Giving Honor Mathew 21:28-32

Scripture

Parable of the Two Sons

MATHEW 21:28 “But what do you think about this? A man with two sons told the older boy, ‘Son, go out and work in the vineyard today.’ 29 The son answered, ‘No, I won’t go,’ but later he changed his mind and went anyway. 30 Then the father told the other son, ‘You go,’ and he said, ‘Yes, sir, I will.’ But he didn’t go.

31 “Which of the two obeyed his father?”

They replied, “The first.”

Then Jesus explained his meaning: “I tell you the truth, corrupt tax collectors and prostitutes will get into the Kingdom of God before you do. 32 For John the Baptist came and showed you the right way to live, but you didn’t believe him, while tax collectors and prostitutes did. And even when you saw this happening, you refused to believe him and repent of your sins.

Introduction

OUR PASSAGE THIS MORNING IS ONE OF THE MANY PARABLES NARRATED BY OUR LORD AND SAVIOR, JESUS CHRIST

AND HE TELLS THIS PARABLE AT A VERY PIVOTAL POINT & TIME IN HIS LIFE AND MINISTRY.

HE’S MERELY ONE WEEK AWAY FROM FULFILLING HIS PASSION AND PURPOSE IN LIFE, BEING THE PROPITIATION FOR THE SINS OF THE WORLD.

CONTEXTUALLY SPEAKING: ACCORDING TO VS’S 1-11 JESUS MAKES ONE LAST TRIP TO JERUSALEM PRIOR TO TELLING THIS PARABLE

AND WHILE HE’S THERE, TWO SIGNIFICANT THINGS HAPPEN

HE FULFILLS PROPHESY AND (DONKEY)

RECEIVES PUBLIC PRAISE FROM SOME PROSPECTIVE WORSHIPERS

I CALL THEM PROSPECTS BECAUSE TIME QUICKLY REVEALS THAT THERE NOTHING MORE THE FAN’S NOT TRUE FOLLOWERS OF CHRIST

BECAUSE THEY PUBLICLY PRAISE HIM THEY CRY OUT HOSANA WHICH ACCORDING TO PSALM 118:25 MEANS LORD AND SAVIOR

BUT THEN IN JUST ONE WEEK THEY SHIFT.... AND CRY OUT CRUCIFY HIM

FUN FACT: NEVER GET COUGHT UP IN THE APPROVAL OR ACCOLADES OF MAN

BUT RATHER LIKE 1 SAMUEL 16 YOU WANT THE APPROVAL OF GOD

AND SO HERE IT IS… THEY GIVE HIM PUBLIC PRAISE AND UHHH … AS A RESULT THIS STIRS UP TENSION WITH JESUS’ HATERS

MATTER FACT I WANNA SUGGEST.. HIS TRUE HATERS..... YOU DO KNOW THERES A DIFERANCE

REGULAR HATERS - HATE ON YOU SIMPLY BECAUSE SOMEONE ELSE DID

YOU DON’T EVEN KNOW ME AND YOU DON’T LIKE ME .....ALL BECAUSE SOMEBODY ELSE SAID THEY DON’T LIKE ME ...

SHE THINK SHE CUTE … UUMMMM HHMMMM

HE THINK HE KNOW IT ALL

AND LITTLE DO YOU KNOW I COULD BE YOUR GREATEST ALY

LITTLE DO YOU KNOW WE GOT MORE IN COMMON THAN YOU THINK......... BUT YOU BUSY HATING ON ME

BUT THEN YOU GOT TRUE HATERS

TRUE HATERS- HAVE BEEN SANCTION APPROVED AND ORDAINED BY GOD,..... TO TRY AND STOP YOU.....

