matthew 20:16 adventure challenge

He went out again about nine o'clock in the morning, and saw others standing idle in the market-place. 8 So when even was come, the lord of the vineyard saith unto his steward, Call the labourers, and give them their hire, beginning from the last unto the first. Major Prophets Well, he did not come to get your service; he came to give you his services; not that you might first do him honor, but that he might show you mercy. (Spurgeon). And He was in the hinder part of the ship, asleep on a pillow: and they awake Him, and say unto Him, Master, carest thou not that we perish? Sometimes a young person dies almost before the door of life and achievement have opened at all. "Have mercy on me, O Lord, thou Son of David!" Jesus laces this point throughout the parable. Why are they postponed here? Here is demonstrated the new glory and the new greatness of suffering love and sacrificial service. "That by His stripes you may be healed." "Our Daily Homily: Matthew-Revelation" Volume 5 (Westwood, New Jersey: Revell, 1966), Poole, Matthew "A Commentary on the Holy Bible" Volume 3 (Matthew-Revelation) (London: Banner of Truth Trust, 1969), Spurgeon, Charles Haddon "Commentary on Matthew: The Gospel of the Kingdom" (London: Passmore and Alabaster, Paternoster Buildings, 1893), Spurgeon, Charles Haddon "The New Park Street Pulpit" Volumes 1-6 and "The Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit" Volumes 7-63 (Pasadena, Texas: Pilgrim Publications, 1990). Even so the last shall be first, and the first shall be last.". In the next scene, then, we have the disciples as a whole tried by a sudden danger to which their sleeping Master paid no heed. Bishop PEARCE thinks it is an interpolation from Matthew 22:14. The Gospels Note, Evening time is the reckoning time; the particular account must be given up in the evening of our life; for after death cometh the judgment. i. Dress up - slacks/tie, skirt/shirt. The second lesson is even greater--all God gives is of grace. Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers. he said. c. Lord, Son of David: However, in their desperation they glorified Jesus. 748.]. Will be betrayed: Conceivably, Jesus could have been delivered to the religious authorities without this. Nicodemus may be born again when he is old, and the old man may be put off, which is corrupt. He calls him friend, for in reasoning with others we should use soft words and hard arguments; if our inferiors are peevish and provoking, yet we should not thereby be put into a passion, but speak calmly to them. Then a beggar asked for his shirt and got it. "As they went out, behold, they brought to Him a dumb man possessed with a devil. i. As we have seen, the pay was 4 pence a day; and, if they were unemployed for one day, the children would go hungry at home, for no man ever saved much out of 4 pence a day. To represent to us the kingdom of heaven (Matthew 20:1; Matthew 20:1), that is, the way and method of the gospel dispensation. Poetical Books The world knows quite well that a good man is a man who serves his fellow-men. It was clearly a question of connection with the apostle of the circumcision ( i.e., Peter's wife's mother). Sometimes we go without when God would want to give us something simply because we will not answer this question, and we do not have because we do not ask (James 4:2). (2.) Note, God will be sure not to be behind-hand with any for the service they do him: never any lost by working for God. And they would lay this leather whip across the back, and it was so designed, that when they pulled it back up to rip up pieces of flesh.The purpose of the scourging was the third-degree Roman style. But Christ does not explode at their obtuseness, or blaze at their blindness, or despair at their unteachableness. A man who wanted to work came there first thing in the morning, carrying his tools, and waited until someone hired him. Jerusalem's proud, traditional hypocrisy is exposed, and grace fully blesses the tried Gentile. And you guessed it already its a quote from the bible \"so the last shall be first \u0026 the first last\"which of course made me think of a competition type challenge !!! Little faith leaves us as fearful for ourselves as dim witnesses of His glory whom the most unruly elements obey. The indulgence of the selfish, murmuring temper might hinder their election even to that work. Hugh Martin reminds us that a great teacher used to say that the saddest words in all Shakespeare's plays are the words: "Othello's occupation's gone." I merely indicate by the way how the thorough increasing rejection of the Lord Jesus in His lower glory has but the effect of bringing out the revelation of His higher. The Rabbis had a saying, "Some enter the Kingdom in an hour; others hardly enter it in a lifetime." This should quicken us to expedition and diligence in our work, that we have but a little time to work in, and the night is hastening on, when no man can work; and if our great work be undone when our day is done, we are undone for ever. Wisdom Literature GenesisExodusLeviticusNumbersDeuteronomyJoshuaJudgesRuth1 Samuel2 Samuel1 Kings2 Kings1 Chronicles2 ChroniclesEzraNehemiahEstherJobPsalmsProverbsEcclesiastesSong of SongsIsaiahJeremiahLamentationsEzekielDanielHoseaJoelAmosObadiahJonahMicahNahumHabakkukZephaniahHaggaiZechariahMalachiMatthewMarkLukeJohnActsRomans1 Corinthians2 CorinthiansGalatiansEphesiansPhilippiansColossians1 Thessalonians2 Thessalonians1 Timothy2 TimothyTitusPhilemonHebrewsJames1 Peter2 Peter1 John2 John3 JohnJudeRevelation, Select a Beginning Point In what follows we have that which is necessary, to complete the picture of the other side. This parable taught him that God would give him a just reward for his sacrificial labor for Jesus. God is the Owner of all good; his propriety in it is absolute, sovereign, and unlimited. 