 So like 00:22:04.319 --> 00:22:04.900 Israel's 00:22:04.900 --> 00:22:05.380 leaders of 00:22:05.380 --> 00:22:05.680 old, 00:22:07.180 --> 00:22:07.680 Israel's 00:22:07.680 --> 00:22:08.080 present 00:22:08.080 --> 00:22:08.500 leaders, 00:22:08.680 --> 00:22:09.539 the Sanhedrin, 00:22:10.279 --> 00:22:10.940 had claimed 00:22:10.940 --> 00:22:11.900 God's 00:22:11.900 --> 00:22:12.819 people for 00:22:12.819 --> 00:22:13.620 themselves, 00:22:14.880 --> 00:22:15.340 the vineyard 00:22:15.340 --> 00:22:15.759 czars. 00:22:17.440 --> 00:22:18.279 Forgetting that 00:22:18.279 --> 00:22:18.660 they were 00:22:18.660 --> 00:22:19.460 caretakers, 00:22:20.539 --> 00:22:21.940 they thought 00:22:21.940 --> 00:22:22.180 they were 00:22:22.180 --> 00:22:22.519 owners. 00:22:26.279 --> 00:22:26.740 And so 00:22:26.740 --> 00:22:27.900 in verse 00:22:27.900 --> 00:22:28.340 six, 00:22:29.180 --> 00:22:30.960 we have 00:22:30.960 --> 00:22:31.620 a dramatic 00:22:31.620 --> 00:22:32.180 shift in 00:22:32.180 --> 00:22:32.700 the story. 00:22:35.960 --> 00:22:36.740 He had 00:22:36.740 --> 00:22:37.660 still one 00:22:37.660 --> 00:22:37.860 other, 00:22:38.039 --> 00:22:39.120 the vineyard 00:22:39.120 --> 00:22:39.580 owner had 00:22:39.580 --> 00:22:40.039 one more, 00:22:42.039 --> 00:22:43.220 a beloved 00:22:43.220 --> 00:22:43.640 son. 00:22:47.120 --> 00:22:47.660 We've 00:22:47.660 --> 00:22:48.200 come across 00:22:48.200 --> 00:22:48.640 those two 00:22:48.640 --> 00:22:49.039 words in 00:22:49.039 --> 00:22:49.620 Mark before. 00:22:51.840 --> 00:22:52.580 The first 00:22:52.580 --> 00:22:53.019 time is 00:22:53.019 --> 00:22:53.560 chapter one, 00:22:53.620 --> 00:22:54.120 verse 11, 00:22:55.680 --> 00:22:56.220 at Jesus' 00:22:56.400 --> 00:22:56.840 baptism, 00:22:58.380 --> 00:22:59.360 the heavens 00:22:59.360 --> 00:22:59.980 open up, 00:23:00.080 --> 00:23:00.460 the Spirit 00:23:00.460 --> 00:23:00.940 of God 00:23:00.940 --> 00:23:01.700 descends on 00:23:01.700 --> 00:23:02.000 Jesus, 00:23:02.140 --> 00:23:02.500 and then 00:23:02.500 --> 00:23:02.920 there is 00:23:02.920 --> 00:23:04.160 this voice 00:23:04.160 --> 00:23:04.559 as loud 00:23:04.559 --> 00:23:05.080 as thunder, 00:23:05.380 --> 00:23:06.460 this is 00:23:06.460 --> 00:23:07.500 my beloved 00:23:07.500 --> 00:23:08.080 son, 00:23:09.080 --> 00:23:10.160 in whom I 00:23:10.160 --> 00:23:10.640 delight. 00:23:14.640 --> 00:23:15.400 The gospel 00:23:15.400 --> 00:23:15.920 of Mark 00:23:15.920 --> 00:23:16.519 has already 00:23:16.519 --> 00:23:17.279 told us 00:23:17.279 --> 00:23:18.700 who this 00:23:18.700 --> 00:23:20.059 is. 00:23:21.120 --> 00:23:21.680 And the 00:23:21.680 --> 00:23:22.080 other time 00:23:22.080 --> 00:23:22.519 it's 00:23:22.519 --> 00:23:23.720 Mark chapter 00:23:23.720 --> 00:23:23.960 nine, 00:23:24.000 --> 00:23:24.420 verse seven, 00:23:24.500 --> 00:23:24.700 Jesus' 00:23:24.860 --> 00:23:25.539 transfiguration. 00:23:25.539 --> 00:23:26.920 God 00:23:26.920 --> 00:23:27.079 has been 00:23:27.079 --> 00:23:27.960 transfigured, 00:23:28.480 --> 00:23:29.379 his disciples 00:23:29.379 --> 00:23:30.339 are dumbfounded, 00:23:30.480 --> 00:23:30.799 they're saying 00:23:30.799 --> 00:23:31.799 weird things, 00:23:32.420 --> 00:23:33.000 cloud, 00:23:33.180 --> 00:23:33.480 and out of 00:23:33.480 --> 00:23:34.039 the cloud, 00:23:34.779 --> 00:23:35.519 God speaks 00:23:35.519 --> 00:23:35.759 again. 00:23:35.839 --> 00:23:36.299 This is my 00:23:36.299 --> 00:23:37.200 beloved son. 00:23:38.119 --> 00:23:38.680 Listen to 00:23:38.680 --> 00:23:38.980 him. 00:23:39.480 --> 00:23:39.859 God the 00:23:39.859 --> 00:23:41.259 father asserts 00:23:41.259 --> 00:23:42.139 the authority 00:23:42.139 --> 00:23:42.839 of God the 00:23:42.839 --> 00:23:43.079 son. 00:23:44.099 --> 00:23:44.480 Respect 00:23:44.480 --> 00:23:44.740 him. 00:23:45.740 --> 00:23:45.960 Obey 00:23:45.960 --> 00:23:46.279 him. 00:23:46.279 --> 00:23:46.339 And 00:23:46.339 --> 00:23:50.299 so this 00:23:50.299 --> 00:23:51.099 beloved son, 00:23:51.099 --> 00:23:54.059 we've 00:23:54.059 --> 00:23:54.240 already 00:23:54.240 --> 00:23:54.740 heard about. 00:23:56.359 --> 00:23:57.139 Isn't it 00:23:57.139 --> 00:23:57.519 ironic? 00:23:59.740 --> 00:24:00.539 Here is 00:24:00.539 --> 00:24:01.119 Jesus, 00:24:02.240 --> 00:24:03.919 the beloved 00:24:03.919 --> 00:24:04.599 son of God 00:24:04.599 --> 00:24:05.219 declared by 00:24:05.219 --> 00:24:05.939 God himself, 00:24:06.419 --> 00:24:07.319 speaking a 00:24:07.319 --> 00:24:07.819 parable, 00:24:08.059 --> 00:24:08.679 referring to 00:24:08.679 --> 00:24:09.339 himself in 00:24:09.339 --> 00:24:09.699 the third 00:24:09.699 --> 00:24:10.459 person as 00:24:10.459 --> 00:24:10.839 a beloved 00:24:10.839 --> 00:24:11.219 son. 00:24:15.379 --> 00:24:16.139 And he's 00:24:16.139 --> 00:24:16.379 going to 00:24:16.379 --> 00:24:17.139 talk about 00:24:17.139 --> 00:24:19.359 himself as 00:24:19.359 --> 00:24:20.119 being sent 00:24:20.119 --> 00:24:21.739 to the 00:24:21.739 --> 00:24:22.419 vineyard 00:24:22.419 --> 00:24:23.719 by his 00:24:23.719 --> 00:24:24.419 father, 00:24:25.179 --> 00:24:25.979 and he 00:24:25.979 --> 00:24:26.399 will be 00:24:26.399 --> 00:24:27.139 killed by 00:24:27.139 --> 00:24:27.659 the tenant 00:24:27.659 --> 00:24:28.319 farmers. 