18 September 2008

All or None

Jesus' parable of the laborers in the vineyard (Matthew 20:1-16) demonstrates that the last shall be first and the first shall be last-- another way of saying that God's Kingdom is a level field of play and is not conducive to favoritism. The lowly are elevated and the high and mighty are cast down. There is no division between haves and have-nots or between peoples of different ethnicity. There is no class warfare in the Kingdom. It makes no distinction between the legalist and the libertine, so that no one can say he or she is above the other.

Also, don't be surprised when you discover that certain people you would have never thought of being included in God's Kingdom are in the Kingdom. And if they're in, they're in completely, not just halfway. The Kingdom is an all or none entity.

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