WEBVTT 00:00:00.660 --> 00:00:08.040 Our reading this morning is from the Gospel of Matthew, chapter 19, verse 23, to chapter 20, verse 19. 00:00:11.580 --> 00:00:13.620 And Jesus said to his disciples, 00:00:14.240 --> 00:00:19.019 Truly I say to you, only with difficulty will a rich person enter the kingdom of heaven. 00:00:20.019 --> 00:00:26.820 Again, I tell you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter the kingdom of God. 00:00:26.820 --> 00:00:31.660 When the disciples heard this, they were greatly astonished, saying, 00:00:32.200 --> 00:00:33.299 Who then can be saved? 00:00:34.460 --> 00:00:35.920 But Jesus looked at them and said, 00:00:36.799 --> 00:00:40.859 With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible. 00:00:42.659 --> 00:00:43.980 Then Peter said in reply, 00:00:44.740 --> 00:00:47.019 See, we have left everything and followed you. 00:00:47.539 --> 00:00:48.600 What then will we have? 00:00:49.760 --> 00:00:50.719 Jesus said to them, 00:00:51.159 --> 00:00:56.740 Truly I say to you, in the new world, when the Son of Man will sit on his glorious throne, 00:00:57.340 --> 00:01:02.700 You who have followed me will also sit on twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel. 00:01:03.700 --> 00:01:10.420 And everyone who has left houses, or brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or children, or lands, for my name's sake, 00:01:11.040 --> 00:01:14.140 will receive a hundredfold and will inherit eternal life. 00:01:14.840 --> 00:01:18.539 But many who are first will be last, and the last first. 00:01:18.540 --> 00:01:25.260 For the kingdom of heaven is like a master of a house who went out early in the morning to hire labourers for his vineyard. 00:01:26.260 --> 00:01:30.440 After agreeing with the labourers for a denarius a day, he sent them into his vineyard. 00:01:31.180 --> 00:01:34.939 And going out about the third hour, he saw others standing idle in the marketplace. 00:01:35.740 --> 00:01:37.280 And to them he said, 00:01:37.420 --> 00:01:41.219 You go into the vineyard too, and whatever is right, I will give you. 00:01:41.920 --> 00:01:42.700 So they went. 00:01:42.700 --> 00:01:47.420 And going out again about the sixth hour and the ninth hour, he did the same. 00:01:48.500 --> 00:01:51.420 And about the eleventh hour he went out and found others standing. 00:01:51.980 --> 00:01:52.719 And he said to them, 00:01:53.240 --> 00:01:54.920 Why do you stand here idle all day? 00:01:55.659 --> 00:01:56.560 They said to him, 00:01:57.060 --> 00:01:58.260 Because no one has hired us. 00:01:59.120 --> 00:01:59.879 He said to them, 00:02:00.240 --> 00:02:01.500 You go into the vineyard too. 00:02:03.180 --> 00:02:04.420 And when evening came, 00:02:04.500 --> 00:02:06.520 The owner of the vineyard said to his foreman, 00:02:06.519 --> 00:02:09.039 Call the labourers and pay them their wages, 00:02:09.500 --> 00:02:11.460 Beginning with the last up to the first. 00:02:12.500 --> 00:02:14.719 And when those hired about the eleventh hour came, 00:02:15.079 --> 00:02:16.479 Each of them received a denarius. 00:02:17.659 --> 00:02:19.439 Now when those hired first came, 00:02:19.539 --> 00:02:20.859 They thought they would receive more. 00:02:21.319 --> 00:02:23.419 But each of them also received a denarius. 00:02:24.319 --> 00:02:25.159 And on receiving it, 00:02:25.219 --> 00:02:26.859 They grumbled at the master of the house, 00:02:27.780 --> 00:02:28.099 Saying, 00:02:28.620 --> 00:02:30.379 These last worked only one hour, 00:02:30.719 --> 00:02:32.259 And you have made them equal to us 00:02:32.259 --> 00:02:34.560 Who have borne the burden of the day and the scorching heat. 00:02:34.560 --> 00:02:37.060 But he replied to one of them, 00:02:37.920 --> 00:02:39.759 Friend, I am doing you no wrong. 00:02:40.379 --> 00:02:42.039 Did you not agree with me for a denarius? 