SOOOOOO sorry I haven't posted in a few weeks. It's been a little rough lately. Chapter 19 was a great chapter. We talked about the blessings of children and the responsibility of being wealthy.
We really focused on Matthew Ch. 19:16-22. We talked about how wealthy we are in the USA and how we are suppose to use our resources to help others. We talk about how everyone with a roof over their head, 20 dollars in their pocket, and a full belly are 90% richer than the entire world. That really stunned some people.
It's says that it's easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter the Kingdom of God. When reading this it made everyone uneasy. But the best line was yet to come.
"With men this is impossible, but with God all things are possible." We must remember that with God anything is possible.
On Matthew chapter 20 we broke FCA into 6 groups. The early morning group, the 9, the 12, the 3, the 5, and the late evening. These groups modeled the different times the vineyard owner went out to find workers for his field. We talked about how some groups were unhappy because they worked all day. Some groups were really happy because they barely worked at all and they received the same pay as the workers who worked all day. Some felt bad for both sides.
The whole parable is about our Father who searches for his children daily. We all get our reward in the end. No matter if we ask Christ into our hearts and follow Him wholeheartedly throughout our lives, or we ask Christ to be our savior seconds before our death bed. We all get the reward.
