RockPointe Church
Wicked Tenants
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RockPointe Church - Parker Square
500 Parker Square Rd, Flower Mound, TX 75028, USA
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https://rockpointechurch.org/sermon-library/Who has ultimate authority and what is to be done when that authority is ignored?
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To answer this question, Jesus tells a juridical parable: “A realistic story about a violation of the law for the purpose of leading an unsuspecting hearer to pass judgment on themself”
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To answer this question, Jesus tells a juridical parable: “A realistic story about a violation of the law for the purpose of leading an unsuspecting hearer to pass judgment on themself”
“Vineyard / Tower / Winepress”
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- Recalls Isaiah 5:1-4
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- Recalls Isaiah 5:1-4
“Leased it to tenants”
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- Leviticus 25:23
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- Leviticus 25:23
“Sent servants to get his fruit.”
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- A Matthean metaphor for right living and obedience to God’s law.
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- A Matthean metaphor for right living and obedience to God’s law.
- If God has entrusted you with anything you are a tenant of the master, and He expects His fruit.
- Even though we are tenants, we often times act like owners.
- Do you have an owner or a tenant mentality?
- Even though we are tenants, we often times act like owners.
- Do you have an owner or a tenant mentality?
Matthew 21:35-36
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Most would say, this is an obvious reference to the prophets, how they were mistreated.
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Most would say, this is an obvious reference to the prophets, how they were mistreated.
Matthew 21:37-39
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Thought owner had died, so if they just kill the son they can “have his inheritance” (ie: take possession).
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Thought owner had died, so if they just kill the son they can “have his inheritance” (ie: take possession).
Teaches us about Mankind:
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- As tenants we show who we believe has ultimate authority, not by words, but by actions?
- What do we do with the word of the lord, the word from the master?
- Are we working to produce the fruit of obedience?
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- As tenants we show who we believe has ultimate authority, not by words, but by actions?
- What do we do with the word of the lord, the word from the master?
- Are we working to produce the fruit of obedience?
Matthew 21:40-41
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When we resist the warnings of God, we build up self-righteous blind spots. We become critical of others in the same areas of weakness that God is trying to correct in our own life.
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When we resist the warnings of God, we build up self-righteous blind spots. We become critical of others in the same areas of weakness that God is trying to correct in our own life.
Matthew 21:42
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Teaches us about Jesus:
- The fate of the son is not the last word in the story, Christ’s resurrection and exaltation—will be “marvelous in our eyes.”
- Jesus is capstone/cornerstone, he is central & essential to life.
- Deity of Jesus is divisive – He was the great stumbling block then and now.
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Teaches us about Jesus:
- The fate of the son is not the last word in the story, Christ’s resurrection and exaltation—will be “marvelous in our eyes.”
- Jesus is capstone/cornerstone, he is central & essential to life.
- Deity of Jesus is divisive – He was the great stumbling block then and now.
Matthew 21:43
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At minimum, emphasizes the transference of leadership to new individuals - taken away from the disobedient religious leaders and given to the disciples who will now lead Jesus’s church. Probably, more than new leaders, “a people,” it envisages a new community of disciples, those who perform the works God commands.
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At minimum, emphasizes the transference of leadership to new individuals - taken away from the disobedient religious leaders and given to the disciples who will now lead Jesus’s church. Probably, more than new leaders, “a people,” it envisages a new community of disciples, those who perform the works God commands.
Matthew 21:44
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Teaches us about Judgement.
- Often, people mistake the patience of God as indifference.
- Grace is unlimited in scope, but not in duration.
- The greatest privilege is to have the kingdom of God entrusted to us.
- The greatest sin is to reject that kingdom, and therefore to reject the king.
- The greatest doom is to be crushed by the king who offered you salvation.
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Teaches us about Judgement.
- Often, people mistake the patience of God as indifference.
- Grace is unlimited in scope, but not in duration.
- The greatest privilege is to have the kingdom of God entrusted to us.
- The greatest sin is to reject that kingdom, and therefore to reject the king.
- The greatest doom is to be crushed by the king who offered you salvation.
Matthew 21:45
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- Jewish leaders understand the parable perfectly well… but tragically, only at a cognitive level.
- They respond inappropriately - instead of worshiping Christ, they intensify efforts to arrest him.
This parable is primarily about response - will people, will you, respond to the claims God has on their lives or reject his messengers in favor of their own agenda? Will they live productively to “produce fruits” for God? The parable asserts (and offers) the privilege of living in covenant relation with God, but privilege always brings with it responsibility. The kingdom comes with extravagant grace, but also with extravagant demand.
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- Jewish leaders understand the parable perfectly well… but tragically, only at a cognitive level.
- They respond inappropriately - instead of worshiping Christ, they intensify efforts to arrest him.
This parable is primarily about response - will people, will you, respond to the claims God has on their lives or reject his messengers in favor of their own agenda? Will they live productively to “produce fruits” for God? The parable asserts (and offers) the privilege of living in covenant relation with God, but privilege always brings with it responsibility. The kingdom comes with extravagant grace, but also with extravagant demand.
How will you respond to the word of the Lord, to the authority of Christ, to His rightful demand for fruit? Will you, like the religious leaders, become harden and irritated, or be humble and obedient.