YOU LOOKING AT ME FUNNY , LET ME PROVE IT

HAVE YOU CONSIDERED MY SERVANT JOB…

AND GUESS WHAT?..... THEY OUGHT TO HAVE A HOLIDAY FOR TRUE HATERS

SO WE COULD EXPRESS OUR GRATITUDE & APPRECIATION

BECAUSE WOULDN’T IT BE NICE IF WE COULD THANK THEM

AND TELL THEM THANKS FOR HATING BECAUSE YOUR HATE SHORE LOOKS GOOD ON ME

BECAUSE GOD STILL OPENED THE DOOR

HE STILL GAVE ME THE MAN

I STILL GOT THE PROMOTION

AND I JUST WANNA THANK YOU FOR LETTING GOD USE YOU TO HELP PROPEL ME TO WHER GOD WAS TAKING ME

SOMEBODY SAY THANKS HATER!!!.... YALL CRAZY

SO THEY PUBLICLY PRAISE HIM

AND IT STIRS UP HIS HATERS

BECAUSE ...ACCORDING TO VS. 23-27 THEY QUESTION HIS AUTHORITY

BECAUSE IN KEEPING WITH THE PROGRESSION OF THE TEXT

AFTER THEY PROCLAIM HE IS LORD

JESUS THEN GOES IN THE TEMPLE AND ASSERTS HIS LORDSHIP

HE STARTS MEDDLING IN THEIR MESS

AND CAN I SUGGEST… THIS IS A FAIR WARNING

DON’T CALL HIM LORD IF YOU AIN’T READY TO HONOR HIS LORDSHIP

BECAUSE WHEN YOU CALL HIM LORD HE WILL ASSERT HIS LORDSHIP

AND START MINDING YOUR BUSINESS

MEDDLING IN YOUR MESS

CALLING CROOKED THINGS TO BE STRAIGHT IN YOUR LIFE

HE WILL ALLOW SOME THINGS TO HIT YOUR LIFE

THAT YOU MIGHT NOT APPROVE OF

AND IT WILL CAUSE YOU TO QUESTION HIM

DON’T ACT LIKE YOU NEVER QUESTIONED HIM

GOD WHY YOU ALLOW ME TO GET LAID OFF AT A TIME LIKE THIS? … AND HE SAY’S YOU SAID I WAS LORD AND I WANTED TO KNOW THAT YOU WOULD HONOR MY LORDSHIP

AND AS LORD YOU DO KNOW THAT ACCORDING TO PHILIPPIANS 4:19 I’M JEHOVAH JIRE

I’LL SUPPLY ALL YOUR NEEDS.... ACCORDING TO MY RICHES AND GLORY

SOMEBODY OUGHT TO GIVE HIM GLORY AND HONOR RIGHT NOW

IF YOU KNOW OVER THE LAST 14 MONTHS HOW YOUR NEEDS WERE MET

NEVER HAVE I SEEN THE RIGHTEOUS FORSAKEN OR HIS SEED BEGGING BREAD

OHHH GIVE HIME GLORY

GIVE HIM GLORY

IF YOU KNOW THAT IF IT HAD NOT BEEN FOR THE LORD ON MY SIDE

2. SOMEBODY’S QUESTIONING SICKNESS IN THEIR LIFE

AND JESUS SAYS YOU DECLARED THAT IM LORD

AND IF IM LORD

THEN ACCORDING TO EXODUS 15:26 I’M ALSO JEHOVAH ROPHA

THE LORD THY GOD THAT HEALETH

BY MY STRIPES YOU ARE HEALED

ANYBODY KNOW HIM AS A HEALER TODAY

3. SOMEBODY’S QUESTIONING THE HEARTACHE AND PAIN THERE EXPERIENCING IN THIS SEASON

AND HE SAYS YOU SAID IM LORD

AND IF SO ...

MY GRACE IS SUFFICIENT AND MY STRENGTH IS PERFECTED IN YOUR WEAKNESS

SO THEY QUESTION HIS AUTHORITY AND IT PROMPTS HIM TO TELL THIS PARABLE

AND I WANNA SHARE JUST A FEW PRINCIPLE WE LEARN FROM THIS PARABLE ABOUT HONORING GOD AND WE GO

BECAUSE THE PURPOSE OF THIS PARABLE IS TO EXPOSE WHAT WE’VE JUST DISCUSSED IN THE CONTEXT

THE BLATANT DISHONOR THAT SOME SHOW TOWARDS GOD

HONOR - BY WAY OF DEFINITION MEANS

1. the EXPRESSD “worth” ascribes to a person

2. THE VALUE OR APPRAISAL OF SOMEONE

3. HIGHEST RESPECT TO ESTEEM FOR SOMEONE

RELETIVELY SPEAKING , HONOR PUTS SOMEONE IN AN EXCLUSIVE CLASS

THAT’S WHY JESUS SAYS NO OTHER GODS BEFORE ME OR WITH ME

LOOK AT THESE THREE PASSAGES

1 JOHN 5:3 Loving God means keeping his commandments, and his commandments are not burdensome

MATHEW 15:8 ‘These people honor me with their lips,

but their hearts are far from me.

