Gerhard Ebersφhn
Pvt.
Bag X43
Sunninghill 2157
Dear brother Errol Nembhard,
Re:
Sermon Sabbath 20 October 2007,
Luke 13:10, There were present at
that feast some that told Him of the Galileans
Who
are these some that told Him? They were the Pharisees and
leaders of the people against whom Jesus warned his disciples, 12:1c. They were
those who would bring
you unto the synagogues and magistrates and powers, 12:11a. Peter
asks Jesus in 12:41, Lord,
speakest Thou this parable unto us, or even to all?
And the Lord said, Who is that faithful and wise
steward whom his lord shall make ruler over his household? Did Jesus speak
this parable to us, or to all, or to the leaders,
the unfaithful
stewards and the unwise rulers over his
household? He spake
it to us all! [Let us ask ourselves if
we are faithful
and wise, or unfaithful and foolish,
whether we be servants, members, or rulers, of the household of the Lord.]
Clearly therefore, the some that told Him of
the Galileans, were the same as the stewards (storekeepers or accountants) of whom the Lord
expected they out of the treasury and food-store filled from the produce of the
vineyard, ought to give the
people their
portion of meat in due season, 42b. But, alas!
they were those unfaithful
stewards whom the Lord Jesus in 12:56 straight in the face,
and again, calls, hypocrites (12:56). The some that told Him of the Galileans, were those rulers who with thine adversary goest to the magistrate. They were those who deliver thee to the
officer to cast thee into the prison
(12:58). The some, are those (of the last verse in chapter 12
before chapter 13 begins), whom Jesus speaks to, I tell you
! They were the pastors of the flock, owners of
the vineyard, and stewards of the treasury and harvest, who would shear in
winter and expect fruit from the tree not of age, to take, and to take more
than fair portion, meat, meat outside due season!
These are the unwise rulers over his
household that argue, But rabbi, cant you see God hates and punishes the wicked?
Who are the victims of His wrath? Where is Gods Justice?! He preserveth the
souls of his saints; He delivereth them out of the
hand of the wicked, Ps97:10! (They quoted not Ps116:6, but reminded Jesus 13:10, We preach the Law in the synagogues every Sabbath!) ... Eighteen or eighteen thousand rabble [para pantas tous
anthrohpous ochlocracy]
buried under the tower of Siloam ... its
indifferent; at closer scrutiny, rabbi Jesus, (11), Pilate loosed them from
their infirmities! All are rewarded a penny pennys worth! A tree is planted
for its fruit, Rabbi, to fill, and not to tap, the coffers. Thats why it happened
to them! ...
Jesus to those above, all the people above the simple, the masses to those above and ruling
the household: Ye think that they,
were sinners above all men else ...? (In
other words, were the lowest of all men?) Nay, I tell you, Except
you, repent, you, shall like (those accursed)
men perish ... perish because you above all men else holy and ruling, are above all men else the sinners!
Verse 6: He spake / told them
this parable ... Jesus addressed them, the some,
of verse 1a, the rulers and owners of the people! And He meant they, as, and for being, the certain man (who) had a
fig tree planted in his vineyard.
Jesus meant the some the pastors of the Flock and the stewards of
the Treasury (His People) as, and for being, the certain man, who came and sought fruit on and from the fig tree, but found none. (He found a people as barren as his own soul.)
That certain
man that man of esteem never dressed, never dug, and
never fertilised, the fig tree of his ownership and responsibility.
At last, Begged
the Gardener, Let it alone this year
yet, till I shall have tended it.
Dear brother in Jesus
Christ, you now know who the vineyard is, and who, its owner. Go fathom Who the
Dresser the Gardener
in this story is, and re-interpret this parable, and rewrite your sermon, to His
glory, and comfort
ye My People, saith the Lord.
Gerhard Ebersφhn