NOVEMBER 10 THE JESUS QUESTIONS JQ#31 “Who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom his master made ruler over his household, to give them food in due season?” (Matthew 24:45)

 

NOVEMBER 10  THE JESUS QUESTIONS  

JQ#31

 “Who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom his master

 made ruler over his household, to give them food in due season?”  

(Matthew 24:45)

LIVING FOR JESUS - Daily Prayer    

Jesus, Lord I am overwhelmed by Your Marvelous Grace and 

Gracious Mercy that You pour out daily on me and our family. 

We can see You working in our lives in ways that even exceed our

 prayers and hopes. Lord Jesus we know that we do not deserve

  the blessings You have showered on us so my prayer is for us to be

 good stewards of all that You have given us both spiritually and 

physically and make us aware that good stewardship of kingdom

 treasures is to share them with others! 

So Lord keep us daily mindful that we are to be Your hands, feet, 

and heart for those with needs and when we encounter those needs

 that we will share with others as You have so generously shared with us!

 Lord Jesus, keep us safe in the Father’s Hands 

and strong and secure in Your Love!   

AMEN

THE JESUS QUESTIONS

Jesus reveals the Truth of God thereby revealing 

God the Father 

through the parables and the Jesus Questions that Jesus asks! 

In this Jesus Question JQ#31 and these 

Parables of the Ten Virgins and the Talents 

that accompany JQ#31, we are to focus our attention on 

(T1) the Master/Servant relationship 

(T2) the Master’s expectations of servants 

that choose to be “His” servants 

(T3) and also Jesus gives us a “How To List” of serving the Master! 

These are all very important things to know about 

“The MASTER and King of Heaven and Earth” 

and “how to” gain favor with the “King” and “how to” gain entrance to

 and inherit all the privileges of “The Kingdom of God”!!! 

Jesus gives us details of all these 

in a special way as He started the

 Parable of the Talents by setting up the scene for us as we see the

 “Master” giving “His goods” to “His own servants” and then the

 “Master” leaves “His own servants” in charge of the Master’s “Goods”. 

There is an implied “DIVINE TRUST” that the “Master” has imparted 

to “His own servants” expressed by the fact that the “Master” 

gave them the “talents…each according to [the servants] 

own ability; and immediately he went on a journey.” 

The picture in my mind is in Genesis: 

“The Lord God [the “Master”] planted a garden eastward in Eden,

 and there [the “Master” ] put the man whom He had formed. 

And out of the ground the Lord God made every tree grow that

 is pleasant to the sight and good for food….then the Lord God

 [the “Master” ] took the man and put him in the garden of Eden

 to tend and keep it.” (Genesis 2:8-15) When I read that God gives

 everything to each “according to their own ability”

 I learn that God has always given

 

His Personal and Undivided Attention 

to His Personal Relationship 

with each INDIVIDUAL!!!  

God did it for the first man Adam

 and now Jesus is Teaching 

that the “Master” gives each 

“according to their own ability”

 we must TRUST that God knows 

our individual needs and will

 provide for us accordingly! 

Jesus is also Teaching us that God 

will make all the necessary provisions for us but then God 

“Divinely Trusts”

 EACH INDIVIDUAL  to use them responsibly —

 God gave Adam the “entire” Garden of Eden

 that contained

 “everything” 

Adam needed to live an “abundant life” 

and had not Adam “disobeyed” God, 

Adam would have lived “eternally” 

for it was Adam’s “disobedience” to God 

that was “sin” and brought “death” into the world! 

God did not put Adam into the Garden with a “guard” placed in the

 garden to watch over him ——— No, God gave Adam the Garden and 

INDIVIDUAL FREEWILL

 and the 

responsibility to “tend [the entire garden God had provided for him]”! 