00:02:42.740 --> 00:02:44.360 Take what belongs to you and go. 00:02:44.960 --> 00:02:47.920 I choose to give to this last worker as I give to you. 00:02:48.840 --> 00:02:51.699 Am I not allowed to do what I choose with what belongs to me? 00:02:52.800 --> 00:02:54.360 Or do you begrudge my generosity? 00:02:55.500 --> 00:02:56.740 So the last will be first, 00:02:57.319 --> 00:02:58.319 And the first last. 00:02:59.900 --> 00:03:02.020 And as Jesus was going up to Jerusalem, 00:03:02.159 --> 00:03:03.860 He took the twelve disciples aside, 00:03:03.860 --> 00:03:05.840 And on the way he said to them, 00:03:06.560 --> 00:03:08.420 See, we are going up to Jerusalem, 00:03:08.900 --> 00:03:10.760 And the Son of Man will be delivered over 00:03:10.760 --> 00:03:12.560 To the chief priests and scribes, 00:03:12.740 --> 00:03:14.380 And they will condemn him to death, 00:03:14.780 --> 00:03:16.480 And deliver him over to the Gentiles 00:03:16.480 --> 00:03:18.480 To be mocked and flogged and crucified, 00:03:18.900 --> 00:03:21.060 And he will be raised on the third day. 00:03:22.060 --> 00:03:23.180 Hear the word of the Lord. 00:03:23.180 --> 00:03:34.800 Well, good morning, everyone. 00:03:37.800 --> 00:03:38.700 Good to see you. 00:03:38.700 --> 00:03:38.980 Hope, 00:03:39.060 --> 00:03:40.580 I hope. 00:03:41.939 --> 00:03:43.340 It will be good to chat to you after. 00:03:44.100 --> 00:03:45.100 Welcome if you're visiting. 00:03:45.360 --> 00:03:46.120 My name is Dave. 00:03:46.180 --> 00:03:47.280 I'm the pastor here. 00:03:48.159 --> 00:03:50.400 Would you please join me in prayer 00:03:50.400 --> 00:03:51.360 As we come to God's word. 00:03:58.140 --> 00:03:59.360 Father, as we just sang, 00:03:59.759 --> 00:04:01.540 I pray that your word would 00:04:01.540 --> 00:04:04.040 Compliment that song 00:04:04.040 --> 00:04:06.800 And fill our hearts with joy 00:04:06.800 --> 00:04:08.860 That you have saved our soul 00:04:08.860 --> 00:04:11.180 And that it's all of you, 00:04:11.439 --> 00:04:12.400 All of your grace. 00:04:12.540 --> 00:04:13.759 And I pray this in Jesus' name. 00:04:14.000 --> 00:04:14.340 Amen. 00:04:14.340 --> 00:04:19.920 Well, what does this parable mean? 00:04:22.560 --> 00:04:23.899 You've got all these workers, 00:04:24.319 --> 00:04:25.959 And some come in at the 11th hour. 00:04:26.120 --> 00:04:28.579 Is it encouraging people to leave 00:04:28.579 --> 00:04:30.920 Their coming to Jesus 00:04:30.920 --> 00:04:33.439 Until the 11th hour of their life? 00:04:33.899 --> 00:04:35.120 Like, you can just put off 00:04:35.120 --> 00:04:36.019 Becoming a Christian 00:04:36.019 --> 00:04:38.540 And say a prayer on your deathbed, 00:04:38.620 --> 00:04:40.060 And it'll be right. 00:04:40.060 --> 00:04:44.519 Is it saying it's not the amount of work 00:04:44.519 --> 00:04:45.540 You do for God, 00:04:45.639 --> 00:04:47.819 But it's your willingness, 00:04:48.420 --> 00:04:50.240 Your willingness to serve God 00:04:50.240 --> 00:04:51.180 That's all important. 00:04:52.959 --> 00:04:54.060 Is that what it's about? 00:04:56.800 --> 00:04:59.259 Is it a bit bigger picture than that? 00:04:59.319 --> 00:05:01.480 Is it about the nations, 00:05:01.720 --> 00:05:03.959 The Gentiles coming into God's kingdom 00:05:03.959 --> 00:05:07.699 As last compared to the Jews 00:05:07.699 --> 00:05:08.600 Who were first? 00:05:08.600 --> 00:05:10.420 Is that what it's about? 00:05:11.960 --> 00:05:15.140 Is it saying all people are equal before God? 00:05:16.080 --> 00:05:19.200 Is it saying all servants 00:05:19.200 --> 00:05:20.780 Will get the same reward 00:05:20.780 --> 00:05:22.960 In God's kingdom? 00:05:23.439 --> 00:05:27.400 Is it warning against begrudging someone 00:05:27.400 --> 00:05:30.080 Becoming a Christian later in life 00:05:30.080 --> 00:05:31.980 When you've spent your whole life 00:05:31.980 --> 00:05:33.180 In the church serving? 