3 He went out about nine o'clock . And if thou hast what thou didst agree for, thou hast no reason to cry out of wrong; thou shalt have what we agreed for." Didst not thou agree to take God's word for it? So the last will be first, and the first last: Peter and the disciples knew they had given up a great deal to follow Jesus. Now Paul the apostle as he is talking to the Corinthian Church about their abuse of the Love feast, where they were remembering the broken body of Jesus and His blood that was shed for our sins, Paul said, "that which I received from the Lord, I delivered also unto you. The plucking of the corn, and the healing of the withered hand, had taken place long before. It is a picture of what was about to take place when the Lord Jesus, quitting Israel and the earth, ascends on high, and all assumes another form not the reign upon earth, but intercession in heaven. GenesisExodusLeviticusNumbersDeuteronomyJoshuaJudgesRuth1 Samuel2 Samuel1 Kings2 Kings1 Chronicles2 ChroniclesEzraNehemiahEstherJobPsalmsProverbsEcclesiastesSong of SongsIsaiahJeremiahLamentationsEzekielDanielHoseaJoelAmosObadiahJonahMicahNahumHabakkukZephaniahHaggaiZechariahMalachiMatthewMarkLukeJohnActsRomans1 Corinthians2 CorinthiansGalatiansEphesiansPhilippiansColossians1 Thessalonians2 Thessalonians1 Timothy2 TimothyTitusPhilemonHebrewsJames1 Peter2 Peter1 John2 John3 JohnJudeRevelation. The idea is that His people were in bondage as slaves, and He paid their price. They cannot hurt the Christ. c. For many are called, but few chosen: This was said in the context of this illustration of grace. The giving of a whole day's wages to those that had not done the tenth part of a day's work, is designed to show that God distributes his rewards by grace and sovereignty, and not of debt. The third and fourth legions had the same advantage in their turns. John is swifter of foot, and comes first to the sepulchre: but Peter has more courage, and goes first into it. When he had come to an agreement with them that they would work for 4 pence a day, he sent them into his vineyard. So long as it is all we have to give, all service ranks the same with God. After this our Lord sees great multitudes following Him, and gives commandment to go to the other side. And he said, "If a person eats or drinks in an unworthy manner, he is eating and drinking damnation to his own soul"( 1 Corinthians 11:26 ). Now the parable: A landowner went out early in the morning (6 am) to hire laborers for his vineyard. Laborers in the Vineyard. O Lord God, your grace to me is marvelous. The very next scene, the case of Jairus, the ruler, shows it. They may not be as long in the vineyard as others; their race may be sooner run; but I have chosen to honor them in this manner, and I have a right to do it. 16.So the first shall be last. "That ye may know," He says, "that the Son of man hath power on earth to forgive sins," etc. The crowd rebuked them, so that they might be silent. Accordingly, here we have, first, the Lord judging the wrong thoughts of "Scribes and Pharisees which were of Jerusalem." And after the supper He took the cup, likewise and said, this cup is a new covenant in my blood, which is shed for the remission of sins, and as often as you eat this bread and drink this cup, you do show the Lord's death, until He comes"( 1 Corinthians 11:23-26 ). of In the reception of the little children this is plain; it is not so generally seen in what follows. Reader, whosoever thou art, act in behalf of thy soul as these blind men did in behalf of their sight, and thy salvation is sure. The meek and trustful spirit is to be desired; so also is the worker; but neither class of people, nor yet another class combining the virtues of both, can in any degree merit salvation. The order of payment was important. No doubt the first verse says, that "when He was come down from the mount, great multitudes followed Him;" but then the second verse gives no intimation that the subject which follows is to be taken as chronologically subsequent. The limit was reached by Peter the Lombard. Notice that these people didn't go in on their own accord, the Lord sent them into the vineyard. Follow Christ's journey to the Cross. They may not be as long in the vineyard as others; their race may be sooner run; but I have chosen to honor them in this manner, and I have a right to do it. Certainly, He did not arrange His own betrayal. Hence, he waits to present their rejection of the Messiah, as morally complete as possible in his statement of it, though necessarily not complete in outward accomplishment. That they might mock me, scourge me, and crucify me, but I will rise again on the third day.Now again whenever Jesus talked to His disciples about His death, this thought was so