Week 8

In Matthew 20 it talks about the parable of workers in the Vineyard.
This story tells its not about how long you have been a Christian that judges the right to go into heaven and be rewarded.
It could be someone who becomes a Christian 40 years later than you and be accepted into heaven.
It is up to God to judge who deserve to go to heaven and who don’t!

In Matthew 22 another parable about the Kingdom of heaven, it tells “For many are invited, but few are chosen”. V14
This remind me a friend of mine who believes Jesus has died on the cross but she never wanted to attend church or read the bible or bear any fruits for Christ.
My other friend said, “well, I can see that she believes in God and I don’t see why she doesn’t get to go to heaven.”

And if we read what Matthew 21: 43 saids “Therefore I tell you that the kingdom of God will be taken away from you and given to a people who will produce its fruit.”

What do you think your answer will be if that friend of mine comes to you to ask if she could get into heaven but she is lazy to go to church and not interested in reading the bible?
And of course….God is a righteous, He judges us on different circumstances too. For example a terminally ill person who becomes a Christian the night before he died could get to go to heaven (provide he truly believes!) and that goes back to Matthew 20 the parables of workers in the Vineyard.