NOVEMBER 12 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 12  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 You alone are greatly to be praised for You are the Only Begotten of the Father        who Obeyed the Father’s Will and was the Only Acceptable Sacrifice for the sin of the world. Lord Jesus, where would we be without You becoming the Lamb of God, yeah our Passover Lamb to deliver us from the bondage of slavery to sin? Lord, You said plainly on the Cross as You were Suffering in Agony for our transgressions — “IT IS FINISHED” — O Blessed thought that everything that needed to be done to remove the shackles of sin from us has been accomplished and all we have to do is to choose to remove our shackles of sin by using the “key” of Jesus Christ and letting Him remove our sin and toss it into the depths of the sea and remove our sin from us as far as the East is from the West! Thank You Lord Jesus, forgive me my daily iniquities and then grant unto me the daily Bread of Life that is Your Word!   AMEN

NOVEMBER 12  THE JESUS QUESTIONS

Jesus makes it clear in the Parable of the Talents that everything we have in the way of “provisions” come from God but we must choose how to use them, either to satisfy self or to glorify THE TRUE AND LIVING GOD!!! Those that choose to use the provisions they receive from God for the Glory of God are rewarded BY GOD! Jesus had just said that the [Master] had given to each of “his own servants” talents “according to [their] own ability” and then “Immediately the [Master] went on a journey.” (Matthew 25:14-15) Jesus next lists in the Parable of the Talents what each “servant” did with what the [Master] had given each “servant” (Matthew 25:15-18) and then Jesus comes to the main point of the parable: “After a long time the lord [the Master] of those servants came and settled accounts with them.” (Matthew 25:19)  This is a very HUGE statement by Jesus about God’s Plan of Salvation for all of mankind that we should stop and look at very carefully. This HUGE statement has been told in many other ways by Jesus therefore the “statement” is not new, but this “statement” made at this time (just before His “Last Supper”) and the fact that Jesus makes the “statement” and then goes into very graphic detail of the “Consequence” of the “Actions” we choose for ourselves relative to the “talents” God has given us and His “expectations” as expressed in God’s Law of Choice and Consequence which clearly states the we are free to “Choose” what “Path to Take” but God has already established the “Consequence” or “what lies at the end of the Path” — therefore, our “Actions” either “Commend” or “Condemn” us to God the Judge. To be Fair and Equitable to all generations God has declared the “Consequences” to be Firm and Fixed for all time! Jesus states “the facts”: “So he who had received five talents came and brought five other talents, saying, ‘Lord, you delivered to me five talents; look, I have gained five more talents besides them.’ His lord [the Master] said to him, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant; you were faithful over a few things, I will make you ruler over many things. Enter into the joy of your Lord [the Master].” (Matthew 25:20-21) Here is where I always stop and desire greatly to live my life according to these principles of the Parable of the Talents (1) God gives us what is necessary to live an abundant life (2) We have also been given Freewill and can choose for ourselves what “paths we take” and what we will do with His Gifts He has provided to each of us (3) God will require an “accounting” of our Actions (4) God will reward the “faithful and wise servant” and (5) if we prove ourselves “faithful” to God with the little things He gives us, then we will be made “rulers” over many things. (6) Faithful and Wise Servants who elect to be “His own servants” and which I am certain beyond any shadow of a doubt that “THE MASTER’S JOY” will be a GREATER JOY than can possibly be imagined! This would be a good time to reflect over these simple facts and let them become your HOPE as they have become mine, for I strive to be found “serving Him faithfully” so that WHEN HE RETURNS I will be found doing those things that HONOR GOD and God will Commend me and I will hear God [the Master] Himself say as He puts His Own Hand on my shoulder, “WELL DONE, THY GOOD AND FAITHFUL SERVANT”!!!!!!!!!!!!!