Participants: Kelly Mowrer
Series Code: HWAL
Program Code: HWAL000359
00:16 Hi, I'm Kelly Mowrer, and welcome to His Words are Life.
00:20 I'll be reading today from the King James Version, and 00:23 part of what we're going to read today has one of my 00:25 favorite stories about a miracle of Jesus. It was 00:28 the two blind men who were so desperate to get to God, for 00:32 healing, they cried out. The People told them to hush, and 00:35 just sit quietly by; but they wouldn't hush. They were 00:38 desperate to get what they knew they could only get from Jesus. 00:42 And that's the way that we should be. We should be 00:44 as desperate for only what we can see here in the Word, 00:47 hungry for these words of life. And the change they will bring 00:50 unto us - the vision and the sight they will give to us. 00:53 Before we go to these words today, let's go to God in prayer 00:56 Oh, God, thank you so much for the sight and the vision 01:02 that you give to us through your Holy Word. Thank you for 01:06 the blessing of this precious message to us. Help us to hunger 01:12 and thirst after it, and fill our souls with the beauty 01:15 of this nourishment from heaven. We ask all of these things in 01:19 Jesus name. We love you. Amen. I'm reading today from the book 01:24 of Matthew, the King James version, 01:25 beginning with chapter twenty. For the kingdom of heaven 01:30 is like unto a man that is an householder, 01:33 which went out early in the morning to hire labourers 01:36 into his vineyard. And when he had agreed with the labourers 01:39 for a penny a day, he sent them into his vineyard. 01:42 And when he went out about the third hour, and saw others 01:44 standing idle in the market place and said unto them, 01:47 God ye also into the vineyard, and whatsoever is right I will 01:51 give you. And they went their way. Again he went out about 01:55 the sixth and the ninth hour, and did likewise. 01:58 And about the eleventh hour he went out, and found others 02:02 standing idle, and saith unto them. Why stand ye here 02:05 all the day idle? They say unto him, Because no man hath hired 02:09 us. He saith unto them, Go ye also into the vineyard; 02:13 and whatsoever is right, that shall ye receive. So when even 02:18 was come, the lord of the vineyard saith unto his steward, 02:21 Call the labourers, and give them their hire, beginning 02:24 from the last unto the first and when they came that were hired 02:29 about the eleventh hour, they received every man a penny. 02:33 But when the first came, they supposed that they should have 02:37 received more; and they likewise received every man 02:41 a penny. And when they had received it, they murmured 02:45 against the goodman of the house, saying, These last have 02:49 wrought but one hour, and thou hast made them equal unto us, 02:53 which have borne the burden and heat of the day. But he answered 02:57 one of them, and said, Friend, I do thee no wrong; didst not 03:01 thou agree with me for a penny? Take that thine is, and go thy 03:06 way: I will give unto this last, even as unto thee. 03:10 Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with mine own? 03:14 Is thine eye evil, because I am good? So the last shall be first 03:19 and the first last: for many be called but few chosen. 03:24 And Jesus, going up to Jerusalem took the twelve disciples apart 03:28 in the way, and said unto them, Behold, we go up to 03:32 Jerusalem; and the Son of man shall be betrayed unto the chief 03:35 priests and unto the scribes, and they shall condemn him 03:39 to death, and shall deliver him to the Gentiles to mock, 03:42 and to scourge, and to crucify him: and the third day he shall 03:47 rise again. Then came to him the mother of Zebedee's children 03:52 with her sons, worshipping him, and desiring a certain thing of 03:55 him. And he said unto her, What wilt thou? She saith unto him, 04:01 Grant that these my two sons may sit, the one on thy right 04:06 hand and the other on the left in thy kingdom. 