A Predictive Parable and Its Application

I. The Purpose of this Parable.
Note WHY Christ told this parable and the intended audience of the parable.

II. The Background to this Parable – Isaiah 5:1-7
Spiritual adultery and spiritual idolatry were the sins of Israel – Isa. 57:3-5.

III. Matthew's background to this Parable -- Matthew 21:28-32

IV. The Parable of the Wicked Vinedressers Expounded
A. The Explanation of the Parable
1. The sin of the vinedressers got progressively worse
2. The landlord had great patience and mercy to them
3. The sin of the vinedressers was two-fold – they didn't care about the landlord – and they wanted the vineyard for themselves.
4. The Vineyard would be given “to others”

B.  The Relevance of Psalm 118:22-23

C.  Final Applications