>>15915747>9The workers who were hired about the eleventh hour came and each received a denarius. 10So when the original workers came, they assumed they would receive more. But each of them also received a denarius.>11On receiving their pay, they began to grumble against the landowner. 12‘These men who were hired last worked only one hour,’ they said, ‘and you have made them equal to us who have borne the burden and the scorching heat of the day.’>13But he answered one of them, ‘Friend, I am not being unfair to you. Did you not agree with me on one denarius? 14Take your pay and go. I want to give this last man the same as I gave you. 15Do I not have the right to do as I please with what is mine? Or are you envious because I am generous?’The workers which started early complain even though they received what they were promised because others who worked less received the same. This is a refutation to the thought that someone who did good his entire life deserves a better reward than someone who repented at the end of his life, or that the one who repents late would not even deserve a reward as a whole. Remember, salvation is a gift given to whomever God wants
>>15915746To repent is to recognize you were wrong and did something wrong without making any excuses for it, accepting that you simply comitted errors that harm you and yourself. Then recognizing this error, and loving yourself, your neighbor and God you then try your best to overcome this error, this sin, out of love to all these whom you harm and insult otherwise. You will probably fail at timess comitting the same errors again, but you will make an effort to keep it as minimal as possible.
Being earnest in your effort of overcoming and selfimprovement is whats important. I feel
>>390364240 >>390364288 >>390364342 goes into that better