00:05:33.400 --> 00:05:35.820 And what is this parable about? 00:05:35.819 --> 00:05:39.879 There's a danger with parables, I think. 00:05:40.779 --> 00:05:43.560 We can almost see whatever we want. 00:05:45.060 --> 00:05:46.740 There's a bit of a danger with parables. 00:05:47.180 --> 00:05:50.100 Or we can be a bit confused by them, I think. 00:05:50.459 --> 00:05:54.579 And the very first half reasonable thought we have, 00:05:54.639 --> 00:05:56.019 I think we can latch on to it. 00:05:56.019 --> 00:05:58.819 That makes sense. 00:05:58.939 --> 00:05:59.899 And so we stick with that. 00:06:02.459 --> 00:06:04.399 We need to spend just a few minutes 00:06:04.399 --> 00:06:06.379 Thinking about and understanding 00:06:06.379 --> 00:06:09.180 How these story parables work 00:06:09.180 --> 00:06:12.159 If we're going to hear God's word to us today. 00:06:13.479 --> 00:06:15.459 In church history, it was really common 00:06:15.459 --> 00:06:19.039 To interpret these stories as allegories. 00:06:19.040 --> 00:06:22.660 Every detail in the story has some spiritual reality. 00:06:22.840 --> 00:06:24.680 So if we take the most famous parable 00:06:24.680 --> 00:06:26.480 Of the Good Samaritan 00:06:26.480 --> 00:06:29.740 You know the story, I'm sure 00:06:29.740 --> 00:06:33.340 But a man is beaten up on the side of the road 00:06:33.340 --> 00:06:36.240 Now one church father says 00:06:36.240 --> 00:06:39.600 The robbers in that story were the devil and his angels 00:06:39.600 --> 00:06:42.980 They stripped him of his immortality 00:06:42.980 --> 00:06:46.879 They beat him by persuading him to sin 00:06:46.879 --> 00:06:49.540 The donkey, I don't get this one 00:06:49.540 --> 00:06:53.040 But the donkey is the flesh of Christ's incarnation 00:06:53.040 --> 00:06:56.000 I'm still thinking that one through 00:06:56.000 --> 00:07:00.740 The inn where he is taking care of is the church 00:07:00.740 --> 00:07:02.580 And the next day is the resurrection 00:07:02.580 --> 00:07:05.060 And the innkeeper is the apostle Paul 00:07:05.060 --> 00:07:11.379 Now this is a very well respected church father 00:07:11.379 --> 00:07:18.319 But which of the details are we meant to find meaning in 00:07:18.319 --> 00:07:20.459 And which do we kind of just overlook 00:07:20.459 --> 00:07:23.540 It feels a bit arbitrary 00:07:23.540 --> 00:07:30.120 Or you've got to find an obscure answer 00:07:30.120 --> 00:07:32.800 If you're going to get every detail to mean something 00:07:32.800 --> 00:07:36.800 You've got to come up with some pretty obscure answers 00:07:36.800 --> 00:07:39.560 My other problem with it 00:07:39.560 --> 00:07:43.160 Is how do you know your interpretation is correct? 00:07:44.220 --> 00:07:46.420 How do you know the innkeeper is Paul? 00:07:48.120 --> 00:07:51.340 How can we be confident that's what God is telling us? 00:07:52.460 --> 00:07:55.100 I think we can avoid all this guesswork 00:07:55.100 --> 00:07:59.280 If we hear these parables in their context 00:07:59.279 --> 00:08:05.039 And if we understand how this genre of parables work 00:08:05.039 --> 00:08:11.759 So there was a pedestrian 00:08:11.759 --> 00:08:15.459 Injured in a hit and run incident 00:08:15.459 --> 00:08:20.939 And he was a rough looking, biker looking man 00:08:20.939 --> 00:08:23.419 Covered in tattoos, head to toe 00:08:23.419 --> 00:08:24.819 Piercings all over 00:08:24.819 --> 00:08:26.799 Blood trickling down his face 00:08:26.800 --> 00:08:29.160 He was kind of going in and out of consciousness 00:08:29.160 --> 00:08:31.199 After being hit by this car 00:08:31.199 --> 00:08:34.240 Now the first car to go past after that 00:08:34.240 --> 00:08:38.100 Driving in that car was the archbishop 00:08:38.100 --> 00:08:39.899 The Anglican archbishop 00:08:39.899 --> 00:08:42.200 But he noticed the man 00:08:42.200 --> 00:08:44.240 