00:24:32.559 --> 00:24:33.219 See what 00:24:33.219 --> 00:24:33.619 Jesus is 00:24:33.619 --> 00:24:34.059 doing here? 00:24:36.839 --> 00:24:37.479 This is 00:24:37.479 --> 00:24:37.979 the gospel. 00:24:42.659 --> 00:24:43.459 The vineyard 00:24:43.459 --> 00:24:43.859 owner in 00:24:43.859 --> 00:24:44.299 verse 6 00:24:44.299 --> 00:24:44.599 says, 00:24:45.119 --> 00:24:45.779 he sends 00:24:45.779 --> 00:24:45.919 him, 00:24:46.079 --> 00:24:46.459 they will 00:24:46.459 --> 00:24:47.339 respect my 00:24:47.339 --> 00:24:47.659 son. 00:24:48.779 --> 00:24:49.539 Verse 7, 00:24:49.539 --> 00:24:50.559 the complete 00:24:50.559 --> 00:24:51.019 opposite 00:24:51.019 --> 00:24:51.700 happens. 00:24:53.299 --> 00:24:53.500 The 00:24:53.500 --> 00:24:53.879 tenants, 00:24:54.159 --> 00:24:54.879 they see 00:24:54.879 --> 00:24:55.259 him, 00:24:55.559 --> 00:24:55.940 this is 00:24:55.940 --> 00:24:56.460 the heir, 00:24:56.759 --> 00:24:57.180 come let 00:24:57.180 --> 00:24:57.639 us kill 00:24:57.639 --> 00:24:57.960 him, 00:24:58.259 --> 00:24:58.639 they do 00:24:58.639 --> 00:24:59.500 not respect 00:24:59.500 --> 00:25:00.139 his son, 00:25:01.440 --> 00:25:03.579 and the 00:25:03.579 --> 00:25:03.960 inheritance 00:25:03.960 --> 00:25:04.359 will be 00:25:04.359 --> 00:25:04.779 ours. 00:25:07.039 --> 00:25:07.859 This is a 00:25:07.859 --> 00:25:08.180 property 00:25:08.180 --> 00:25:08.619 dispute. 00:25:09.279 --> 00:25:09.720 This parable 00:25:09.720 --> 00:25:09.980 is a 00:25:09.980 --> 00:25:10.259 property 00:25:10.259 --> 00:25:10.639 dispute 00:25:10.639 --> 00:25:11.720 between 00:25:11.720 --> 00:25:12.779 the owner 00:25:12.779 --> 00:25:13.559 and the 00:25:13.559 --> 00:25:13.759 tenant 00:25:13.759 --> 00:25:14.279 farmers, 00:25:14.680 --> 00:25:15.200 and the 00:25:15.200 --> 00:25:15.659 owner has 00:25:15.659 --> 00:25:15.980 gone to 00:25:15.980 --> 00:25:16.879 great lengths 00:25:16.879 --> 00:25:17.500 in order 00:25:17.500 --> 00:25:18.139 to appeal 00:25:18.139 --> 00:25:18.480 to the 00:25:18.480 --> 00:25:18.659 tenant 00:25:18.660 --> 00:25:19.140 farmers, 00:25:19.680 --> 00:25:19.880 hey, 00:25:20.000 --> 00:25:20.880 just give 00:25:20.880 --> 00:25:21.080 me some 00:25:21.080 --> 00:25:21.340 fruit. 00:25:22.200 --> 00:25:22.800 It's my 00:25:22.800 --> 00:25:23.200 vineyard. 00:25:24.480 --> 00:25:25.100 What a 00:25:25.100 --> 00:25:25.720 contrast 00:25:25.720 --> 00:25:26.240 between 00:25:26.240 --> 00:25:27.380 respect 00:25:27.380 --> 00:25:28.980 my son 00:25:28.980 --> 00:25:30.240 and the 00:25:30.240 --> 00:25:30.759 heir, 00:25:31.380 --> 00:25:31.800 let's 00:25:31.800 --> 00:25:32.580 kill him. 00:25:35.080 --> 00:25:36.060 Verse 8, 00:25:37.340 --> 00:25:37.840 they take 00:25:37.840 --> 00:25:38.100 him, 00:25:38.500 --> 00:25:39.019 they kill 00:25:39.019 --> 00:25:39.300 him, 00:25:39.620 --> 00:25:40.200 they cast 00:25:40.200 --> 00:25:40.680 him out 00:25:40.680 --> 00:25:41.240 of his 00:25:41.240 --> 00:25:41.920 inheritance. 00:25:41.920 --> 00:25:42.160 inheritance. 00:25:46.160 --> 00:25:46.840 Jesus 00:25:46.840 --> 00:25:49.980 is a 00:25:49.980 --> 00:25:50.600 master 00:25:50.600 --> 00:25:51.060 worker. 00:25:53.460 --> 00:25:54.039 He's 00:25:54.039 --> 00:25:54.740 essentially 00:25:54.740 --> 00:25:56.800 re-speaking 00:25:56.800 --> 00:25:58.300 what he's 00:25:58.300 --> 00:25:59.039 been saying 00:25:59.039 --> 00:25:59.500 multiple 00:25:59.500 --> 00:26:00.940 times all 00:26:00.940 --> 00:26:01.320 along. 00:26:02.380 --> 00:26:02.740 The son 00:26:02.740 --> 00:26:03.180 of man 00:26:03.180 --> 00:26:04.140 must suffer, 00:26:04.800 --> 00:26:05.440 be rejected, 00:26:06.360 --> 00:26:07.220 be killed, 00:26:07.360 --> 00:26:07.680 and be 00:26:07.680 --> 00:26:08.060 raised. 00:26:08.059 --> 00:26:08.659 831, 00:26:09.079 --> 00:26:09.579 same thing 00:26:09.579 --> 00:26:10.240 in 931, 00:26:10.519 --> 00:26:11.019 same thing 00:26:11.019 --> 00:26:11.799 in 1033 00:26:11.799 --> 00:26:12.339 and 34. 00:26:14.200 --> 00:26:15.119 This is 00:26:15.119 --> 00:26:16.720 a parable 00:26:16.720 --> 00:26:18.819 about God 00:26:18.819 --> 00:26:19.379 sending his 00:26:19.379 --> 00:26:20.299 son to 00:26:20.299 --> 00:26:20.859 reclaim a 00:26:20.859 --> 00:26:21.220 people. 