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A JUST AND GRACIOUS MASTER

Matthew 20:1-16
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a just and gracious master - book of matthew - Lesson #69


Sermon Notes

Date of Sermon: October 20, 2019

Summary: Our God is just and gracious

Key Verse:  “Am I not allowed to do what I choose with what belongs to me?  Or do you begrudge my generosity?" 
   - Matthew 20:15


Bible Reading:  “For the kingdom of heaven is like a master of a house who went out early in the morning to hire laborers for his vineyard. 2 After agreeing with the laborers for a denarius a day, he sent them into his vineyard.
3 And going out about the third hour he saw others standing idle in the marketplace, 4 and to them he said, ‘You go into the vineyard too, and whatever is right I will give you.’ 5 So they went. Going out again about the sixth hour and the ninth hour, he did the same. 6 And about the eleventh hour he went out and found others standing. And he said to them, ‘Why do you stand here idle all day?’ 7 They said to him, ‘Because no one has hired us.’ He said to them, ‘You go into the vineyard too.’ 8 And when evening came, the owner of the vineyard said to his foreman, ‘Call the laborers and pay them their wages, beginning with the last, up to the first.’ 9 And when those hired about the eleventh hour came, each of them received a denarius. 10 Now when those hired first came, they thought they would receive more, but each of them also received a denarius. 11 And on receiving it they grumbled at the master of the house, 12 saying, ‘These last worked only one hour, and you have made them equal to us who have borne the burden of the day and the scorching heat.’ 13 But he replied to one of them, ‘Friend, I am doing you no wrong. Did you not agree with me for a denarius? 14 Take what belongs to you and go. I choose to give to this last worker as I give to you. 15 Am I not allowed to do what I choose with what belongs to me? Or do you begrudge my generosity?’ 16 So the last will be first, and the first last.” Matthew 20:1-16


Message Outline:
  1. God is Constantly Recruiting Disciples  (verses  1-7)
    1. Disciples are involved in evangelism  (verse 1)
    2. Believers are free to choose to labor  (verse 2)
    3. Disciples are rewarded for labor  (verse 2)
    4. God is constantly recruiting disciples  (verses 3-7)
  2. God Rewards His Disciples (verses 8-10)
    1. All disciples are rewarded (verse 8)
    2. All disciples are rewarded the same (verses 9-10)
  3. ​God is Gracious and Just to His Disciples (verses 11-16)
    1. Is God just to reward all Disciples the same (verses 11-12)
    2. It's just because the reward was agreed upon (verse 13)
    3. It's just because any reward is grace (verses 14-15)
    4. It's just because rewards based on God's wisdom  (verse 16)
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