It was prophesied in the O.T. that a stone which the builders would reject, would become the chief cornerstone.  In the N.T. Jesus reminded the chief priests and the Pharisees of this prophesy by quoting the Scriptures to them.  But let’s not forget the reason why Jesus spoke to the temple leaders in parables.

Matthew 11:25.    I thank you, father, Lord of heaven and earth, that you have hidden these things from the wise and prudent and have revealed them to babes.

Why do you think that Jesus would say such a thing against the chief priests and the Pharisees? If you Look at the answer the most highly learned scholar and teacher of his time gave to Jesus in response to His statement, you will understand why.

John 3:3-4.  Most assuredly, I say to you, unless one is born again, he cannot see the Kingdom of God.

4.  Nicodemus said to Him, How can a man be born when he is old? Can he enter a second time into his mother’s womb and be born?

Today, when a truly born again Saint preaches the gospel of the water and the Spirit to the worldly Christians and their Church leaders, the same thing happens. Their answers and their arguments on how to become truly born again by believing in the gospel of the water and the Spirit, are every bit as ridiculous as that of Nicodemus. This parable from Matthew 21 explains the behavior, the actions, and the reactions of today’s Church leaders when confronted by the gospel of the water and the Spirit.  They dare to say that we are living in modern times, and we must adjust Gods written word to suit these times. They think they know the meaning of the Scriptures, but when they are confronted by the landowners servants, they react the same way the chief priests and the Pharisees did.  Verse 45.  If the shoe fits, wear it!  This is why the true gospel of the water and the Spirit is being persecuted today.

Matthew 21:33-46.  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 these 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 the 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.

For those who have not been truly born again of the water and the Spirit, this parable will have multiple interpretations.  For those, like the chief priests and the Pharisees of today who think they know it all, then verse 45 will fill their thoughts, and verse 46 certainly enter into action.  Many of us who are faithfully preaching the gospel of the water and the Spirit can vouch for this truth.  Our mail boxes and spam boxes are daily being filled with abuse and threats of violence from many worldly Church leaders and their followers.  Their greatest wish is that the gospel of the water and the Spirit would just disappear. Many accuse us of being a sect because of the way we keep repeating the righteousness of God time and time again, but they never stop to think why the parables of Jesus constantly repeat themselves in the four Gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John.

We see that it is the Church leaders of today who are just the same as the chief priests and the Pharisees, they know that this true gospel of the water and the Spirit is revealing them for who and what they really are, and their reactions to this gospel and those who preach it only adds to the fulfillment of the prophesy of the  stone which the builders rejected.

Verse 43  is what scares those who stand against the gospel of the water and the Spirit. They dare to condemn and persecute us and say that we are gaining much ground, but what they really mean is that we who preach the true gospel are the holy nation who is bearing much fruit.

Verse 44  is also coming down hard on today’s worldly Church leaders, they are stumbling over this stone, the true gospel, the gospel of the water and the Spirit, but instead of embracing it, it is crushing them. The righteousness of God is crushing them and their followers.  It is the servants of the landowner who are bearing much fruit today Just as Jesus said they would.  This is the reason for the violent reactions, rejection, and hatred towards the true servants of God.  And this course of action is all they can take because this is all they know, they are nothing more than the blind leading the blind, afraid that the servants of the landowner will come and reap their harvest by revealing them for who and what they really are.

Verse 36  tells us that the Son of the landowner will come to gather the fruit of the harvest, and that they will kill him. He came, and they killed him.  Well this is exactly what today’s Church leaders are doing again today when they attack the gospel of the water and the Spirit and the servants who preach it. They wish the gospel and us dead.

In the end it does not matter how they try to interpret the parables of Jesus, unless they have been truly born again of the water and the Spirit, they can neither see into the Kingdom of God let alone enter it.  God and His written word will not be mocked.

Christ the Chief Cornerstone.

1 Peter 1:15-25.   As He who called you is holy, you also be holy in all your conduct,

16.  because it is written, Be holy, for I am holy.

