this evening he's gonna sing real loud his pastor's gonna have to preach that
sermon again for 49 other Lord thank you for this day thank you for the
souls that were won please bless pastor Shelley when he's on his trip also
please be with a further advantage mr. Bannock come and have a safe trip and to
come back home safely please bless the rest of the service for your honor and
glory Lord it's in Jesus name I pray second song tonight it's gonna be song
number 46 I save your first of all I save your first of all for six church at
this time we're gonna go 10 if you need one you can raise your hand usher can
bring you one those hands up and they'll bring those to you there at the front we
have our memory passage verse of the week Proverbs 31 verse 16 about halfway
through this there's still plenty of time to memorize this but highly
encourage you to work on that with your kiddos on the left side we have our
service time Sunday morning at 10 30 a.m. our Spanish service every Sunday at 4
30 and of course tonight our service at 5 30 also Wednesday evenings our church
has been going through the book of Revelation on Wednesdays that's been a
really great series so make sure to be here at 7 p.m. on Wednesdays for that we
have our churchwide soul winning times listed there all those meet at the
building and our regional soul winning times meet at various areas in DFW if
you have any questions about that you can ask me or Pastor Shelley or one of
those respective leaders there for that make sure to be turning in your soul
winning maps to the bin and also make sure to be reporting your salvation
numbers to your captains last year praise the Lord our church did really
great with soul winning I think we had over 2,700 salvations and our previous
record was 2,111 salvations in 2021 so we smashed our record praise the Lord for
that make sure in 2024 you know we stay consistent we remain steadfast and just
keep going out soul winning and doing the Lord's work it's really encouraging
to see those numbers on the right we have our list of expecting ladies make
sure to keep these ladies in your prayer as well as our weekly prayer list there
and just make sure if you have a prayer that you would like the church to be
publicly praying for to email that to the church email address and indicate
that it's public it's something you want continued to be on the list let us know
as well otherwise we take stuff off the list weekly we add stuff weekly so let
us know if you want us to keep your prayer request on there and then also
the best part of bulletin the freedom family had the birth of I don't know if
I'm saying this right Mavi is it maybe or Mavi does anyone know Mavi okay Mavi
ruby freedom she was born on January 6th at 8 31 a.m. weighing 6 pounds 15 ounces
and measuring 21 inches long so praise the Lord for that congratulations to them great to
see the multiplication just continuing in our church and seeing the Lord
blessing us so that's great upcoming events January 20th our church is
starting a 10 week long preaching class highly encourage you if you're a man to
show up to this if you can I've been through pastor Shelley's preaching class
and I went through pastor Thompson's preaching class and before Sure
Foundation was Sure Foundation it was Verity Vancouver it was pastor Jimenez's
preaching class so I know I've really benefited from these classes before it's
been a great blessing to me and it's taught me a lot so hopefully you can
come and learn as well and hopefully it'll be a blessing to you also February
3rd there's gonna be a baby shower for miss Catherine Croker and her baby girl
on Saturday February 3rd from 12 30 to 2 30 at the church nurselings only
preferred and please RSVP to mrs. Lauren Millstead and please bring a side dish
or a dessert to share for that event so that's it for announcements this
evening go ahead and get your hand out if you still have one where the spirit
blows our special song of the week if we have any extra the ushers will bring
you some not sure if we do but you can share with a neighbor let's go ahead and
sing that where the spirit blows where the spirit blows first
plates are being passed around you can turn your Bibles to mark chapter number
12 or 12 the Bible reads and he began to speak under them by parables a certain
man planted a vineyard said and hedge about it and digged a place for the wine
fad and built it let it out to husband men went into a far country and at the
season he sent to the husband men a servant that he might receive from the
husband men of the fruit of the vineyard and they caught him and beat him and
sent him away empty and again he sent unto them another servant and at him
they cast stones and wounded him in the head and sent him away shamefully
handled and again he sent another and him they killed any others beating some
and killing some having yet therefore one son his well-beloved he sent him
also last unto them saying they will reverence my son but those husband men
said among themselves this is the heir come let us kill him and the inheritance
shall be ours and they took him and killed him and cast him out of the
vineyard what shall therefore the Lord of the vineyard do he will come and
destroy the husband men and will give the vineyard unto others have ye not
read this scripture the stone which the builders rejected has become the head of
the corner this was the Lord's doing and it is marvelous in our eyes and they
sought to lay hold on him but feared the people for they knew that he had spoken
the parable against them they left him and went their way and they sent unto
him certain of the Pharisees and of the Herodians to catch him in his words and
when they were come they say unto him master we know that thou art true and
carest for no man for thou regardest not the person of men but teach us the way
of God in truth is it lawful to give tribute to Caesar or not shall we give
or shall we not give but he knowing their hypocrisy said unto them why tempt
me me bring me a penny that I may see it and they brought it and he saith unto
them whose is this image and superscription and they said unto him
Caesar's and Jesus answering said unto them render to Caesar the things that are
Caesar's and to God the things that are God's and they marveled at him then come
unto him the Sadducees which say there is no resurrection and they asked him
saying master Moses wrote unto us if a man's brother died and leave his wife
behind him and leave no children that his brother should take his wife and
raise up seed unto his brother now there were seven brethren and the first took a
wife and dying left no seed and the second took her and died neither left
he any seed and the third likewise and the seven had her and left no seed last
of all the woman died also in the resurrection therefore when they shall
rise whose wife shall she be of them for the seven had heard a wife and Jesus
answering sent unto them do he not therefore air because he know not the
scriptures neither the power of God for when they shall rise from the dead they
neither marry nor are given in marriage but are as the angels which are in
