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We must bear fruit.Colossians 1:10 that you may walk worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing Him, being fruitful in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God;

To understand this parable, we must identify the characters:Owner of the vineyard ….. GodThe vineyard ……………. IsraelThe tenant farmers ……… Religious leaders of IsraelServants of the owner …… The prophetsSon/Heir of the owner ….. Jesus ChristThe other vinedressers…..The gentiles

If you are God’s people you must produce fruit

This parable directly and indirectly references Israel and the Jewish leadership and describes what their relationship is, and what it is going to beGod had entrusted them with the advancement and management of the kingdom of IsraelSure, they had made some bad decisions and ignored some of the prophets, (Servants) but they were in charge of the vineyardThey basically had two jobs- produce fruit. Wait for the owner of the vineyardIsaiah 5:1-7 OT prophetic of Israel and and its relationship with GodIsaiah 5:2 He dug it up and cleared out its stones, And planted it with the choicest vine. He built a tower in its midst, And also made a winepress in it; So He expected it to bring forth good grapes, But it brought forth wild grapes.Ezekiel 17:23 On the mountain height of Israel I will plant it; and it will bring forth boughs, and bear fruit, and be a majestic cedar.Ezekiel 36:8 But you, O mountains of Israel, you shall shoot forth your branches and yield your fruit to My people Israel, for they are about to come.Israel was supposed to bear fruit and they weren’t doing it.The Goal of YHWH was for his nation, the nation of Israel to bear fruit to show the world what faithfulness looked like. That other nations would see how Israel lived and they would want to live for YHWHAnd Israel produced some great spiritual fruit for many years, but they lost their way.This is what the parable is describing! A lack of fruitfulness an proper management of what they had been entrusted with

What does it mean to you?God is still in the fruit business! He still wants you to produce some fruit. He wants you to PRODUCEHeres what hard-The theology- which is true- that we are not a works based people regarding our salvation has produced a generation of Christians who never grow, never work, and never produce fruitThey hide behind this “I’m saved by grace” which is TRUE. Eph 2:10 is GREATEph 2:8-10 For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, 9 not of works, lest anyone should boast. 10 For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them.John 15: 1-2“I am the true vine, and My Father is the vinedresser. 2 Every branch in Me that does not bear fruit He takes away; and every branch that bears fruit He prunes, that it may bear more fruit.As a Christian you should be in the fruit business. Both internal and externalMatthew 3:8 Therefore bear fruits worthy of repentance,When John was saying this, he was basically saying- your life should reflect that you’ve turned to GodA life of repentance was never intended to be a private, do nothing, keep it to yourself existenceThis idea of “personal relationship” with Jesus has both helped and hurt the churchYes- The church cannot be your relationship with Jesus- service doesn’t save youAnd YES- you need to have a personal relationship, but its not personal.There are personal fruits of “Gal 5:22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness, self-control.”And there are corporate fruits of “ Romans 12:1 I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God,