00:26:23.419 --> 00:26:23.980 Sophisticated. 00:26:25.039 --> 00:26:25.679 And it 00:26:25.679 --> 00:26:26.980 culminates in 00:26:26.980 --> 00:26:27.399 the sending 00:26:27.399 --> 00:26:27.799 of the 00:26:27.799 --> 00:26:28.559 beloved son. 00:26:29.919 --> 00:26:30.419 And you'll 00:26:30.419 --> 00:26:31.000 be killed 00:26:31.000 --> 00:26:32.919 for the 00:26:32.919 --> 00:26:33.279 vineyard. 00:26:33.279 --> 00:26:35.559 It's a 00:26:35.559 --> 00:26:35.819 gospel 00:26:35.819 --> 00:26:36.240 parable. 00:26:36.940 --> 00:26:37.539 It's good 00:26:37.539 --> 00:26:38.039 news. 00:26:38.720 --> 00:26:39.279 It's good 00:26:39.279 --> 00:26:39.680 news for 00:26:39.680 --> 00:26:40.319 us because 00:26:40.319 --> 00:26:41.539 we see 00:26:41.539 --> 00:26:42.379 in this 00:26:42.379 --> 00:26:43.740 a persistent 00:26:43.740 --> 00:26:44.619 loving 00:26:44.619 --> 00:26:46.019 God going 00:26:46.019 --> 00:26:47.200 after what 00:26:47.200 --> 00:26:48.059 is his, 00:26:48.559 --> 00:26:49.720 his vineyard. 00:26:51.559 --> 00:26:52.180 But it's 00:26:52.180 --> 00:26:52.539 not good 00:26:52.539 --> 00:26:52.920 news for 00:26:52.920 --> 00:26:53.579 the Sanhedrin. 00:26:54.940 --> 00:26:55.519 So if 00:26:55.519 --> 00:26:55.740 you're to 00:26:55.740 --> 00:26:56.099 ask what 00:26:56.099 --> 00:26:56.359 is this 00:26:56.359 --> 00:26:56.619 parable 00:26:56.619 --> 00:26:56.980 about, 00:26:57.759 --> 00:26:58.319 on one 00:26:58.319 --> 00:26:58.519 level, 00:26:58.619 --> 00:26:58.700 hey, 00:26:58.759 --> 00:26:58.960 it's a 00:26:58.960 --> 00:26:59.220 property 00:26:59.220 --> 00:26:59.720 dispute, 00:27:00.160 --> 00:27:01.180 but really? 00:27:01.180 --> 00:27:03.580 this 00:27:03.580 --> 00:27:04.160 parable 00:27:04.160 --> 00:27:04.660 is 00:27:04.660 --> 00:27:05.799 God's 00:27:05.799 --> 00:27:06.220 plan 00:27:06.220 --> 00:27:06.660 for 00:27:06.660 --> 00:27:07.340 salvation 00:27:07.340 --> 00:27:08.200 that 00:27:08.200 --> 00:27:08.920 culminates 00:27:08.920 --> 00:27:09.299 in the 00:27:09.299 --> 00:27:09.799 sending of 00:27:09.799 --> 00:27:10.200 his son, 00:27:10.360 --> 00:27:10.620 Jesus, 00:27:11.299 --> 00:27:11.880 to die 00:27:11.880 --> 00:27:12.220 for his 00:27:12.220 --> 00:27:12.539 people. 00:27:14.920 --> 00:27:15.580 And it's 00:27:15.580 --> 00:27:16.340 taking place 00:27:16.340 --> 00:27:19.080 in Jerusalem 00:27:19.080 --> 00:27:21.640 in the 00:27:21.640 --> 00:27:21.940 temple. 00:27:23.740 --> 00:27:24.420 And he's 00:27:24.420 --> 00:27:25.019 speaking it 00:27:25.019 --> 00:27:27.600 to the 00:27:27.600 --> 00:27:28.160 very people 00:27:28.160 --> 00:27:28.340 who are 00:27:28.340 --> 00:27:28.519 going to 00:27:28.519 --> 00:27:28.880 kill him. 00:27:29.700 --> 00:27:30.320 So why 00:27:30.320 --> 00:27:30.660 did Jesus 00:27:30.660 --> 00:27:31.100 speak this 00:27:31.099 --> 00:27:31.399 parable? 00:27:32.919 --> 00:27:33.519 In verse 00:27:33.519 --> 00:27:33.919 9, 00:27:34.179 --> 00:27:35.000 Jesus asks 00:27:35.000 --> 00:27:35.639 a rhetorical 00:27:35.639 --> 00:27:36.019 question. 00:27:36.139 --> 00:27:36.399 In the 00:27:36.399 --> 00:27:36.759 parable, 00:27:36.899 --> 00:27:37.559 he's kind 00:27:37.559 --> 00:27:37.879 of bringing 00:27:37.879 --> 00:27:38.319 it home. 00:27:38.959 --> 00:27:39.679 He says, 00:27:40.279 --> 00:27:40.639 what will 00:27:40.639 --> 00:27:41.119 the owner 00:27:41.119 --> 00:27:41.519 of the 00:27:41.519 --> 00:27:41.819 vineyard 00:27:41.819 --> 00:27:42.159 do? 00:27:42.299 --> 00:27:42.679 He will 00:27:42.679 --> 00:27:43.119 come and 00:27:43.119 --> 00:27:43.819 destroy the 00:27:43.819 --> 00:27:45.059 tenants and 00:27:45.059 --> 00:27:45.480 give the 00:27:45.480 --> 00:27:45.899 vineyard to 00:27:45.899 --> 00:27:46.139 others. 00:27:46.219 --> 00:27:46.480 So he's 00:27:46.480 --> 00:27:46.639 going to 00:27:46.639 --> 00:27:47.000 do two 00:27:47.000 --> 00:27:47.519 things. 00:27:48.339 --> 00:27:49.059 The owner 00:27:49.059 --> 00:27:49.500 is going 00:27:49.500 --> 00:27:49.879 to visit 00:27:49.879 --> 00:27:50.480 judgment 00:27:50.480 --> 00:27:51.480 and destruction 00:27:51.480 --> 00:27:52.000 on the 00:27:52.000 --> 00:27:52.240 tenant 00:27:52.240 --> 00:27:52.619 farmers. 00:27:53.159 --> 00:27:53.419 And the 00:27:53.419 --> 00:27:53.859 second thing 00:27:53.859 --> 00:27:54.139 he's going 00:27:54.139 --> 00:27:54.399 to do 00:27:54.399 --> 00:27:54.799 is he's 00:27:54.799 --> 00:27:55.019 going to 00:27:55.019 --> 00:27:55.500 entrust 00:27:55.500 --> 00:27:55.799 the 00:27:55.799 --> 00:27:56.219 vineyard 00:27:56.219 --> 00:27:56.919 to 00:27:56.919 --> 00:27:57.359 another. 