Title Matthew 20:1-16 Let's Be First
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Be the first (Matthew 20:1~16)
‘Sharing’ is the principle of heaven / You must come first and make more efforts and devotion to the saints.
When we receive the Word of God, there are parts that are difficult to accept with general logic. Because we are already entrenched in the teachings of the world. The text of the text is one such case. It is unacceptable to give the same wages to a person who has worked all day in the heat from the morning and to a person who has worked only one hour at the deadline (verse 12). However, these teachings are the words of Jesus who wants the kingdom of heaven to be established through us (Phase 1). How will we build heaven in the logic of the world?
1. Let's be faithful to the purpose of our calling.
2. What is good is not my will, but the will of the Lord who called me.
3. Let everyone be the first.
When Jesus finished this parable of the kingdom of heaven, he gave hope and awareness at the same time that the last will be first and the first will be last (16). The last must be first, and the first must continue to be first. Those who are first should be thankful for being able to work more for the Lord's work, and be able to give thanks for sharing the results of their hard work for the latter so that they can become like themselves. The last person receives the same wages through the hard work of the first, and is sincerely grateful to the first, and by imitating the first person's beautiful appearance, he builds himself up so that he can share the same toil and results for those who are later. should be able to share At this time, everyone will be first, and the kingdom of heaven that our Lord speaks of will come. Let us all, and all the churches in Korea, dream of this teaching of the Lord together. So, let's burn hope in this difficult time and the crisis of the Korean church.
Sermon notes
We, who wish for heaven to come on this earth, cannot challenge ourselves with the logic and values of the world. Even if our will is different from our own, we must enjoy and show the kingdom of heaven because we accept the will of the Lord as good. Heaven is a place where everyone rises up and rejoices together. In the midst of economic hardship and serious polarization, let's find the principle of heaven and suggest a way.