What will you do with Jesus?
Jesus said to them, “Have you never read in the Scriptures: ‘The stone which the builders rejected has become the chief cornerstone. This was the Lord’s doing, and it is marvelous in our eyes’? Matthew 21:42
In today’s reading, Jesus told a parable about a vineyard. This story symbolizes God sending prophets to His people and how they were rejected throughout generations. Then, when God sent His only Son into the world to save the people, He was rejected above all others and ultimately killed.
Jesus summed it up by saying that the One who has been rejected is now the chief cornerstone—the foundation upon which the age of grace is built. He concluded with the profound truth that this cornerstone cannot be destroyed. The priests and Pharisees clearly understood Jesus’ implication, and they were indignant. They wanted to kill Him right then and there. At that moment, they faced the most important decision of their life. They had a choice: to receive Jesus as their Messiah or to reject Him as the vinedressers did in the parable.
As we know, they rejected Him, and by the end of that week, they crucified Him. They missed the opportunity to receive and walk in their chosen heritage.
Today, we have been given the same opportunity to receive the gift of God’s salvation through His Son, Jesus. However, it is an even greater gift because Jesus’ work here on earth is finished. We no longer have the ability to physically harm Him, but we do have the power to accept Him and all that He died to restore for us.
Scripture says, “But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, to those who believe in His name” (John 1:12). Through salvation in Jesus, we have the opportunity to restore our relationship with God, our Creator. We have the authority to invite the Lord into our hearts and lives, rescuing us from an eternity separated from the Father who loves us.
So, the question today is: What will you do with Jesus? Will you receive His love and the sacrifice He made to save you from this lost and dying world, or will you reject the good news and refuse to believe it is true? Perhaps you think you can put off the decision until a better day, but I assure you, there is no better day than today to make the choice that will change your life forever.
So today, I encourage you to receive God’s gift of salvation and accept Jesus into your heart and life. He will transform your life, your circumstances, and your world. It is the greatest decision you will ever make.
Pray this simple prayer today, and Jesus will come into your life, turning what the enemy meant for evil into good:
Pray: God in heaven, I know I’m a sinner, and I need a Savior. I want to turn away from my sinful life to the life You have planned for me. Please forgive my sins, cleanse me from my past, and make me new. I know Your Son, Jesus, died for me. I believe in my heart that You raised Him from the dead.
At this very moment, I accept, confess, and proclaim Jesus as my personal Lord and Savior. From this day forward, I dedicate my life to Him. I now have a right relationship with You, my Father, through salvation in Jesus. Thank You for giving me Your Holy Spirit to guide me and empower me to do the things You have planned for my life. In Jesus’ name, Amen.
Don’t wait another moment. Jesus is waiting for you with open arms. The cornerstone that was rejected has become the foundation of a new life filled with grace, purpose, and eternal hope. Say “yes” to Him today and experience the transformation only He can bring.
Today’s scripture reading: Matthew 21:33-46
33 “Hear another parable: There was a certain landowner who planted a vineyard and set a hedge around it, dug a winepress in it and built a tower. And he leased it to vinedressers and went into a far country.
34 Now when vintage-time drew near, he sent his servants to the vinedressers, that they might receive its fruit.
35 And the vinedressers took his servants, beat one, killed one, and stoned another.
36 Again he sent other servants, more than the first, and they did likewise to them.
37 Then last of all he sent his son to them, saying, ‘They will respect my son.’
38 But when the vinedressers saw the son, they said among themselves, ‘This is the heir. Come, let us kill him and seize his inheritance.’
39 So they took him and cast him out of the vineyard and killed him.
40 “Therefore, when the owner of the vineyard comes, what will he do to those vinedressers?”
41 They said to Him, “He will destroy those wicked men miserably, and lease his vineyard to other vinedressers who will render to him the fruits in their seasons.”
42 Jesus said to them, “Have you never read in the Scriptures: ‘The stone which the builders rejected has become the chief cornerstone. This was the Lord’s doing, and it is marvelous in our eyes’?
43 “Therefore, I say to you, the kingdom of God will be taken from you and given to a nation bearing the fruits of it.
44 And whoever falls on this stone will be broken; but on whomever it falls, it will grind him to powder.”
45 Now when the chief priests and Pharisees heard His parables, they perceived that He was speaking of them.
46 But when they sought to lay hands on Him, they feared the multitudes, because they took Him for a prophet.
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