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Psalm 118:19–24 (ESV) — 19 Open to me the gates of righteousness, that I may enter through them and give thanks to the Lord. 20 This is the gate of the Lord; the righteous shall enter through it. 21 I thank you that you have answered me and have become my salvation. 22 The stone that the builders rejected…

THE WICKED TENANTS Let’s review last week’s parable and setup. Here in Matthew 21 – we begin the Passion Week – Jesus comes in on a donkey and the palm branches are waving and coats and branches are being laid down as Jesus enters Jerusalem The next day on returning to Jerusalem He curses the fig tree…

This series explores the presence of the Messiah in various Psalms.

• This sermon explores The Parable of the Tenants (Matthew 21:33-45, Mark 12:1-12), where Jesus tells the story of a landowner who lovingly prepares a vineyard and entrusts it to tenants. These tenants, however, reject the owner’s servants and ultimately kill his son, symbolizing Israel’s religious leaders’ repeated rejection of God’s prophets and His Son, Jesus. The parable confronts the leaders of Jesus' time, but it also challenges us today to consider how we’re stewarding the lives, resources, and responsibilities God has entrusted to us. Are we living in ways that honor God, or are we claiming what truly belongs to Him as our own? • The message culminates in Jesus’ declaration that the rejected stone has become the cornerstone. Despite being rejected by the leaders, Jesus is the foundation of God’s kingdom and calls each of us to make Him the cornerstone of our lives. This sermon urges us to reflect on our foundation and to realign our lives with Jesus at the center, building on His love, truth, and grace. We’re invited to respond to God’s call with faithfulness, recognizing that choices carry consequences and that only a life built on Christ endures.

Jesus was rejected by man, exalted by God.

“Hear another parable. There was a master of a house who planted a vineyard and put a fence around it and dug a winepress in it and built a tower and leased it to tenants, and went into another country. When the season for fruit drew near, he sent his servants to the tenants to get his fruit. And the…

Introduction We have a new identity our salvation fuels our identity holiness is our key ID feature And we were given the reason for our identity since you have been born again, not of perishable seed but of imperishable, through the living and abiding word of God; for “All flesh is like grass and all…

The Parable of the Wicked Tenants In our study of the parables we now come to the last of three parables taught by Jesus in Matthew chapter 21. Now as I always say, Jesus taught using parables to illustrate a spiritual truth regarding the Kingdom of Heaven. Parables are not meant to be taken literally…

Do you know who you are in Christ? The authors of the Bible give various titles to describe believers. You have read we are called Christians, saints, the Church, the Bride, the Body of Christ, chosen, and children of God. Did you know we are also called priests? But, what does that mean? Today, I want to explore our spiritual identity as priests in this world of darkness through an exegesis of 1 Peter 2:1-10.

Jesus is the rejected stone, as was Elijah. Both also were "taken up" by God.

I was trying to think of a good comparison today to how the poor, marginalized or middle class people of the time viewed Jesus but I could think of one. Our Political climate is so divisive and polarizing that no political leader or superstar has the same pull as maybe some had in the past. So I am going…

Please turn to Acts 4 . Acts 4 verse 1 Last week, we saw the apostles Peter and John going to the Jewish temple for prayer, when a man lame from birth asked them for $. Peter and John don’t have $, but instead, Jesus does a miracle through them to completely heal this man physically , socially (He is…

Introduction He came to what was His own, and those who were His own did not receive Him. The apologetic purpose of the Gospels is to answer a critical, controversial and consequential question: If Jesus is the Christ, the Davidic Messiah, what about the Kingdom? Of course the Gospels have many purposes.…

Let me tell you about someone utterly devoted to their beliefs. Wakes at 3am. After his morning shower, begins the day on his knees for prayers, meditations until 5 am. followed by walk either outside or on treadmill. At 5:30am breakfast consisting porrige and barley pweder, bread and team. From 6-9am…

Why do people reject Jesus

PRAY Intro Review: *** In this setting of confrontation with the leaders, and still on the topic of authority, Jesus now goes on the offensive. He tells a parable that is relevant to us in its theme of our accountability to God’s ownership and authority. It is a particularly stinging indictment, though,…

Until recently, many of us perhaps thought that religious persecution was a thing of the past. We think of things like the Crusades or the Spanish Inquisition and say, “Well, that belonged to a primitive time. But we’re enlightened now and most countries are moving toward religious liberty rather than…

Jesus tells parable about son of vineyard owner being killed by tenants to show illustrate the religious leaders rejecting him.

Intro I listen to 98.9 FM sometimes during the Christmas season. I’m not much of a radio guy; I prefer my playlists on my phone. But at Christmas time I like to listen to the Christmas station. I’m always surprised by how quickly they cut off the Christmas music. December 25 at 11:59pm, if you flip to…

Some stones are valuable in our world, while others seem worthless. And in our text we find that the most valuable stone for building one's life is rejected by humanity, becoming to them nothing more than a stone to trip over and a rock that offends them. Join us as we look at this portrait of Jesus Christ--the chosen and precious Cornerstone, yet the One who was rejected by men and women, to their own peril. And contemplate the extent to which Christ is the foundation of your own life today.

In this sermon we consider what it means for Christ to be the stumbling stone of those who reject Him, & the cornerstone of those who are joined to Him by faith. Though God desires all to be saved & come to the knowledge of the truth, He is not thwarted by those who reject His Gospel. We find encouragement however in the reality that God has taken we who once were not His people, & made us a new creation in Christ. In 1 Peter 2:7-10 we begin to see just how new our identity in Jesus really is.