Sermon Tone Analysis
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I. The Maxim (27-30)
II.
Moral Tale (1-12)
1.
The Hiring (1-7)
Matthew
The Gospel of Matthew, Volume 2 The Master Seeks His Workers ()
the parable describes the kind of thing that frequently happened at certain times in Palestine.
The grape harvest ripened towards the end of September, and then close on its heels the rains came.
If the harvest was not gathered in before the rains broke, then it was ruined; and so to get the harvest in was a frantic race against time.
Any worker was welcome, even if he could give only an hour to the work.
The pay was perfectly normal; a denarius or a drachma was the normal day’s wage for a working man.
It was not a wage which left any margin.
matthew 20:1-12
Matthew 20:1-7
The men who were standing in the market place were not street-corner idlers, lazing away their time.
The market place was the equivalent of the job centre or employment agency.
A man came there first thing in the morning, carrying his tools, and waited until someone hired him.
The men who stood in the market place were waiting for work, and the fact that some of them stood there until even 5 pm is the proof of how desperately they wanted it.
The Gospel of Matthew, Volume 2 The Master Seeks His Workers ()
The hours in the parable were the normal Jewish hours.
The Jewish day began at sunrise, 6 am, and the hours were counted from then until 6 pm, when officially the next day began.
Counting from 6 am therefore, the third hour is 9 am, the sixth hour is 12 noon, and the eleventh hour is 5 pm.
Christians Called to Christian Service Earlier/Later in life.
Christians Called to Christian Service Earlier/Later in Church History
2. The Paying (8-10)
3. The Grumbling (11-12)
Matthew
4. The Response (13-16)
Rewards Depends on God’s Sovereignty and Grace
the parable describes the kind of thing that frequently happened at certain times in Palestine.
The grape harvest ripened towards the end of September, and then close on its heels the rains came.
If the harvest was not gathered in before the rains broke, then it was ruined; and so to get the harvest in was a frantic race against time.
Any worker was welcome, even if he could give only an hour to the work.
The pay was perfectly normal; a denarius or a drachma was the normal day’s wage for a working man.
It was not a wage which left any margin.
The men who were standing in the market place were not street-corner idlers, lazing away their time.
The market place was the equivalent of the job centre or employment agency.
A man came there first thing in the morning, carrying his tools, and waited until someone hired him.
The men who stood in the market place were waiting for work, and the fact that some of them stood there until even 5 pm is the proof of how desperately they wanted it.
Rewards Depends on God’s Sovereignty and Grace
III.
(8-12)
Reward Depends on the Quality of Service not the Quantity
The hours in the parable were the normal Jewish hours.
The Jewish day began at sunrise, 6 am, and the hours were counted from then until 6 pm, when officially the next day began.
Counting from 6 am therefore, the third hour is 9 am, the sixth hour is 12 noon, and the eleventh hour is 5 pm.
Methuselah/Thief on the Cross
III.
Generosity (13-16)
There are people who think that, because they have been members of a church for a long time, the Church practically belongs to them and they can dictate its policy.
Such people resent what seems to them the intrusion of new blood or the rise of a new generation with different plans and different ways.
In the Christian Church, seniority does not necessarily mean honour.
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