00:27:57.500 --> 00:27:57.599 Do you 00:27:57.599 --> 00:27:57.759 know what 00:27:57.759 --> 00:27:58.139 happened in 00:27:58.139 --> 00:27:59.539 70 AD? 00:28:01.099 --> 00:28:02.519 judgment came 00:28:02.519 --> 00:28:03.240 to Jerusalem. 00:28:05.919 --> 00:28:06.859 The Roman 00:28:06.859 --> 00:28:07.419 general 00:28:07.419 --> 00:28:07.980 Titus 00:28:07.980 --> 00:28:08.699 destroyed the 00:28:08.699 --> 00:28:09.000 city, 00:28:09.240 --> 00:28:09.679 raised the 00:28:09.679 --> 00:28:10.059 temple, 00:28:10.339 --> 00:28:10.799 scattered 00:28:10.799 --> 00:28:11.899 countless 00:28:11.899 --> 00:28:12.559 Jews to 00:28:12.559 --> 00:28:13.500 the nation's 00:28:13.500 --> 00:28:14.219 judgment. 00:28:14.559 --> 00:28:15.219 It happened. 00:28:15.220 --> 00:28:19.180 But God's 00:28:19.180 --> 00:28:19.819 people weren't 00:28:19.819 --> 00:28:20.259 destroyed. 00:28:20.360 --> 00:28:20.759 The vineyard 00:28:20.759 --> 00:28:21.120 wasn't 00:28:21.120 --> 00:28:21.579 destroyed. 00:28:24.079 --> 00:28:24.640 Now prior 00:28:24.640 --> 00:28:25.600 to 70 AD, 00:28:26.100 --> 00:28:27.079 God began 00:28:27.079 --> 00:28:28.519 planting and 00:28:28.519 --> 00:28:29.600 growing a 00:28:29.600 --> 00:28:30.259 new and 00:28:30.259 --> 00:28:31.120 expanded 00:28:31.120 --> 00:28:33.160 vineyard of 00:28:33.160 --> 00:28:34.740 Jews and 00:28:34.740 --> 00:28:36.120 Gentiles who 00:28:36.120 --> 00:28:36.339 had been 00:28:36.339 --> 00:28:37.259 radically changed 00:28:37.259 --> 00:28:37.960 by the risen 00:28:37.960 --> 00:28:38.779 Jesus Christ. 00:28:40.240 --> 00:28:40.940 In April 00:28:40.940 --> 00:28:41.960 33 AD, 00:28:43.079 --> 00:28:43.779 Pentecost 00:28:43.779 --> 00:28:44.299 happened. 00:28:45.220 --> 00:28:46.240 And the 00:28:46.240 --> 00:28:46.860 new vineyard 00:28:46.860 --> 00:28:47.460 was born. 00:28:48.960 --> 00:28:49.920 The church. 00:28:52.860 --> 00:28:53.339 God's 00:28:53.339 --> 00:28:54.980 vineyard in 00:28:54.980 --> 00:28:55.400 Jesus. 00:28:58.279 --> 00:28:58.960 And God 00:28:58.960 --> 00:28:59.240 has been 00:28:59.240 --> 00:28:59.799 growing and 00:28:59.799 --> 00:29:00.940 expanding this 00:29:00.940 --> 00:29:02.420 vineyard ever 00:29:02.420 --> 00:29:02.860 since. 00:29:03.079 --> 00:29:03.880 If you want to 00:29:03.880 --> 00:29:04.839 line that up with 00:29:04.839 --> 00:29:05.819 some other things 00:29:05.819 --> 00:29:06.200 of the kingdom 00:29:06.200 --> 00:29:06.700 of God we've 00:29:06.700 --> 00:29:07.039 been learning, 00:29:07.200 --> 00:29:08.380 this is Daniel 00:29:08.380 --> 00:29:09.000 chapter 7, 00:29:09.079 --> 00:29:09.799 13 and 14. 00:29:09.960 --> 00:29:10.819 This is the 00:29:10.819 --> 00:29:11.880 son of man who 00:29:11.880 --> 00:29:12.660 has been given 00:29:12.660 --> 00:29:13.839 a dominion, 00:29:14.160 --> 00:29:14.779 a kingdom, 00:29:14.779 --> 00:29:15.500 kingdom that 00:29:15.500 --> 00:29:16.480 is everlasting 00:29:16.480 --> 00:29:18.160 and indestructible, 00:29:18.500 --> 00:29:18.960 made up of 00:29:18.960 --> 00:29:19.519 people from 00:29:19.519 --> 00:29:20.660 all nations. 00:29:24.099 --> 00:29:24.740 Why did 00:29:24.740 --> 00:29:25.220 Jesus speak 00:29:25.220 --> 00:29:25.759 this parable? 00:29:29.440 --> 00:29:30.160 To show 00:29:30.160 --> 00:29:31.019 he has 00:29:31.019 --> 00:29:31.500 authority. 00:29:32.799 --> 00:29:33.619 In verse 28, 00:29:34.519 --> 00:29:34.899 by what 00:29:34.899 --> 00:29:35.460 authority do 00:29:35.460 --> 00:29:35.879 you do these 00:29:35.879 --> 00:29:36.139 things? 00:29:36.240 --> 00:29:36.579 It's being 00:29:36.579 --> 00:29:37.200 asked by the 00:29:37.200 --> 00:29:37.720 chief priests, 00:29:37.859 --> 00:29:38.240 scribes, 00:29:38.279 --> 00:29:38.660 and elders, 00:29:38.859 --> 00:29:39.539 and Jesus 00:29:39.539 --> 00:29:40.220 answers them 00:29:40.220 --> 00:29:40.519 with a 00:29:40.519 --> 00:29:40.899 parable. 00:29:40.900 --> 00:29:43.080 I'm the 00:29:43.080 --> 00:29:43.360 son. 00:29:45.019 --> 00:29:45.600 I'm the 00:29:45.600 --> 00:29:46.220 beloved son. 00:29:47.420 --> 00:29:48.080 He's saying, 00:29:48.440 --> 00:29:49.240 I have 00:29:49.240 --> 00:29:50.720 authority because 00:29:50.720 --> 00:29:51.460 I was sent 00:29:51.460 --> 00:29:52.200 by the 00:29:52.200 --> 00:29:52.720 vineyard owner. 00:29:55.420 --> 00:29:55.880 Second, 00:29:56.940 --> 00:29:57.340 this is, 00:29:57.740 --> 00:29:58.140 why did Jesus 00:29:58.140 --> 00:29:58.600 speak this 00:29:58.600 --> 00:29:58.860 parable? 00:29:58.960 --> 00:29:59.620 It's judgment. 00:30:00.840 --> 00:30:01.800 Judgment on 00:30:01.800 --> 00:30:03.160 the disobedient, 00:30:03.420 --> 00:30:05.580 evil shepherds 00:30:05.580 --> 00:30:06.100 of the day. 00:30:06.099 --> 00:30:06.659 Third, 00:30:09.139 --> 00:30:09.379 it's 00:30:09.379 --> 00:30:09.980 fulfillment. 