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Central idea of the text or main idea of the text:
Israel’s missed their blessing because they rejected God.
As a result, he would offer his blessing to the Gentiles.
Homiletic idea: Rejection of God results in others receiving our blessing.
Introduction:
A vineyard takes time to develop.
It requires farming the land year round.
It is hard work, plants have to be cultivated, tended and pruned at just the right time.
They have to be protected from the weather, the bugs and the animals.
It requires a large investment of time and money.
A small winery in our time will easily take $15 million to get started, along with 4-6 years before there is a crop mature enough to do anything with.
It is not for the faint-hearted.
In , Isaiah writes about God’s vineyard.
he tells us it is set on a fertile hill, the soil has been meticulously prepared.
The best vines were planted and a tower was built in the middle.
Everything for harvest was put in place, but it produced worthless grapes.
This is a picture of Israel.
Jesus tells a similar story as he challenges the religious leaders again.
I want you to hear His words today as a challenge to us.
Outline:
God Offered Everything the People Needed
Matthew 21:33
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He planted the vineyard, put a wall around it and provided the tools for the harvest and the tower to protect it.
He provided for His people
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He planted the vineyard, put a wall around it and provided the tools for the harvest and the tower to protect it.
Everything they needed to be successful was put before them.
i. God provided a covenant with Israel.
He promised to bless them, and more. .
He protected His people.
God has alway provided protection for His people.
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After setting it up for success, the landowner rented it out.
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He went on a journey.
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How could they not be successful?
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I believe they were successful.
They obviously had a crop the did not want to share.
The land owner knew they were successful.
After all He gave them everything they needed.
What they did not realize was, if they did not give Him what was His, He would get it anyway.
God Will Claim What is His
V34
The farmers claimed God’s produce as their own.
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They beat one, killed another and stoned a third.
V35
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He sent more and they did it again.
V36
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He even sent his son whom they killed and claimed his inheritance.
Vss37-39
When we reject Jesus, when we sin, we are claiming what belongs to God as our own.
This is my stuff.
Who is God to tell me what to do with it?
I worked hard for this stuff.
Why should I give anyone some of it.
Where was He when I was working hard out under the sun in the heat of the day?
They forgot who set them up in business
, who made them successful.
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Their arrogance and greed got the best of them.
This is a picture of Israel
By His grace and compassion God entered into a covenant with His people.
He blessed them and protected them and they forgot Him.
They took credit for what God had done for them.
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They were so blessed they started to think it was their doing.
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God sent prophets to call the people back and they were rejected.
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He sent more prophets and they were rejected.
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He finally sent his son and His people rejected him and killed him.
This is a picture of us
God Will Not Tolerate Rebellion
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Those listening to Jesus knew that the owner would not stand for this.
He would replace the wicked tenants with ones who would not claim his property as their own.
Vss 40-41
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What Jesus’ hearers didn’t realize was that they were the wicked tenants.
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They had appropriated what was God’s and claimed it as their own.
They did not give God his due
They found ways around His laws
They imposed their religious rules on others.
They rejected John the Baptist and they rejected Jesus
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Jesus quotes about the stone which the builders rejected.
V42
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This rejected stone would become the foundation for the Kingdom of God.
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Those who reject it will lose it.
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It will be given to those who accept it.
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