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Gail

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Date Posted: 08:12:26 08/20/01 Mon
In reply to: Gail 's message, "Devotional #21; August 20, 2001" on 07:55:38 08/20/01 Mon

Yeah, this is neat. Many times, to be a leader or be first, you have to git down and dirty, heh heh. A king who sits on his throne all day and just rambles stuff doesn't do much for his country, right? That's why many kings will get down and fight with his fellow solders in a war-in fact, be in the very front, the first row most likely to suffer death! He's only seen as a worthy king if he involves himself in the works of his people and take charge and be willing to suffer what his people suffer.

In Matthew 20: 1-16, it's not saying that the last and first trade places. In fact, both groups-the last and the first-both get the same amount of reward. I think what this is saying is that there is an equal amount of rewards for people who serve God, although there may be different times for when people serve God. Like a NEW Christian is not going to get LESS of a reward then someone who has been a Christian for a long time. The new Christian is not going to get to go to a place a little UNDER heaven, right? Both get to go to heaven, and both are thus rewarded. But in a way, it seems that the last gets first because he gets something that he may not seem to deserve as much as another. Heh heh, does that make any sense whatsoever? ^_^

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