04:08 But Jesus answered and said, Ye know not what ye ask. 04:14 Are ye able to drink of the cup that I shall drink of, and to be 04:18 baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with? 04:22 They say unto him, We are able. And he saith unto them, 04:26 Ye shall drink indeed of my cup, and be baptized with the baptism 04:31 that I am baptized with: but to sit on my right hand, and on my 04:35 left, is not mine to give, but it shall be given to them for 04:40 whom it is prepared of my Father. And when the ten 04:45 heard it, they were moved with indignation against the two 04:48 brethren. But Jesus called them unto him, and said, Ye know that 04:53 the princes of the Gentiles exercise dominion over them, 04:57 and they that are great exercise authority upon them. 05:01 But it shall not be so among you: but whosoever will be great 05:07 among you, let him be your minister; and whosoever will 05:12 be chief among you, let him be your servant: Even as the Son 05:17 of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to 05:22 give his life a ransom for many. And as they departed 05:27 from Jericho, a great multitude followed him. And behold, 05:31 two blind men sitting by the way side, when they heard that Jesus 05:36 passed by, cried out, saying, Have mercy on us, O Lord, 05:39 thou son of David. And the multitude rebuked them, 05:43 because they should hold their peace: but they cried the more, 05:48 saying, Have mercy on us, O Lord, thou Son of David. 05:51 And Jesus stood still, and called them, and said, 05:55 What will ye that I shall do unto you? They say unto him, 05:59 Lord, that our eyes may be opened. So Jesus had compassion 06:05 on them, and touched their eyes: and immediately their eyes 06:09 received sight, and they followed him. 06:12 I am reading from Matthew, chapter twenty-one. 06:16 And when they drew nigh unto Jerusalem, and were come to 06:21 Bethphage, unto the mount of Olives, then sent Jesus 06:25 two disciples, saying unto them, Go into the village over against 06:30 you and straightway ye shall find an ass tied, and a colt 06:34 with her: loose them, and bring them unto me. And if any man 06:38 say aught unto you, ye shall say The Lord hath need of them, 06:42 and straightway he will send them. All this was done, 06:46 that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, 06:49 saying, Tell ye the daughter of Sion, Behold, thy King cometh 06:54 unto thee, meek, and sitting upon an ass, and a colt the foal 06:59 of an ass. And the disciples went, and did as Jesus commanded 07:04 them, and brought the ass, and the colt, and put on them their 07:08 clothes, and they set him thereon, and a very great 07:12 multitude spread their garments in the way; 07:15 others cut down branches from the trees, and strawed them in 07:18 the way. And the multitudes that went before, and that followed, 07:22 cried, saying, Hosanna to the son of David: Blessed is he 07:26 that cometh in the name of the Lord; Hosanna in the highest. 07:29 And when he was come into Jerusalem, all the city was 07:33 moved, saying, Who is this? And the multitude said This is Jesus 07:39 the prophet of Nazareth of Galilee. And Jesus went into 07:43 the temple of God, and cast out all them that sold and bought 07:46 in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the moneychangers, 07:49 and the seats of them that sold doves, and said unto them, It is 07:54 written, My house shall be called the house of prayer; 07:58 but ye have made it a den of thieves. And the blind and the 08:03 lame came to him in the temple; and he healed them. And when 08:07 the chief priests and scribes saw the wonderful things 08:10 that he did, and the children crying in the temple, and saying 08:13 Hosanna to the son of David; they were sore displeased, 08:17 and said unto him, Hearest thou what these say? And Jesus saith 08:23 unto them, Yea; have ye never read, Out of the mouth of babes 08:28 and sucklings thou has perfected praise? 08:30 And he left them, and went out of the city into Bethany; 08:34 and he lodged there. Now in the morning as he returned into the 08:39 city, he hungered. And when he saw a fig tree in the way, 08:42 he came to it, and found nothing thereon, but leaves only, 08:47 and said unto it, Let no fruit grow on thee henceforward 08:52 forever. And presently the fig tree withered away. And when 08:57 the disciples saw it, they marveled, saying, How soon 09:00 is the fig tree withered away! Jesus answered and said unto 09:04 them, Verily I say unto you, If ye have faith, and doubt not, 09:09 ye shall not only do this which is done to the fig tree, 09:12 but also if ye shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, 09:17 and be thou cast into the sea; it shall be done. And all things 09:22 whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall 09:26 receive. And when he was come into the temple, 09:29 the chief priests and the elders of the people came 09:32 unto him as he was teaching, and said, by what authority 09:35 doest thou these things? and who gave the this authority? 