Tuesday, May 8, 2012

Don't I have the right to do what I want with my own money?



Jesus never said  a parable from  imagination . Almost all of them  he took from day today life of people around him. For example , the sawing farmer , shepherds who take care of sheep, workers in the field and so on  . From the day today incidents, he always  wants to illustrate some spiritual truth.
Here ,Jesus wants to illustrate Kingdom of heaven in a simple way so that those who gathered around him  could understand them  with ease . Matt. 20:1-15
Here was a landlord who went out early in the morning to hire men to work in his vineyard . In four  phases  he gathered the labors . One lot came early in the morning at 3rd  hour of the day; others at 6th ,9th and 11th hour. The wages were  fixed and it was agreed by all .
When the evening came , it was his turn to distribute wages for them .He called the workers and pay their wages , beginning with the last ones hired and going on the first .The workers who came at 11th hour came first and had their wages . When , the workers who were hired at 3rd Hour came to receive their wage . They thought they would get more ,though ,they were agreed to work on the fixed wage . They started grumbling over the wages . Their complain seems to be genuine , they said how could they be treated same as who worked only for one hour . Perhaps the workers who came at 11th hour had   worked only  for an hour . They considered the landlord was impartial in distributing the wages .     But , in fact, he was quite frank in doing his responsibility . He didn’t do any injustice at all . The greediness of the workers who came at 3rd hour had made the difference . When men take justice in their hands such things happens .They often forget that ,the landlord has all legal right to distribute his money not in a way he likes, but in a way it was agreed with.
Let it be one’s job , money or works , if it doesn’t deprive of justice , no one has authority to question him .The man  has got the full freedom to do with his belongings .Suppose a man quits his job , he is not answerable to anyone as to why he did so .It is his freedom of conscience . He is accountable only to God, not anyone else . No one has any right to complaint against that person.  

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