The Parable of the Workers in the Vineyard
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Do you think that we can live this parable of the workers in the Vineyard in our daily lives?



By: Carol Parris
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Why is it OK with God to pay the one who worked all day the same amount paid to the one who worked only an hour?
In this parable God shows us that in his eyes we are all equal. Some of us may accept the Lord early others are late, because they have to make decisions, but once we give ourselves completely to him, he is ready to accept us. He said the first should be last and the last first, because he came for the unrighteous who needs his help. God does not look at how many earthly possessions we have he loves and cares for all of us. He has no segregation. All of us is with sin and come short of the Glory of God. Some of us repent immediately some of us take time, yet we are treated the same way, and God accepts into his Kingdom with open arms. In our society today we love to put ourselves first, but in God`s eyes we are all equal, he looks for the poor and lowly, the humble person who might have some reservations of coming forward and he brings them to the forefront and allow people to see what God can do for us all. Remember my brothers and sisters in God`s eyes we are all equal.



By: Carol Parris
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Ok for God to pay a denarius across the board.
The first thing is that the denarius belongs to God.Secondly, it is Him who should murmur because He has lost man hours in terms of undone work by the late labourers.Thirdly, He was honoring a mutual agreement that they had entered into with each one of them individually. Fourthly, Jesus was expressing a parable that symbolised the kingdom of God whose remmuneration is eternal life whose value can only be quantified by God Himself.He was more than justified to do what he did.



By: michael mwangi
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In Uganda, this bad feeling about another person being lucky is called, nnugu. Now, is it proper for born agains to have nnugu? fellowships, churches, pastors etc.



By: Robert Ochen-Chagara
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Why is it OK with God to pay the one who worked all day the same amount paid to the one who worked only an hour?
It was ok with God to reward each hired labourer the way He did. I am only surprised that those who started at 7.00 a.m after reaching an agreed pay of one denarius staged a complaint. They had agreed and I believe that it was a normal day`s wage, and not cheating or penalty. The ones who worked only one hour received blessings, not a days` wage- and God called them all Friends. I think the complainants acted rather humanly. Maybe this human type reaction, as was also demonstrated by the elder brother`s response in the return of the prodigal son in Luke 15. should teach us about God`s nature- He treats us equally as His children, once we have obediently signed the contract with Him.



By: Robert Ochen-Chagara
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Why is it OK with God to pay the one who worked all day the same amount paid to the one who worked only an hour?
IT doesnt matter it you are the first to accept Christ or the Last. we are all equal under God`s eyes. no one is worth more that the other..



By: Jnarnot
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Why is it OK with God to pay the one who worked all day the same amount paid to the one who worked only an hour?
whether you come to God first or you come to God last, you both recieve the same reward, eternal life with Jesus Christ.



By: Danny Mclemore
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Why is it OK with God to pay the one who worked all day the same amount paid to the one who worked only an hour?
So the last will be first, and the first last. For many are called, but few are chosen. it is a life experience you can start something and later some people come in late and the earn more than you, so that does not surprise us as human beings if God also did the same.



By: Olivia Babirye
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How has God thoroughly equipped us for Christian growth? Why should we ?make every effort’ to add to our faith? In what areas are we to add to our faith? What are the benefits of growing in our faith?



By: Olivia Babirye
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Why is it OK with God to pay the one who worked all day the same amount paid to the one who worked only an hour?
God is not a man that he should lie, whatever God say he will do it. He said that I will have mercy on whom I will! Some time we see people doing what they don't want to do, somebody may want to stop doing a particular thing, but due to the trial that person is passing through, that thing may take him a long time to leave it, and in that process when people of the world see such a person they will say by and by, this one has gone mad or has gone crazy, but to God, is a price for the person to pay and when he or she overcome it, God will crown such a person. Man look at the outward, but God looks at the inward. ?He said the first shall be the last and last shall be the first?. We are all equal before God, God want us to love one another, He don't want us to underrate anyone, no matter your back ground, He is proving to us how to love ourselves, How to care for one another. We are to know that God is not after our status, neither is he after our possession, the kingdom of God is not like a worldly kingdom that you will enter with envy or strives, this people are envy people if not, they give them their due why do they put eyes on other peoples. We are to learn a lesson here, i.e. we should be content with what we have the case of these people is like those that are first have the knowledge of God that they should not think, that will make them to be the first or they have already make it to the kingdom of God.



By: Paul Godswill
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The Parable of the Workers in the Vineyard

"For the Kingdom of Heaven is like a man who was the master of a household, who went out early in the morning to hire laborers for his vineyard. When he had agreed with the laborers for a denarius a day, he sent them into his vineyard. He went out about the third hour, and saw others standing idle in the marketplace. To them he said, 'You also go into the vineyard, and whatever is right I will give you.' So they went their way. Again he went out about the sixth and the ninth hour, and did likewise. About the eleventh hour he went out, and found others standing idle. He said to them, 'Why do you stand here all day idle?'
"They said to him, 'Because no one has hired us.'
"He said to them, 'You also go into the vineyard, and you will receive whatever is right.' When evening had come, the lord of the vineyard said to his manager, 'Call the laborers and pay them their wages, beginning from the last to the first.'
"When those who were hired at about the eleventh hour came, they each received a denarius. When the first came, they supposed that they would receive more; and they likewise each received a denarius. When they received it, they murmured against the master of the household, saying, 'These last have spent one hour, and you have made them equal to us, who have borne the burden of the day and the scorching heat!'
"But he answered one of them, 'Friend, I am doing you no wrong. Didn't you agree with me for a denarius? Take that which is yours, and go your way. It is my desire to give to this last just as much as to you. Isn't it lawful for me to do what I want to with what I own? Or is your eye evil, because I am good?' So the last will be first, and the first last. For many are called, but few are chosen."

Matthew 20:1-16
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