He slowed down 00:08:44.240 --> 00:08:47.340 But he was wearing God's holy vestments 00:08:47.340 --> 00:08:51.299 And he didn't want the blood to get on God's holy vestments 00:08:51.299 --> 00:08:52.519 So he kept driving 00:08:52.519 --> 00:08:54.480 And then in the next car 00:08:54.480 --> 00:08:56.199 Dave Bott, a local pastor 00:08:56.199 --> 00:08:57.799 Was driving by 00:08:57.799 --> 00:09:00.179 And he saw the man 00:09:00.179 --> 00:09:03.720 But he was running late for a church meeting 00:09:03.720 --> 00:09:05.340 To do God's work 00:09:05.340 --> 00:09:08.379 And he decided that was 00:09:08.379 --> 00:09:10.079 He had to keep driving 00:09:10.079 --> 00:09:13.120 But then in the next car was a Muslim man 00:09:13.120 --> 00:09:15.759 He was on his way to his evening prayers 00:09:15.759 --> 00:09:16.379 At the mosque 00:09:16.379 --> 00:09:17.879 And he pulled over 00:09:17.879 --> 00:09:19.059 And he called an ambulance 00:09:19.059 --> 00:09:22.799 He paid the $415 ambulance fee 00:09:22.799 --> 00:09:24.519 Because he didn't have insurance 00:09:24.519 --> 00:09:27.539 And he used his turban to bind up his wounds 00:09:27.539 --> 00:09:29.659 And then he went with the man to the hospital 00:09:29.659 --> 00:09:31.339 To make sure he was cared for 00:09:31.339 --> 00:09:36.719 Which of these men loved his neighbour? 00:09:39.719 --> 00:09:40.799 Do you feel like 00:09:40.799 --> 00:09:43.000 You can disagree on the details 00:09:43.000 --> 00:09:44.099 I don't really mind 00:09:44.099 --> 00:09:45.979 Do you feel the punch of the parable? 00:09:45.980 --> 00:09:50.519 They're meant to kind of get under our skin a bit 00:09:50.519 --> 00:09:54.639 They're meant to challenge our assumptions 00:09:54.639 --> 00:09:58.000 About God and ourselves and the kingdom 00:09:58.000 --> 00:10:00.620 Parables 00:10:00.620 --> 00:10:04.180 Led the first century hearers 00:10:04.180 --> 00:10:05.820 They were familiar with the details 00:10:05.820 --> 00:10:07.360 And we've got to do a bit of work there 00:10:07.360 --> 00:10:09.180 To understand those details 00:10:09.180 --> 00:10:10.100 But they led them 00:10:10.100 --> 00:10:13.740 Jesus told them in such a way 00:10:13.740 --> 00:10:15.460 That led them along 00:10:15.460 --> 00:10:17.700 And then there's this shocking twist 00:10:17.700 --> 00:10:18.940 And it's like 00:10:18.940 --> 00:10:19.299 Ooh 00:10:19.299 --> 00:10:24.639 It challenges your expectations 00:10:24.639 --> 00:10:28.759 So I think that's how the genre works 00:10:28.759 --> 00:10:32.580 So as a good rule of thumb 00:10:32.580 --> 00:10:33.759 Look for one point 00:10:33.759 --> 00:10:36.519 One main punch 00:10:36.519 --> 00:10:38.299 From a parable 00:10:38.299 --> 00:10:43.039 And let the context be our guide 00:10:43.039 --> 00:10:47.639 If I can get a bit of audience participation 00:10:47.639 --> 00:10:48.359 At this point 00:10:48.359 --> 00:10:52.719 What was the question asked 00:10:52.719 --> 00:10:54.799 Before the story of the Good Samaritan? 00:10:54.899 --> 00:10:55.620 Does anyone remember? 00:10:56.519 --> 00:10:58.199 What question is asked? 00:10:59.459 --> 00:11:00.639 Who is my neighbour? 00:11:01.639 --> 00:11:03.059 It's the expert in the law 00:11:03.059 --> 00:11:04.579 Asking who is my neighbour? 00:11:04.580 --> 00:11:06.860 That sets the context 00:11:06.860 --> 00:11:08.480 Well, true love 00:11:08.480 --> 00:11:09.379 Crosses 00:11:09.379 --> 00:11:10.100 Racial 00:11:10.100 --> 00:11:10.800 Social 00:11:10.800 --> 00:11:12.300 Any prejudice 00:11:12.300 --> 00:11:14.720 Even love for enemies 00:11:14.720 --> 00:11:17.139 Whoever you think your enemies are 00:11:17.139 --> 00:11:19.220 The context 00:11:19.220 --> 00:11:21.900 Gives us guidance 00:11:21.900 --> 00:11:23.480 What about the parable 00:11:23.480 --> 00:11:25.620 A few weeks ago 00:11:25.620 --> 00:11:26.920 