00:30:12.179 --> 00:30:12.519 Did you 00:30:12.519 --> 00:30:13.000 see Psalm 00:30:13.000 --> 00:30:13.559 118, 00:30:14.359 --> 00:30:15.379 22, 00:30:15.639 --> 00:30:16.259 and 23? 00:30:18.419 --> 00:30:19.240 Speaking to 00:30:19.240 --> 00:30:19.919 these religious 00:30:19.919 --> 00:30:20.359 leaders, 00:30:20.539 --> 00:30:20.959 he says, 00:30:21.279 --> 00:30:22.559 do you not 00:30:22.559 --> 00:30:22.879 know what 00:30:22.879 --> 00:30:23.240 your Bible 00:30:23.240 --> 00:30:23.639 says? 00:30:27.039 --> 00:30:27.719 The stone 00:30:27.719 --> 00:30:27.959 that the 00:30:27.959 --> 00:30:28.619 builders rejected 00:30:28.619 --> 00:30:29.119 has become 00:30:29.119 --> 00:30:29.799 the cornerstone. 00:30:30.219 --> 00:30:30.919 He's referring 00:30:30.919 --> 00:30:31.559 to himself, 00:30:31.679 --> 00:30:32.119 and so there's 00:30:32.119 --> 00:30:32.639 been a metaphor 00:30:32.639 --> 00:30:33.199 changed. 00:30:33.359 --> 00:30:33.919 Jesus is now 00:30:33.919 --> 00:30:34.359 talking, 00:30:34.619 --> 00:30:34.980 no longer 00:30:34.980 --> 00:30:35.500 talking about 00:30:35.500 --> 00:30:36.059 himself as a 00:30:36.059 --> 00:30:36.659 beloved son, 00:30:36.759 --> 00:30:37.179 but now is 00:30:37.179 --> 00:30:37.559 some kind 00:30:37.559 --> 00:30:38.220 of a stone 00:30:38.220 --> 00:30:39.379 that gets 00:30:39.379 --> 00:30:40.200 rejected by 00:30:40.200 --> 00:30:40.740 the builders, 00:30:40.940 --> 00:30:41.279 the builders 00:30:41.279 --> 00:30:41.859 being the 00:30:41.859 --> 00:30:42.200 leaders, 00:30:42.879 --> 00:30:43.379 Jesus being 00:30:43.379 --> 00:30:43.940 the stone. 00:30:44.319 --> 00:30:44.940 His rejection 00:30:44.940 --> 00:30:46.519 ultimately culminates 00:30:46.519 --> 00:30:47.139 in his 00:30:47.139 --> 00:30:47.879 crucifixion. 00:30:48.779 --> 00:30:49.220 That's the 00:30:49.220 --> 00:30:49.579 stone that 00:30:49.579 --> 00:30:50.119 was rejected. 00:30:50.940 --> 00:30:51.379 But that 00:30:51.379 --> 00:30:51.839 doesn't end 00:30:51.839 --> 00:30:52.099 there, 00:30:52.359 --> 00:30:53.039 because that 00:30:53.039 --> 00:30:53.460 stone that 00:30:53.460 --> 00:30:54.019 was rejected 00:30:54.019 --> 00:30:55.159 has become 00:30:55.159 --> 00:30:56.000 the cornerstone. 00:30:57.079 --> 00:30:57.460 And if we 00:30:57.460 --> 00:30:57.940 apply it to 00:30:57.940 --> 00:30:58.659 the gospel, 00:30:58.839 --> 00:30:59.000 do you know 00:30:59.000 --> 00:30:59.159 what the 00:30:59.159 --> 00:30:59.700 becoming of 00:30:59.700 --> 00:31:00.220 the cornerstone 00:31:00.220 --> 00:31:00.480 is? 00:31:00.480 --> 00:31:00.940 His 00:31:00.940 --> 00:31:01.399 resurrection. 00:31:03.720 --> 00:31:04.319 And being 00:31:04.319 --> 00:31:05.099 placed 00:31:05.099 --> 00:31:06.059 placed as 00:31:06.059 --> 00:31:06.699 the most 00:31:06.699 --> 00:31:07.879 important stone 00:31:07.879 --> 00:31:08.519 to build a 00:31:08.519 --> 00:31:09.079 new building, 00:31:09.619 --> 00:31:10.000 the people 00:31:10.000 --> 00:31:10.419 of God. 00:31:12.559 --> 00:31:13.519 This is a 00:31:13.519 --> 00:31:15.000 gospel parable. 00:31:17.799 --> 00:31:18.480 It's a 00:31:18.480 --> 00:31:18.859 gospel. 00:31:20.319 --> 00:31:21.559 It turns out 00:31:21.559 --> 00:31:22.379 that this 00:31:22.379 --> 00:31:22.919 parable, 00:31:23.399 --> 00:31:24.099 though bad 00:31:24.099 --> 00:31:25.279 news for 00:31:25.279 --> 00:31:26.199 the Sanhedrin, 00:31:26.740 --> 00:31:27.500 for us, 00:31:27.599 --> 00:31:28.279 it is really 00:31:28.279 --> 00:31:28.879 good news. 00:31:28.880 --> 00:31:31.580 this Jewish 00:31:31.580 --> 00:31:32.480 Messiah 00:31:32.480 --> 00:31:35.180 is our 00:31:35.180 --> 00:31:35.400 king. 00:31:37.620 --> 00:31:38.480 He died 00:31:38.480 --> 00:31:38.780 and was 00:31:38.780 --> 00:31:39.460 raised so 00:31:39.460 --> 00:31:39.920 that we 00:31:39.920 --> 00:31:40.380 could be 00:31:40.380 --> 00:31:41.140 grafted 00:31:41.140 --> 00:31:42.140 into his 00:31:42.140 --> 00:31:42.920 vineyard. 00:31:48.100 --> 00:31:48.820 Why did 00:31:48.820 --> 00:31:49.320 Jesus speak 00:31:49.320 --> 00:31:49.880 this parable? 00:31:50.900 --> 00:31:51.200 Well, 00:31:51.220 --> 00:31:51.680 there's multiple 00:31:51.680 --> 00:31:52.180 reasons. 00:31:54.580 --> 00:31:55.320 But it's 00:31:55.320 --> 00:31:55.920 marvelous in 00:31:55.920 --> 00:31:56.300 our eyes. 00:31:56.300 --> 00:31:56.580 It's 00:31:58.880 --> 00:31:59.760 how do 00:31:59.760 --> 00:31:59.880 we 00:31:59.880 --> 00:32:00.320 respond? 00:32:02.360 --> 00:32:02.940 Here's the 00:32:02.940 --> 00:32:03.380 big question 00:32:03.380 --> 00:32:03.820 for us. 00:32:05.440 --> 00:32:06.140 How are you 00:32:06.140 --> 00:32:06.300 going to 00:32:06.300 --> 00:32:06.840 respond to 00:32:06.840 --> 00:32:07.240 this this 00:32:07.240 --> 00:32:07.500 morning? 