heaven and is touching the dead that they rise have you not read in the book
of Moses how when the bush God spake unto him saying I am the God of Abraham
and the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob he is not the God of the dead but
the God of the living ye therefore do greatly air and one of the scribes came
and having heard them reasoning together and perceiving that he had answered them
well asked him which is the first commandment of all and Jesus answered
him the first of all the commandment says here oh Israel the Lord our God is
one Lord and thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart and with all
thy soul and with all thy mind and with all thy strength this is the first
commandment and the second is like namely this thou shalt love thy neighbor
as thyself there is none other commandment greater than these and the
scribe sent it to him well master thou has said the truth for there is one God
and there is none other but he and to love him with all the heart and with all
the understanding and with all the soul and with all the strength and to love
his neighbor as himself is more than all whole burnt offerings and sacrifices
and when Jesus saw that he answered discreetly he said unto him thou art
not far from the kingdom of God and no man after that durst asked him any
question and Jesus answered and said while he taught in the temple how say
the scribes that Christ is the son of David for David himself said by the Holy
Ghost the Lord said to my Lord sit thou on my right hand till I make thine
enemies thy footstool David therefore himself calleth him Lord and whence does
he then his son and the common people heard him gladly and he said unto
them in his doctrine beware of the scribes which love to go in long
clothing and love salutations in the marketplaces and the chiefs seats in the
synagogues and the uppermost rooms at feasts which devour widows houses and
for a pretense make long prayers these shall receive greater damnation and
Jesus sat over against the treasury and beheld how the people cast money into
the treasury and many that were rich cast in much and there came a certain
poor widow and she threw in two mites which make a farthing and he called
unto him his disciples and saith unto them verily I say unto you that this
poor widow hath cast more in than all they which have cast into the treasury
for all they did cast in of their abundance but she of her want did cast
in all that she had even all her living let's pray father in heaven we ask Lord
that you would bless tonight's sermon and that you would guide brother Dylan
Oz through it just give him clarity of mind as he preaches this message to us
and Lord I also pray that you would enable us to just listen pay attention
minimize distractions in the room and listen closely to what you've laid on
brother Oz heart we love you in Jesus name I pray amen amen well first of all
thank you pastor Shelley for the privilege of being able to fill in and
preach here at steadfast it's a great honor and blessing to do that and we're
here in Mark chapter number 12 who read this yesterday in our New Testament
challenge probably a lot of us read this yesterday pretty fresh on our minds
and the title my sermon this evening is the parable of the vineyard the parable
of the vineyard now before we get into this parable let's get some context of
where we are in the book of Mark let's look back at chapter 11 and look at
verse number 27 the Bible says and they come again to Jerusalem and as he was
walking in the temple there come to him notice chief priests and the scribes and
the elders who's this talking about this talking about Jews and basically that's
the audience of the parable of the vineyard when Jesus gives this parable
look at verse 28 and say unto him by what authority doest thou these things
and who gave thee this authority to do these things and Jesus answered and said
unto them I will also ask of you one question and answer me and I will tell
you by what authority I do these things so those the Jews come up and kind of
want to demand an answer of Jesus Christ but they're talking to the Lord God here
he doesn't just answer their question he asks them a question instead and look at
verse number 30 he says the baptism of John was it from heaven or of men answer
me I love his authority look at verse 31 and they reasoned with themselves saying
if we shall say from heaven he will say why then did you not believe him but if
we shall say of men they feared the people for all men counted John that he
was a prophet indeed so notice these Jews they're not sincere in asking this
question they are like politicians when Jesus asked them this question the Bible
gives us an insight into their heart and into their thoughts and what are they
doing they're reasoning in themselves well if we give them this answer then
this will happen if we give them this answer then this will happen they're not
sincere they're not asking Jesus Christ a sincere question rather they're trying
to trip him up but notice verse 33 and they answered and said unto Jesus we
cannot tell and Jesus answering saith unto them neither do I tell you by what
authority I do these things and so notice Jesus he knows that they're not
sincere and so you know what he doesn't give them the answer that they asked for
and you know this is sometimes a good idea out soul winning when someone is
not sincere when someone has closed their ears when someone has closed their
heart don't sit there and argue with that person don't sit there and cast
your pearls before swine sometimes you just got a bounce you know we ran into a
black Hebrew Israelite today and he starts saying you know who the real
Israel is I said bye I didn't sit here and be like well yeah let me prove it to
you from the Bible no this person's not sincere bye see you later and so this is
why this is why Jesus even spoke to them in parables in the first place so when
we're in Mark chapter number 12 and we're reading the parable of the vineyard
why didn't Jesus just speak to them plainly because they weren't sincere
that's why he gave them the parable to begin with now turn to Matthew chapter
13 keep your place in Mark 12 throughout the sermon this evening but look at
Matthew chapter number 13 verse 13 Matthew 13 verse 13 Jesus said this
therefore speak I to them in parables because they seeing see not and hearing
they hear not neither do they understand and in them is fulfilled the prophecy of
Isaiah's which saith by hearing you shall hear and shall not understand and
seeing you shall see and shall not perceive for this people's heart is
waxed gross and their ears are dull of hearing and their eyes have they closed
lest at any time they should see with their eyes and hear with their ears and
should understand with their heart and should be converted and I should heal
them notice why is it that Jesus spoke to these people in parables because he
did not want them to know the truth because they had already rejected him
they had already decided to close their ears close their eyes close their heart
they were not sincere and he says you know what I'm gonna go ahead and speak
