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Central idea of the text or main idea of the text:
God rewards his workers as He sees fit.
Homiletic idea: God is fair, but His fairness is not our fairness.
It is better.
Introduction:
Pro players negotiate contracts based on what they think they will do and what they think they are worth.
Both sides agree to the terms.
Several years ago the game changed.
When new contracts were negotiated with other players, those with contracts didn’t think their pay was fair.
They wanted to renegotiate.
Some held out and would not practice until their contract was rewritten.
I have always had a problem with this.
They signed a contract to play and should honor that contract.
When it expires, then they should be able to renegotiate.
I couldn’t believe owners would even allow this.
What I didn’t realize is that contract renegotiation didn’t start with pro athletes.
It has been around for centuries.
God calls us to labor in His kingdom.
Each person is called on God’s terms.
Some early, some later.
6am, 9am, noon, 3pm and 5pm.
Some are called when they are young, others while old and others, still, on their deathbed.
Each person agrees to their labor willingly.
The first group in v2 agreed to work for a days wages, they were not coerced.
God does not deal in forced labor.
Who forced you to become a God-follower?
In our parable we see “they agreed”.
God sets down the rules.
He offers the contract.
There is no negotiation.
He offers the contract and you either accept it or reject it.
My way or the highway.
I used to hate that!
Here we see they willingly signed up for a days work and a days pay.
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The second group agreed to work for whatever the landowner was willing to pay.
They were just happy to be working.
Vss 3-4
Did you catch this?
There is no talk of pay.
You want to work?
Come on, I will pay you what I think is fair.
And they went.
1. Illustration – Day laborers.
As the day wears on they just want to work, because they are going to get nothing if they get no work.
Some money is better than no money at all.
The master will determine when He no longer needs laborers.
They had no idea he would come back looking for more laborers, but he did.
The day workers on the side of the road are there hoping more work will come.
But only the master knows when he will stop calling workers.
You can’t hold out for a better offer.
When God calls you answer.
Some of you understand this.
you were very young when you came to Christ.
Others were older.
What matters is that you are here and following God.
But there are those who think, “I’ll have plenty of time for that church stuff later.”
Maybe, but maybe there won’t be a later.
When God pulls up with His truck and says, “Do you want to work?”
You better scramble for the truck!
The master of the vineyard went our several more times throughout the day, even hiring some for just an hour at the end of the day.
Then, the day is over and it is time to pay the laborers and the workers learned an important lesson that day.
God’s fairness does not look like our fairness.
2. God’s fairness does not look like our fairness.
After the first group went to work, the others trusted the master would be fair.
The first group agreed on their wage for the day.
they knew what they would get.
The other groups were just happy to be getting some kind of pay for the day.
They surely could not demand a full day’s wages.
They were in no position to haggle.
Whatever they got would be fair.
They had to trust this.
It is God’s prerogative as to how he will compensate each person.
i. God’s fairness determined to pay those who only worked one hour a full day’s wages.
Vss 8-9
It is his money.
He makes the rules.
We have no right to be envious.
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Those watching, who had worked all day, thought it only fair they receive more.
Vss10-11
Matthew 20.10-11
How is this fair?
They worked more.
It wouldn’t be fair; the others didn’t work as much.
God’s agreement is with each person.
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When God called they willingly answered, with no regard to others.
God honored his end of the bargain.
V14
What He pays someone else is not our business.
Illustration – We always want to compare ourselves to others, especially at work.
But, we are responsible to our bosses for ourselves and not others.
How others are paid is the boss’s business, not ours.
(Comparing paychecks)
God owes us nothing
V15
God can do what he wants with his property.
It is all His, anyway.
God is not unfair when He gives more to one than He does the other.
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