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 N OTES

The church
is growing too
much. I’ll try
to make the
older members I never believed that the
forget the church members would
infinite grace receive me after being a
of God. drunk for so long. Perhaps
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Of course, Francis, God loves you, and we love you too.

We’ll help you find true meaning for your life. You’ve
repented of your sins, and you believe in Christ, but you
haven’t been baptized yet. I’ll baptize you on Sunday.
We want you to be a member of the church.
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Psst...
Notice how
that new one
stinks! And
look at his
dirty clothes.
It’s a
disgrace!
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 N OTES What are you saying,
Pastor! Francis is to be Francis is in
baptized on Sunday! earnest. The apostles
It’s far too soon. baptized those who
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(Acts 2:37-42, Acts 8:35-39, Acts 16:14-15, Acts 16:30-34)

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Baptism isn’t a diploma for the saint who’s
completed a course on doctrine. It’s for the
sinner who repents and believes in Christ. It’s his
first step. You should read Matthew 28:18-20.
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 But what will people N OTES
think? Our church
just can’t let people
like that come inside!
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Look, Elizabeth. Mark 2:16,17 teaches us what Jesus did:

“When the teachers of the law who were Pharisees saw
him eating with the ‘sinners’ and tax collectors, they asked
his disciples: “Why does he eat with tax collectors and
‘sinners?’ On hearing this, Jesus said to them, ‘It is not the
healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. I have not come to
call the righteous, but sinners.’”
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The parable of the weeds

teaches us to leave it to God to
But a lot of
separate the weeds; we can’t do
weeds are going
it. (Matthew 13:24-30, 36-43)
to start growing
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in the church.
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Let’s not oblige
people to be perfect
before they become
members of the
church. They are
just children in the
faith. They need to
grow through good
pastoral care.
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 PRACTICAL WORK I’ve been a
member of this
019-053 church for the
last twenty years.
• Learn Philippians 1:6 by heart.
Do you mean to
019-054 tell me that this
new Francis, who
not long ago was a
• Delegate to a church member the task of receiving new drunk, has the
same rights in the
members and visitors in the meetings. He should introduce the congregation as
new people to other believers. I do?
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• Visit the new believers.

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That’s right, Elizabeth, I’m going to tell you the

parable of the workers in the vineyard. In it, the Lord
explains to us how to treat our brothers in Christ.
A landowner went out early in the morning to hire
men to harvest his grapes...
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• If the congregation is large, and you don’t have time to visit,

name a “big brother or sister” for each new believer. They are
responsible for helping new believers grow. They arrange for
baptism and teach them to pray and to obey all the other
commands of the Lord Jesus Christ.
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 I’ll pay you a SUMMARY TEST
denarius* for the day. Agreed. Let’s
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believers who repented.
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F discourage them.
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2. Let us trust that God will complete the work He has begun in
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my vineyard, too. I’ll With what attitude should we receive new members?
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He went out again at noon, 3. Francis sought to win his family for the Lord. A church made
and at three in the afternoon, up of whole families is stronger. Will you help the new
doing the same and again at believers to win their families?
five o’clock...
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Later... When evening came, he paid one denarius to those hired last...
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Oho! Then we who have

worked all day can
(Matthew 20:8-10) expect to receive more!
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But he paid the same wage to those hired first....

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And five of my cousins and their families
have become Christians. And now I’m Those others arrived last. They worked very little.
responsible and live my life as an example! And you have paid the same to them as to us, who have
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Friend, I am not
being unfair to you.
Didn’t you agree to
work for a denarius?
I’m defeated Don’t I have the right
again. I’m off! to do what I want with
019-042 my own money? Are
you envious because I
am generous?
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(Matthew 20:10-15)
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 Those who work all day symbolize the older church
members. They may have made many sacrifices for the
Lord. But they forget that they began by being saved by
grace alone. That did not cost them anything.
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In the Kingdom of God, the new believers have
the same rights as those who started first, because
we are all saved by God’s grace and mercy alone.
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But we have studied the Bible a lot and have suffered

much for Christ. We’ve built such a beautiful chapel.
And you want to receive these new ones just like that,
without them having to do anything! They will have the
Those who began to
same rights in the congregation as any other member.
work towards the end
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of the day mean the
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new Christians. Christ,
as landowner, wants to
give them more than
they deserve. They That’s right. We
also are saved by older members
grace alone. But should rather be glad
sometimes the older to see new members
members of the church join us. Jesus Christ
become jealous if God says: “Many who are
gives more grace to first will be last, and
new members. the last first.”
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