A man had two sons. He went up to the first and said, ‘Son, go out for the day and work in the vineyard.’
29 “The son answered, ‘I don’t want to.’ Later on he thought better of it and went.
30 “The father gave the same command to the second son. He answered, ‘Sure, glad to.’ But he never went.
31-32 “Which of the two sons did what the father asked?”
I've been reading most of the chapters out of "The Message" lately. I like the new twist it puts on the stories. They still have the same meanings, but it makes me see them in a different way.
This story is a good one. I'm not sure it ever hit me in this manner.....this clear. This one is all about our actions vs our words. The actions are far more important that the things we say we do. Here's a good example. How many times have you told someone that you would pray for them...............eeeehhhh. Did you really? To me, that's exactly what Jesus is talking about here. Don't say you're gonna do it, if your not. He would rather have you say, "I'm really pretty lazy, and although it sounds good, I'm probably not gonna take the time to think about you THAT much!"
Its a good lesson for much of life.
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you nailed it. On Facebook or my drag racing message board someone gets sick and there are a million messages with prayers going up. I've done it too, but this one has hit me so when I post I do say a prayer, but where I fall down is that may be the last time I think of it until I see the followup posting on FB. i just recently experienced this at church, guy had surgery told him Id pray for him then a week after the surgery someone asked how he was doing and I thought oh crap! my actions often do fall short of my words
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