1. Philippians 1:3–5 3 I thank my God in all my remembrance of you, 4 always in every prayer of mine for you all making my prayer with joy, 5 because of your partnership in the gospel from the first day until now.

3. “It’s just not fair…”

4. Workers in the Vineyard
(Matthew 20:1-16)

5. Workers in the Vineyard
(Matthew 20:1-16)
The Fruit of Envy – Spotting it.
The Root of Envy – Understanding it.
The Cure for Envy – Getting rid of it.

6. Matthew 20:1
1 “For the kingdom of heaven is like a master of a house who went out early in the morning to hire laborers for his vineyard.”

7. What comes before “For”?
Matthew 20:1
1 “For the kingdom of heaven is like a master of a house who went out early in the morning to hire laborers for his vineyard.”
What comes before “For”?

8. Understanding Context

9. Understanding Context
Matthew 19:16-29 Jesus’ Promise

10. Understanding Context
Matthew 19:16-29 Jesus’ Promise
Matthew 19:30 Jesus’ Caution

11. “But many who are first will be last, and the last first…”
Understanding Context
Matthew 19:16-29 Jesus’ Promise
Matthew 19:30 Jesus’ Caution
“But many who are first will be last, and the last first…”

12. Matthew 20:1-5
1 “For the kingdom of heaven is like a master of a house who went out early in the morning to hire laborers for his vineyard. 2 After agreeing with the laborers for a denarius a day, he sent them into his vineyard. 3 And going out about the third hour he saw others standing idle in the marketplace, 4 and to them he said, ‘You go into the vineyard too, and whatever is right I will give you.’ 5 So they went. Going out again about the sixth hour and the ninth hour, he did the same.

13. Matthew 20:6-7
6 And about the eleventh hour he went out and found others standing. And he said to them, ‘Why do you stand here idle all day?’ 7 They said to him, ‘Because no one has hired us.’ He said to them, ‘You go into the vineyard too.’

14. Matthew 20:8-10
8 And when evening came, the owner of the vineyard said to his foreman, ‘Call the laborers and pay them their wages, beginning with the last, up to the first.’ 9 And when those hired about the eleventh hour came, each of them received a denarius. 10 Now when those hired first came, they thought they would receive more, but each of them also received a denarius.

15. Matthew 20:11-12
11 And on receiving it they grumbled at the master of the house, 12 saying, ‘These last worked only one hour, and you have made them equal to us who have borne the burden of the day and the scorching heat.’

16. Matthew 20:13-16
13 But he replied to one of them, ‘Friend, I am doing you no wrong. Did you not agree with me for a denarius? 14 Take what belongs to you and go. I choose to give to this last worker as I give to you. 15 Am I not allowed to do what I choose with what belongs to me? Or do you begrudge my generosity?’ 16 So the last will be first, and the first last.”

17. Fruit of Envy – Spotting It

18. Fruit of Envy – Spotting It
Can’t be content with your own blessings.

19. Fruit of Envy – Spotting It
Can’t be content with your own blessings.
Can’t be happy when someone else is blessed.

20. Fruit of Envy – Spotting It
Can’t be content with your own blessings.
Can’t be happy when someone else is blessed.
Find yourself rejoicing at the misfortune of others.

21. Fruit of Envy – Spotting It
Can’t be content with your own blessings.
Can’t be happy when someone else is blessed.
Find yourself rejoicing at the misfortune of others.
General lack of joy, love for others, love for God.

22. Root of Envy – Understanding It
Understanding Justice vs

23. Root of Envy – Understanding It
Understanding Justice vs
Was the worker owed a job (vs. 1-2)?

24. Root of Envy – Understanding It
Understanding Justice vs
Was the worker owed a job (vs. 1-2)?
Was he paid what he was promised (vs. 10)?

25. Root of Envy – Understanding It
Understanding Justice vs
Was the worker owed a job (vs. 1-2)?
Was he paid what he was promised (vs. 10)?
Was the master just?

26. How many of you are still unsatisfied?
Root of Envy – Understanding It
Understanding Justice vs
Was the worker owed a job (vs. 1-2)?
Was he paid what he was promised (vs. 10)?
Was the master just?
How many of you are still unsatisfied?

27. Root of Envy – Understanding It
Understanding Generosity vs
“15 Am I not allowed to do what I choose with what belongs to me? Or do you begrudge my generosity?’ 16 So the last will be first, and the first last.”

28. Cultivating a Grateful Heart
Starts with the Gospel
Romans 6:23 For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

29. Cultivating a Grateful Heart
Starts with the Gospel
John 17:4 I glorified you on earth, having accomplished the work that you gave me to do.
John 17:22–23 22 The glory that you have given me I have given to them, that they may be one even as we are one, 23 I in them and you in me, that they may become perfectly one, so that the world may know that you sent me and loved them even as you loved me.