September 2nd

September 2nd -- Matthew 21:28-46

Please go read the passage!

Okay, sometimes parables are a bit over my head just because the connections aren't the ones I would have made. This is one of those times. However, I think I sort of understand the main idea of the parable about the evil farmers, so here goes:

God's like the landowner. He left us -the farmers- the earth -His land- to take care of. Some of us are like the evil farmers, while others are like the good farmers. The evil farmers are those who do not follow God, but who instead live selfishly, plotting against the landowner in order to get what they want. They are the ones who intentionally kill his son -Jesus- out of anger and selfishness. The good farmers are the ones trying to get in to care for the fields and give the crop to whom it belongs - God. However, the good farmers -those who follow God- are destroyed by the evil farmers -those who follow the devil. In the end, though, the father of the son the evil farmers maliciously killed comes back and sentences them to an awful death, bringing in the good farmers to tend his lands. So, we need to make sure we're being the good farmers and not the evil farmers. It's really a choice between Hell -for the evil farmers- and Heaven -for the good farmers- where we get to choose. Hell's ticket is not accepting God and Heaven's ticket is accepting God and living for Him.
Simple enough, really, I guess. God bless! Shalom!