TODAY'S SCRIPTURE: Mark 12:1–12; Isaiah 5:1–6
SERMON FOCUS: Stewardship, Rejection of Christ, The Cornerstone, Accountability

Sermon Highlights:
• God's Plan and Preparation (v.1) – The vineyard owner plants, protects, provides, and entrusts. "Never confuse your ability to manage something with your authority to own it."
• Man's Stealing and (Lack of) Stewardship (v.2–8) – The tenants beat, shame, and kill the servants—and finally the son. "The greatest temptation of stewardship is to mistake access for ownership."
• Jesus, Our Cornerstone and Only Alignment (v.9–11) – The rejected stone becomes the cornerstone. "Jesus doesn't need to adjust Himself to fit our lives; our lives must be adjusted to align with Him."
• Man's Reality and Reward (v.12) – The religious leaders sought to arrest Jesus but feared the crowd. "Grace gives us the vineyard; accountability asks what we did with the harvest."

Supporting Scriptures:
• Isaiah 5:1–6 – The song of the vineyard
• Nehemiah 9:16 – Refusing to listen
• Jeremiah 7:26 – Stiffening the neck
• Exodus 32:9 – A stiff-necked people

Key Question:
• The question isn't: "Does Jesus fit into my life?" The question is: "Does my life line up with Jesus?"