Ah, parables. Don’t you get the feeling that sometimes Jesus is deliberately trying to confuse us? I know I do.
The theme of the parable of the two sons being asked to go work in the vineyard would seem to be obedience. The first son is asked by his father to go work and the son says “no”, but then has a change of heart and does the work. The second son, when asked, says “sure, I’ll go”, but he doesn’t. Jesus asks us which son did the will of the father. And the consensus seems to be that it is the first son. But I believe an argument could be made that, while the first son ultimately did what the father asked, he was not obedient – at least not right away. The hope that Jesus gives in this parable is we can mess up, even be disobedient and still ultimately make the right decision – to follow Him.
May we hear and answer God’s call to us by our actions, not just our words.
M.E.+
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