Lesson 2369

(Lesson 2369)(06-09-18) Matthew 21:28-32
    “But what think ye? A certain man had two sons; and he came to the first, and said, Son, go work to day in my vineyard. He answered and said, I will not: but afterward he repented, and went. And he came to the second, and said likewise. And he answered and said, I go, sir: and went not. Whether of them twain did the will of his father? They say unto him, The first. Jesus saith unto them, Verily I say unto you, That the publicans and the harlots go into the kingdom of God before you. For John came unto you in the way of righteousness, and ye believed him not: but the publicans and the harlots believed him: and ye, when ye had seen it, repented not afterward, that ye might believe him.
   
    In today’s quote, Jesus demonstrated to the Jewish leaders, by parable, that after having been given yet another chance to redeem themselves by obeying God’s will by heeding the message of John the Baptist and heeding the message of John the Baptist, had rather, chosen to reject the will of God. Because of that rejection, the keys to the kingdom of God would be, and were after Jesus completed His divine mission, handed over to the Gentiles.~