1. This is talking about men, but does it apply to women as well?
    1. Right Answer!Yes.
      • Yes this is talking about women too.
    2. No.
      • No, this is taking about all people.

     

     

  2. Who is the landowner?
    1. Any landowner, the idea applies to everyone.
      • No, this is a parable and the landowner is not just anyone who owns land.
    2. The leaders in the Church.
      • No.
    3. Right Answer!Jesus Christ.
      • Yes. God owns everything and he is the one that we are accountable to. Everyone must give account to God.
    4. The leaders of Israel.
      • No.

     

     

  3. Who are those that are hired?
    1. Anyone.
      • No, not any and every one, but only those that are approached by God, that is, those that are called.
    2. Right Answer!Believers in Jesus Christ.
      • Yes. Many people are never told by God to go to work in his field. God calls those he wishes to. All that are called and respond will receive the same salvation.
    3. Everyone at church.
      • No. Going to church has no bearing on whether or not you are a Christian.
    4. The children of Israel.
      • No.

     

     

  4. What are the denarius symbolic of?
    1. Good deeds.
      • No, God does not pay us in good deeds.
    2. Right Answer!Salvation from death.
      • Yes, this is what each person receives if they stay true to God.
    3. The eternal blessings of God.
      • This is not the best answer. It is evident from other passages that God does reward his servants according to what they have done in this world, and yet this parable doesn't seem to say that. This parable is talking about the fact that those that labor for God in his field receive salvation from death. That is the one thing that every believer will receive from God.
    4. Our "allowance" from God.
      • No. I just said that because I thought that it was funny.

     

     

  5. Does this parable mean that the person who works his whole life for God will not receive any more from God than the person who does almost nothing?
    1. Yes.
      • No. It might seem that it was saying that, but this is not in agreement with other passages.
      • Matthew 6:20
        But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moth and rust do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal. (NIV)
      • God might not pay one person more than another, but a person can store up treasure for themselves. So, what you do does matter.
    2. Right Answer!No.
      • Right! Please read the above explanation.

     

     

  6. What does Jesus mean when he says that the first will be last and the last will be first?
    1. Those people that are the biggest sinners before they repent have the greatest faith, and love God more.
      • Yes. This statement has very subtle meanings. When a person that has lived a very sinful life, examines their life and truly believes God's message of forgiveness, and then repents, they have greater faith than someone that has never strayed. That person saw more clearly their coming doom, and appreciated more God's gift of a relationship with him.
      • Also, we can make application for this statement in the fact that those that believed the gospel message two thousand years ago needed less faith than the people that truly believe it today.
      • Basically, we can say that the more reason for a person not to believe, and yet they believe anyway, makes for a stronger faith.
    2. It doesn't mean anything, it is just the Bible's way of clouding things for the unbeliever.
      • No. The Bible doesn't just cloud things.
    3. The people saved at the end of the church age have greater faith than those that first believed, because they saw Jesus or others that did.
      • Yes, this is true.
    4. God's way is the reverse of the world's way.
      • No.
    5. . Right Answer!Both (a.) and (c.) above.
      • Yes, this is the best answer.

     

     

  7. What does the vineyard symbolize?
    1. Your work place.
      • This is partly true, but is not the best answer.
    2. The Church.
      • No.
    3. Your Christian duty.
      • No.
    4. Right Answer!The world.
      • Yes, God's vineyard is the world in which we live. We must labor for God in the world.

     

     

  8. What does the day symbolize?
    1. Right Answer!A person's life time.
      • Yes, this is the best answer. We must work in God's vineyard until we physically die, or he comes. When he does come we will receive our "pay" from him. We shall at that time enter into eternity.
    2. A literal day.
      • No, God does not pay us each day. Not in the way that the parable talks about anyway.
    3. Two thousand years.
      • No.
    4. The Church Age.
      • No, this is talking about what each individual believer receives from God.

     

     

  9. What does the hour symbolize?
    1. Three and a half years.
      • No.
    2. It is not significant.
      • No, it is significant.
    3. A literal hour.
      • No.
    4. Right Answer!A person age when they come to believe in the Lord.
      • Yes, the parable is talking about when a person responds to God's call. It can mean the age of the person, or the day in which they come to believe relative to when Jesus walked the earth.

     

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