Matthew 21:30-31 30 And he came to the second, and said likewise. And he answered and said, I go, sir: and went not. 31 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. “I go, sir”... This is all respect, complaisance, and professed, obedience... but he didn’t go as he promised, he did not perform. What a multitude of such are in the world, professing to know God, but denying him in their works! Alas! what will such professions avail, when God comes to take away the soul? “Whether of them twain did the will of his father?” Jesus forced them to testify against themselves. The point of the parable was that doing is more important than saying. They had to acknowledge this, yet in doing so they condemned themselves. The idea that repentant tax collectors and harlots would enter the kingdom before outwardly religious hypocrites was a recurring theme in His ministry, and this infuriated the Jewish leaders.
Posted on: Tue, 29 Jul 2014 00:03:21 +0000
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