{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"West Side Church of Christ - Elkton Ky","title":"Would You Disrespect The Son of God (From our 12-28-25 Worship)","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/1e12272f\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":1639,"description":"Watch The Video Version Here: https://youtu.be/7r2aN-aavTg\nJesus’ parable of the wicked tenants is a warning: it’s possible to “show up” around God’s things and still disrespect God’s Son—by refusing to be shaped, acting like what we have is ours, and ignoring God’s warnings.\nHook / Opening Story (Ulysses S. Grant)\nMarch 1864: Grant travels from Nashville to Washington, D.C. to meet President Lincoln and be named commander of the Union Army.\nArrives late at night—no one meets him. He walks to the Willard Hotel (historic D.C. hotel).\nClerk gives him the last room—an attic “broom closet” room—rudely, not realizing who he is.\nLater the clerk sees the registry: “U.S. Grant and son” and panics—moves him to the presidential suite.\nPoint: Sometimes we disrespect someone because we don’t recognize them… and sometimes we disrespect even when we DO know.\nMain Text\nMatthew 21:33–46 — Parable of the tenants\nOwner plants a vineyard, leases it to tenants, leaves.\nSends servants to collect fruit: they’re beaten, killed, stoned.\nFinally sends his son: “They will respect my son.”\nTenants kill the son to seize the inheritance.\nJesus quotes: the rejected stone becomes the cornerstone; the kingdom is taken from fruitless tenants and given to those who produce fruit.\nWhy This Parable Matters\nAppears in 3 of the 4 Gospels → God is emphasizing something weighty.\nThe spotlight phrase: “They will respect my son.”\nChallenge: It’s easy to talk about “outsiders” disrespecting Jesus… but the real gut-check is:Can Christians disrespect the Son—unintentionally or through a hardened heart?\nAnswer: Yes.\nThree Ways We Can Disrespect the Son (Applications)\n1) Refusing to “Build” (Rejecting the Cornerstone)\nJesus = the perfect cornerstone (foundation and alignment).\nChristians = living stones being built up (cf. Peter’s imagery).\nWe don’t have to be perfect, but we must be progressing:A heart that says: “I want God; I want growth; I want change.”\nDisrespect happens when we say:“I want the...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/lvjrvJQzIzEamCIrdKMIrIgeJhJiQm_6B3NGmBkvnkU/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS8yMTFj/NDA4ZDU1M2YyMDdj/ZWFiZjA0MDU1MDE2/NWNmNS5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}