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Bible Study You are a branch in Lord's vineyard!

PetriFB

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Lord’s vineyard


In New Testament is Jesus’ parable from the vineyard, Mark 12: 1-12. God has spoken to my heart about this parable, which I share with you in this teaching.

1 And he began to speak unto them by parables. A certain man planted a vineyard, and set an hedge about it, and digged a place for the winefat, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into a far country.
2 And at the season he sent to the husbandmen a servant, that he might receive from the husbandmen of the fruit of the vineyard.
3 And they caught him, and beat him, and sent him away empty.
4 And again he sent unto them another servant; and at him they cast stones, and wounded him in the head, and sent him away shamefully handled.
5 And again he sent another; and him they killed, and many others; beating some, and killing some.
6 Having yet therefore one son, his wellbeloved, he sent him also last unto them, saying, They will reverence my son.
7 But those husbandmen said among themselves, This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and the inheritance shall be ours.
8 And they took him, and killed him, and cast him out of the vineyard.
9 What shall therefore the lord of the vineyard do? he will come and destroy the husbandmen, and will give the vineyard unto others.
10 And have ye not read this scripture; The stone which the builders rejected is become the head of the corner:
11 This was the Lord’s doing, and it is marvellous in our eyes?
12 And they sought to lay hold on him, but feared the people: for they knew that he had spoken the parable against them: and they left him, and went their way.




Vineyard describe in this kingdom of God, to where God wants save people.

Planting

Planting describe it, when God has saved person, so He remove each incorrect plantation, which the ruler of this world has planted to the heart of the people. Incorrect planting means sins. Every plant, which my heavenly Father hath not planted, shall be rooted up, Matt 15:13. Weeds of the sin, which is in the heart, prevent that light of the Christ can’t shine to the heart of the people. Weeds of the sins, which are in the heart absorb all nourishment, and like this way they grow and grow and grow all the time bigger and bigger.

Every plant, which heavenly Father had not planted, shall be rooted up. On natural garden weeds steal valuable and nutritious humus of the plants "by eating " this valuable mould. As this consequence plants can’t get necessary amount nourishment and they remain for inferior. When weeds are growing they cover sunlight from plants, and without sunlight plants can't grow. If weeds grow bigger as plants, about it follows often death of plants, because weed eat all nourishment from plant and cover all sunlight. It is important, that all “plantationsâ€Â, which word of God doesn’t know must rooted up, because otherwise they choke plantations of God. Like this also all sin plantations and human traditional rules are suffocating right kind of believing to God. Removing of seeing part of weed it is not sufficient, just all roots must rooted up, otherwise weed starts again to grow and choke plant. Plantations of sins and all incorrect traditional rules must pull out and take off, because otherwise they cover bright and clear word of God.

Jesus spoke about good ground, which produced fruit a hundredfold and one thirty, and one sixty, Matt 13: 23. Jesus Christ meant it that also heart of person must process in the same way as the field, which produce good harvest. Good ground must blow. Turning it helter-skelter softens ground. Same also heart of the people must experience abound-turn from the paths of sins, after which new plant of God’s kingdom gets completely new values and instructions to his life. When the heart has softened, so after then to heart can sow it seed of Word, which produce multiple righteousness harvest. Softened heart starts to produce good fruit in an honest and good heart by way of patience, Luke 8: 15. Like this softened heart then receive rain of the Spirit of God, which lead plant of God to good and healthy growth. Plant of God can also enjoy from heat of the sun, which is mercy and love of God. From the effect of this heat plant grows towards healthy maturing. Good ground receives also fertilization, in which dung enrich growth. This dung describes those twigs, which we get from our neighbours, because we love God and not sin of the world. And so good ground receive dung, whereby it enrich maturing of harvest, same also reborn believer receive twigs from his neighbour, because we love God and not world and not sin.

Vineyard was placed generally always to such place, in which sun fried and from where water ran away. Beside hill was built often vineyard, because of reasons before. Before building of vineyard its area was terraced, which formed protection to vineyard against downpours. Terrace functioned "as rampart "against fierce rains of winter, because otherwise rain would have take off valuable humus of vineyard. Whereby roots of grapevines would have been exposed burning and drying of the sun. But if we build house to the rock of Christ, so when downpours comes it don’t collapse.


God wants shape also heart of His people, that enemy can’t destroy it. Heavenly "humus " in other words Word of God must mix with faith to our hearts, otherwise it do not benefit us, and we don't grow forward in the faith, Hebr 4: 2. Let God shape your heart “terraces†thus, that enemy can’t destroy you.

Fence and ditch

Vineyard was surrounded on fence and ditch. Fence was made generally for high stonewall, which surround water ditch. On stonewall was planted generally needle bushes. As intention of fence, ditch and needle bushes were prevent access of thieves to vineyard. Foxes and jackals stole grapes, if grapes were not well guarded. Even some people try to steal from vineyard delicious grapes. Stonewall and ditch prevented access of thieves to vineyard. Take us the foxes, the little foxes, that spoil the vines: for our vines have tender grapes. So 2: 15.


