People who expect special treatment in a sense of comparison

are dissatisfied and complain about the church.

The daily wage promised by the vineyard owner was one denarius,

but the workers who worked early in the morning thought

they would be paid more than the workers who came later than them.

However, when the owner of the vineyard saw that they received only one denarius,

the same as everyone else, they complained to the owner:

“The people who came last only worked for one hour.

Will you treat them the same as us, who worked hard in the heat all day?”

When we hear the complaints of those who came first,

the cause of their complaint is that they wanted to receive special treatment

compared to those who came later

and also because the master thought (expected) to treat them specially.

Clearly, although the master promised to give each worker,

whether they came first and worked all day or came later and only worked for an hour,

the same denarius, those who came first still thought

they would receive more than those who came later,

driven by a sense of comparison

(Matthew 20:1-16).

The reason we harbor complaints towards the Lord within the body of the church

is because of the thought, 'I have been diligently serving in the church since Sunday morning,

why am I not treated specially and instead being ignored?'

Those who came to the church first and diligently engaged in various tasks

feel discontented that they are treated equally with those who came later to serve in the church.

The complaint that their hard work and effort are not specially recognized

stems from a mindset of comparison.

While their actions may mimic the Lord's, their hearts fail to reflect His.

By harboring discontentment within the church,

born out of a failure to emulate the Lord's heart,

they commit the sin of disrupting the unity of the church.