to these people in parables then so that seeing they won't see so that hearing
they won't they won't hear less at any time they should believe and be converted
so then the question is if Jesus gave this parable to hide the truth from
these people then why do we have it in the Bible it's for our benefit it's for
our benefit so when we go through this parable realize the reason God gave us
this is to teach us something to give us spiritual edification and blessing so
this evening I want to go through this parable in Mark chapter number 12 and I
want to give you six different aspects of this parable and then we'll make
application at the end of the sermon go to mark chapter number 12 and first I
want to point out in this parable number one God's business God's business
mark chapter number 12 verse 1 notice this says and he began to speak unto
them who is the them the Jews that's why we found the context there so he's
speaking to the Jews and he began to speak unto them by parables a certain
man planted a vineyard and set a hedge about it and digged a place for the
winefat and built a tower and let it out to husband men and went into a far
country so in this parable we see that God is represented by this certain man
okay and this certain man was he do he goes and he plants a vineyard and he
provides everything necessary for this vineyard to be profitable and successful
I mean look at all the things that this man did he sets and hedge about it he
digged a place for the wine fat he built a tower for protection most likely and
then when he provided all of those things what did he do he let it out to
husband men what is that that's like renting his property out to farmers and
so what is this vineyard here it's a business and you know the work of God is
a business a lot of people don't like that word and a lot of communists think
that business is a bad word you know what God's business is the greatest
business on earth it's the greatest business in the world and this shouldn't
be a surprise to you go ahead and turn to Romans chapter number 9 but I'll read
for you Luke 2 49 Jesus said and he said unto them how is it that you sought me
with do not that I must be about my father's business and so here in this
parable we see that the work of God that the kingdom of God is represented by a
business now who had this blessing who had this stewardship well the Bible says
that this man he let it out or he rented it out to husband men so was this owner
was he the one working in the vineyard was he the one keeping the vineyard
planting things watering things no he was giving that for other people to do
and who whose job was that in the Old Testament it was Israel it was Israel's
job to take care of the kingdom of God in the Old Testament I'm gonna read for
you Deuteronomy 14 2 says for thou art and holy people unto the Lord thy God
and the Lord hath chosen thee to be a peculiar people unto himself above all
the nations that are upon the earth and of course you know we know in the New
Testament especially in the New IFB we know that God has replaced the nation of
Israel the physical nation of Israel with a spiritual nation of believers but
let us not forget that in the Old Testament Israel was special it was it
was God's chosen nation the Bible says that he chose them above all nations of
the earth by the way that shows that God can
exalt nations God can abase nations the Bible says that righteousness exalted
the nation but sin is a reproach to any people so notice is it the system of
government that exalts a nation no it's righteousness that exalts a nation and
the nation of Israel was exalted why because it had the Word of God because
it had the commandments of God because it had the service of God because it
had God's vineyard because it had God's business in the Romans chapter 9 look at
verse 1 Paul said this I say the truth in Christ I lie not my conscience also
bearing me witness in the Holy Ghost that I have great heaviness and
continual sorrow in my heart for I could wish that myself were accursed from
Christ for my brethren my kinsmen according to the flesh who are we
talking about look at verse 4 who are Israelites notice to whom pertaineth the
adoption and the glory and the covenants and the giving of the law and the
service of God and the promises whose are the fathers and of whom as
concerning the flesh Christ came who is overall God blessed forever amen
here Paul clearly teaches who was given the work of God the Israelites were they
were given God's vineyard to work in so we see number one God's business go back
to Mark chapter number 12 we saw God's business I want to show you number two
God's expectations God's expectations look at Mark 12 - and at the season he
sent to the husband men a servant notice that he might receive from the husband
men of the fruit of the vineyard so this man in the parable the reason he's
starting a business is to make a profit I don't even I don't know if you know
this but businesses are started to make money okay we're not trying to
businesses are not trying to lose money this is not some sort of communist idea
no people have businesses so that they can make money well God's not interested
in making money he owns the cattle's on a thousand hills but you know what he is
interested in a profit in a spiritual profit how so by people getting saved
by people teaching others the Word of God God has an expectation for his
business God has an expectation for his workers to be profitable and notice this
man he comes to these husband men to do what to receive of the fruit of the
vineyard now go to Hosea chapter number 10 Hosea chapter number 10 now my
question for you is did Israel did the physical nation of Israel produce fruit
for God the answer is no the answer is no look at Hosea chapter number 10
Israel is an empty vine well that sucks if you're a vineyard owner the vines
empty what I mean God made the the tower and he built a hedge and he dug dig to
place for the wine fat and he gave these guys access to his property to work and
to make a profit it says Israel is an empty vine but not only that it's worse
he bringeth forth fruit unto himself according to the multitude of his fruit
he hath increased the altars according to the goodness of his land they have
made goodly images now this may surprise you but this is very typical of Jews
what do they do they're not profitable and they bring fruit to themselves why
because they love money this is how Israel the old the Old Testament nation
was this is how Jews are today they love money money is their God just bringing
forth fruit unto themselves they weren't interested in being good stewards
of the vineyard they weren't interested in bringing a profit for the Lord rather
they were interested in bringing forth fruit unto themselves now here's a proof
of that go to Matthew chapter 15 Matthew chapter number 15 and we see this story
and you have to realize that before the death of Jesus Christ is still considered
the Old Testament okay the New Testament begins with the death of Jesus Christ so
when we're reading the story in Matthew 15 this is technically still in the Old