God wants protect our heart from the sins, because sin wants to spoil our heart, quite same way as if fox get to spoil the vineyard. Stonewall describe temple of God (a believer), every is built on the word of God and Spirit of God. If God gets to build you through His word and Spirit, so then small and large sins are forced to go around you, because righteousness, which lives in you by way of obedience, is hinderance to sins. Sin stops before the righteousness. Sin don't get any grip from the heart of just person.

Winevat



To crushing of grapes were needed winevat, which was hacked generally to the rock (not always), in which was two cistern. Winevat could also bury to the ground or brick up. On winevat was two cistern, another was above, which was lower and wider cistern. Another cistern was low, which was deeper and narrower cistern. Wine and oil juice wasn't achieved by compressing on hands, because they were too hard to crush by hands, but it was done crushing with trampling on feet. And this carried out higher and wider cistern. On higher cistern oil berries and grapes get broken, when those was trampled. There was hole on bottom of cistern, from which juice poured down to lower cistern.

Winevat announce to believers the message, which is powerful exemplary about growing of believer towards image of God. Upper cistern describes how proud is human heart. Proud heart must to break in the same way as higher cistern were trampled grapes, so that they gave up and went broken. Juice poured out from upper cistern to lower cistern; So it came down from high! When our flesh breaks, so then starts growth downwards, whereby Christ can get form in us. Message of winevat is powerful example that I must decrease and Christ must increase in me, Joh 3: 30.


Barbican

On vineyard was also high barbican, in which guards of vineyard lived during harvesting of grapes. On this barbican has also powerful example, which mean watching of believers. Believers must watch their condition and hold concern about it that nobody can spoil vineyard of the Lord.

Wine tree

Jesus is True Vine and believers are branches of this tree. And intention of believer is carry fruit of the Spirit: love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, temperance If we carry a lot of fruit, so then God will come glorified. As the thought of carrying fruit is not our glorifying, but glorifying of God. This is growing downwards, that Christ can grow in us. Each branch, every does not agree to grow, Jesus takes away from wine tree, but each branch, who has growth difficulties, so that branch Jesus helps and supports. In John 15:2 is words takes away (Greek = airoo), which means to lift up; by implication, to take up or away; figuratively, to raise (the voice), keep in suspense (the mind), specially, to sail away. And so Jesus really raise and carry that believer, who has growth difficulties, but every does not agree to grow, that branch Jesus takes away. And that believer, who loves and bears fruit, Jesus will clean more cleaner, that it could carry more abundant fruit.

Berries growers support those branches, which take contact to the ground, because branch which gets contact to the ground takes strange nutrients and by that way from berries comes bitter. Berries must get nourishment by its roots, so that berry tastes delicious. Jesus Christ is that root, which give to believer by the Holy Spirit and Word of God healthy nourishment and after that believer’s life odour tastes to Christ. Grapevine is such kind of, which initial trunk upkeep hundreds branches. Jesus Christ is head of the body, Who hold congregation together. So let’s stay in Jesus Christ, so that we can grow and mature toward image of God.


Prophetic teaching of parable




Servants, which are in parable are prophets of God, which nation of Israel treat cruelly with assistance of theirs leaders (both religious and earthly). Husbandmen were priests, scribes and elders of Israel’s nation, who trashed often real prophets sent by God. Beloved son is Jesus Christ, which Jews religious principals rejected, whose task was teach nation of Israel to serve God. Jews religious leaders rejected the cornerstone in other words they rejected The Messiah Yeshua (Jesus), Who brought good news (the gospel) from salvation to the world. Let this gospel reach heart of the people; let this be continuous prayer subject of Jesus’ disciples.
 
Rom.
11:13
I am talking to you Gentiles. Inasmuch as I am the apostle to the Gentiles, I make much of my ministry


11:17
If some of the branches have been broken off, and you, though a wild olive shoot, have been grafted in among the others and now share in the nourishing sap from the olive root,



11:19
You will say then, "Branches were broken off so that I could be grafted in."



11:20
Granted. But they were broken off because of unbelief, and you stand by faith. Do not be arrogant, but be afraid.



11:21
For if God did not spare the natural branches, he will not spare you either.


11:24
After all, if you were cut out of an olive tree that is wild by nature, and contrary to nature were grafted into a cultivated olive tree, how much more readily will these, the natural branches, be grafted into their own olive tree!



11:25
I do not want you to be ignorant of this mystery, brothers, so that you may not be conceited: Israel has experienced a hardening in part until the full number of the Gentiles has come in.




It sounds like these Gentile wild olive branches were NOT to start up their own religion, but to be GRAFTED IN to the true religion of God - keeping His Sabbath and holidays of the Bible.
 
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