Sermon - Lent 5, Year C, 2025 - Luke 20:9-20
Parable of the Wicked Husbandmen , Marten van Valckenborch, 1580 The Battle for the Vineyard The church of God is the vineyard In love for His church God sent His Son to die at the hands of evil men Those who reject the Son lose their place in the church Those who fall on Christ are welcomed into the church The Lord sings over His vineyard the church through the prophet Isaiah: “ Let me sing for my beloved my love song concerning his vineyard: My beloved had a vineyard on a very fertile hill. He dug it and cleared it of stones, and planted it with choice vines; he built a watchtower in the midst of it, and hewed out a wine vat in it; and he looked for it to yield grapes, but it yielded wild grapes. … For the vineyard of the LORD of hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah are his pleasant planting; and he looked for justice, but behold, bloodshed; for righteousness, but behold, an outcry!” What love and affection the Lord showed the Israelites, preserving them eve...