591st Post Jesus Said Concerning Parables Con't. - Parables About Last Being First Con't. - Parable of the Laborer's Wages Con't. Matthew 20: 1- 20 Con't. - 6th Post.

Parable of the Laborer's Wages Continued Matthew 20: 1 - 20, 6th post.
In the last post we were talking about the payment of the denarius; what does this transaction have to do with us.  In Jesus' time the vineyard was Israel, the vineyard today has been enlarged to contain the whole world.  The laborer's are us who believe and do the Lord's work.  If you call yourself a "Christian", that means that you not only believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God, who died for your sins.  He rose from the dead, because He was sinless, death could not hold Him.  He bought our lives and paid the price owed for our sinful nature.  We have to labor in His vineyard.  The labor is hard work but not of the sort we do for pay when we work for a paycheck according to the world.  Jesus tells us that if we love Him we are to keep His Words.  We do that by putting His Words into practice.  When we make a decision to follow Jesus, we are asked by Jesus Christ to obey His Words. This is done by trying to live our lives according to the model Jesus provided us through His own life.  John 3:16 says all we have to do to earn eternal life is believe.  This is correct, when you believe, you start to live for Jesus instead of the world.  This is required of us as being believer's.  The world does not recognize Jesus as Lord.  When you become a believer, you start to realize how much of a hold Satan has on the world.  You did not feel this strain, when you were an unbeliever.  This is because you were doing Satan's bidding, already.  When you start to live for Jesus, Satan will make your life harder, because he does not want to lose you.  This is the truth.  It is up to you if you make a change or not.