Covenant okay look at Matthew 15 one then came to the to Jesus scribes and
Pharisees these are the Jews which were of Jerusalem saying why do thy disciples
transgress the tradition of the elders for they wash not their hands when they
eat bread but he answered and said unto them why do ye also transgress the
commandment of God by your tradition for God commanded saying honor thy father
and mother and he that curseth father or mother let him die the death that
commandment honor thy father and mother is talking about taking care of your
parents financially has to do with money but notice what was the Jews attitude
verse 5 but ye say whosoever shall say to his father or his mother it is a gift
by whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me and honor not his father or his
mother he shall be free thus have you made the commandment of God of none
effect by your tradition so what was happening mom and dad needs to be taken
care of and little Jew boy says no sorry this money is dedicated to God what is
that that's him loving money because you really think that he was giving that
money to God anyways he's probably lying about it he probably was doing like
Hosea said and bringing forth fruit unto himself rather than taking care of his
parents he probably was just loving money and keeping the money to himself
why because that's how Jews were in the Old Testament and that's how they are
here in Matthew chapter number 15 verse 7 you hypocrites well did Isaiah's
prophesy of you saying this people drawth nigh unto me with their mouth and
on earth me with their lips but their heart is far from me and this is a
common thing you see of the nation of Israel saying oh yeah we love God we're
the people of God we have the service of God we have the tabernacle of God but
their heart was far from God how do you know that their heart was far from God
because they weren't bringing forth fruit that's how we know because if they
actually cared about the certain man that owned the vineyard they would have
brought forth fruit to that man but instead what did they do they were an
empty vine and they brought forth fruit to themselves go back to Mark 12 we saw
God's business we saw God's expectation notice number three God's long suffering
mark chapter 12 verse 2 and at that season he sent to the husband men a
servant that he might receive from the husband men of the fruit of the vineyard
that's his expectation look at verse 3 and they caught him and beat him and sent
him away empty think about this really think about this as if this were in
modern-day times imagine you're a landlord you're a property owner and you
want to go collect on the rent of your tenants and you send an employee to do
that and you say hey go get the rent from these people and your employee
shows up knocks on the door hey you need to pay your rent and they just get beat
up and and treated like garbage by the tenants that would make me really mad
wouldn't that make you mad I mean that's just ridiculous to treat someone like
that you know you made an agreement to pay the rent you're using this guy's
property to bring forth fruit you're not doing it you're not doing what the
landlord expected and notice verse number four I love this phrase and again
what are we talking about God's long-suffering he sent unto them another
servant and at him they cast stones and wounded him in the head and sent him
away shamefully handled so the landlord he sends another employee hey you give
it a shot you go try to collect the rent and he gets stones thrown at his head
and gets treated like garbage but notice verse five and again what is this
talking about God's long-suffering and again he sent another and him they killed
and many others beating some and killing some I mean when you really think about
this parable and you try to put it in a modern-day perspective how crazy would
this be I mean this landlord is just sending person after person after person
to collect they get beat up next guy gets stones thrown at his head next guy
killed and many others next guy killed next guy killed next guy killed and the
the landlord keeps giving these people chance after chance after chance I mean
this landlord is a lot more long-suffering than you and I I mean if
we were sending our friends if we were sending our employees to go collect and
they're just getting killed we'd probably go kill these people I mean it'd
be on there'd be some serious bloodshed happening I mean this is crazy but you
know what this is how long-suffering that God is when you think about it this
is how long-suffering that God was to the nation of Israel and that is why
he's justified in every judgment that he ever makes he's so long-suffering more
long-suffering than us as human beings God is better than us God has more love
than we have God is more long-suffering than we have let's go to Jeremiah keep
your place in Jeremiah and Romans chapter 10 Jeremiah Romans chapter 10 I
want to run through several verses in Jeremiah let's start in chapter 7
Jeremiah chapter number 7 and let's just think about how long-suffering that God
was to these people Jeremiah 7 verse 25 since the day that your fathers came
forth out of the land of Egypt unto this day I have even sent unto you all my
servants the prophets daily rising up early and sending them so every day God
is just giving these people profit after profit after profit chance after chance
after chance why because that's how long-suffering that God is but notice
verse 26 yet they hearkened not unto me nor inclined their ear but hardened
their neck they did worse than their fathers that's just like the husband men
in Mark chapter number 12 a new messenger gets sent to collect from them
the fruits of the vineyard what do they do they kill them they treat them like
garbage and again God sends another one and again God sends another one and
again God sends another one go to Jeremiah 26 Jeremiah 26 flip over a few
pages Jeremiah 26 look at verse number four and thou shalt say unto them thus
saith the Lord if ye will not hearken to me to walk in my law which I have said
before you to hearken to the words of my servants the prophets whom I sent unto
you both rising up early and sending them but ye have not hearkened then I
will make this house like Shiloh and will make this city a curse to all the
nations of the earth look at Jeremiah 29 verse 18 Jeremiah 29 18 and I will
persecute them with the sword with the famine with the pestilence and will
deliver them to be removed to all the kingdoms of the earth to be a curse and
an astonishment and an hissing and a reproach among all the nations whither
I've driven them because they have not hearkened to my word saith the Lord
which I sent unto them by my servants the prophets rising up early and
sending them but ye would not hear saith the Lord there's more places in
Jeremiah where he uses this phrase sending the prophets rising up early and
sending them sending the prophets over and over and over how is it that God
showed his long-suffering to the nation of Israel well it's called the Old
Testament have you seen the names of some of these books I mean in your Bible