00:32:09.640 --> 00:32:10.140 We're 00:32:10.140 --> 00:32:10.840 2,000 years 00:32:10.840 --> 00:32:11.400 after Jesus 00:32:11.400 --> 00:32:11.980 spoke this. 00:32:13.780 --> 00:32:14.440 Does it 00:32:14.440 --> 00:32:14.700 matter? 00:32:17.020 --> 00:32:17.520 What 00:32:17.520 --> 00:32:18.080 difference does 00:32:18.080 --> 00:32:18.500 this make? 00:32:18.580 --> 00:32:18.840 I mean, 00:32:19.360 --> 00:32:19.720 does it 00:32:19.720 --> 00:32:20.280 make any 00:32:20.280 --> 00:32:21.140 difference for 00:32:21.140 --> 00:32:22.160 us today 00:32:22.160 --> 00:32:22.960 that Jesus 00:32:22.960 --> 00:32:23.660 spoke this 00:32:23.660 --> 00:32:24.040 parable? 00:32:24.039 --> 00:32:29.019 Yes. 00:32:31.019 --> 00:32:31.799 First is 00:32:31.799 --> 00:32:32.339 behold your 00:32:32.339 --> 00:32:32.619 king. 00:32:34.339 --> 00:32:34.879 Behold 00:32:34.879 --> 00:32:35.159 him. 00:32:35.599 --> 00:32:36.119 Behold 00:32:36.119 --> 00:32:36.779 him in 00:32:36.779 --> 00:32:37.279 the temple 00:32:37.279 --> 00:32:38.180 in Jerusalem 00:32:38.180 --> 00:32:39.980 speaking these 00:32:39.980 --> 00:32:41.460 words to 00:32:41.460 --> 00:32:42.180 these men 00:32:42.180 --> 00:32:44.299 that he'd be 00:32:44.299 --> 00:32:45.200 rejected and 00:32:45.200 --> 00:32:45.859 killed and 00:32:45.859 --> 00:32:47.039 eventually raised 00:32:47.039 --> 00:32:48.079 for the 00:32:48.079 --> 00:32:48.539 vineyard. 00:32:49.500 --> 00:32:50.680 That the 00:32:50.680 --> 00:32:51.240 new leadership 00:32:51.240 --> 00:32:51.980 would be the 00:32:51.980 --> 00:32:52.980 apostolic 00:32:52.980 --> 00:32:53.819 shepherds. 00:32:54.039 --> 00:32:58.379 we marvel. 00:32:59.839 --> 00:33:00.639 We marvel 00:33:00.639 --> 00:33:01.039 at him. 00:33:05.019 --> 00:33:05.659 If you 00:33:05.659 --> 00:33:06.099 have yet to 00:33:06.099 --> 00:33:06.480 become a 00:33:06.480 --> 00:33:07.180 Christian, a 00:33:07.180 --> 00:33:07.659 follower of 00:33:07.659 --> 00:33:10.039 Jesus, it's 00:33:10.039 --> 00:33:10.799 simply acknowledging 00:33:10.799 --> 00:33:12.359 your sin and 00:33:12.359 --> 00:33:13.059 acknowledging what 00:33:13.059 --> 00:33:13.460 God through 00:33:13.460 --> 00:33:14.319 Christ has done. 00:33:15.019 --> 00:33:15.579 He was killed 00:33:15.579 --> 00:33:15.960 and he was 00:33:15.960 --> 00:33:17.339 raised to 00:33:17.339 --> 00:33:18.099 bring you into 00:33:18.099 --> 00:33:18.680 his family. 00:33:19.759 --> 00:33:20.359 And what you 00:33:20.359 --> 00:33:20.819 do is you 00:33:20.819 --> 00:33:21.379 simply say, 00:33:21.519 --> 00:33:22.680 I will receive 00:33:22.680 --> 00:33:23.519 your gift and 00:33:23.519 --> 00:33:23.859 I will 00:33:23.859 --> 00:33:24.579 gladly enter 00:33:24.579 --> 00:33:25.119 your family 00:33:25.119 --> 00:33:26.039 and I 00:33:26.039 --> 00:33:26.519 will follow 00:33:26.519 --> 00:33:26.819 you. 00:33:28.399 --> 00:33:29.219 So behold 00:33:29.219 --> 00:33:29.799 your king, 00:33:29.939 --> 00:33:30.419 he's the 00:33:30.419 --> 00:33:31.159 beloved son. 00:33:31.939 --> 00:33:32.419 The second 00:33:32.419 --> 00:33:32.779 way we 00:33:32.779 --> 00:33:33.359 respond to 00:33:33.359 --> 00:33:34.839 this is we 00:33:34.839 --> 00:33:36.439 follow the 00:33:36.439 --> 00:33:37.119 beloved son. 00:33:38.819 --> 00:33:39.740 We follow 00:33:39.740 --> 00:33:40.339 our king. 00:33:41.579 --> 00:33:42.919 This Jesus 00:33:42.919 --> 00:33:43.679 who's saying 00:33:43.679 --> 00:33:44.679 boldly these 00:33:44.679 --> 00:33:45.399 things, 00:33:46.459 --> 00:33:47.439 you know 00:33:47.439 --> 00:33:47.699 what? 00:33:47.700 --> 00:33:50.000 he's worth 00:33:50.000 --> 00:33:50.440 everything. 00:33:52.360 --> 00:33:53.039 He's worth 00:33:53.039 --> 00:33:53.559 everything to 00:33:53.559 --> 00:33:53.840 follow. 00:33:55.039 --> 00:33:55.779 He's worthy 00:33:55.779 --> 00:33:56.279 of it all. 00:33:57.180 --> 00:33:57.539 He's the 00:33:57.539 --> 00:33:58.039 treasure hidden 00:33:58.039 --> 00:33:58.580 in the field. 00:33:59.279 --> 00:33:59.779 And in joy, 00:33:59.900 --> 00:34:00.299 we give 00:34:00.299 --> 00:34:01.279 everything we 00:34:01.279 --> 00:34:01.960 can have to 00:34:01.960 --> 00:34:02.700 acquire it. 00:34:03.019 --> 00:34:03.400 He is, 00:34:03.580 --> 00:34:04.039 he's, 00:34:04.039 --> 00:34:04.600 he's it. 00:34:06.340 --> 00:34:06.940 Did you 00:34:06.940 --> 00:34:07.620 notice all the 00:34:07.620 --> 00:34:08.220 suffering that 00:34:08.220 --> 00:34:08.960 happens in this 00:34:08.960 --> 00:34:09.280 parable? 00:34:11.480 --> 00:34:12.159 All the 00:34:12.159 --> 00:34:12.539 servants, 00:34:12.760 --> 00:34:13.360 they suffer. 00:34:14.260 --> 00:34:14.660 So the 00:34:14.660 --> 00:34:15.900 servants are 00:34:15.900 --> 00:34:17.380 like small 00:34:17.380 --> 00:34:18.539 s suffering 00:34:18.539 --> 00:34:19.200 servants. 