The unforgiving servant 00:11:26.920 --> 00:11:27.400 Do you remember 00:11:27.400 --> 00:11:29.320 Anyone remember the question 00:11:29.320 --> 00:11:30.520 Peter asks? 00:11:30.519 --> 00:11:36.779 How many times 00:11:36.779 --> 00:11:38.399 Do I have to forgive my brother 00:11:38.399 --> 00:11:39.860 Who sins against 00:11:39.860 --> 00:11:42.179 Let the context 00:11:42.179 --> 00:11:44.259 Be the guide 00:11:44.259 --> 00:11:45.960 For the punch 00:11:45.960 --> 00:11:46.699 Of the parable 00:11:46.699 --> 00:11:48.100 We don't need to work out 00:11:48.100 --> 00:11:48.799 In that parable 00:11:48.799 --> 00:11:51.000 What 100 denarii 00:11:51.000 --> 00:11:51.840 Represents 00:11:51.840 --> 00:11:53.539 We all feel the punch 00:11:53.539 --> 00:11:54.220 When 00:11:54.220 --> 00:11:56.960 The master forgives a debt 00:11:56.960 --> 00:11:59.579 Had no chance of repaying 00:11:59.580 --> 00:12:00.900 And then 00:12:00.900 --> 00:12:02.420 For a sum of 00:12:02.420 --> 00:12:03.520 Like $50 00:12:03.520 --> 00:12:04.639 He goes and 00:12:04.639 --> 00:12:05.320 Tries to 00:12:05.320 --> 00:12:06.900 Get revenge 00:12:06.900 --> 00:12:08.560 We all know that feeling 00:12:08.560 --> 00:12:11.759 When God has forgiven us 00:12:11.759 --> 00:12:12.480 So much 00:12:12.480 --> 00:12:15.460 How can we have that attitude 00:12:15.460 --> 00:12:16.620 Toward one another? 00:12:18.620 --> 00:12:19.639 Dare I say 00:12:19.639 --> 00:12:21.100 Allegorising 00:12:21.100 --> 00:12:22.900 Distracts 00:12:22.900 --> 00:12:24.060 From the punch 00:12:24.060 --> 00:12:24.800 Of the parable 00:12:24.800 --> 00:12:27.500 So here too 00:12:27.500 --> 00:12:28.300 In chapter 20 00:12:28.299 --> 00:12:29.039 Let's 00:12:29.039 --> 00:12:30.099 Let the context 00:12:30.099 --> 00:12:31.079 Be our guide 00:12:31.079 --> 00:12:32.199 And 00:12:32.199 --> 00:12:33.159 We've got to let 00:12:33.159 --> 00:12:33.719 This parable 00:12:33.719 --> 00:12:35.059 Get under our skin 00:12:35.059 --> 00:12:38.719 So what is 00:12:38.719 --> 00:12:39.539 The context? 00:12:42.959 --> 00:12:43.919 Well that's why 00:12:43.919 --> 00:12:45.099 I thought it would be worth 00:12:45.099 --> 00:12:46.479 Well the elders actually 00:12:46.479 --> 00:12:47.240 Thought it would be worth 00:12:47.240 --> 00:12:48.259 Reading a bit more 00:12:48.259 --> 00:12:48.500 Of 00:12:48.500 --> 00:12:50.059 Back into the passage 00:12:50.059 --> 00:12:51.159 We looked at last week 00:12:51.159 --> 00:12:52.039 Just to refresh 00:12:52.039 --> 00:12:53.439 Our memory 00:12:53.439 --> 00:12:53.939 Here 00:12:53.940 --> 00:12:55.600 The chapter division 00:12:55.600 --> 00:12:56.220 At this point 00:12:56.220 --> 00:12:57.480 Moving into chapter 20 00:12:57.480 --> 00:12:58.940 Is really unhelpful 00:12:58.940 --> 00:13:00.960 Now that's a man-made invention 00:13:00.960 --> 00:13:02.040 The chapter headings 00:13:02.040 --> 00:13:03.800 You've got that word 00:13:03.800 --> 00:13:04.440 For 00:13:04.440 --> 00:13:08.280 Jesus is still speaking 00:13:08.280 --> 00:13:08.860 To Peter 00:13:08.860 --> 00:13:09.820 There's no change 00:13:09.820 --> 00:13:10.320 In audience 00:13:10.320 --> 00:13:11.080 There's no change 00:13:11.080 --> 00:13:11.840 In scene 00:13:11.840 --> 00:13:14.400 Here's the basis 00:13:14.400 --> 00:13:15.120 Of what 00:13:15.120 --> 00:13:16.280 Jesus has just 00:13:16.280 --> 00:13:16.940 Said to Peter 00:13:16.940 --> 00:13:18.480 In verse 30 00:13:18.480 --> 00:13:21.060 Many who are first 00:13:21.060 --> 00:13:21.800 Will be last 00:13:21.800 --> 00:13:22.720 And the last 00:13:22.720 --> 00:13:23.840 First 00:13:23.840 --> 00:13:26.539 Jesus concludes 00:13:26.539 --> 00:13:27.139 The parable 00:13:27.139 --> 00:13:27.539 And 00:13:27.539 --> 00:13:29.300 This should 00:13:29.300 --> 00:13:30.620 Guide us 00:13:30.620 --> 00:13:31.500 In our