you might have like a table of contents section if you do let's let's just look
there real quick try to find the table of contents in your Bible
ok let's look at the Old Testament obviously Genesis exodus Leviticus we
have Moses we have Abraham we have jot or I'm sorry we have a Joseph look at
this name Joshua how about this guy Samuel how about the Kings David Josiah
Hezekiah Asa right Ezra Nehemiah Psalms written by David Isaiah Jeremiah
Ezekiel Daniel Hosea Joel Amos Obadiah Jonah Micah Nahum Habakkuk Zephaniah
Haggai Zechariah Malachi these are all men you know what this is this is God
rising up early and sending you a prophet rejecting him rising up early
sending you a prophet rejecting him over and over and over and over what is that
that's long-suffering I mean couldn't God have just sent Moses and called it
good right I mean Moses was a great guy but you know what he sent another man
and another man that was rejected and another man that was rejected and
spitefully treated and all this time you know the Bible says to him give all the
prophets witness all of the Old Testament prophets are preaching about
Jesus Christ they're giving they're pointing these people to the Lord
telling them how to get saved and they just reject over and over and over go
to Romans chapter 10 I told you to keep your place there in Romans chapter 10
this is a theme how Israel has rejected God and how they were not appreciative
of how long suffering he was look at Romans chapter number 10 verse 17 so
then faith cometh by hearing and hearing by the word of God but I say have they
not heard yes verily their sound went into all the earth and their words unto
the ends of the world but I say did not Israel know first Moses saith I will
provoke you to jealousy by them that are no people and by a foolish nation will I
anger you but Isaiah is very bold and saith I was found of them that sought me
not I was made manifest unto them that asked not after me but to Israel he saith
all day long I have stretched forth my hands unto a disobedient and gain saying
people notice the writer of Romans here saying hey did didn't Israel know I mean
were they ignorant of God's Word were they ignorant of Jesus Christ no the
words of the prophets went out into all the world not only was Israel not
ignorant no one was ignorant the words of God went out into the whole world
well didn't didn't have they heard did they know no all day long God's people
were stretching forth their hands to a disobedient and gainsaying people why
were they doing that because God is long-suffering that's why and think
about how long-suffering God is today think about how wicked wicked our nation
is think about how wicked the nation of Israel is think about how wicked many
nations of this world is Ukraine but you know what God's people are still
stretching forth their hands to a disobedient and gainsaying people today I
mean how long-suffering is it for God let's just apply this to our country for
a minute how long-suffering is God to the United States of America the wicked
nation that's murdered millions and millions of babies the government that
sponsored a terrorism in the Middle East and killed millions of innocent
civilians based on lies the nation that promotes sodomy and adultery and alcohol
and yet despite that still in our nation we still have more preachers than any
other nation in the world we still have more soul winners than any other nation
in the world we still have more churches than any other nation in the world why
because America's so great no because God is so great that's why because God
is so long-suffering to us and how much more long-suffering was he to the nation
of Israel thousands and thousands of years of sending prophets our nation's
been around for a couple hundred years and we've had a legacy of preachers of
God in this nation from the start up until today and he did the same thing
with the nation of Israel for way longer of a time period I mean he was so long
suffering to these people he gave these people everything they could have needed
go back to Mark chapter number 12 we saw God's business God's expectation and God's
long-suffering notice God's sacrifice Mark chapter 12 verse 6 having yet
therefore one son his well-beloved he sent him also last unto them saying they
will reverence my son but those husband men said among themselves this is the
heir come let us kill him and the inheritance shall be ours notice the
money shall be ours that's what they love money and they took him and killed
him and cast him out of the vineyard think about this again let's let's
think about the parable let's think about the the landowner the property
owner the landlord who gives these people everything he sends servant after
servant after servant after servant they keep getting killed they keep getting
treated like garbage and he's so long-suffering he continues to send more
and on top of that he's so long-suffering that he says hey I'm gonna
take my well-beloved son notice in the parable it says his well-beloved son
he's not just trying to like sacrifice some son that he hates or some garbage
son he's like well you know this son is garbage anyways I'm just gonna give him
to these people and you know this guy's probably gonna get killed just like the
rest of the servants no this is his well-beloved son and he says you know
what they'll reverence my son what is this God's sacrifice God's sacrifice and
obviously this is representing the sacrifice of the Lord Jesus Christ right
for God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son that whosoever
believeth in him should not perish but have everlasting life that is God's
sacrifice that not only did he give these people thousands of years of godly
men preaching the word of God but he actually gave his one only begotten son
as well beloved son to come to this earth to be born in a human's body to
live a perfect life and to die for the very people that would kill him that's a
lot of love that is a huge huge sacrifice go to Matthew chapter number
27 and let me read for you again mark 12 7 says but those husband men said
among themselves this is the air come let us kill him and the inheritance
shall be ours and they took him and killed him and cast him out of the
vineyard notice they're conspiring during this time and what is this a
picture of well it's this story in Matthew 27 verse 20 but the chief
priests and elders who's that the Jews persuaded the multitude that they
should ask Barabbas and destroyed Jesus they wanted Barabbas to be freed rather
than Jesus who was innocent verse 21 the governor answered and said unto them
whether of the twain will ye that I release unto you they said Barabbas
Pilate saith unto them what shall I do then with Jesus which is called Christ
they all say unto him let him be crucified and the governor said why what
evil hath he done but they cried out the more saying let him be crucified
verse 24 when Pilate saw that he could prevail nothing but that rather a tumult
was made he took water and washed his hands before the multitude saying I am
innocent of the blood of this just person see ye to it then answered all
the people and said his blood be on us and on our children then released he
