kingdom fruit

Mt 21.33ff - “Hear another parable. There was a master of a house who planted a vineyard and put a fence around it and dug a winepress in it and built a tower and leased it to tenants, and went into another country. When the season for fruit drew near, he sent his servants to the tenants to get his fruit. And the tenants took his servants and beat one, killed another, and stoned another. Again he sent other servants, more than the first. And they did the same to them. Finally he sent his son to them, saying, ‘They will respect my son.’ But when the tenants saw the son, they said to themselves, ‘This is the heir. Come, let us kill him and have his inheritance.’ And they took him and threw him out of the vineyard and killed him. When therefore the owner of the vineyard comes, what will he do to those tenants?” They said to him, “He will put those wretches to a miserable death and let out the vineyard to other tenants who will give him the fruits in their seasons.”

Jesus said to them, “Have you never read in the Scriptures:

“‘The stone that the builders rejected
has become the cornerstone;
this was the Lord's doing,
and it is marvelous in our eyes’?

Therefore I tell you, the kingdom of God will be taken away from you and given to a people producing its fruits. And the one who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces; and when it falls on anyone, it will crush him.”

Where are you in this story? Are you embracing the fullness of the Gospel and the Kingdom of God? Has this caused you to repent and bear fruit for righteousness? As noted before, the Kingdom of God is not about arguing theology yet at the same time is not about the acceptance of sin. It is about turning one's life completely around and living for our great King - and to this one righteousness, peace, and joy will mark his life rather than rule and regulation. The true ambassador of the King pronounces freedom not bondage. He speaks with power and authority. And He brings Good News.

Do not be deceived, many today say they know Jesus but they have rejected Him in favor of their religion. Others on the opposite end of the spectrum are embracing all things as right and fail to acknowledge that there is only one King and way to the Father. These are treacherous times and the man of God must walk wisely.

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