JESUS' STORY ABOUT TWO SONS

Matthew 21, Jesus told this story. "A man with two sons told the older boy, ‘Son, go out and work on the farm today.’ ‘I won’t,’ he answered, but later he changed his mind and went.

Then the father told the youngest, ‘You go!’ and he said, ‘Yes, sir, I will.’ But he didn’t. Which of the two was obeying his father?”

They replied, “The first, of course.” Then Jesus explained his meaning: “Surely evil men and prostitutes will get into the Kingdom before you do. For John the Baptist told you to repent and turn to God, and you wouldn’t, while very evil men and prostitutes did. And even when you saw this happening, you refused to repent, and so you couldn’t believe. FRIENDS, SINNERS WHO REPENT AND DO WHAT JESUS ASKS WILL ENTER THE KINGDOM OF GOD FASTER THAN A RIGHTEOUS PERSON WHO CONTINUES TO DO THEIR OWN THING. Hebrews 5:8-9 Even though Jesus was God’s Son, he had to learn from experience what it was like to obey when obeying meant suffering. It was after he had proved himself perfect in this experience that Jesus became the Giver of eternal salvation to all those who obey him.