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The Vineyard Series
Contributed by Timothy Riggs on Sep 12, 2006 (message contributor)
Summary: God has strategically placed you in a place of service.
A DAY IN THE WORKPLACE
THE VINEYARD
INTRODUCTION
Parable Identification
1. Landowner God
2. Wicked tenants Israel’s Leaders
3. Servants Prophets
4. Landowner’s Son Jesus
Jesus makes it clear in verse 42 that the builders rejected the stone that was to be the cornerstone.
How does this parable apply to you in 2006?.
UNDERSTANDING THE PLAN FOR THE VINEYARD
1. Provides a place to live
2. Provides a place to work
3. Provides a place to learn
UNDERSTANDING THE PURPOSE OF THE VINEYARD
1. To produce fruit
2. To bring in the harvest
3. To give
UNDERSTANDING THE ACCOUNTING PROCEDURES IN THE VINEYARD
1. Records are kept (watchtower)
2. Accounts are settled
3. Assessments are made
CONCLUSION
God has blessed us and made us worthy to be “partakers of the inheritance of the saints.” Col 1:12
He “has rescued us from the dominion of darkness and brought us into the kingdom of light.” Col 1:13
“From everyone who has been given much, much will be demanded; and from the one who has been entrusted with much, much more will be asked.” Luke 12:48