interpretation 00:13:31.500 --> 00:13:33.580 With that same 00:13:33.580 --> 00:13:34.360 Proverb 00:13:34.360 --> 00:13:35.279 Just the other way 00:13:35.279 --> 00:13:35.560 Around 00:13:35.560 --> 00:13:36.399 In verse 16 00:13:36.399 --> 00:13:37.620 The last 00:13:37.620 --> 00:13:38.500 Will be first 00:13:38.500 --> 00:13:39.460 And the first 00:13:39.460 --> 00:13:41.060 Last 00:13:41.059 --> 00:13:43.219 We should be 00:13:43.219 --> 00:13:44.039 Expecting 00:13:44.039 --> 00:13:46.099 A reversal 00:13:46.099 --> 00:13:48.119 A reversal 00:13:48.119 --> 00:13:48.619 Of our 00:13:48.619 --> 00:13:49.500 Expectations 00:13:49.500 --> 00:13:53.179 He's answering 00:13:53.179 --> 00:13:54.179 Peter's question 00:13:54.179 --> 00:13:55.419 In verse 27 00:13:55.419 --> 00:13:58.519 See 00:13:58.519 --> 00:14:00.559 See 00:14:00.559 --> 00:14:02.019 We have left 00:14:02.019 --> 00:14:02.759 Everything 00:14:02.759 --> 00:14:03.819 And followed you 00:14:03.819 --> 00:14:05.879 What then 00:14:05.879 --> 00:14:06.799 Will we have 00:14:06.799 --> 00:14:10.500 It's really hard 00:14:10.500 --> 00:14:10.919 To know 00:14:10.919 --> 00:14:12.440 What's motivating 00:14:12.440 --> 00:14:12.879 Peter 00:14:12.879 --> 00:14:14.120 In that question 00:14:14.120 --> 00:14:14.740 Like is it 00:14:14.740 --> 00:14:16.679 Is it fear 00:14:16.679 --> 00:14:18.659 We've left 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Bible through the slot. 00:26:22.000 --> 00:26:26.160 And he spends that solitary confinement mainly just reading the Bible. 00:26:27.980 --> 00:26:32.900 He said he started in the book of Proverbs and he's just amazed by the wisdom there. 00:26:32.980 --> 00:26:37.539 And then he reads the Gospels and Jesus is this leader. 00:26:38.879 --> 00:26:41.200 He's obviously impressed by Jesus as we are. 00:26:41.200 --> 00:26:50.360 And something he pointed out was in Jesus, he doesn't demand loyalty out of fear like his life in the mafia. 00:26:50.740 --> 00:26:54.440 Not loyalty out of fear but loyalty out of love. 00:26:55.880 --> 00:26:58.420 A greater loyalty out of love. 00:26:58.640 --> 00:27:02.620 And that really got to him. 00:27:02.619 --> 00:27:12.279 There's going to be a great reversal when Jesus comes again to judge. 00:27:13.139 --> 00:27:21.059 There's going to be decent church going people, maybe in this room, who will be shut out of the kingdom. 00:27:21.479 --> 00:27:24.319 And Jesus, who are self-reliant. 00:27:24.319 --> 00:27:29.039 And friend, I'm doing you no wrong. 00:27:30.480 --> 00:27:32.339 And mafia bosses are coming in. 00:27:34.679 --> 00:27:36.339 There's going to be this reversal. 00:27:37.779 --> 00:27:40.740 Prostitutes are entering the kingdom ahead. 00:27:40.740 --> 00:27:50.680 Because it's all generosity, he's free to give grace to whoever he chooses. 00:27:52.740 --> 00:28:05.240 Those who seem to be important, even in church circles, if they're self-reliant, there's going to be this great reversal. 00:28:05.240 --> 00:28:14.680 Even those who seem less important in society, he's free to welcome unborn children. 00:28:18.200 --> 00:28:20.579 He's free to welcome the disabled. 00:28:22.160 --> 00:28:24.579 Because it's all his generosity. 00:28:26.000 --> 00:28:27.299 Isn't that wonderful? 00:28:27.299 --> 00:28:37.379 I remember the ministry at Crossroads with the mentally disabled that we used to help out with from time to time. 00:28:37.500 --> 00:28:40.319 And there was this one guy who just repeatedly asked, like every time we went, 00:28:40.619 --> 00:28:41.180 You go to the pub? 00:28:42.059 --> 00:28:42.740 You go to the pub? 00:28:43.799 --> 00:28:44.180 Do you remember? 00:28:46.379 --> 00:28:46.779 Darren. 00:28:47.500 --> 00:28:47.899 Darryl. 00:28:48.419 --> 00:28:48.819 Darryl. 00:28:49.740 --> 00:28:50.460 Good on you. 00:28:52.419 --> 00:28:53.139 There you go. 00:28:53.819 --> 00:28:56.399 After a couple of years, he started asking a different question. 