“The Rejection of the Cherished Son!”

 “The Rejection of the Cherished Son!”

 

“What will I do?’ The owner asked himself.  ‘I know! I’ll send my Cherished Son.  Surely, they will RESPECT him.”   Luke 20:13

Prior to the Crucifixion of the Lord Jesus, He was teaching the people and preaching the GOOD NEWS in the temple, and the Religious Leaders approached Him, challenging His AUTHORITY to do the things He had been doing.  And He did not reveal to them the answer they were wanting.  Instead, He turned back to the people and told them a STORY: “A Man planted a vineyard, leased it to tenant farmers, and moved to another country for several years.   At the time of the grape harvest, he sent one of his servants to collect his share of the crop. But the farmers attacked the servant, beat him up, and sent him back empty-handed.  So, the owner sent another servant, but they also insulted him, beat him up, and sent him away empty-handed.  A third man was sent, and they wounded him and chased him away.

“What will I do?” The owner asked himself.  ‘I know! I’ll send my cherished son.  Surely, they will RESPECT him.’ But when the tenant farmers saw his son, they said to each other, ‘Here comes the Heir to this estate, Let’s kill him and get the estate for ourselves!” So, they dragged him out of the vineyard and murdered him. “What do you suppose the owner of the vineyard will do to them?” Jesus asked.  “I’ll tell you—-he will come and KILL those farmers and lease the vineyard to others.”

Over centuries, God sent His prophets to warn His people to bear fruit—-to KEEP His Covenant and to LIVE RIGHTEOUSLY.  BUT Israel REJECTED, REPEATEDLY God’s Word that was spoken by His Prophets.  We see from this Parable, that those who REPEATEDLY REJECT, the WORD of God, who is the LORD JESUS CHRIST!!  “He came to His own people and even they REJECTED HIM.”  BUT to all who BELIEVED HIM AND ACCEPTED Him, He gave the RIGHT to become CHILDREN of GOD.

Today, there are JEWS and GENTILES (non-Jews), who REJECT the WORD who BECAME HUMAN and made His home among us. He was|is FULL of UNFAILING LOVE and FAITHFULNESS. PLEASE! Don’t REJECT Him!  Time is running out!  You may NOT have TOMORROW, because The LORD JESUS CHRIST IS COMING SOON.  And you DEFINITELY don’t want to be LEFT BEHIND. 

This is what YOU MUST DO, to be ABLE to ESCAPE an ETERNITY in HELL, with ALL its HORRORS, and NO WAY to ESCAPE, once you are there. You MUST ADMIT that YOU are a SINNER in NEED of the SAVIOR, the LORD JESUS, who SUFFERED, BLED, DIED, and RESURRECTED from DEATH and the GRAVE. You MUST BELIEVE with ALL your HEART that JESUS DIED for YOU and that He is ALIVE in HEAVEN making intercession for you, before God, you MUST CONFESS YOUR SINS, before Him and ASK Him for His FORGIVENESS.  You MUST BE WILLING to TURN AWAY FROM your SINFUL LIFE-STYLE and TURN TO GOD with a TRUE REPENTANT HEART.  You MUST ACCEPT God’s Gift of SALVATION and SPEND your ETERNITY in HEAVEN with ALL its BLESSINGS. Do this NOW, while you STILL can.  He’s WAITING and COMING SOON!!!  Don’t Be LEFT BEHIND!!!