The Gospel of Luke 20:115b-16 When God Says...I Say, AMEN!

When God Says …

“What therefore shall the Lord of the vineyard do unto them? He shall come and destroy these husbandmen, and shall give the vineyard to others. And when they heard it, they said, God forbid.” (Luke 20:15b-16KJV).

With these verses, our Lord Jesus Christ prophesies His own crucifixion and the judgment of Israel’s religious leaders. That’s what these lines of the parable tells about the vineyard owner who sends his son to collect rent from the wicked tenants. The tenants kill the son, thinking they can steal his inheritance.

The vineyard is the tribe of Israel, the wicked tenants, the husbandmen are the religious leaders (the Pharisees, Priests and scribes), and the beloved son is our Lord Jesus Himself. The tenants in the parable represent those who try to claim the inheritance through their own works. In contrast, as believers resting in the Lord’s grace, we inherit the Kingdom not because of our own efforts, but because of the finished work of our Lord Jesus Christ on the cross. He gave Himself to be killed by the tenants for you and I.

Under the reign of the New Covenant of grace, believers are made a new creation in Christ. Judgment and death are already behind you. The harsh judgment spoken of in Luke 20:16 was specifically directed at those who rejected our Lord Jesus as the Messiah. But those who place their faith in Him are permanently under God's grace and unmerited favor. In Christ Jesus, we are given a new identity before the Almighty God our Father. Scriptures affirm: “Therefore go out from their midst, and be separate from them, says the Lord, and touch no unclean thing; then I will welcome you, and I will be a father to you, and you shall be sons and daughters to me, says the Lord Almighty.”” (2 Corinthians6:17-18 ESV).

And I say, AMEN!

Daily reflections by:
F. A. Frias
PFC Ministries

When God says... I say, AMEN! is a provocative reflection of the Lord's holy Word. It intends to challenge every seeker of truth to dig deep into the core of the Word of Life to point every being to Christ Jesus - the author and finisher of our faith, and to draw revelations for change, for nourishment and for strength of every soul.

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