00:28:56.400 --> 00:28:57.380 You go to church? 00:28:57.900 --> 00:29:02.120 It's like something, I don't know, something seemed to change. 00:29:02.180 --> 00:29:05.180 There was this one night where they were singing Amazing Grace. 00:29:05.820 --> 00:29:07.740 And to be honest with you, it sounded awful. 00:29:08.460 --> 00:29:09.920 But it melted. 00:29:10.680 --> 00:29:14.880 I was holding back tears because I'm pretty sure God delights. 00:29:17.280 --> 00:29:20.940 The kingdom of God is this reversal. 00:29:21.120 --> 00:29:23.120 He is free to give to the least. 00:29:23.119 --> 00:29:27.919 People seem unimportant in society. 00:29:28.439 --> 00:29:29.439 Even mafia bosses. 00:29:30.159 --> 00:29:31.659 He's free to save whoever he wants. 00:29:33.159 --> 00:29:34.619 There's going to be a great reversal. 00:29:39.299 --> 00:29:43.500 This parable isn't encouraging you to wait to your deathbed to come to Christ. 00:29:43.639 --> 00:29:47.039 But whatever you've done, it really does give you hope. 00:29:47.039 --> 00:29:50.940 The kingdom of God is based on his generosity. 00:29:51.200 --> 00:29:51.619 So come. 00:29:58.259 --> 00:30:05.000 Second implication, if the Christian life is all his free generosity from first to last, 00:30:05.139 --> 00:30:08.759 is that grumbling is ugly. 00:30:08.759 --> 00:30:13.759 It's an ugly attitude. 00:30:14.019 --> 00:30:15.039 It's an ugly sin. 00:30:17.220 --> 00:30:21.779 I fall into grumbling spirit at least on a weekly basis. 00:30:21.779 --> 00:30:26.819 Like, you ask Emma, Mondays are really bad for me. 00:30:27.240 --> 00:30:28.759 Like, Mondays and holidays. 00:30:29.099 --> 00:30:31.019 Oh, I'm so prone to it. 00:30:31.019 --> 00:30:33.579 I've done so much. 00:30:34.139 --> 00:30:43.379 I deserve that miserable spirit that doubts God's goodness and his fairness. 00:30:43.859 --> 00:30:50.680 It comes from forgetting that all his blessings come from his free generosity. 00:30:51.740 --> 00:30:55.819 It's this wrong focus on what I've sacrificed, what I deserve. 00:30:55.819 --> 00:31:06.539 We can be miserable in comparing what God blesses one another with. 00:31:09.059 --> 00:31:16.519 That spouse, that child, that child who grows up to love God, that better health. 00:31:17.659 --> 00:31:18.819 I've done more. 00:31:18.919 --> 00:31:19.839 I deserve more. 00:31:19.839 --> 00:31:29.399 We can be jealous of someone else's ministry gifts and position and successes. 00:31:32.399 --> 00:31:38.939 But if the kingdom is based on his generosity, he's never shortchanged you. 00:31:39.939 --> 00:31:40.220 Never. 00:31:43.299 --> 00:31:47.459 Everything is just his freeness in giving it. 00:31:47.460 --> 00:31:53.140 All our talents, all our successes, whatever blessings we've got. 00:31:53.340 --> 00:31:54.440 It's his freeness. 00:31:54.620 --> 00:31:56.380 He's never shortchanged any of us. 00:31:57.860 --> 00:32:00.500 It's really ugly to think of God that he has. 00:32:09.500 --> 00:32:13.039 What a focus on his sacrifice, not my sacrifice. 00:32:13.039 --> 00:32:21.039 As Alan's already talked about, we're fundraising for our mission partners. 00:32:21.159 --> 00:32:28.680 I was going to transfer funds this week, but I paused because I felt like it was coming from 00:32:28.680 --> 00:32:29.799 a place of compulsion. 00:32:30.799 --> 00:32:31.859 Like, I better do it. 00:32:31.859 --> 00:32:38.639 Like, is God asking us to sacrifice our money? 00:32:44.859 --> 00:32:51.899 Well, it depends if you focus on what you're giving up for God or if you focus on what he's 00:32:51.899 --> 00:32:55.319 given up for you and all the blessings that come with that. 00:32:55.500 --> 00:32:56.899 It depends where your focus is. 00:32:56.900 --> 00:33:01.100 David Livingston, he was missionary. 