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PO - I believe the measure of a person's life lies in what we pass on to others.
ILL - Paul Harvey’s broadcast (11/22/95) shared this insight.
The Butter Ball Turkey Company set up a hot line to answer consumer questions about preparing holiday turkeys.
One woman called to inquire about cooking a turkey that had been in her freezer for twenty-three years!
The operator told her it might be safe if the freezer had been kept below 0 degrees the entire time.
But the operator warned the woman that, even if it were safe, the flavor had probably deteriorated, and she wouldn’t recommend eating it.
Paul Harvey’s broadcast (11/22/95) shared this insight.
The Butter Ball Turkey Company set up a hot line to answer consumer questions about preparing holiday turkeys.
One woman called to inquire about cooking a turkey that had been in her freezer for twenty-three years!
The operator told her it might be safe if the freezer had been kept below 0 degrees the entire time.
But the operator warned the woman that, even if it were safe, the flavor had probably deteriorated, and she wouldn’t recommend eating it.
The caller replied
The caller replied, “That’s what we thought.
We’ll just give it to the church.”
Edward K. Rowell, Humor for Preaching and Teaching: From Leadership Journal and Christian Reader (Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Books, 1996), 160.
TRANS - Are we, sometimes, guilty of giving only what we don’t want to God?
I mean, are we giving to God quality stuff like time and resources?
I’ve discovered that I really like accomplishing things; I get a charge out of seeing something finished.
We’ve come a long way towards making this building more presentable.
Yet, sometimes it seems the work is never done.
But, is God asking us to look at the “never done” or “what’s been done?”
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I think we need to focus more on the “been done’s” and spend more time thanking and praising God than we do sulking over things that need to be done.
When you think about it, that’s biblical!
Do not worry.
Has worry added anything?
Nope, but worry and complaining will sure drive people away.
Do you know people who always seem to have a downcast view of life?
Well, I’ll tell you a not-so-secret.
Start giving more to God and beging with thanking him and praising him.
Then, start giving him more of your time and always remember to be positive.
You will find that, when you bless God, you too, get blessed.
But, done when a wrong view, you simply start to grip and do more to mess things up than you will to bless God.
The bible even tells us not to give that way, but give from the goodness, the thankfulness, the blessedness of your heart.
That’s the only way to honor and bless God.
INTRO - Today’s passage is sometimes known as the parable of the unfaithful tenants.
It tells a story of selfish people who, perhaps, thought what they were doing was in their best interest.
However, their way was wrong and it led to more and more sin.
TRANS - It’s hard for us to imaging people killing their landlord representatives and even his son.
It’s hard to imagine this sort of selfishness.
They stole and even killed.
Perhaps we say, “Well, I don’t sin like that!”
Yet, we too, hurt God when we rob him.
How is that?
Hear what the word in Malachi says:
One of the things things this story teaches is how to give.
Also, keep in mind, when we give, we also receive.
It’s never a lost when we give to God.
It comes back as we can’t out give God.
Lastly, we will see, when we give, we look like Jesus.
What does it say?
Like the Lord
What might Jesus’ use of Isa 5:1–2 in Mark 12:1 suggest?
In Isaiah Isreal is the vineyard.
Some thought was a prediction of the destruction of the temple in 586 BC.
This made Jesus’ warning very forceful.
We know the leaders feared what Jesus might say to move the people against them.
Do you recall the leaders feared the people more than God?
Yet Jesus did not, cause the people to rise up against the leaders.
Do you see Jesus doing the right thing even while he could have caused a great division among the people?
Oddly, the leaders only saw that Jesus could cause them great problems.
Rather than respect Jesus for his reserve and doing the right thing, they wanted to protect their own holdings.
Rather than give praise to God for Christ, they sought selfish gain hoping nobody would catch on to their self-focused occupation.
Jesus sought to bring sides together, to encourage all persons to do the right thing.
Here we see one more example of how truth brings both repentant to God and unrepented to shame.
Do you find it interesting that God trusts us with all that is his.
ILL - At one time I’d peal off a bill or two to appease my own sense of giving to the church.
Then, I came to understand that we give from our heart and God rather I kept that “pealing” to myself.
Today, I love to give.
I don’t really keep track, but I know it’s not just giving a 10th, but giving because I want to.
For me, giving is a wonderful experience.
You see, today I know how I’ve been blessed and really I’m sharing like Jesus.
That, tells me, I’m different and I truly am saved for I look more like him these days.
That’s why I say, “It’s good to give back to God!”
I don’t say it to make people uncomfortable or guilty.
Those are the poeple I tell, “Keep your money and time.”
I tell Christians, “Try it and you’ll want to do it more.”
For the Christian, you really can’t of give God.
But, the doing it; it sure brings me great joy.
And that friends, is God’s gift to the giver who shares from the goodness inside.
Leaving the Lord
How does the timing of this parable relate to the timing of Jesus’ crucifixion?
1st, this parable is directed at the leaders.
Back in 11:18-19 they were seeking a way to destroy Jesus; that marked the end of the 2nd day in Jerusalem.
Here, 12:12 “they went away” applies to the leaders at the end of the 3rd day in Jerusalem.
That helps us get the time thing down.
At this point, so close to the end, we know Jesus had done all he could to get people, even leaders, to “see.”
Some, still didn’t grasp that pleasing God only happens God’s way.
You can’t say, “This pleases God” unless God says “this pleases me.”
When we assume we are right, without seeing it in the Bible, we’ve alread left God’s will.
ILL - There are lots of good intentioned folks around the world.
Nice people practice other religions.
We call on government to take care of folks in need.
And, the Red Cross does some pretty good work.
Then we have Peace Corps and Ameri Corps all doing good deeds.
I even believe a Christian can serve in the Red Cross, Peace Corps, or Ameri Corps and do it all to God’s glory.
But, even good deeds, done without God, do not bring glory to him.
As a matter of fact, sometimes depending on the government to help the poor runs opposed to what the Bible teaches Christians.
We are commanded to be the workers of good among the poor.
Consider the OT:
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