barabbas unto them when he had scourged Jesus he delivered him to be crucified
some of the most chilling words that have ever been spoken let his blood be
on us and on our children I can't think of anything more blasphemous I can't
think of anything more disgusting than to put the curse of killing the Lord
Jesus Christ upon your children but let me tell you the descendants spiritually
of these scribes and elders that killed the Lord Jesus Christ are cursed they
are cursed they hate God they did not esteem the great sacrifice of Jesus
Christ for what it was I mean it's just it's unfathomable to us what a
sacrifice this is because when I relate this story to you into modern times and
I give you the example of the landlord that sends servant after servant it
doesn't make any sense who would do that who would just keep sending person after
person after person that's getting killed no one no human would do that and
then after all that to say let me send my well-beloved son who of us would do
that none of us and you know people want to mock God mock the fact that he gave
his son Jesus Christ to die on the cross you know what just go to hell if you're
gonna blaspheme God like that it's disgusting it's the most beautiful
sacrifice that we can conceive of I mean what a loving God to sacrifice his son
for us like that I mean this this parable and think about this Jesus is
preaching this parable looking into the eyes of the very people that will
conspire to kill him that's pretty incredible to think about I mean he's
looking at these people in the face and he's telling him about this story how
the guy that buys the vineyard is gonna send his well-beloved son and they're
gonna take him and seize on the inheritance want to seize on the
inheritance and kill him he's saying that to the very people that are going
to kill him these people are gonna have a rough time in hell these people are
gonna burn in the lowest hell just unbelievable go to Mark chapter number
12 we talked about God's business God's expectation God's long-suffering notice
this God's or God's sacrifice and notice number five God's anger God's anger
what's the normal response when you read this parable anger I mean what is wrong
with these sick disgusting people to just treat all the servants like this
and to kill this guy's son I mean this is ridiculous and that's God's attitude
too look at verse number 9 what shall therefore the Lord of the vineyard do
he will come and destroy the husband men and will give the vineyard unto others
let me tell you this God is enraged at Jews today he's been enraged at them for
a long time and it's unbelievable to me how Baptists who claim to believe the
Word of God take the biggest enemies in the New Testament the biggest group of
haters of God that exists the very people that killed our Savior and say
that they're special and say that God loves them more than he loves us more
than he loves the world God is angry at these people go to John at chapter
number 3 let me read for you 1st Thessalonians 2 15 referring to Jews the
Bible says who both killed the Lord Jesus and their own prophets and have
persecuted us and they please not God and are contrary to all men doesn't
sound like God's pleased with these people I mean he's condemning these
people in the strongest terms possible I mean how can you even condemn Jews
harder than the way the New Testament does that's why actually many Jewish
groups are constantly trying to get the New Testament to be labeled as hate
speech because it is because God is angry at the Jews because they are
contrary to all men because they don't please God because they killed the Lord
Jesus Christ and the prophets and have persecuted us yeah that's hateful well
it's the truth John 3 look at verse 36 he that believeth on the sun hath
everlasting life and he that believeth not the sun shall not see life notice
but the wrath of God abideth on him let me tell you something the wrath of God
is abiding on the unbelieving Jew today and when the unbelieving Jew dies and
breathes his last breath that was given to him by Jesus Christ and closes his
eyelids that were formed and made by Jesus Christ God is going to burn them
in hell for all of eternity why because he's mad at them that's why why because
he gave them profit after profit after profit and then he sacrificed his own
son for them and you know what they did they killed him and so don't tell me
God's not a loving God when he gave them everything that they could have ever
had he gave them the advantage of the word of God he built the vineyard he
built the hedge he built the tower he gave them everything and they still
rejected him he's justified in burning these people in hell don't tell me that
hell is hateful these people asked for it God could not have done anything more
for these people there's literally nothing else he could have done and
salvation is so easy he that believeth on the Sun half life half everlasting
life how hard is that it's not but these Jews want to think that they're going
to heaven because of their race because of being a Jew know God is angry at these
people revelation chapter number one you could go to you can go to John 12 or I'm
sorry go to go go to mark chapter number 12 sorry mark chapter number 12 and I'll
read for you revelation one seven says behold he cometh with clouds when Jesus
comes back and every eye shall see him and notice and they also which pierced
him which I think is referring to the Jews and all kindreds of the earth shall
wail because of him even so amen you know when the Lord Jesus Christ comes
back to this earth to pour out his wrath the Bible says that these people are
gonna be wailing when he comes back why because God's mad that's why and he's
coming to pour out his wrath on this earth and every single unbelieving Jew
will experience that wrath that wrath doesn't mean that God's pleased with him
folks it means he's angry with them and we've been going through the book of
Revelation we've been seeing the horrible plagues we've been seeing the
woes of revelation why would God do that I mean it seems like it's so extreme why
would he do it because they rejected his son that's why because they killed his
son that's why and God's completely justified in doing so Mark chapter
number 12 we've seen God's business God's expectation God's long suffering
and God's anger but notice this God's replacement God's replacement look at
verse number 9 what shall therefore the Lord of the vineyard do he will come and
destroy the husband men that's his anger and notice this and will give the
vineyard unto others and have you not read this scripture the stone which the
builders rejected has become the head of the corner this was the Lord's doing and
it is marvelous in their eyes and they sought to lay hold on him but feared the
people for they knew that he had spoken the parable against them and they left
him and went their way that's a true saying the Jews realized oh crap Jesus
is preaching against me right now yeah because guess what any normal landlord
who gets all of his servants killed and his son killed is gonna come and kill
