Parable Of The Labourers

In A Grainfield

The Labourers In A Grainfield
And then Jesus spoke a parable. He said, “The kingdom of heaven is like a man who had a vast estate. And in the morning time, he went down to the market place to search for men to gather in his grain. He found three men, and he agreed to give to each a penny for his service for the day, and sent them to his field.

Again he went down to the market place at the third hour of the day and found five men in waiting, and he said, ‘Go down into my field and serve, and I will pay you what is right.’ And they went down and served.
He went again. It was the sixth hour of the day, and seven men were waiting at the stand. He sent them to the field to serve.
And at the eleventh hour he went again. Twelve men stood there in seeming idleness. He said to them, ‘Why stand you here in idleness all day?’
They said, ‘Because we have no work to do. No man has hired us.’
And then he sent them to his field to serve.

Now, when the evening came, the man said to his steward, ‘Call the labourers from the field, and pay them for their services.’ And all were paid, and each received a penny for his hire. Now, when the twelve, who served but from the eleventh hour, received each one a penny for his hire, the three were sore aggrieved. They said, ‘These twelve have served but one short hour, and now they have an equal share with us who have toiled through the scorching hours of day. Should we not have at least two pennies for our hire?”
“The man replied, ‘My friends, I do no wrong to you. Did we not have a steadfast agreement when you went to work? Have I not paid you in full?
What is it to you if I should pay these men a smaller or a larger sum? Take that which is your own and go your way, for I will give unto the twelve what I will give unto the three, the five, the seven. They did their best and you could do no more than do your best. The hire of man is based upon the intent of the heart.”

Explanations

In heaven, a person may receive more talents because of the type of work which he does, just as a driver enjoys the luxury car with the landlord, simply because he is a driver, which luxury other servants do not enjoy.

Yet, those who are more privileged must not look down on others, because many have earnestly laboured for sake of the Kingdom of Heaven and for the salvation of the Saints. Above all, all rewards in heaven, the thrones, crowns and mansions depend on merit.

Note:

1. Not by grace, but by merit.

2. Unfortunately, majority fail to keep the laws of God, and still expect to enter the kingdom of heaven. That is n possible.

3. For the keeping of the laws is a compulsory requirement for entrance into the kingdom of heaven.

4. Hence, Jesus said,

"Not everyone who says to Me, 'Lord , Lord ,' shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father in heaven. Many will say to Me in that day, 'Lord , Lord , have we not prophesied in Your name, cast out demons in Your name, and done many wonders in Your name?' And then I will declare to them, 'I never knew you; depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness!' Matthew 7:21-23

5. People do the will of God by keeping the original Ten Commandments of God, and by observing the Seven Annual Festivals of God, which festivals Jesus attended.

6. In heaven, a person may receive more talents because of the type of work which he does, just as a driver enjoys the luxury car with the landlord, simply because he is a driver, which luxury other servants do not enjoy.

7. Yet, those who are more privileged must not look down on others, because many have earnestly laboured for sake of the Kingdom of Heaven and for the salvation of the saints. Above all, all rewards in heaven, the thrones, crowns and mansions depend on merit.

Why The Landlord Paid The Same Price To All The Workers

1. The same salvation awaits everybody who wants to enter the Kingdom of Heaven. The same Blood of Jesus Christ shall be used to cleanse everybody, whether your sins are many and great or few and small.

2. All the children of God have the right to enter and inherit the same Paradise. However, what a person gains, benefits from the paradise depends on his personal efforts and interest in the Lord. The spiritual level people attain here on earth is what they shall be at the same spiritual level in heaven.

3. Everybody can attain great and exalted positions, just by abiding in the paths of righteousness and Covenant System Of Worship, and by doing tier assigned works here on earth, by fulfilling their respective destinies. But it is only those who merit great and exalted positions that are placed in such positions in heaven. This means that your mansion, throne, crown are determined by your merit, and not by grace.

4. As there is division of labour in heaven and on earth, even so there is necessity of … a person may be given special powers of the Holy Spirit or benefits, not because he merits it, but because such powers and benefits are necessary for him to do his work very well for the good of others. For example, in sharing money, the angels may give ten million naira to a rich man, because he is already rich and wealthy; and then give hundred million naira to a poor man, because the poor man is expected to use the hundred million for the wellbeing of all his fellow poor and wretched peoples and families living around him.

5. Blessings are also tools for work. In other words, the person who receives big blessings has big works to do in the midst of the children of God, and the person without receives small blessings has small work to do. That is why Jesus Christ said, “For everyone to whom much is given, much is also excepted.” Therefore, it is both good and lawful to give more to some people, because of the greater works which they have to do.