00:34:21.079 --> 00:34:22.039 But Jesus, 00:34:22.720 --> 00:34:23.079 a beloved 00:34:23.079 --> 00:34:23.460 son, 00:34:23.579 --> 00:34:24.140 is the 00:34:24.140 --> 00:34:25.460 capital 00:34:25.460 --> 00:34:26.559 s suffering 00:34:26.559 --> 00:34:27.000 servant. 00:34:28.880 --> 00:34:29.960 Which means 00:34:29.960 --> 00:34:30.480 if you're 00:34:30.480 --> 00:34:30.800 going to 00:34:30.800 --> 00:34:31.760 follow Jesus, 00:34:32.860 --> 00:34:33.820 expect to 00:34:33.820 --> 00:34:34.960 suffer for 00:34:34.960 --> 00:34:35.220 Jesus. 00:34:37.280 --> 00:34:38.140 People make 00:34:38.140 --> 00:34:38.620 fun of you 00:34:38.620 --> 00:34:39.039 for being 00:34:39.039 --> 00:34:40.280 narrow-minded. 00:34:41.039 --> 00:34:41.519 People make 00:34:41.519 --> 00:34:42.019 fun of you 00:34:42.019 --> 00:34:42.579 for basing 00:34:42.579 --> 00:34:42.980 your life 00:34:42.980 --> 00:34:43.480 on a book. 00:34:45.619 --> 00:34:46.440 People think 00:34:46.440 --> 00:34:46.880 that you're 00:34:46.880 --> 00:34:47.260 ignorant. 00:34:47.619 --> 00:34:48.179 People think 00:34:48.179 --> 00:34:49.599 that your 00:34:49.599 --> 00:34:50.139 religion is 00:34:50.139 --> 00:34:50.699 a crutch. 00:34:53.460 --> 00:34:54.179 Jesus is 00:34:54.179 --> 00:34:54.679 totally worth 00:34:54.679 --> 00:34:54.880 it. 00:34:59.320 --> 00:34:59.840 Third, 00:35:01.539 --> 00:35:02.199 behold your 00:35:02.199 --> 00:35:02.460 king, 00:35:03.139 --> 00:35:03.760 follow your 00:35:03.760 --> 00:35:04.099 king, 00:35:05.780 --> 00:35:06.980 take heart 00:35:06.980 --> 00:35:07.820 wayward 00:35:07.820 --> 00:35:08.179 one. 00:35:11.380 --> 00:35:12.320 Was anyone 00:35:12.320 --> 00:35:13.100 shocked 00:35:13.100 --> 00:35:15.240 shocked by 00:35:15.240 --> 00:35:15.680 God's 00:35:15.680 --> 00:35:17.300 faithful and 00:35:17.300 --> 00:35:17.980 persistent 00:35:17.980 --> 00:35:19.760 sending of 00:35:19.760 --> 00:35:21.100 prophets to 00:35:21.100 --> 00:35:21.920 his wayward 00:35:21.920 --> 00:35:22.340 people? 00:35:23.340 --> 00:35:23.800 Is anybody 00:35:23.800 --> 00:35:24.500 else shocked 00:35:24.500 --> 00:35:25.019 by that? 00:35:26.360 --> 00:35:26.760 What a 00:35:26.760 --> 00:35:28.220 God in 00:35:28.220 --> 00:35:28.940 his steadfast 00:35:28.940 --> 00:35:29.600 love and 00:35:29.600 --> 00:35:30.320 faithfulness. 00:35:31.120 --> 00:35:31.820 So if you 00:35:31.820 --> 00:35:32.160 were a 00:35:32.160 --> 00:35:32.580 wayward 00:35:32.580 --> 00:35:33.380 Christian who 00:35:33.380 --> 00:35:34.320 happened in 00:35:34.320 --> 00:35:35.460 into the 00:35:35.460 --> 00:35:35.900 sanctuary, 00:35:36.400 --> 00:35:37.200 I am really 00:35:37.200 --> 00:35:37.780 glad that you 00:35:37.780 --> 00:35:38.120 came. 00:35:38.119 --> 00:35:38.900 God, 00:35:38.900 --> 00:35:42.880 he wants 00:35:42.880 --> 00:35:43.839 you back. 00:35:44.839 --> 00:35:45.900 He wants 00:35:45.900 --> 00:35:46.519 you back 00:35:46.519 --> 00:35:48.519 and he 00:35:48.519 --> 00:35:49.099 wants you 00:35:49.099 --> 00:35:49.719 back with 00:35:49.719 --> 00:35:50.440 his people. 00:35:51.500 --> 00:35:52.179 So come, 00:35:53.039 --> 00:35:53.739 let's follow 00:35:53.739 --> 00:35:54.460 Jesus together. 00:35:55.179 --> 00:35:55.679 Together 00:35:55.679 --> 00:35:56.460 following Jesus. 00:35:58.460 --> 00:35:59.219 Finally, 00:36:00.219 --> 00:36:01.339 last application 00:36:01.339 --> 00:36:02.880 is for the 00:36:02.880 --> 00:36:03.480 Christian leaders 00:36:03.480 --> 00:36:03.980 in the room. 00:36:03.980 --> 00:36:07.780 Be sober, 00:36:07.980 --> 00:36:08.240 Christian 00:36:08.240 --> 00:36:08.500 leader. 00:36:11.240 --> 00:36:12.119 The most 00:36:12.119 --> 00:36:12.579 grievous 00:36:12.579 --> 00:36:13.380 mistake in 00:36:13.380 --> 00:36:14.019 this parable, 00:36:15.039 --> 00:36:15.500 the sin, 00:36:16.960 --> 00:36:17.659 are these 00:36:17.659 --> 00:36:17.900 tenant 00:36:17.900 --> 00:36:18.940 farmers who 00:36:18.940 --> 00:36:21.139 mistakenly 00:36:21.139 --> 00:36:21.619 thought that 00:36:21.619 --> 00:36:22.000 the vineyard 00:36:22.000 --> 00:36:22.639 belonged to 00:36:22.639 --> 00:36:22.940 them. 00:36:24.300 --> 00:36:24.440 It's 00:36:24.440 --> 00:36:25.099 presumptuous 00:36:25.099 --> 00:36:25.780 and prideful. 00:36:29.159 --> 00:36:29.719 Christian 00:36:29.719 --> 00:36:30.340 leadership is 00:36:30.340 --> 00:36:31.500 like tenant 00:36:31.500 --> 00:36:31.900 farming. 00:36:33.980 --> 00:36:34.539 We don't 00:36:34.539 --> 00:36:35.519 own the 00:36:35.519 --> 00:36:35.960 vineyard. 00:36:38.400 --> 00:36:39.019 Christ the 00:36:39.019 --> 00:36:39.699 King Church 00:36:39.699 --> 00:36:41.380 doesn't belong 00:36:41.380 --> 00:36:42.179 to the 00:36:42.179 --> 00:36:42.860 pastors and 00:36:42.860 --> 00:36:43.880 elders of 00:36:43.880 --> 00:36:44.300 Christ the 00:36:44.300 --> 00:36:44.840 King Church. 