"And it came to pass, that on one of those days, as he taught the people in the temple, and preached the gospel, the chief priests and the scribes came upon him with the elders, And spake unto him, saying, Tell us, by what authority doest thou these things? or who is he that gave thee this authority?"(Luke 20:1-2)
"Don't take it Personal" Luke chapter 20 is a very powerful chapter about God's vineyard that we get to serve in, because He chose us. It starts off by the scribes and pharisees questioning the authority of Jesus. People always question what intimidates them, they usually criticize the intimidator and flee the scene. If you feel intimidated by someone, it's probably because they have strengths that you don't have and you really don't like the weakness that you just saw about yourself! Jesus was so cool in the way He intimidated the "Religious Bureau of Investigation", Jesus was the Master of Authority and Compassion, all in one. They question Him and He answers their question with a question, blows them out of the water and they refuse to answer. Jesus then tells a story about this religious group to the group of people in the temple as if they are not even listening, but the scribes are obviously standing outside listening to every word He speaks. The story is about a business owner that has a field and appoints a servant to work the crop. The problem is, over a period of time, the servant thinks that the field is his because he gets attached to it as if he owns the whole thing. We are just servants in the field, the kingdom gifts that we work with are not ours, they belong to God. When you become so attached to your church pew that you think it's yours, you've lost sight of the reason you came in the first place. I know the pew has your grandmother's name on the end of it, because she bought it, help us God to get over ourselves!!
The land owner (God) sends servants, three in all, over a period of time to check the crop but the field foreman beats them up and runs them off. The owner then sends His son and they just flat out kill Him!! In verse 17, Jesus says, that the rejected stone will become the corner stone or the foundation.
The last shall be first, the tail shall be the head, the lowly shall be brought up high, so don't get too attached to what you have in your hands because He can change your position at any moment. If you are not mature enough to know that you're on a journey, then when you loose your church toy, you're bound to have your feelings hurt due to your misconception of how the Kingdom works!!
"Whosoever shall fall upon that stone shall be broken; but on whomsoever it shall fall, it will grind him to powder."(Luke 20:18) "Don't take it Personal!"
Pastor Scott L. Boatner
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