LIFE LESSONS PARABLES of JESUS 18

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• Remorse is the echo of a lost virtue. Robert Bulwer-Lytton • A man who has committed a mistake and doesn't correct it is committing another mistake. Confucius • "Youth is a blunder; Manhood a struggle; Old Age a regret. “ Benjamin Disraeli • There's only 1 perfect child in the world & every mother has it. There's only 1 perfect wife in the world & every neighbour has it. Unknown

Jesus’ Authority Questioned Matthew 21: 23 -27 (NKJV) Now when He came into the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the people temple confronted Him as He was teaching, and said, “By what authority are You doing these things? And who gave You this authority? ” 24 But Jesus answered and said to them, “I also will ask you one thing, which if you tell Me, I likewise will tell you by what authority I do these things: 25 The baptism of John —where was it from? From heaven or from men? ” And they reasoned among themselves, saying, “If we say, ‘From heaven, ’ He will say to us, ‘Why then did you not believe him? ’ 26 But if we say, ‘From men, ’ we fear the multitude, for all count John as a prophet. ” 27 So multitude they answered Jesus and said, “We do not know. ” And He said to them, “Neither will I tell you by what

The Parable of the Two Sons Matthew 21: 28 -32 (NKJV) “But what do you think? A man had two sons, and he came to the first and said, ‘Son, go, work today in my vineyard. ’ 29 He answered and said, ‘I will not, ’ but afterward he regretted it and went. 30 Then he came to the second and said likewise. And he answered and said, ‘I go, sir, ’ but he did not go. 31 Which of the two did the will of his father? ” They said to Him, “The first. ” Jesus said to them, “Assuredly, I say to you that tax collectors and harlots enter the kingdom of God before you. 32 For John came to you in the way of righteousness, and you did not believe him; but tax collectors and harlots believed him; and when you saw it, you did not afterward relent and believe him.

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Matthew 21: 28 -29 (NKJV) WHO IS THE KING ? “But what do you think? A man had two sons, and sons he came to the first and said, ‘Son, go, work today in my vineyard. ’ 29 He answered and said, vineyard ‘I will not, ’ but afterward he regretted it and went. not went LUKE 14: 31 -33 (NASB) Or what king, when he sets out to meet another king in battle, will not first sit down and consider whether he is strong enough with ten thousand men to encounter the one coming against him with twenty thousand? 32 Or else, while the other is still far away, he sends [o]a delegation and asks for terms of peace. 33 So then, none of you can be My disciple who does not give up all his own possessions. • • What a level of disrespect the corrupt nature of man causes: to say, I will not, to not the command of a Father; they are rebellious children, and stone-hearted. What are the reasons? Firstly, some love their comfort, and will not work; they comfort would live in the world as the beast in the forest; they do not love working. Secondly, their hearts are so much upon their own fields, that they are not for fields working in God’s vineyard. They love the business of the world better than the business of Heaven. (Henry)

. . afterward he regretted it Metamelomai – • a care to one afterwards; • to repent one's self. 1. Emotional change 2. Reference to the particulars 3. REGRET (remorse) on the part of someone deeply moved. Metanoeo – • to repent 1. Change of choice 2. Reference to the entire life NIHAM – a change of 3. Reverse of moral purpose = (REPENTANCE) mind prompted by the emotions, a turning away from an earlier decision

Matthew 21: 30 (NKJV) Then he came to the second and said likewise. And he answered and said, ‘I go, sir, ’ sir but he did not go. go • The second son said better than he did, promised did better than he demonstrated; his answer was good but demonstrated his actions bad. • Many with their mouth show much love, but their love heart goes another way

Matthew 21: 31 -32 (NKJV) Which of the two did the will of his father? ” father? They said to Him, “The first. ” first Jesus said to them, “Assuredly, I say to you that tax collectors and harlots enter the kingdom of God before you. 32 For John came to you in the way of righteousness, and you did not believe him; righteousness him but tax collectors and harlots believed him; and when you saw it, him it you did not afterward relent (surrender) and believe him. surrender him • Ancient Israel’s culture demanded that sons honour and obey their parents, parents especially when they still lived on the father's estate The parable's point is obvious enough in Matthew's context: the repentant (3: 2) son does the father's will (7: 21; 12: 50); the unrepentant son is unfruitful (3: 8), claiming to do but not doing. • THE WAY OF RIGHTEOUSNESS – Dikaeousune: 1. correctness of thinking, feeling, and acting; 2. justice which gives each his (her) due. Used of him whose way of thinking, feeling, and acting is wholly conformed to the will of God, and who therefore needs no reorganization in the heart or life. God

The Difference Between Regret and Repentance There is a difference between regret and repentance: • Regret happens when you are caught; repentance happens when you are convicted. • Regret cries tears, repentance bears fruit. The real difference is only known in 12 months time by the evidence of a changed life. Regret is driven by what others will think; repentance is by what God will think. Regret is about how you feel; repentance is about the fact that you know you have broken the heart of God. Regret produces tears; repentance produces fruit. One is about you: the other is about God We need people who will love God and His Word, more than their own flesh and desires. We need a generation of Christ followers who will stand strong and unwavering in a perverse and compromising world. (John King)

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