00:36:46.679 --> 00:36:47.820 The church 00:36:47.820 --> 00:36:49.000 doesn't exist 00:36:49.000 --> 00:36:50.079 to serve 00:36:50.079 --> 00:36:51.000 its leadership. 00:36:52.480 --> 00:36:53.240 The church's 00:36:53.240 --> 00:36:53.760 leadership 00:36:53.760 --> 00:36:55.539 exists to 00:36:55.539 --> 00:36:56.059 serve 00:36:56.059 --> 00:36:58.420 Christ's 00:36:58.420 --> 00:36:59.219 vineyard, 00:37:00.019 --> 00:37:00.559 his church. 00:37:02.240 --> 00:37:03.300 So elders, 00:37:03.480 --> 00:37:03.800 deacons, 00:37:04.000 --> 00:37:04.360 life group 00:37:04.360 --> 00:37:04.720 leaders, 00:37:04.900 --> 00:37:05.240 ministry 00:37:05.240 --> 00:37:05.760 directors, 00:37:06.060 --> 00:37:06.980 and teams, 00:37:07.620 --> 00:37:09.620 we are 00:37:09.620 --> 00:37:10.620 caretakers 00:37:10.620 --> 00:37:12.680 of God's 00:37:12.680 --> 00:37:13.039 people, 00:37:13.840 --> 00:37:14.460 of the 00:37:14.460 --> 00:37:14.940 vineyard, 00:37:16.180 --> 00:37:16.640 the blood 00:37:16.640 --> 00:37:17.660 bought of 00:37:17.660 --> 00:37:17.980 Jesus. 00:37:19.380 --> 00:37:20.380 It's a joy 00:37:20.380 --> 00:37:20.720 and a 00:37:20.720 --> 00:37:21.200 privilege. 00:37:22.840 --> 00:37:23.560 And we 00:37:23.560 --> 00:37:24.039 will be held 00:37:24.039 --> 00:37:24.480 accountable 00:37:24.480 --> 00:37:25.340 for it. 00:37:27.260 --> 00:37:27.980 Let's take 00:37:27.980 --> 00:37:28.360 that to 00:37:28.360 --> 00:37:28.560 heart. 00:37:28.559 --> 00:37:33.420 the 00:37:33.420 --> 00:37:33.840 tortoise 00:37:33.840 --> 00:37:34.099 and the 00:37:34.099 --> 00:37:35.440 hare is 00:37:35.440 --> 00:37:35.960 a fable 00:37:35.960 --> 00:37:38.199 about being 00:37:38.199 --> 00:37:38.639 slow and 00:37:38.639 --> 00:37:38.900 steady. 00:37:41.239 --> 00:37:41.779 The 00:37:41.779 --> 00:37:42.259 parable of 00:37:42.259 --> 00:37:42.920 the tenants 00:37:42.920 --> 00:37:44.679 is a 00:37:44.679 --> 00:37:45.159 parable of 00:37:45.159 --> 00:37:45.699 the gospel. 00:37:47.159 --> 00:37:47.920 A beloved 00:37:47.920 --> 00:37:48.500 son 00:37:48.500 --> 00:37:50.380 killed 00:37:50.380 --> 00:37:51.820 to reclaim 00:37:51.820 --> 00:37:52.539 his vineyard. 00:37:52.539 --> 00:37:52.599 stone. 00:37:53.480 --> 00:37:54.139 He's the 00:37:54.139 --> 00:37:55.079 stone that 00:37:55.079 --> 00:37:55.539 the builders 00:37:55.539 --> 00:37:56.559 rejected and 00:37:56.559 --> 00:37:57.179 he's become 00:37:57.179 --> 00:37:58.019 the corner 00:37:58.019 --> 00:37:58.400 stone. 00:37:59.159 --> 00:37:59.719 Our 00:37:59.719 --> 00:38:00.940 corner 00:38:00.940 --> 00:38:01.400 stone. 00:38:02.480 --> 00:38:02.860 So this 00:38:02.860 --> 00:38:03.139 morning, 00:38:03.239 --> 00:38:03.579 Christ the 00:38:03.579 --> 00:38:03.719 King 00:38:03.719 --> 00:38:03.960 Church, 00:38:04.059 --> 00:38:04.559 behold your 00:38:04.559 --> 00:38:04.900 king. 00:38:06.900 --> 00:38:07.519 God's plan 00:38:07.519 --> 00:38:08.079 of salvation 00:38:08.079 --> 00:38:08.820 has always 00:38:08.820 --> 00:38:11.000 been to 00:38:11.000 --> 00:38:11.440 send his 00:38:11.440 --> 00:38:12.039 beloved son 00:38:12.039 --> 00:38:12.619 for us. 00:38:13.619 --> 00:38:14.300 And it is 00:38:14.300 --> 00:38:15.159 marvelous in 00:38:15.159 --> 00:38:15.659 our eyes. 00:38:16.579 --> 00:38:16.940 Let's pray 00:38:16.940 --> 00:38:17.300 together. 00:38:17.300 --> 00:38:20.500 God in 00:38:20.500 --> 00:38:20.780 heaven, 00:38:21.900 --> 00:38:24.620 thank you 00:38:24.620 --> 00:38:24.960 for this 00:38:24.960 --> 00:38:25.360 parable. 00:38:27.140 --> 00:38:27.880 And we 00:38:27.880 --> 00:38:28.380 take it 00:38:28.380 --> 00:38:29.940 as from 00:38:29.940 --> 00:38:30.320 you 00:38:30.320 --> 00:38:32.600 into our 00:38:32.600 --> 00:38:33.019 hearts. 00:38:34.140 --> 00:38:35.280 We want 00:38:35.280 --> 00:38:36.039 to be 00:38:36.039 --> 00:38:37.760 good soil 00:38:37.760 --> 00:38:39.080 that this 00:38:39.080 --> 00:38:40.000 seed falls 00:38:40.000 --> 00:38:40.340 into. 00:38:41.780 --> 00:38:42.320 God, 00:38:42.380 --> 00:38:42.580 would you 00:38:42.580 --> 00:38:42.980 make us 00:38:42.980 --> 00:38:43.460 fruitful? 00:38:45.420 --> 00:38:46.080 Would you 00:38:46.080 --> 00:38:46.680 help us to 00:38:46.680 --> 00:38:47.140 live for 00:38:47.139 --> 00:38:47.420 you, 00:38:47.599 --> 00:38:48.099 Lord Jesus? 00:38:50.159 --> 00:38:50.739 Live for 00:38:50.739 --> 00:38:51.239 you humbly. 00:38:53.920 --> 00:38:54.519 You are 00:38:54.519 --> 00:38:55.119 marvelous in 00:38:55.119 --> 00:38:55.579 our eyes. 00:38:57.019 --> 00:38:57.519 In your 00:38:57.519 --> 00:38:57.819 name we 00:38:57.819 --> 00:38:58.059 pray. 00:38:58.719 --> 00:38:59.059 Amen.