XPost: alt.bible, alt.messianic, alt.religion.christian   
   XPost: alt.christnet.christianlife   
   From: tiller@soil.org.9   
      
   > i do like the parable about the workers who sign on early in the day   
   > and toil away and do what they contracted to do, and then   
   > other workers sign on later in the day, and do the same   
   > and then some sign on in, like, the final hours at the   
   > end of the day, and the earlycomes suspect that they will be paid more   
   > cuz, after all, they signed on early and have been working all day,   
   > only to find out, that everybody gets paid the same wage   
   > whether early or late, and the early guys grouse about it,   
   > and Jesus up and says something to the effect of;   
      
   > "what are you complaining about, you got what you had coming"   
      
   > "like, nobody got cheated or anything..."   
      
   > may very well find themselves at the back of the line   
   > and some people who sign on late in the day,   
   > may get a prominent seat at the table.   
      
      
   i mean, look, /you/ wouldn't want to become embittered   
   against people just coming to know Christ, or, heaven forbid,   
   become embittered against God, just because /you/ =think=   
   /you've/ been "AT IT" for so long and you're special and you can   
   actually turn around and start Beating up on people who are also,   
   God's dearly beloved, only they still got some sticker bush thorns   
   tangling up around their necks  and, instead of trying to help   
   alleviate -their- entanglements,   
   /you/ turn around and call them, "hopelessly lost."   
      
   once again, NO NO NO...not ME   
      
   like asking to trip yourself up and land in a ditch   
      
      
   after all, my whole life is but a fog in the early morning   
      
   a mist...not even a blink of the cosmic eyes   
      
      
      
   only thing i can say, is   
      
      
   the door is still open   
      
      
   but, there may very well come a time   
      
   when the door shuts and Jesus won't be taking on any new hires.   
      
      
      
   but, i can tell you one thing,   
      
   Jesus is not a cruel person   
      
      
      
   but don't -you- turn around and say;   
      
      
   "well, there's always Time,   
      
   i can get it together later after i've had my tea"   
      
      
   and the bus pulls away and you better be able to   
      
   run like a leoprd to catch that thing   
      
      
      
   and not cuz God is spiteful   
      
      
   just   VERY SERIOUS   
      
      
   down to the minutia   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)