NOVEMBER 01 THE JESUS QUESTIONS JQ#31-17 >>> Lessons, Lifestyle, and Parables of Jesus <<< 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 Devotional

NOVEMBER 01  THE JESUS QUESTIONS  JQ#31-17  >>> Lessons, Lifestyle, and Parables of Jesus <<< 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)

Daily Prayer to JESUS    

Jesus, Lord You have proven Yourself Faithful in leading me when I am not sure exactly which direction to take — You Lord through the Holy Spirit “correct” my course if I start to stray from the “Safe and Narrow Way”. Lord Your watchfulness is a testimony to the Great Sacrifice You made on the cross for me over 2000 years ago and now You are still watching and caring for me as I live my day-to-day life “in the world” but Your Grace prevents me from being “of the world”. I must praise You for awaking me this morning with a solution to a major problem for the “work task” you have given me and it just made me remember King David writing “Your rod and your staff they comfort me” and I do take comfort in knowing that Your Presence is with me for David had just written a Psalm: “I will fear no evil for You are with me”!!! Thank You Lord that I, a sinner born over 2000 years after You died on the “Cross”, can still in this day and age get “comfort” from the “Cross” on which You, the Son of God endured the “Ultimate Discomfort” which paid the penalty for my sin!       AMEN

THE JESUS QUESTIONS

NOVEMBER 01  THE JESUS QUESTIONS  JQ#31-17  >>> Lessons, Lifestyle, and Parables of Jesus <<< 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 is Teaching the Parable of the Ten Virgins so that we might be encouraged to be prepared when He Returns at the “end of the age” for “At that time” (Matthew 25:1) of His Return as the “bridegroom” He will call us to join in the celebration of this “marriage made in heaven”. Jesus has used the analogy of the bride and the bridegroom several times as well as previously describing “heaven” as being “like a certain king who arranged a marriage for his son” (Matthew 22:2) and all along Jesus has been referring to God Almighty as Heavenly Father and repeatedly demonstrated that Jesus Himself IS the Son of God. When Jesus, whom John the Baptist called “the Lamb of God”, was baptized and the Holy Spirit was observed descending upon Jesus, that eyewitnesses recorded hearing God speak from heaven saying, “This is My Son in whom I AM well pleased.” (Matthew 3:17) therefore it is easy to see that at the end of the age that JESUS IS RETURNING to get His “Bride” and there is going to be a great wedding feast. The fact that Jesus is Teaching the Parable of the Ten Virgins at the Passover Feast in Jerusalem and is Teaching that He will be killed by men but will be Raised the 3rd Day by God Himself, we can easily surmise that Jesus is the “Passover Lamb”! Then in John’s vision of heaven at the end of the age we read of “The Marriage Supper of the Lamb” in Revelation 19:6-9 which ties “marriage” and the “Passover Lamb” to the “Son of God” who the “mighty angel” revealed that the “Lamb” is Jesus the “Son of David”  when the angel asked John in his vision of heaven “Who is worthy to open the scroll and to loose its seals(?)” and we read that John “wept for no one was worthy” but then an elder approached John and exclaimed “Do not weep. Behold, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has prevailed to loose its seven seals” and then John looked and there “stood a Lamb as though it had been slain…and the [Lamb] came and took the scroll out of the right hand of Him who sat on the throne.” (Revelation 5:2-7) Jesus also has declared God His Father as the “King” in the Parable of the Wedding Feast in Matthew 22 (Key verse: Matthew 22:2) and then the first miracle that Jesus performed was at the Wedding Feast at Cana where Jesus started His earthly Ministry was when Jesus turned water into wine and His mother declared to the “servants” at the wedding feast, “Whatever He says to you, do it.” (John 2:5) There are many other instances that tie “weddings”, the “bridegroom”, the “bride”, “servants”, the “king of heaven” and the “Lamb” to Jesus and His Return at the end of the age therefore adding validity to what Jesus Taught during His Last Week before the Passover!!! Once again Jesus is giving us some very important details as He paints the picture of the Parable of the Ten Virgins “who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom.” Let us listen to the words of wisdom spoken by Mary, the mother of Jesus as she proclaims to all that would be “faithful and wise servants” — [This is my Son Jesus] “Whatever He says to you, do it.” (John 2:5) Taking Mary’s advice would certainly help us to be prepared when the “Jesus the Bridegroom” comes back for “His Bride”!!!