SCRIPTURE Now when vintage- time drew near, he sent his servants to the vinedressers, that they might receive its fruit.

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1 SERMON TITLE: Bearing Good Fruit TEXT(s): TEXT(s): Matthew 21:33-46 LITURGICAL SEASONS: Advent (4) Christmas/Epiph. (2) Lent/Holy Week (7) Resurrection Seasn (7) Pentecost (24+) LECTIONARY: ~Pre-Assigned, Scheduled readings from the Holy Scriptures ~3-Year Cycle (Synoptic Gospels) Hear another parable: There was a certain landowner who planted a vineyard and set hedge around it Matthew 21:33a

2 dug a winepress in it and built a tower. And he leased it to vinedressers and went into a far country. Matthew 21:33b Now when vintage- time drew near, he sent his servants to the vinedressers, that they might receive its fruit. Matthew 21:34 And the vinedressers took his servants, beat one, killed one, and stoned another. Matthew 21:35 Again he sent other servants,, more than the first, and they did likewise to them. Matthew 21:36 Then last of all he sent his son to them, saying, They will respect my son. Matthew 21:37 But when the vinedressers saw the son, they said among themselves, This This is the heir. Come, let us kill him and seize his inheritance. Matthew 21:38

3 And they caught him, and cast him out of the vineyard, and killed him. Matthew 21:39 Therefore, when the owner of the vineyard comes, what will he do to those vinedressers? Matthew 21:40 They said to Him, He will destroy those wicked men miserably, and leave his vineyard Matthew 21:41a to other vinedressers who will render to him the fruits in their seasons. Matthew 21:41b Jesus said to them, Did you never read in the Scriptures: Matthew 21:42 The stone which the builders rejected has become the chief cornerstone. This was the Lord s s doing, and it marvelous in our eyes? Matt 21:42b (Psalm 118:22-23) 23)

4 Therefore I say to you the Kingdom of GOD will be taken from you and given to a nation bearing the fruits of it. Matthew 21:43 And whoever falls on this stone will be broken; but on whomever it falls, it will grind him to powder. Matthew 21:44 Now when the chief priests and Pharisees heard HIS parables, they perceived that HE was speaking of them. Matthew 21:45 But when they sought to lay hands on HIM,, they feared the multitudes, because they took HIM for a prophet. Matthew 21:46 SERMON PNTS #1: PLAYERS & PLOT #2: PRONOUNCMENT #3: PROTECTION SERMONIC POINT#1: PLAYERS & PLOT

5 Hear another parable: There was a certain landowner who planted a vineyard and set hedge around it Matthew 21:33a dug a winepress in it and built a tower. And he leased it to vinedressers and went into a far country. Matthew 21:33b Chief Priests: Pharisees: Landowner: Vinedressers: Servants: The SON = Heir: Pharisees: Sadduccees: Scribes: Herodians: Zealots: Essenes: PHARISEES: religious traditionalists; rejected Messiahship SADDUCEES: denied resurrection; business in temple; SCRIBES: professional interpreters of the Law; SERMONIC POINT#2: PRONOUNCE- MENT

6 They said to Him, He will destroy those wicked men miserably, and leave his vineyard Matthew 21:41a to other vinedressers who will render to him the fruits in their seasons. Matthew 21:41b The stone which the builders rejected has become the chief cornerstone. This was the Lord s s doing, and it marvelous in our eyes? Matt 21:42b (Psalm 118:22-23) 23) Therefore I say to you the Kingdom of GOD will be taken from you and given to a nation bearing the fruits of it. Matthew 21:43 WE MUST RENDER (GIVE) FRUIT UNTO GOD!!! The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life, and he who wins souls is wise. Proverbs 11:30

7 II am the true vine, and MY FATHER is the vinedresser. John 15:1 Every branch in ME that does not bear fruit HE takes away; and every branch that bears fruit HE prunes,, that it may bear more fruit. John 15:2 By this MY FATHER is glorified, that you bear much fruit; ; so you will be MY disciples. John 15:8 You did not choose ME, but I chose you that you should go and bear fruit John 15:16 SERMONIC POINT#3: PROTECTION But when they sought to lay hands on HIM,, they feared the multitudes, because they took HIM for a prophet. Matthew 21:46

8 THOSE WHO OPPOSE RIGHTEOUSNESS WILL TRY TO LAY HANDS ON YOU!!! BUT THEY WILL NOT SUCCEED THE ~ Multitudes ~ ~ The Holy Ghost ~ WILL PROTECT YOU! CONCLUSION: #1: PLAYERS & PLOT #2: PRONOUNCMENT #3: PROTECTION