09:39 And Jesus answered and said unto them, I also will ask you 09:45 one thing, which if ye tell me, I in like wise will tell you 09:49 by what authority I do these things. The baptism of John, 09:53 whence was it? from heaven, or of men? And they reasoned with 09:59 themselves, saying, If we shall say, From heaven; he will say 10:03 unto us, Why did ye not then believe him? But if we shall say 10:08 Of men; we fear the people; for they all hold John as a prophet. 10:13 And they answered Jesus, and said, We cannot tell. 10:17 And he said unto them, Neither tell I you by what authority 10:23 I do these things. But what think ye? A certain man 10:27 had two sons; and he came to the first and said, Son, go work 10:31 today in my vineyard. He answered and said, I will not: 10:35 but afterward he repented, and went. And he came to the second, 10:40 and said likewise. And he answered and said, I go, sir: 10:45 and went not. Whether of them twain did the will of his father 10:51 They say unto him, The first. Jesus saith unto them, 10:56 Verily I say unto you, That the publicans and the harlots 11:00 go into the kingdom of God before you. 11:03 For John came unto you in the way of righteousness, and ye 11:06 believed him not: but the publicans and the harlots 11:09 believed him: and ye, when ye had seen it, repented not 11:13 afterward that ye might believe him. Hear another parable: 11:17 There was a certain householder, which planted a vineyard, 11:21 and hedged it round about, and digged a winepress in it, and 11:25 built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into a 11:29 far country: And when the time of the fruit drew near, he sent 11:33 his servants to the husbandmen, that they might receive the 11:37 fruits of it. And the husbandmen took his servants, and beat one, 11:41 and killed another, and stoned another. Again, he sent other 11:46 servants more than the first: and they did unto them likewise. 11:50 But last of all he sent unto them his son, saying, 11:54 They will reverence my son. But when the husbandmen 11:58 saw the son, they said among themselves, This is the heir; 12:02 come, let us kill him, and let us seize on his inheritance. 12:06 And they caught him, and cast him out of the vineyard, 12:09 and slew him. When the lord therefore of the vineyard 12:13 cometh, what will he do unto those husbandmen? 12:16 They say unto him, He will miserably destroy those 12:20 wicked men, and will let out his vineyard unto other 12:23 husbandmen, which shall render him the fruits in their seasons. 12:27 Jesus saith unto them, Did ye never read in the scriptures, 12:31 The stone which the builders rejected, the same is become 12:37 the head of the corner: this is the Lord's doing, and it is 12:41 marvelous in our eyes? Therefore say I unto you, 12:44 The kingdom of God shall be taken from you, and given to 12:48 a nation bringing forth the fruits thereof. And whosoever 12:52 shall fall on this stone shall be broken: but on whomsoever 12:56 it shall fall, it will grind him to powder. And when the chief 13:01 priests and Pharisees had heard his parables, they perceived 13:05 that he spake of them. But when they sought to lay hands on him, 13:09 they feared the multitude, because they took him 13:11 for a prophet. - I'm reading from the book of Matthew, 13:15 chapter 22. - And Jesus answered and spake unto them again by 13:19 parables, and said, The kingdom of heaven is like unto a certain 13:23 king, which made a marriage for his son, And sent forth 13:26 his servants to call them that were bidden to the wedding: 13:29 and they would not come. Again, he sent forth other servants, 13:33 saying, Tell them which are bidden, Behold, I have prepared 13:37 my dinner: my oxen and my fatlings are killed, and all 13:40 things are ready: come unto the marriage. But they made light of 13:44 it and went their ways, one to his farm, another to his 13:47 merchandise: And the remnant took his servants, and entreated 13:51 them spitefully, and slew them. But when the king heard thereof, 13:55 he was wroth: and he sent forth his armies, and destroyed those 13:59 murderers, and burned up their city. Then saith he 14:02 to his servants, The wedding is ready, but they which were 14:06 bidden were not worthy. Go ye therefore into the highways 14:10 and as many as ye shall find, bid to the marriage. 14:14 So those servants went out into the highways, and gathered 14:17 together all as many as they found, both bad and good: 14:21 and the wedding was furnished with guests. 14:25 Thank you again for joining me. for the reading of God's word. 14:29 Until we're together again, may God bless you and keep you, 14:32 always in His care. Goodbye. |
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