Then we read that after Adam and Eve had disobeyed God that 

“they heard the sound of the Lord God walking in the garden…”

 (Genesis 3:8) 

and since we can assume that God was not with them while they were

 partaking of the forbidden fruit, that God had 

“returned [to the garden that He had given to Adam 

with the responsibility to watch it]” to check up on them

 which is the same scenario we read about in the

 Parable of the Talents 

as God gives “His own servants” talents

 “according to [their] own ability”

 and then leaves them with His Trust 

and the responsibility to use them wisely.

We can also assume that if God gives us a “talent” or “talents” 

that He has already made sure they are the “talents” we need to live 

an abundant, successful and productive life and that like the 

Loving Father that GOD IS, 

the “Master” will RETURN to make sure

 we are OK, 

at which time 

we will naturally be judged by our own actions 

and what we have done with the talents and responsibilities God

 has graciously bestowed on each of us, 

“according to [our] ability” — 

that’s about as “Fair and Equitable” 

as it could possibly get

for each and every individual

that ever lived !!!

NOVEMBER 09 THE JESUS QUESTIONS JQ#31 “Who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom his master made ruler over his household, to give them food in due season?” (Matthew 24:45)

 

NOVEMBER 09  THE JESUS QUESTIONS  

JQ#31 

“Who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom his master 

made ruler over his household, to give them food in due season?”  

(Matthew 24:45)

LIVING FOR JESUS - Daily Prayer    

JESUS, praise be Your Name, my God, my Redeemer. Lord Jesus,

 I thank You that on this journey You have placed messengers along

 my path and I pray that You will grant me understanding, wisdom,

 and good discernment of who the messengers are and what is the

 message that You have sent with Your messenger to help me 

on my journey to eternity.  Lord today as I awoke, the thought hit me

 that I need to pray more intently to You, to spend more time in prayer

 just talking to You and then the thought of God the Father 

describing His Messiah as “the chief cornerstone” gave me the idea

 to study in depth all of God’s descriptions of the Messiah in the 

Old Testament and use them to draw a picture of You

 in the New Testament — Lord Jesus I pray for Your Wisdom 

and Light to guide me through Your Word that I may point others to You!!!

 AMEN

THE JESUS QUESTIONS

Jesus is Teaching about the “responsibility” that goes along with

 the “privilege” of “THE MASTER” choosing us to be “His own servants”

 in the Parable of the Talents (Matthew 25:14-30) and is a complimentary

 Lesson to being “a faithful and wise servant” Jesus had just Taught

 in the Parable of the Ten Virgins (Matthew 25:1-13) and these 

two parables are book-end Lessons for The Jesus Question JQ#31

 “Who then is a faithful and wise servant, 

whom his master made ruler over his household,

 to give them food in due season?” 

 (Matthew 24:45). 

Jesus begins the Parable of the Talents by introducing the concept

 of the “man [the master] traveling to a far country” 

leaving “his own servants” in charge of all “his goods”. 

Jesus begins the responsibility-Lesson of “THE MASTER” having 

“delivered his [the master’s] goods to [his own servants]” as Jesus

 starts the Parable of the Talents with: 

“And to one [servant] he [the master] gave five talents,

 to another two and to another one,

 to each according to [the servant’s] own ability;

 and immediately he [the master] went on a journey.” 

(Matthew 25:15) 

As is the modus operandi of the MASTER TEACHER, Jesus introduces

 not just one but several very important concepts contained with His

 introductory statement so let us look at these concepts individually —

 (C1) the master is giving “talents” to his servants which means that

 the master will make provision for “his own servants” 

 (C2) before leaving the servant in charge, the master is wise enough to

 give each servant “according to his own ability” and 

(C3) the master gives “his own servants” their provisions 

and then leaves them to live up to their responsibility!

 

It is implied that THE MASTER is leaving

 but WILL RETURN 

for an ACCOUNTING (Final Judgment) 

of everyone but especially 

for the ACTIONS of

 “his own servants” !!! 

I know that sometimes {most often}

 I do not “desire” the “responsibility” but I “want” to enjoy

 the “master’s” goods — it sure looks like there is a lot to learn

 in the Parable of the Talents but

 “we must first be willing to listen” 

to “THE MASTER”!!!!!