repulsive to them, their minds just turned off, and they never heard, "I am going to rise again on the third day." Jesus stood and called them. 2. This furnishes occasion to the Pharisees to vent their unbelief: to them nothing is so offensive as grace, either in doctrine or in practice. You shall indeed drink of my cup, and be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with: but to sit on my right hand, and on my left, is not mine to give, but it shall be given to them for whom it is prepared of my Father. But it is expressly the pattern after which He was to deal, and will deal, with Israel. Matthew did not wish to show James and John guilty of worldly ambition, and so he puts the request into the mouth of their mother rather than of themselves. If to conquer with Christ meant to suffer with Christ, they were perfectly willing to face that suffering. Of course, both do preserve chronological order when it is compatible with the objects the Holy Spirit had in inspiring them; but in both the order of time is subordinated to still greater purposes which God had in view. Prophets What instrument so suitable? Jesus emphasized that both the calling and the choosing of God is based on His grace especially His choosing. NIV Reverse Interlinear Bible: English to Hebrew and English to Greek. This sets forth not at all the way in which the Christian stands related to Christ; for even though we had known Him after the flesh, henceforth know we Him no more. This is one of the most revealing passages in the New Testament. Set a timer for 20 minutes (no peeking) and start eating. Throughout it is the religious kind that are tested and found wanting. All rights reserved. What shall be their wages? If it was His rejection, these scornful men were themselves rejected in the very act. There is hope for old sinners; for if, in sincerity, they turn to God, they shall doubtless be accepted; true repentance is never too late. Nevertheless, the Lord did not withhold the infinite boon, though He knew too well their thoughts; He spoke the word of forgiveness, though He read their evil heart that counted it blasphemy. He is among the sick, he stands with the unemployed. So it was here; and our Lord turns to eternal account, in His own goodness, the shortcoming of John the Baptist, the greatest of women-born. Judas one of the twelve, who is listening to Him, will be the one who betrays Him. You've never known them. And he ordained twelve, that they should be with him, and that he might send them forth to preach." Next, we behold Him meeting the centurion after another manner altogether. The Saviour, while He puts forth His hand, touching him as man, and yet as none but Jehovah might dare to do, dispels the hopeless disease at once. If we accept it as the true reading, it adds something to the warning of the previous clause. (iii) These two blind men had an imperfect faith but they were determined to act on the faith they had. In that market-place men stood waiting because no one had hired them; in his compassion the master gave them work to do. The landowner asked if they were jealous because the landowner was generous to other people. The bodily presence of the Messiah was not needed. 20:17-19 As he was going up to Jerusalem, Jesus took the twelve disciples apart, and said to them, while they were on the road, "Look you, we are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be delivered to the chief priests and the Scribes, and they will condemn him to death, and they will hand him over to the Gentiles to mock, and to scourge, and to crucify; and on the third day he will be raised.". Each devotional consists of a scripture passage and a reflection and a prayer which open up the day's scripture and show how it challenges you to live for Jesus. And immediately their eyes received sight, and they followed Him. If God was there, what else could He, would He do? 1 For the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is an householder, which went out early in the morning to hire a labourers into his vineyard. d. Is it not lawful for me to do what I wish with my own things? But if Matthew here laid aside all question of time, it was in view of other and weightier considerations for his object. He was ignorant of himself, because ignorant of God, and imagined that it was only a question of man's doing good for God. [Note: Wiersbe, 1:73.]. Next, He lays bare the capricious unbelief of man, only consistent in thwarting every thing and one that God employs for his good; then, His own entire rejection where He had most laboured. And we who have served the Lord all of our lives and we enter into eternal life. Salem Media Group. Even so shall it be also unto this wicked generation." Copyright 2019 by Zondervan. He promises, First, A penny,Matthew 20:2; Matthew 20:2. So we have a farther scene. ", Kagawa himself wrote: "God dwells among the lowliest of men. Well, then, to whom was the ransom paid?" . The Lord was in Capernaum, where Peter lived; and on a certain Sabbath-day, after the call of Peter, wrought in the synagogue mighty deeds, which are here recorded, and by Luke also. In spite of their lack of merit, the good householder required them to pick it up, thus giving it to them in spite of their forfeiture. To all justice shall be done. To all to whom the rewards of heaven are promised they shall be given. The right hand and left hand suggest proximity to the Kings person and so a share in his prestige and power. (Carson), ii. And He was Jesus, Emmanuel. The common call is promiscuous, to come and work in the vineyard; but the effectual call is particular, and it is then effectual when we come at the call. 2. He takes accordingly the title of the "Son of man" for the first time in this gospel. God does not permit Scripture to be thus used without losing its force, its beauty, and the grand object for which it was written. 