you and replace you and what does this teach us God has replaced Israel today
why do Christians not understand this thank God we're doing the New Testament
challenge in our church because you're gonna actually read the New Testament is
full of replacement theology what does this parable mean to a Zionist what's
being replaced it doesn't make sense they've been
replaced let me read for you Matthew 21 43 therefore I say unto you the kingdom
of God shall be taken from you the kingdom of God shall be taken from you
let me say that again the kingdom of God shall be taken from you and given to a
nation bringing forth the fruits thereof let me tell you this God is done with
the nation of Israel today the nation over there that exists in the Middle
East that all the Christians are waving the flags of and getting upset about the
war that's going on over there and sending all their money to those God
hating reprobates God's not pleased with that God's replaced that nation who's
that nation now we are God's people are we're Israel why we don't reject the
prophets we believe the prophets we don't reject Jesus we love Jesus Christ
he's our Savior he's our God we didn't reject him like they did Jesus told
these people that they're literally the children of the devil and God's people
want to say oh they're God's chosen people go to John chapter number 12 John
chapter number 12 now let me say this I said it's that they're reprobates over
there obviously there are people that call themselves Jews that are not
reprobates but let me tell you what the religion on this earth that probably has
the most reprobates of any other religion is Judaism it's Judaism
because their entire religion is based on hating Christ of course it's a
reprobate factory notice what Jesus said to these Jews in verse 36 while you have
light while you have light you know this indicates that there's a time when you
won't have light you need to do something while you have light it says
while you have light believe in the light that you may be the children of
the light these things spake Jesus and departed and did hide himself from them
but though he had done so many miracles before them yet they believed not on him
notice Jesus commands them to believe and he hides himself from them what is
this well it's prophecy being fulfilled look at verse 38 that the saying of
Isaiah's the prophet might be fulfilled which he spake Lord who hath believed
our report and to whom hath the arm of the Lord been revealed verse 39
therefore they could not believe underline that in your Bible therefore
they could not believe what does it take to get saved believe on the Lord Jesus
Christ and thou shalt be saved what cannot these people do they can't
believe verse 40 he have blinded their eyes and heart in their heart that they
should not see with their eyes nor understand with their heart and be
converted and I should heal them you say well that's mean why would God blind
their eyes why would God darken their hearts well maybe you should read the
parable of the vineyard understand why maybe you should realize that God had
loved these people and had given them chance after chance after chance after
chance and had sacrificed his son for them and they still rejected him and so
he says you know what you're done I'm blinding your eyes I'm just gonna close
your ears I'm gonna darken your heart so that you can never believe why so that
he could miserably destroy those wicked men in hell that's what the owner of
the property did he wanted to destroy those men well hey God's gonna destroy
both body and soul in hell and that's exactly what he's gonna do to the Jews
first Peter chapter number two flip to first Peter chapter number two first
Peter chapter number two look at verse 9 it says but ye are a
chosen generation a royal priesthood and holy nation a peculiar people that you
should show forth the praises of him who have called you out of darkness into his
marvelous light which in time past were not a people but are now the people of
God which had not obtained mercy but now have obtained mercy notice in the Old
Testament, who are the people of God? The physical nation of Israel. Were we a people? No, we weren't.
But now we are the people of God. Now we are a peculiar people. We are a chosen nation. And just
please cement this into your soul that God does not think the Jews are special. God does not elevate
them above other people. They are not important today. That's not God's chosen people. We are God's
chosen people. We are God's chosen people. And what's some application that we can make from this?
We've taught the parable of the vineyard, what it says, what it means. How can we apply this
to our lives, okay? I just got done saying that we're God's people. We're God's chosen people.
He's replaced them with us. What does that mean? It means that we are now the stewards of God's
business. We are now the stewards of the vineyard. So how can we apply this to our lives? We need to
not squander the blessings of God. We need to not squander the opportunities and make light of the
blessings that God has given us in our life. And think about this first with the new IFB. You know,
the new IFB has been given a lot of blessings by God. And you know, we have a big vineyard. I mean,
we've got a vineyard in Texas. We've got a vineyard in Boise, Idaho. We've got a vineyard in
Vancouver and in Sacramento and in Fresno and in LA and all over this nation and all over
this world, we have a vineyard. You know what we need to do? We need to be good stewards of that
vineyard. We need to love God's Word, love God's prophets, and obey what the Bible says to do.
You know, what do you think would happen to this church if we just got watered down and got away
from the King James Bible, we stopped preaching hard on sin, we stopped being King James only,
we stopped preaching the gospel to the loss, and we became like a lot of these churches that are
just a social club with the smokes and the purple lights on the stage and try to have the girls up
here in the miniskirts and just becomes an entertainment show rather than a church.
You know what God would do? He would replace us. And you have to realize that everything is
replaceable. The new IFB is replaceable. We can be replaced if we decide to just squander the
blessings of God. If we decide to just not take seriously the mission that God has given us,
God can replace us. You know what that motivates me to do? It motivates me to stick close to this.
And say, no, we're going to stay with the King James Bible. We're going to stay with preaching
hard. We're going to stay with soul winning. We're going to stay with being an independent,
fundamental Baptist. The old paths. That's what we're sticking with. Why? I don't want to squander
God's blessing. He's given us this vineyard. Let's take care of it. Let's not change it.
How about this? Maybe God has given you a position at church. Look, that's a great blessing. Don't
minimize or take for granted serving in the house of God. That is a great honor and a great
responsibility, and you better not take it lightly. You know why? Because you could be replaced.
