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8/22/2019 Changing Your Mind Can Be Blessed or Disastrous
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Changing Your Mind Can Be
Blessed or Disastrous
Matt 21:29 & Matt 3:5-6
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The Context of the Parable of the Two
Sons
The parable comes in response to the question
the chief priests and elders asked Jesus as Hetaught in the temple,
". . . By what authority doest thou these things? and who
gave thee this authority?"(Matt 21:23).
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The Context of the Parable of the Two
Sons
This parable is presented as a vivid pictorial
challenge to the Jewish leaders.
Matt 3:4-6 we find a first group responding to the
message of repentance by John. But they came to John
after their change of mind and regret for their sinful
way of life.
The first son is representative of this group.
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The Context of the Parable of the Two
Sons
Matt 3:7-10 are the religious characters which
parallel the second son in the parable who said
he would obey and yet, in the end, did not.
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7 But when he saw many of the Pharisees and
Sadducees coming to where he was baptizing,
he said to them: "You brood of vipers! Who
warned you to flee from the coming wrath? 8
Produce fruit in keeping with repentance. 9 And
do not think you can say to yourselves, 'We haveAbraham as our father.' I tell you that out of
these stones God can raise up children for
Abraham. 10 The ax is already at the root of thetrees, and every tree that does not produce good
fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire.
(NIV)
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The Context of the Parable of the Two
Sons
The specific explanation and application is found
in Matt 21:31,32. These religious leaders saw only
too well that Jesus was referring to them(Matt 21:45,46).
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31 "Which of the two did what his father
wanted?" "The first," they answered. Jesus
said to them, "I tell you the truth, the tax
collectors and the prostitutes are entering the
kingdom of God ahead of you. 32 For Johncame to you to show you the way of
righteousness, and you did not believe him, but
the tax collectors and the prostitutes did. Andeven after you saw this, you did not repent and
believe him. - Matt 21:31,32
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Matt 21:45-46 When the chief
priests and the Pharisees heard Jesus
parables, they knew he was talking
about them. 46 They looked for a wayto arrest him, but they were afraid of
the crowd because the people held
that he was a prophet.
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The Content of the Parable
A father had two children growing up.
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The Content of the Parable
The father invited both sons to go and
work in his vineyard. The duty of every
father is to instill in his children the
necessity and blessing of work.
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The Content of the Parable
These two children were of the same
father and yet they were so different.
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The Change of Mind Which Means
Repentance
The word most commonly translated
"repentance" in the New Testament is
metono, derived from met, "after," and
no, "to think, perceive.
It means to change one's mind, which involves aninstantaneous change of heart, a regret for unbelief
and sin, and a determination to change direction.
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A prophetic application
The first son or child represents the Gentiles
who were expected to say "no" at the beginning
but in the end said "yes," and are now ahead ofthe unbelieving Jews (Rom 10:18 b-21)
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A prophetic application
The second son is representative of the Jewish
nation. Jesus was of their own nationality. "Yes"
was the immediate response expected, but then
they changed their mind about Jesus and thischange became disastrous (Rom 9:1-10,18).
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A prophetic application
God is not yet through with the second son who
will change his mind again and say "yes"(Rom 11).
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A personal application
Your initial response to Christ may be a
"no." Change your mind and be blessed.
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A personal application
Was your initial response a hurried "yes" without
sufficient thought? Have you found that no fruithas come from your flippant "yes"? Change your
mind by allowing the gospel to take root andbring forth fruit.