Matthew 21:38
But when the husbandmen saw the son, they said among themselves, This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and let us seize on his inheritance.
How blind a man can become who has taken advantage of God's grace!
• It was the lord who had planted this vineyard and it was the lord who had let it out to these husbandmen.
• It was the lord who had been gracious in their treatment of the servants.
Why they would not fear when they killed the heir and why they would presume that they would keep the inheritance is beyond reason except that they, being emboldened by their previous sins and blinded by their own pride could not think right?
And so it is with man today. God has planted this great garden we call life. He has let it out to us to tend and use for His good pleasure. But we have mistreated it. We have done with it as we have pleased. From time to time God has sent to us witnesses to call us into account, but we have shunned them. In the case of the lost, He sent his Son to save them but we have denied Him and wicked man crucified Him. Now we have a generation so emboldened in sin as to presume there is no God. They have determined that this inheritance may be seized upon by us. And they disregard any warnings of future reprisals. Would to God our eyes were opened to the grace of God before it is eternally too late.
But when the husbandmen saw the son, they said among themselves, This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and let us seize on his inheritance.
How blind a man can become who has taken advantage of God's grace!
• It was the lord who had planted this vineyard and it was the lord who had let it out to these husbandmen.
• It was the lord who had been gracious in their treatment of the servants.
Why they would not fear when they killed the heir and why they would presume that they would keep the inheritance is beyond reason except that they, being emboldened by their previous sins and blinded by their own pride could not think right?
And so it is with man today. God has planted this great garden we call life. He has let it out to us to tend and use for His good pleasure. But we have mistreated it. We have done with it as we have pleased. From time to time God has sent to us witnesses to call us into account, but we have shunned them. In the case of the lost, He sent his Son to save them but we have denied Him and wicked man crucified Him. Now we have a generation so emboldened in sin as to presume there is no God. They have determined that this inheritance may be seized upon by us. And they disregard any warnings of future reprisals. Would to God our eyes were opened to the grace of God before it is eternally too late.
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