THESE TEXT HELP US UNDERSTAND AND THAT WHEN IT COMES TO GIVING HONOR ITS NOT JUST BY WHAT YOU SAY

BUT ALSO WHAT YOU DISPLAY

HOW YOU TREAT THE PERSON YOUR SUPPOSEDLY HONORING

LETS LOOK AT ONE MORE SCRIPTURE

MATHEW 23:1 Then Jesus said to the crowds and to his disciples, 2 “The teachers of religious law and the Pharisees are the official interpreters of the law of Moses. 3 So practice and obey whatever they tell you, but don’t follow their example. For they don’t practice what they teach

SO IF IM GOING TO GIVE HONOR TO GOD , IT’S NOT JUST WHAT I SAY BUT WHAT I DO

AND THIS IS WHAT JESUS ILLUSTRATES IN THE PARABLE OF THE TWO SONS

ONE OF THE SONS WAS ALL TALK BUT NO ACTION

HE NEVER PERFORMED WHAT HE PROMISED

SO IN OUR TEXT HONOR IS DEFINED BY ACTION

THIS IS NOT PROMOTING US TYRING TO REACH GOD BY WORKS

BUT SOME OF THE FUNDAMENTAL PRICIPLES OF THE BIBLE

HONOR YOUR WORD

LET YOUR YE BE YE AND YOUR NAY BE NAY

JESUS IN THE TEXT IS TIRED OF THE TALK OF THE TEACHERS OF THE LAW WITH NO ACTION TO BACK IT UP

SO I WANNA TALK ABOUT TRHEE AREAS DERIVED OUT OF THIS SCENARIO THAT WE CN HONOR GOD

BUT EVERYBODY IN HERE CAN APPLY THEM TO RELATIONSHIPS THAT YOUR IN WHERBY YOU ARE CALLED BY GOD TO GIVE HONOR

WHETHER ITS TO YOUR MOTHER

YOUR FATHER

YOUR SPOUSE

YOUR PASTOR

1. HONOR GOD OVER YOUR FEELINGS

THE TEACHERS OF RELIGIOUS LAW ARE CHARTERIZED BY THE SECOND SON IN THIS PARABLE

THE SECOND SON WHEN ASKED BY HIS FATHER TO WORK HIS FATHERS VINEYARD , HIS RESPONSE WAS YES SIR! BUT HE NEVER CAME THROUGH

THE EXTENT OF HIS HONOR WAS MERELY WORDS

MOST PEOPLE THAT VERBALLY HONOR PEOPLE ITS NOT BASE OFF OF A RECIPRICAL BENEVOLENCE

BUT IT’S BASED SOLEY OFF OF WHAT THAT PERSON DOES FOR THEM

AND THIS IS WHAT TYPICALLY GOES ON AT FUNERALS ....

PREACHER GETS UP AND SAYS WE WILL HAVE REMARKS PLEASE KEEP YOUR REMARKS TO A MINIMUM OF 2 MINUTES

AND UHH .. YALL KNOW WHAT HAPPENS

SOMEONE GETS UP AND WANNA TALK FOR 35 MINUTES

THEY AIN’T NEVER VISIT MOM

AIN’T NEVER WIPED DAD NOSE OR OTHER PARTS..... BECAUSE TRUE HONOR WILL TKE YOU TO A PLACE WHERE YOU HAVE CHANGE WHO ONCE CHANGED YOU

YOU NEVER PICKED UP MEDICINE

YOU WAS ALWAYS BUSY ,,, NEVER AVAILABLE

ROMANS 5:8 But God showed his great love for us by sending Christ to die for us while we were still sinners.

2. HONOR GOD OVER YOUR FEARS

3. HONOR GOD OVER YOUR FAULTS