Posts with the category “fruit”

Everyone to whom much was given, of him much will be required, and from him to whom they entrusted much, they will demand the more. We've walked through this parable all week, and we've seen three things.Fruit was the purpose, because God set up the vineyard and gave us everything we need to be fruitful.Fruit was the problem, because the tenants made it about themselves instead of rendering it bac...  Read More

Therefore I tell you, the kingdom of God will be taken away from you and given to a people producing its fruits. When Jesus finally delivers the verdict in this parable, He doesn't soften it and says, "The kingdom of God will be taken away from you and given to a people producing its fruits." And that word should stop every one of us in our tracks, because Jesus is not threatening a distant nation...  Read More

And the tenants took his servants and beat one, killed another, and stoned another. Again he sent other servants, more than the first. And they did the same to them. Finally he sent his son to them, saying, 'They will respect my son.' But when the tenants saw the son, they said to themselves, 'This is the heir. Come, let us kill him and have his inheritance.' And they took him and threw him out of...  Read More

"When the season for fruit drew near, he sent his servants to the tenants to get his fruit." Yesterday we saw that God gave the tenants everything they needed. The vineyard was equipped, the tools were in place, and the purpose was clear. But today we come to a moment in the story that shifts everything, because the season for fruit drew near and the master sent his servants to collect.And you kno...  Read More

"Hear another parable. There was a master of a house who planted a vineyard and put a fence around it and dug a winepress in it and built a tower and leased it to tenants, and went into another country." There was a master who planted a vineyard. And when He planted it, He didn't just throw seed in the ground and walk away. He put a fence around it. He dug a winepress in it. He built a tower over ...  Read More