The actions of the master of the vineyard cannot be explained by historical realism…this is not a typical master of a vineyard, but a person whose actions are motivated by non-financial considerations.
Underlying this parable is Austrian economics. You see private property rights, social cooperation, and subjective value.
I agree with Chrysotom on this one. It doesn't matter how long you believe or work, you get the full reward of entering the kingdom of heaven.
I also agree with the relationship between faith and works. I think the Protestant view is good. Faith alone saves, but a saving faith will necessarily produce works. That was James point. There is an error I have heard called "easy believism", where a person "believes" to get into heaven and then lives their life like they did before. That kind of believe does not save.
Yes. I am sure Gary North had a field day with this parable!
As for easy believism...I was raised in a home that taught us to get on our knees at 6 or 8 or 10 years old and ask Jesus to come into my heart. I was old enough to "decide" to do this. It was like a get out of jail free card: "Great, you are not going to hell."
Of course, a moral life was also expected, but I not only knocked on the door, I stood on the other side, and I opened it for me to enter.
Underlying this parable is Austrian economics. You see private property rights, social cooperation, and subjective value.
I agree with Chrysotom on this one. It doesn't matter how long you believe or work, you get the full reward of entering the kingdom of heaven.
I also agree with the relationship between faith and works. I think the Protestant view is good. Faith alone saves, but a saving faith will necessarily produce works. That was James point. There is an error I have heard called "easy believism", where a person "believes" to get into heaven and then lives their life like they did before. That kind of believe does not save.
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"Underlying this parable is Austrian economics."
Yes. I am sure Gary North had a field day with this parable!
As for easy believism...I was raised in a home that taught us to get on our knees at 6 or 8 or 10 years old and ask Jesus to come into my heart. I was old enough to "decide" to do this. It was like a get out of jail free card: "Great, you are not going to hell."
Of course, a moral life was also expected, but I not only knocked on the door, I stood on the other side, and I opened it for me to enter.