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What You Read
On January 29th you read for your devotions & .
Tonight we are going to look at and challenge our view of fairness and God.
This is true theology - the study of God.
Using F.I.R.E.
Pastor Ken created the method of F.I.R.E. in order to understand a passage.
The letter F stands for familiarity.
This is when you read the text and ask questions to better understand the passage.
read, ask questions, and become familiar with the passage
The letter I stands for interpretation.
This is when you try to understand the meaning of the text.
You answer the questions you asked which interprets the author’s intent for this passage.
simply explain the passage
The letter R stands for relationship.
This is when you look to see the relationship of this passage with other passages.
how does this single passage relate to it’s context, book, and entire Bible
The letter E stands for employment.
What is the timeless truth in this passage.
How can we take that truth and employ it in our everyday lives?
how can I employ the timeless truth from this passage?
Note* Explain that this process can be quick or long depending on the passage and the amount of time you want to invest.
Set On F.I.R.E.
Because time is limited - briefly walk through each step of F.I.R.E. on tonight’s passage.
Feel free to use any resource you want - but if you use a resource simply cite it.
Write info above or bring your own crummy paper!
Simple F.I.R.E.
Here is a quick example on this passage
Familiarity
What is the Kingdom of Heaven?
Who does the landowner represent?
What does the text mean by 6th and 9th hour
What’s a denarius
Who are the workers that come early and those who come late?
What does the proverb mean “first are last and last are first?”
Interpretation
The Kingdom of Heaven refers to the 1,000 year Millennial Kingdom (this will also be seen in relationship)
The Landowner seems to represent God The Father
The 6th hour is noon, and the 9th hour is 3pm - NIV
The Landowner represents God The Father
The sixth hour is noon, and the 9th hour is 3pm - NIV
A denarius is one days pay - Faithlife Study Bible
It appears from the context that the laborers are referring to groups who come early and late to the Kingdom
The proverb is an endless cycle.
The first become last, the last become first, and so on.
The guys in the front of the line recieved the same payment as the guys in the back of the line.
The guy in the back of the line receives the same payment as the guy in front of the line.
Think of this as a wheel - all come out the same.
The proverb is saying all will receive the same thing.
A denarius is one days pay - Faithlife Study Bible
From looking at the parable - here are the main characters
Landowner = God
Vineyard = The Kingdom
Laborers = Those who are called into the Kingdom
Day = The Laborers life work
denarius is eternal
Denarius = Eternal life
God is kind and allows those whom He has chosen into the Kingdom (even those who were late to believe).
Those who work at 6 am are like the Disciples who were with Jesus from the beginning and gave up all for the Kingdom.
The workers who only worked from 5pm - 6pm are those who accept Christ later in life.
No mater how much work each one put in - each recieves the same thing - eternal life.
MacArthur writes,
Last will be first and the first shall be last.
MacArthur writes,
In other words, everyone finishes in the dead heat.
No matter how long each of the workers worked, they received a full day’s wage.
Similarly, the thief on the cross will enjoy the full blessing of heaven alongside those have labored their whole lives for Christ such is the grace of God
Relationship
The literal Kingdom of Heaven (or Kingdom of God) is referred to as the 1,000 Kingdom in which Jesus will rule and reign (; ; .)
See MacArthur’s quote below
This passage is not talking about rewards - for all people will not receive the same rewards.
Paul writes in ; Now he who plants and he who waters are one, and each one will receive his own reward according to his own labor.
Scripture cannot contradict itself thus this passage is not saying all people will receive the same rewards.
The literal Kingdom of Heaven (or Kingdom of God) is referred to as the 1,000 Kingdom in which Jesus will rule and reign (; ; .)
God’s kingly rule over the hearts of men and over the world may be thought of as having a number of phases.
The first is the prophesied kingdom, such as that foretold by Daniel.
The second phase is the present kingdom, the one that existed at the time of John the Baptist and that he mentions.
It is the kingdom that both John and Jesus spoke of as being at hand (cf.
4:17).
The third phase may be referred to as the interim kingdom, the kingdom that resulted because of Israel’s rejection of her King.
The King returned to heaven and His kingdom on earth now exists only in a mystery form.
Christ is Lord of the earth in the sense of His being its Creator and its ultimate Ruler; but He does not presently exercise His full divine will over the earth.
He is, so to speak, in a voluntary exile in heaven until it is time for Him to return again.
He reigns only in the hearts of those who know Him as Savior and Lord.
For those “the kingdom of God is … righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit” ()
The fourth phase can be described as the manifest kingdom, in which Christ will rule, physically, directly, and fully on earth for a thousand years, the Millennium.
In that kingdom He will rule both externally and internally-externally over all mankind, and internally in the hearts of those who belong to Him by faith.
The fifth, and final, phase is the “eternal kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ,” which “will be abundantly supplied” to all of His own ().
The fourth phase can be described as the manifest kingdom, in which Christ will rule, physically, directly, and fully on earth for a thousand years, the Millennium.
In that kingdom He will rule both externally and internally-externally over all mankind, and internally in the hearts of those who belong to Him by faith.
The fifth, and final, phase is the “eternal kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ,” which “will be abundantly supplied” to all of His own ().
The Spiritual Kingdom
Had God’s people Israel accepted their King when He first came to them, there would be no interim kingdom.
The kingdom at hand would have become the kingdom of a thousand years, which, in turn, would have ushered in the eternal kingdom.
But because they killed the forerunner of the King and then the King Himself, the millennial kingdom, and consequently the eternal kingdom, were sovereignly postponed.
Had God’s people Israel accepted their King when He first came to them, there would be no interim kingdom.
The kingdom at hand would have become the kingdom of a thousand years, which, in turn, would have ushered in the eternal kingdom.
But because they killed the forerunner of the King and then the King Himself, the millennial kingdom, and consequently the eternal kingdom, were sovereignly postponed.
This passage is not talking about rewards - for all people will not receive the same rewards.
Paul writes in ; Now he who plants and he who waters are one, and each one will receive his own reward according to his own labor.
Scripture cannot contradict itself thus this passage is not saying all people will receive the same rewards.
Notice that the Rich Young Ruler rejected Jesus’ call.
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