17.  And if you call on the Father, who without penalty judges according to each one’s work, conduct yourselves throughout the time of your stay here in fear;

18.  knowing that you were not redeemed with corruptible things, like silver or gold, from your aimless conduct received by tradition from your fathers.

19.* but with the precious blood of Christ, as the lamb without blemish and without spot.

20.   He indeed was foreordained before the foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last times for you

21.  who through Him believe in God, who raised Him from the Dead and gave Him glory, so that your faith and hope are in God.

22.  Since you have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit in sincere love of the brethren, love one another fervently with a pure heart,

23.  having been born again, not of corruptible seed but of incorruptible, through the word of God which lives and abides forever,

24.  because All flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of the grass. The grass withers, and the flower falls away,

25.  But the word of the Lord endures for ever. Now this is the word which was preached to you.

1 Petrus 2:1-16.   Therefore, laying aside all malice, all deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and evil speaking,

2.  as new born babes, desire the pure milk of the word, that you may grow thereby,

3.  if indeed you have tasted that the Lord is gracious.

4.  Coming to Him as a living stone, rejected indeed by men, but chosen by God and precious,

5.  you also as living stones, are being built up a spiritual house, a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.

6.*  Therefore it is also contained in the Scripture, Behold I lay in Zion A Chief Cornerstone, elect, precious, And he who believes on Him will by no means be put to shame.

7.*  Therefore, to you who believe, He is precious; but to those who are disobedient, The stone which the builders rejected has become the Chief Cornerstone.

8.*  and The stone of stumbling and a rock of offense.  They stumble being disobedient to the word to which they also were appointed.

9.  But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, His own special people, that you may proclaim the praises of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light;

10.  who were once not a people but are now the people of God, who had not ordained mercy but now have ordained mercy.

11.  Beloved, I beg you as sojourners and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts which war against the soul,

12.  having your conduct honorable among the Gentiles, that when they speak against you as evildoers, they may, by your good works which they observe, glorify God in the day of visitation.

13.  Therefore submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord’s sake, whether to the King as supreme,

14.  or to governors, as to those who are sent by him for the punishment of evildoers and for the praise of those who do good.

15.  For this is the will of God, that by doing good you may put to silence the ignorance of foolish men,

16.  as free, yet not using liberty as a cloak for vice, but as bondservants of God.

It is those who have truly been born again by their belief and their faith in the precious gospel of the water and the Spirit that have become the chosen generation, the royal priesthood, the holy nation, His own special people to proclaim the gospel of the water and the Spirit which called us out of the darkness into the light.  This is what scares the false prophets and ministers of today, the authority of the people from the chosen holy nation of priests who proclaim the gospel of the water and the Spirit to the ends of the earth.  For this is the only gospel which can set someone free from the 12 sins of the heart.

We are the ones who are reaping the fruit of the harvest, we are the ones who are gaining ground, we are the ones being persecuted for the righteousness of God. We are the ones who are being cursed and abused by the chief priests and the Pharisees of today.  But we are also the ones who will rule over nations and angels.

So to all of you who rebuke the only means of entering the Kingdom of God, be warned. God will not be mocked.  To all of you who think you know it better, I call you the Pharisees of this age.

One last parable to ponder upon before you start sending your hate mails to the servants of the landowner!                    

Lukas 18:9-14.     The parable of the Pharisee and the tax collector.  Are you the Pharisee or the tax collector?

To the lost sheep of Israel, do not fear,  for our Lord who became the righteousness of God by His baptism, and His blood on the cross is sending out His servants to lead you home, and to make this journey easier for you, Our Lord has sent you His faithful servant Rev. Paul C. Jong to lead the way. Rev. Paul C. Jong has written more than 60 books on this subject, and they are being translated into just as many different languages.  The primitive gospel of the water and the Spirit is gaining ground, it is being preached to the ends of the earth.

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Pastor & Evangelist

Jim Montgomerie

The New Life Mission

Holland : Branch

Lelystad

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