Matthew
\n20 \u2013 22<\/p>\n
Verse 20:16 is a picture of how God loves his followers:<\/p>\n
And that is
\nyour picture:<\/i> The last will be first and the first will be last.<\/p>\n
This is the moral of the parable of the
\nworkers who all get paid the same, no matter how hard they worked. The ones who
\nlabored the most are jealous of the ones who did little work for the same pay.
\nThis is key to salvation and is needed to eliminate pride from the equation.
\nLet\u2019s say you just saved a murdering, raping, politician and then the rapture
\nhappened. Guess what, both would have the same place in heaven. So even if you
\nhave thousands of souls and they have no track record but a lascivious life
\nthey are now equal. You\u2019re to have joy and satisfaction that one was saved by
\nyour actions, not jealousy that they get the same place as you.<\/p>\n
Verse 21:21 is one of those verses that make others question
\ntheir faith:<\/p>\n
I tell you this:
\nif you have faith and do not doubt, then you will be able to wither a fig tree
\nwith one glance. You will be able to tell mountains to throw themselves into
\nthe ocean, and they will obey.<\/p>\n
How many of us have tried to do this? How
\nabout walk on water? How many have successfully done it? Sometimes it makes
\npeople question their faith, when they feel it\u2019s strong, yet they cannot
\nperform the same miracles that Jesus says only needs faith. I have no idea what
\nto say on this since the scriptures are clear we should be able to do this, yet
\nI know many who have tried and failed. So are we all short of faith or is the
\nsupernatural of those proportions not easily obtained? I have no clue, but pray
\nit\u2019s not a faith issue!<\/p>\n
Verse 22:14 is another one of those verses
\nthat concern me:<\/p>\n
For many are
\ninvited, but few are chosen.<\/p>\n
Where is the line? Is it people who have
\nnot accepted the Christ? How about people who have accepted Him at some time,
\nyet back slid? How about people who have been saved who later reject the
\n\u201cChristhood\u201d of Jesus? How about follower who have not confessed their sins
\nrecently? How about those not living the message of Jesus? Or is it drawn with
\nthose with faith, but not in works? All these positions can technically be
\njustified in scripture. Who are the few and are we part of them? <\/p>\n
That is something we must take serious and
\nread to get our own clear understanding. After 4 complete reads of the Bible
\nand this being my fifth, it\u2019s still not crystal clear on what the \u201crules\u201d are
\nfor man. <\/p>\n
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