November 26 Why stand ye here all day idle? ... Go ye also into the vineyard. Matthew 20:6 This word idle, Greek: argos, helps greatly to illuminate Pauls doctrine of deliverance from sin, for it forms the root of the word he used in Romans 6:6 when he writes of the body of sin being done away, that is to say made ineffective, put out of operation, by the cross. Sin, the old master, is still about, but in Christ the slave who served him has been put to death, and so is out of reach and his members are unemployed, and these members are now available to be used instead as instruments of righteousness into God. To be able under these circumstances to say, in reply to the Lords question, Because no man hath hired us, is to invite employment by Him in the most rewarding service there is. Go ye also into my vineyard, and whatsoever is right I will give you.
Posted on: Wed, 26 Nov 2014 13:24:30 +0000
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