OCTOBER 18 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 18  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 You are greatly to be praised for You Lord are 

Ever-Faithful and Loving to us, a sinful people, and to me the 

chief of sinners. Lord I know that it is only through Your Spirit Living

 in me can I do any good work,  LORD without You, 

I am indeed weak in the flesh.  

Lord, I praise the Holy Spirit for letting me know as soon as my intent 

is wayward the HOLY SPIRIT  convicts my mind and IMMEDIATELY

 my mind and my will start their discourse on “course correction” to get

 me back on the right SPIRITUAL track!  Lord You have given us 

Free Will and You expect us to use it responsibly, so Lord I pray for 

the Holy Spirit to guide me in self-discipline and

 Teach me True Obedience to Your Will and Your Ways!!!   

AMEN

THE JESUS QUESTIONS

Jesus always Teaches a Lesson first and then asks the Question

 in order for us to laser beam focus onto the Truth of God that

 is paramount in every Lesson that Jesus Teaches. By 

understanding the “parable of the fig tree” we start getting a better 

understanding about Jesus asking, 

“Who then is a faithful and wise servant…?” 

The fig tree that Jesus cursed as He returned to Jerusalem after 

spending the night with friends in Bethany represents the nation Israel

 and the fig tree that was just outside the Eastern Gate as Jesus

 and His disciples were about to enter Jerusalem the morning after Jesus had overturned the money changers tables in front of the temple 

in Jerusalem. The fig tree withered immediately when Jesus pronounced

 a curse on it; however, the curse was not against the physical tree

 itself but was a curse on the religious leaders of Israel because

 they had abandoned God and His Commandments. The religious

 leaders in Jerusalem  were establishing “doctrines and traditions” 

from their own interpretation of God’s WORD and therefore the nation

 Israel was no longer producing “kingdom” fruit as commanded by 

God Himself. In other words, God [the master] had made the religious

 leaders the rulers “over [God’s] household” and they had proved

 themselves to be “unwise” servants and had not been “faithful” 

in feeding the nation the 

“spiritual food” God had intended for His word !!!

In the 55th Chapter of Isaiah, God Himself speaks about providing

 “spiritual food”:

 “As the rain and snow come down from heaven, 

and does not return to it without watering the earth, 

causing it to bud and flourish in order to bring forth 

bread for the eater and seed for the sower, so is my WORD

 that goes forth from my mouth,

 it will not return to Me empty, but will accomplish what 

I desire, and achieve the purpose for which I sent it.” 

(Isaiah 55:10-11) 

In this Isaiah passage, “rain and snow” clearly is prophetic

 of Jesus {the living water} coming down from heaven and causing

 the earth to “bud” {learn the parable of the fig tree} 

and “flourish” {the abundant life} and provide

 “bread for the eater” {Spiritual food from the Word because

 man does not live by bread alone} 

and “seed for the sower” {those that spread the Word} — 

God’s Word was sent because of God’s Desire  {God so loved 

the world that He sent His only begotten Son} and

 consuming God’s WORD always produces kingdom “fruit”!!!  

As believers, we should always be aware that God has a Plan 

that will be “ACCOMPLISHED” because 

“no one can stay the HAND  OF GOD!!!  

Remember the opening line 

“as the rain and snow come down from heaven” 

which is a picture of Jesus coming in the flesh to die on the cross,

 but do not miss the line that the “rain and snow” will return to heaven —

 sounds like the “resurrection” to me so why not expect that

 God’s Plan is to judge the earth relative to the “Spiritual Fruit” 

we produce and to expect that if we are “barren” and show no

 signs of “spiritual fruit” in our lives that our fate

 could be the same as the cursed “fig tree” !?!?!?  

 Just a little “spiritual food for thought” ———