'These last,' they said, 'have only worked for one hour, and you have made them equal to us, who have home the burden and the hot wind of the day.' It shall not be so among you, but whoever wishes to prove himself great among you must be your servant; and whoever wishes to occupy the foremost place will be your slave, just as the Son of Man did not come to be served but to serve, and to give his life a ransom for many.". Jesus was passing by. And whoever desires to be first among you, let him be your slave; just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life a ransom for many.. Hence, lower down in the chapter, after the demon was cast out of the blind and dumb man before the amazed people, the Pharisees, irritated by their question, Is not this the Son of David? This is the third time that Jesus warned his disciples that he was on the way to the Cross ( Matthew 16:21; Matthew 17:22-23). Through this parable Jesus assured Peter and the disciples that they will be rewarded but the principle of many who are first will be last and the last first (Matthew 19:30) meant that God may not reward as man expects even as the parable illustrated. 1 "For the kingdom of heaven is like a landowner who went out early in the morning to hire workers for his vineyard. Article Images Copyright 2023 Getty Images unless otherwise indicated. Matthew 20:16New International Version. Counting from 6 a.m. therefore, the third hour is 9 a.m., the sixth hour is twelve midday, and the eleventh hour is 5 p.m. The amazing thing about Jesus is that he never lost patience and became irritated. Historical Books "Come, come from this market-place.". It is always thus. He was to be mocked by the Romans; there we see the suffering of humiliation and of deliberate insult. I injure no one, and have a right to do what I will with my own." The offence taken (Matthew 20:11; Matthew 20:12); They murmured at the good man of the house; not that there is, or can be, any discontent or murmuring in heaven, for that is both guilt and grief, and in heaven there is neither; but there may be, and often are, discontent and murmuring concerning heaven and heavenly things, while they are in prospect and promise in this world. And every Jewish mother wants the best for her son. why not sorrow and shame that they should have so little understood their Master's mind? The devil was tricked by God. And because they were sent of God, they each one received from the Lord that same portion.Sometimes we see people who on their deathbed receive Jesus Christ as their Savior and they enter into eternal life. Yet He confidently announced to His disciples that this would happen. Here we see the worldly ambition of the disciples in action. He went to live in a six foot by six-foot hut in a Tokyo slum. It is the paradox of the Christian life that he who aims at reward loses it, and he who forgets reward finds it. Historical Books God's delight is to pick out the hindmost for the first place, to the disparagement of the foremost in their own strength. After the creation of consuls, they every year named twenty-four military tribunes, part of whom must have served five years at least, and the rest eleven. She was a regular member of the disciple group who accompanied Jesus (Matthew 27:56), so her involvement in her sons ambitious ideas is hardly surprising. (France). Secondly, The particular pleading with those that were offended with this distribution in gavel-kind. He did them no wrong, and had broken no promise. ii. We can never repay God for what he has done for us but we can always be grateful to him. He makes some more useful than others, without regard to the time which they serve, and he will reward them accordingly. WORK AND WAGES IN THE KINGDOM OF GOD ( Matthew 20:1-16 continued). Thus it is shown that, though we have rich grace to the Gentile, there is the remembrance of natural relationship still. If you have any questions, please review our Privacy Policy or email us at privacy@biblegateway.com. He didn't come that people might cater to Him and minister to Him, He came to minister to the people's needs. Sign up now for the latest news and deals from Bible Gateway! 4. ., p. Jesus blessedly answered their thoughts, had there only been a conscience to hear the word of power and grace, which brings out His glory the more. b. "Dear Beloved, The apostle Paul is known as a great missionary. The Gospels Reviewing, then, these closing incidents of the chapter (ver. a. And what makes this still more striking, is the certainty that the kingdom, bright as it is, is by no means the thing nearest to Jesus. And Jesus stood still, and he called them, and said, What do you want me to do for you?

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