OCTOBER 22 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)

 OCTOBER 22  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 thank You for each and every day that I am able to wake up to Your Promise to “Guide and Protect” me and my household — Lord may I never take for granted that each breath I take is a Gift from God and may I use the last breath I take on this earth to PRAISE THE GREAT I AM GOD to whom I commend my spirit! Lord, without Your Grace and Mercy I would be lost in a world of darkness and I praise You for the LIGHT! My prayer is that YOU keep Your SON shining in my life that I may walk in the “paths of righteousness” that Jesus always leads us down the Righteous Path to the FATHER if we but “Follow Him”!        AMEN

THE JESUS QUESTIONS

Jesus has been Teaching about the nation Israel in context of the temple being the “house” of God and that God holds the rulers that He puts in charge of His House responsible to bear Kingdom fruit. Throughout the history of the nation Israel, from the time God first called Abraham to “go to a land that I will show you” God has held His leaders responsible for their own households and the rulers responsible for those over which God places them in positions of leadership. God has always made it perfectly clear that He will “execute judgement” and Jesus has been confirming the “Judgement Day” that is coming at the “end of the age” as He has admonished His followers: “For what profit is it to a man if he gains the whole world, and loses his own soul? Or what will a man give in exchange for his soul? For the Son of Man will come in the glory of His Father with His angels, and then He will reward each according to his works.” (Matthew 16:26-27) and earlier in His Earthly Ministry Jesus had warned: “…do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. But rather fear Him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.”  (Matthew 10:28) Jesus had on the second day of this His final Passover Week on earth cursed a Fig Tree because it was not producing kingdom fruit and now Jesus has just given a “sign” of “the Son of Man” coming again and Jesus a second time uses the Fig Tree — this time the Fig Tree which represents the nation of Israel will be used to “mark” or to be a “sign” of the “end of the age” and the “Final Judgement”. This Question “Who then is a faithful and wise servant…” must be viewed in context that one day the “master” who makes “rulers” will hold each of us accountable for our actions but, being the Loving Master that He is, He gives us warnings and signs and is patient with our shortcomings but He has PROMISED JUDGEMENT on every created soul and it is this promise of “Equal Justice” for all souls that makes THE GREAT I AM the Fair and Faithful God that HE IS! So Jesus tells us to “learn this parable from the fig tree” in reference to the “end times” and the “Final Judgement”  and though Jesus gives us a “sign” He also gives us a warning — “But of that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, but My Father only. But as the days of Noah were, so also will the coming of the Son of Man be.” (Matthew 24:36-37) Jesus then goes through several details that will help us identify the “coming of the Son of Man” (Matthew 24:39) and then Jesus asks the JQ#31 Question: “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). So with the context clearly being the “coming of the Son of Man” which will be at the “end of the age”  this Question is therefore very important for God Himself will ask this Question to every soul when each of us stands before Him and we will have to give God an “honest answer” — for GOD IS TRUTH and there can be no lies to or from God! So we should “learn the parable of the fig tree” and know that God requires “fruit” and expects an honest answer from those that would accept the Gift of God which is forgiveness of sins and everlasting life for believing that His Son died on the cross at Calvary and offers to be the propitiation for our sins!