Heralds Digest

““Then the owner of the vineyard said, ‘What shall I do? I will send my beloved son. Probably they will respect him when they see him.’ But when the vinedressers saw him, they reasoned among themselves, saying, ‘This is the heir. Come, let us kill him, that the inheritance may be ours.’” ‭‭Luke‬ ‭20:13-14‬ ‭NKJV‬‬ https://www.bible.com/114/luk.20.13-14.nkjv Investment on leased properties can readily gets personal with time. Moveable assets with mixed emotions will readily displace the relevance or tangibility of fixed assets. In the parable of the wicked vinedressers, the vinedressers have assumed the ownership of the vineyard, after a long time absence of the owner. Unfortunately, we are all tempted to assume full ownership of what are not really ours in life, including our time, talents, treasures and basically our entire life. When a man deliberately becomes unprepared to give account of how he traded with his time, trained his children, and trusted his life, it is apparent tha...

“But He answered and said to them, “I also will ask you one thing, and answer Me: The baptism of John—was it from heaven or from men?”” ‭‭Luke‬ ‭20:3-4‬ ‭NKJV‬‬ https://www.bible.com/114/luk.20.3-4.nkjv Argument on superiority is often difficult to manage without the expression of anger and hostility among conflicting parties. When the chief priests, scribes, and the elders confronted the Lord while on one of His teaching assignments, it was clear they were prepared to express anger at His apparent usurpation of their rights to the authority of who does what in field of ministry. In Jesus’ response, the scriptures noted “But He answered and said to them...”. Obviously, two wrongs cannot make a right. Direct responses to angry expressions have always shown to produce wrong results. They came with angry excitement, but Jesus responded with soft engagement. Truthfully, the ability to engage angry and heated parties in any relationship with soft and thought provoking questions expresse...