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Let’s be a Follower of God’s Will

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Which of the two did what his father wanted?" "The first," they answered. Jesus said to them, "I tell you the truth, the tax collectors and the prostitutes are entering the kingdom of God ahead of you. <Matthew 21:31>

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When Jesus preached the gospel there were people who did not like it.

They were the high priests, the Pharisees, and the elders.

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They showed up at places where Jesus preached God's words.

And they always asked Jesus trick questions to get Jesus in trouble. But it never went as they expected, so they hated Jesus even more.

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Yet, they thought that they served God the best by themselves.Every time they opened their mouths, they considered themselves to love God and to do as God's words had said. They thought that they would be the first ones to enter heaven.

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They hated people like the tax collectors a lot and they thought the tax collectors would never go to heaven. Others thought the same way, too.

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Jesus taught them how wrong that thinking was with this story.

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There once lived a father who had a vineyard in a town with two sons.

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There were many things to do in the vineyard.

The father went to the first son and said,

"Son, there are many things to do in the vineyard. Go and help."

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The first son immediately replied:

"Sure, father. Don't worry. I will go to the vineyard and work.

 Don't worry about a thing."

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The first son only responded but did not go to the vineyard.

When his father asked him later, he replied half-heartedly.

He did not want to work.

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The father went to the other son and said,

"Son, there are many things to do in the vineyard. Go and help."

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Yet the second son replied,

"No, I will not go to work." He did not obey.

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After his father had gone, the second son's heart became broken.

"Why didn't I obey him? Now I have hurt my father's heart."

So, he realized his wrong and he regretted what he had said.

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So he got up and ran to the vineyard.

He began working really hard to make up for the way he had hurt

his father's heart.

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After finishing the story, Jesus asked the people,

"Which of the two did what his father wanted?"

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The people replied to Jesus, "Definitely, the second son."

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Jesus said to them, "It is the same to go to heaven.

Whoever has sinned like the tax collectors and the prostitutes are entering the kingdom of God ahead of you."

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There is no condition to enter the kingdom of God. If someone confesses their sins and accepts Jesus who came to the earth to clean our sins, anyone can go to heaven. If you feel thankful for God's grace, you should be a good and faithful believer following God's Will not your own!