Comparison
Matthew 20:1-16
It is very possible that the biggest hindrance to celebrating and spreading the gospel to others to experience is comparison. This parable reveals another battle that good is up against. It is usually clear that evil combats good, but good can be hindered or stifled by comparison when someone else receives something good with minimal or no work at all. This outcome of the comparison is the result of not valuing the goodness of the master.
A worldly view of this parable would express that the worker is being devalued by comparing what each worker had individually produced and was awarded. The workers who worked a full day did not deem the Master as good; therefore, they rejected and spoke against the master’s generosity, which is his functionality. The value of the master and the works that were complained about are very different. The workers valued their own self-worth over being content with receiving what was good from the master, but the master valued giving out what was good, wanting as many as possible to experience it.
The parable was an inspiration. This particular scene with Jesus starts with a rich young man coming to Jesus asking what “good deed” or what work, effort, or output must he do to get into heaven (Matt 19:16-22). This interaction ends with the young man turning away from Jesus with sorrow because Jesus told him to sell all he had and follow Him. The young man saw his self-worth in the good he had achieved rather than the good that God would give him.
Consider how you are speaking about the good that God has given to you. Are you disgruntled and discontent about what good God has given you, or are you excited to receive it and speak about what God has given you?
It is very possible that the biggest hindrance to celebrating and spreading the gospel to others to experience is comparison. This parable reveals another battle that good is up against. It is usually clear that evil combats good, but good can be hindered or stifled by comparison when someone else receives something good with minimal or no work at all. This outcome of the comparison is the result of not valuing the goodness of the master.
A worldly view of this parable would express that the worker is being devalued by comparing what each worker had individually produced and was awarded. The workers who worked a full day did not deem the Master as good; therefore, they rejected and spoke against the master’s generosity, which is his functionality. The value of the master and the works that were complained about are very different. The workers valued their own self-worth over being content with receiving what was good from the master, but the master valued giving out what was good, wanting as many as possible to experience it.
The parable was an inspiration. This particular scene with Jesus starts with a rich young man coming to Jesus asking what “good deed” or what work, effort, or output must he do to get into heaven (Matt 19:16-22). This interaction ends with the young man turning away from Jesus with sorrow because Jesus told him to sell all he had and follow Him. The young man saw his self-worth in the good he had achieved rather than the good that God would give him.
Consider how you are speaking about the good that God has given to you. Are you disgruntled and discontent about what good God has given you, or are you excited to receive it and speak about what God has given you?
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