#40 Two Ways of Doing Good Works (from the Parable of the Workers in the Vineyard)
By Jonathan S. Rose
Title: Two Ways of Doing Good Works
Topic: Salvation
Summary: We went over Scriptures about a merit-based working--"the burden and heat of the day" as opposed to working joyfully in the Lord
Use the reference links below to follow along in the Bible as you watch.
References:
Matthew 20:1-16; 11:28-30
Ecclesiastes 2:4-11, 18-26; 3:1-14
Psalms 127:1-2
Haggai 1:2-10
Psalms 90:10-17
Luke 17:7-10; 12:37
Revelation 3:20
John 21:1-12
Matthew 10:19-20
Joshua 9:21-27
Revelation 22:17; 14:13
James 4:13-16
Revelation 3:7-8
1 Corinthians 4:7
Acts of the Apostles 3:12
Exodus 20:9-10
2 Kings 25:8-12
Jeremiah 20:7-13
Luke 18:18-22
John 15:4-5; 3:21
Matthew 25:40, 45
Spirit and Life Bible Study broadcast from 5/11/2011. The complete series is available at: www.spiritandlifebiblestudy.com
Ecclesiastes 2:18-26
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I hated all my labor in which I labored under the sun, because I must leave it to the man who comes after me.
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Who knows whether he will be a wise man or a fool? Yet he will have rule over all of my labor in which I have labored, and in which I have shown myself wise under the sun. This also is vanity.
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Therefore I began to cause my heart to despair concerning all the labor in which I had labored under the sun.
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For there is a man whose labor is with wisdom, with knowledge, and with skillfulness; yet he shall leave it for his portion to a man who has not labored for it. This also is vanity and a great evil.
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For what has a man of all his labor, and of the striving of his heart, in which he labors under the sun?
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For all his days are sorrows, and his travail is grief; yes, even in the night his heart takes no rest. This also is vanity.
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There is nothing better for a man than that he should eat and drink, and make his soul enjoy good in his labor. This also I saw, that it is from the hand of God.
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For who can eat, or who can have enjoyment, more than I?
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For to the man who pleases him, God gives wisdom, knowledge, and joy; but to the sinner he gives travail, to gather and to heap up, that he may give to him who pleases God. This also is vanity and a chasing after wind.