You could be replaced. You know you should apply a lot of the things that were preached this morning
and realize, "Hey, if I'm an usher, for example, I'm not coming to church late." I mean, how can
you be an usher and come to church late? How can you sit here and play a musical instrument for the
church and not even show up on time to practice? How are you being a good steward of the vineyard
God's given you? You're not. And you've got to realize that you can be replaced. It's happened
in every church I've been in. People got complacent. People didn't take their jobs seriously,
and they were replaced. And hey, I'm preaching to myself too. I can be replaced. If I decided to
just get backslidden and get wicked and just live for myself and not care about the Word of God,
I know that I can be replaced too. All of us can be replaced. And so realize, hey, don't squander
the blessings that God has given you. How about this? How about our nation? How about the fact
that, hey, travel the world and you realize that we are blessed to live in the United States of
America. We have so much more freedom here compared to the rest of the world. We have such a huge
opportunity to preach the gospel and to preach God's Word. But what if we just use the freedom
that we have in America just to make a bunch of money and live for ourselves? You know what God
would do? He'd replace you. He would probably destroy your life as a Christian and He'd probably
just replace you. You think you could serve God and mammon? No, you can't serve two masters.
Either you'll hold to the one and hate the other, the Bible says. You can't serve both. And so look,
we have a great opportunity in America. I mean in America we could preach that fags should be put
to death by the government and it's not even illegal like it is in Canada. And guess what? I
could do it while armed too. Can't do that in England? Hey, the police can't even carry
guns in England. Wow! It's a joke. And so hey maybe instead of just only focusing on the negative
of America which needs to be preached against and I will preach against it, why don't you also be
thankful to God and not be a sniveling complaining brat that God gave you freedom and that you were
born in the United States of America and look at the United States of America as your vineyard
for God not for yourself it's our vineyard let's take care of it let's preserve it let's preach
the Bible in it not live for ourselves in it I understand why a lot of people are upset with
America I'm upset with America America's wicked but you know what we're the only hope for this
nation we're the only hope it's not in Donald Trump it's not in the Republican Party it's in us
we must take care of it we must be good stewards of it how about this maybe God has given you a
a really good job and maybe God has blessed you with a lot of finances. But you want to
know why He probably blessed you with a lot of finances? It's probably so you could take
care of your family really well so that you can serve God. It's probably not so that you
can just waste all your money on alcohol and on video games and on just living for the
flesh and living for yourself. God didn't give you that so that you could just squander
it on yourself. You know what's going to happen? If you do that, He's going to replace you.
That's what He's going to do. He's going to replace you at work and maybe He'll give that
blessing to a young man who wants to use it to take care of his family and to serve God.
You know, think about this. God's given many of us great spouses. And look, if your wife
or husband is in church tonight, your spouse is already better than 99 percent of the world.
And we all are sinners, but you've got to realize that if your spouse is in church,
you are a blessed person. God has given you a great vineyard and you ought to take care
of that. You ought not to just treat your spouse like garbage and take them for granted.
No, realize that, hey, God's blessed you with this and you should take care of it because
you know what can happen? You can be replaced. Think about Nabal. God killed Nabal and gave
his wife to David. You don't think God could do that today? You don't think that if some
man had a really godly woman that wanted to serve him, but the guy is just a piece of
crap that won't let his wife go to church, that won't let his wife go sewing, won't
let his wife read the Bible, that God couldn't just kill you and replace you with a better
man? He absolutely could. He absolutely could. You better take it seriously if you're married
to take care of your spouse and not take it for granted, because he could take it away
from you. And you know what? Sometimes marriage can be hard. I understand people have marriage
issues, but whatever problem you have now is nothing compared to God killing you and
giving her to another man. I can promise you that. That stings, doesn't it? How about
this? How about your children? Your children, many of us, hey, praise God, this church is
full of kids. God is blessing this church with children. Realize, hey, God has given
you that vineyard to take care of, not to squander, not to raise them to be some sort
of athletic superstar, not to raise them to be some just amazing musician that just plays
for the world rather than in church. No, rather God wants us to raise them in the nurture
and admonition of the Lord. And you know that you could be replaced as a parent too. You
know that? Let me give you an example. My wife, my wife is a good example of this. You
know, many of you may not know this and I've asked her if I could share this, but my wife
was born into a really wicked family. Father's a pedophile and her dad or sorry, her mom
is a drug addict. Now, thank God she got out of this family at a very young age. So she
really escaped a lot of the hell that she could have gone through. But you know what
happened? Pastor Thompson and Miss Sherry adopted her because God probably saw that
my wife wanted to serve God, that she had a heart that would someday turn to the Lord
and get saved and serve Him. And so you know what? God said, "Hey, I'm replacing these
parents." You don't think that could happen? You don't think that God could kill you and
your wife and give your kids to someone else? He sure can. I mean, God holds our breath
in His hand. He can take away anything from us at any time. I mean, God took away the
whole nation from Israel. And so you know what? There's a lot of great lessons in this
parable that we can see what happened to Israel. But you know what? There's a lot of application
we can make to ourselves too, right? And just we need to take our lives seriously. Hey,
let us be good stewards of all the blessings that God has given us in our life. Let us
take it seriously. Let us not squander the blessings of God. Let us wake up every day
and thank Him for the vineyards in our life and strive to take care of them well. Otherwise,
God can replace you and God can replace me. Let's have a word of prayer. Lord, thank
you for this parable. Lord, thank you for the Word of God and how deep and wonderful
it is, how many truths we can learn from it. I pray that every single person in here would
take these things to hearts, that we would all examine the many blessings that you've
given us in our lives. And instead of complaining about them or murmuring or always wanting
more, that we would just be thankful for what we have and that we would take care of it
well. That we wouldn't take it for granted the blessings you've given to us and that
we would serve you with all of our heart. We love you in Jesus' name we pray. Amen.
Alright for our last song we're going to be doing song number 402, "Our Best." Very
fitting song to close us off with. Song 402, "Our Best."