Summary: God has strategically placed you in a place of service.

A DAY IN THE WORKPLACE

THE VINEYARD

Matthew 21:33-46

INTRODUCTION

Parable Identification

1. Landowner God

2. Wicked tenants Israel’s Leaders

3. Servants Prophets

4. Landowner’s Son Jesus

Jesus makes it clear in verse 42 that the builders rejected the stone that was to be the cornerstone.

How does this parable apply to you in 2006?.

UNDERSTANDING THE PLAN FOR THE VINEYARD

1. Provides a place to live

2. Provides a place to work

3. Provides a place to learn

UNDERSTANDING THE PURPOSE OF THE VINEYARD

1. To produce fruit

2. To bring in the harvest

3. To give

UNDERSTANDING THE ACCOUNTING PROCEDURES IN THE VINEYARD

1. Records are kept (watchtower)

2. Accounts are settled

3. Assessments are made

CONCLUSION

God has blessed us and made us worthy to be “partakers of the inheritance of the saints.” Col 1:12

He “has rescued us from the dominion of darkness and brought us into the kingdom of light.” Col 1:13

“From everyone who has been given much, much will be demanded; and from the one who has been entrusted with much, much more will be asked.” Luke 12:48