00:33:01.400 --> 00:33:05.240 He left the comforts of England to be missionary in the mid-1800s. 00:33:06.740 --> 00:33:08.740 His goal was to explore Africa. 00:33:09.420 --> 00:33:10.920 It was unexplored at that point. 00:33:11.400 --> 00:33:17.580 And his goal was to create access into all the areas of Africa for the sake of the gospel. 00:33:17.579 --> 00:33:25.139 And he later said in this, later in life at a speech to students in Cambridge, 00:33:25.500 --> 00:33:30.059 people talk of the sacrifice I have made in spending so much of my life in Africa. 00:33:30.059 --> 00:33:39.879 Anxiety, sickness, suffering, danger, now and then, with a foregoing of the common conveniences, 00:33:40.139 --> 00:33:47.720 may make us pause, cause the spirit to waver and the soul to sink. 00:33:49.500 --> 00:33:51.359 But let this only be for a moment. 00:33:51.359 --> 00:34:03.979 All these are nothing when compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us and for us. 00:34:05.439 --> 00:34:07.339 I never made a sacrifice. 00:34:08.719 --> 00:34:09.900 He's famous for that. 00:34:10.000 --> 00:34:11.460 I never made a sacrifice. 00:34:11.460 --> 00:34:19.039 When you compare it to his generosity and the glory that's coming, 00:34:23.280 --> 00:34:27.260 there was, yes, there was real cost, but I never made a sacrifice. 00:34:28.059 --> 00:34:28.760 It's all gain. 00:34:31.199 --> 00:34:34.760 Peter, leaving his fishing trade to follow Jesus, 00:34:34.760 --> 00:34:36.139 look what I've left for you. 00:34:36.139 --> 00:34:42.480 That does not deserve one of the 12 thrones in the age to come. 00:34:43.299 --> 00:34:49.179 That is his free generosity that Jesus gives that, promises that. 00:34:53.019 --> 00:34:57.299 In all our service, whatever cost it is, and some costs are really high. 00:34:57.400 --> 00:35:00.179 I'm not trying to downplay that, especially the relational costs. 00:35:00.179 --> 00:35:06.539 But when we compare it to the surpassing glory he gives us, 00:35:07.879 --> 00:35:09.859 whatever hard service we're called to, 00:35:10.059 --> 00:35:12.819 when we compare it to that glory, 00:35:12.940 --> 00:35:16.179 we're meant to be like that 11th hour worker. 00:35:16.419 --> 00:35:20.480 He goes, I don't deserve. 00:35:20.659 --> 00:35:22.219 I don't deserve what you gave me. 00:35:24.159 --> 00:35:25.559 I've never made a sacrifice. 00:35:25.559 --> 00:35:25.779 I've never made a sacrifice. 00:35:30.179 --> 00:35:36.239 Let's rejoice that the kingdom of heaven doesn't operate on merit, 00:35:36.419 --> 00:35:43.199 but only ever on our master's free generosity. 00:35:44.619 --> 00:35:45.179 Let's pray. 00:35:45.179 --> 00:36:07.619 Father, for those of us who haven't grasped just how free your grace is 00:36:07.619 --> 00:36:12.940 and that your salvation is on offer simply by what you've done, 00:36:12.940 --> 00:36:16.099 and I pray that the penny would drop through your word. 00:36:17.320 --> 00:36:21.300 And I pray for us who have been Christians maybe for many years 00:36:21.300 --> 00:36:25.539 and our focus has just turned in on ourselves 00:36:25.539 --> 00:36:29.940 and we've forgotten all you've done for us 00:36:29.940 --> 00:36:31.880 and all you've purchased for us, 00:36:32.000 --> 00:36:34.159 that it's all your generosity. 00:36:35.720 --> 00:36:40.099 Father, I pray that you would cause our hearts to rejoice in our salvation 00:36:40.099 --> 00:36:44.759 and your many and the glory you promise. 00:36:45.199 --> 00:36:49.119 Make our hearts rejoice again so that our service to you would be pleasing 00:36:49.119 --> 00:36:52.179 and not this murmuring spirit. 00:36:53.239 --> 00:36:55.440 Pray this in Jesus' name. 00:36:55.659 --> 00:36:55.920 Amen. 00:36:55.920 --> 00:36:56.000 Amen. 00:36:56.000 --> 00:36:56.059 Amen. 00:36:56.059 --> 00:36:56.059 00:36:56.059 --> 00:36:56.059 00:36:56.059 --> 00:36:56.059