changing your mind can be blessed or disastrous

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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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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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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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 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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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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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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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.

changing your mind can be blessed or disastrous

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