BRIDE’S VINEYARD

BRIDE’S VINEYARD

“My vineyard, which is mine is before me: thou, O Solomon, must have a thousand, and those that keep the fruit thereof two hundred”, the Shulamite now speaks about her own vineyard which is different from the Solomon’s vineyard in verse 12 of Chapter 8 in the Song of Songs. Dearly beloved, you have a vineyard too, which is different from the vineyard of Christ. In the vineyard of Christ, you enjoy the fruit of salvation yourself after paying a thousand pieces of silver but in your own vineyard, you have to labor for the fruit as a co-worker with Christ. Christ comes to your vineyard in search of the fruit. The fruit of your vineyard means the souls saved through your ministry directly or the souls caused to be saved through your ministry indirectly. These days, many children of God are only keepers in the Vineyard of Christ, enjoying the fruit thereof. But there are only a few like the Shulamite who can say, “My vineyard, which is mine, is before me”. Every one of you has a ministry to perform. You are not a mere believer or a parishioner as branded by the apostate church.

The Shulamite wants a thousand pieces of silver to be given to Solomon for the fruit thereof and a two hundred pieces of silver for those who tend the said fruit in his vineyard. As already discussed, you have to pay a heavy price to Christ for receiving His blessings. At the same time, you have to retain a small portion of the price for yourself for tending the fruit in His vineyard. As a co-worker with Christ in His Vineyard, you tend the fruit of salvation for which you can retain a small portion out of the price. It has to be in the ratio of 2:10. For example, if you intend to give a sum of $1000 per month to God’s work, you have to manage your monthly expenses just for $200 per month. If you have to increase your monthly budget of expenditure, then you have to increase the monthly budget of God’s work five times proportionately. In other words, you have to give to God more than what you spend on your maintenance. This is the New Testament standard of giving to God!

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