Two sons
“What do you think? There was a man who had two sons. He went to the first and said, ‘Son, go and work today in the vineyard.’
“ ‘I will not,’ he answered, but later he changed his mind and went.
“Then the father went to the other son and said the same thing. He answered, ‘I will, sir,’ but he did not go.
“Which of the two did what his father wanted?” “The first,” they answered. Jesus said to them, “I tell you the truth, the tax collectors and the prostitutes are entering the kingdom of God ahead of you.
For John came to you to show you the way of righteousness, and you did not believe him, but the tax collectors and the prostitutes did. And even after you saw this, you did not repent and believe him.”
Matthew 21:28-32.
Here’s a simple parable directed at the religious leaders of the day.
John the Baptist came to these leaders to show them the way of righteousness yet they didn’t believe him. These leaders did not recognize their sins and thus failed to repent.
He went to the tax collectors and prostitutes and they recognized their sins and repented.
It’s the same in the church today. God is speaking to the religious leaders in our churches. Everyone from the Televangelist to the media pastors to the man and woman in the pews and on the streets.
God is calling them to repentance and many of those who call themselves Christian leaders are not repenting.
All the while the average person in the pew. The person on the street who truly get the message of Christ’s saving grace are repenting.
It is to the those Church leaders who fail to repent. Who fail to look at the sin in their own life that Jesus will say “I never knew you.”
Matthew recording,
Many will say to me on that day, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and in your name drive out demons and perform many miracles?’
Then I will tell them plainly, ‘I never knew you. Away from me, you evildoers!’
Matthew 7:22,23.
Think about it.
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