Abide | The Parable of the Vineyard Workers

We wrap up our Abide series with a parable about collectively abiding in Jesus together. The workers in the vineyard remind us that hierarchy and favoritism come from drawing life from competition, not from Jesus. The only competition in the Kingdom is for the souls of God's beloved, and that is God's contest, not ours.

The employer in the vineyard goes to the village and seeks out the overlooked and discriminated against. Our job as we do the stuff that Jesus did is to love the unlovable and invite them into the Kingdom.