A man came to the king and greeted him, and said , "Lord, there is such a people. Because he is very wealthy, his flocks and herds are limitless. But he has a visitor." He took one of the sheep from the poor man who had only one sheep next door and treated him to a guest. Hearing this, the king became angry. Who is it? He must die for such a thing to happen in my country .
Who is his name? And this man says, King, that man is you. Where have you heard that? This is the story of King David and the prophet Nathan in 2 Samuel 12. The prophet Nathan now proclaims the word of God. I have given you many wives and court ladies, but why did you take away the only wife of Uriah? King David falls down and repents. Guys, people say it. It is difficult to bear the words that criticize him. So it is very difficult to rebuke the king. He has to risk his life. So Nathan the prophet speaks like a story I had this, what should I do? Hearing this, King David makes a proper judgment. It is not his business, so he judges fairly. It is something that makes it unavoidable. The words of the text we read today have a nickname What is the song of the vineyard ? It is a song in the vineyard. Someone sang this song. Verse 1. I read it. I will sing for those I love, but I will sing for those I love. Those I love have vineyards, on a very fertile mountain. There is one whom I love. He loves vineyards very much.
He loved vineyards, so he planted them on the best land. Verse 2 He dug the ground, removed stones, and planted the finest vines. He built a tower among them, and dug a winepress in it. I hoped it would produce good grapes, but it yielded wild grapes. To make the roots take root , I removed all the stones and then planted the finest and finest vine seeds . I made it and waited with anticipation for when the fruit would open. But what is this? The wild grapes were opened by mistake. What should I do? Verse 3 Now, I beg you, inhabitants of Jerusalem and men of Judah, to judge between me and my vineyard, you inhabitants of Jerusalem and the people of Judah , please give me an answer as to what should be done about this matter. Oh, sorry, but please shake your hands quickly and give up The vineyard of the house of Israel is the house of Israel, and the tree in which he is pleased is a man of Judah. He looked for justice in them, but violence, and hoped for justice in them, but rather a cry. is God, and the vine is yourselves; therefore God now declares to you, verse 4 , what more can I add besides what I have done for my vineyard? There is nothing more to be done for this vineyard, so I will do this.
5 Now I will tell you what I will do with my vineyard; I will knock down its fences to be eaten; 6 The vineyard will be trampled under foot, and I will make it desolate, and it will no longer be pruned or plucked, and briers and thorns will grow. And I will command the cloud that no rain should fall on it. This is the content of today's text. Everyone, why did God tell Isaiah to compose and sing a song like this? There are three reasons.
First, it is to teach the people of Israel's sin. Second, it explains why there are so many hardships in Israel, and why there are droughts, disasters, and wars . Third, nonetheless, God I am trying to understand how much He loves and waits for them. Why did God say these words? Because he read the thoughts in the hearts of the people of Judah right now. What are they thinking now? We are the chosen people and God's people. Why are there so many droughts and disasters? Why doesn’t God take care of us? Does God really love us? what? Is it because of me? Are you disappointed with me? I am the one who is really disappointed Were you freed from Egypt? Yes? And why did God allow the Exodus? In order to make a good country, he liberates them from Egypt to create a kingdom of priests that is a channel of blessing, not a powerful but oppressive empire like Egypt , and he trained them for 40 years in the wilderness to become clean seeds He planted them in that fertile land in the land of Canaan, and he removed the stones while annihilating the seven tribes with the unclean culture of Canaan.
It was said that wild grapes have grown . Everyone, what are wild grapes? Wild grapes refer to deteriorated grapes. They look like grapes, but they are sour and astringent. They are useless grapes that cannot be eaten. Those are wild grapes. That's what Israel is now . They also taught and offer sacrifices, but if you look at the contents, they are not doing what God wants them to do. Their hearts are full of idols, their actions are brutal and they have lost their fairness. They are not doing what God wants, they are doing the opposite. Why did the finest grapes become wild grapes? We have to analyze the reason. There are three possibilities. First is an external cause. Did someone come at night to pluck the planted tree and plant wild grape seeds? You may have that question, but it's impossible because you said that you planted and maintained the tower.
So now there is only an internal cause. Then there is another possibility . It can be deduced that it may have been planted by misunderstanding. But this is also impossible. The farmer himself is God, so there is no confusion. What is the last possibility? So, folks, here we have to think about what personality is. Personality is the relationship between me and the object that my mind first seeks . What is it? Doesn't that make sense? The relationship between me and the first object that my heart seeks is my personality, and all the objects that follow are subordinated to the first object .
Let's say that money is what he wants the most. Then that person thinks that all he needs is money. If he has money, he 's happy All other things are dependent on money for him. So his heart, his thoughts, his words, and his actions are all connected with money. Even if he gets married, because of money, if he makes friends, because of money, if he raises children. It's because of money, and even if you study, it's because of money. You become someone who has everything to do with money. Why? Because money is the heart of a person's personality, if a person has power, that is the first object that he seeks with his heart, he thinks, talks, sees and builds relationships in terms of power.
Why? Because that is the core of that person's personality . So, why did the finest grapes become wild grapes? In other words, what is the difference between the finest grapes and wild grapes? What is in the deepest part of that heart is what separates it This is the difference between the finest grapes and wild grapes. After all, wild grapes are the appearance of individuals and communities who have left God . But God, God wanted to fill the hearts of the people of Israel with only God. That's why you've been going through history. What it means to bring down Egypt means not to depend on a great power.
