OCTOBER 26 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 26  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, Savior, Redeemer, Creator of all things, Blessed Son

 of the Living God, King of kings and LORD of lords, Name after

 Glorious Name and to think that the ONE to whom ALL PRAISE

 is due would HUMBLE HIMSELF, take on the form of man to 

be tempted in the flesh in all ways that man is tempted, and yet, 

being PERFECTLY INNOCENT AND WITHOUT SIN, 

would WILLINGLY suffer and die for the sins of the world in

 OBEDIENCE to the FATHER’S WILL, because of HIS GREAT LOVE

 for mankind and the FATHER, and Who after suffering as no man

 ever has nor ever will suffer, endured death and the grave??? 

O Great Mystery of God that the FATHER GAVE THE SON TO SUFFER, 

and in seeing the SON SUFFER, one cannot imagine

 the AGONIZING SUFFERING OF THE FATHER HAVING TO 

WATCH THE SON WHOM THE FATHER WILLED TO SUFFER!?!?!?!?! —

 and all this for the sake of each and every unloveable sinner 

and all their hateful sins???? Lord forgive me when I fail to see

 how much “agony” my redemption cost You, how much Your Son

 “suffered”, and how much it must have “grieved” the Holy Spirit!?!?!?!?   

AMEN

THE JESUS QUESTIONS

Jesus has now made it clear that “heaven and earth will pass away” 

and invoking “the days of Noah” it is obvious that “the coming [again] 

of the Son of Man” at the end of the age will be to execute the 

“Consequence” of mankind’s “Choice” to reject God, who had

 demonstrated with Noah and the flood that 

God is patient but there is a limit to how far God will let 

mankind stray into darkness before GOD is Faithful to HIS PLAN

 and TRUE TO HIS WORD!!! 

Jesus also made it clear that the “JUDGEMENT” event “will happen

 but only God knows when” so Jesus warns us to “be ready, 

for the Son of Man is coming at an hour you do not expect” 

(Matthew 24:44) and Jesus followed that warning with His 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) 

We should all then “listen” to Jesus and consider that we are made

 “rulers” on this earth and in this lifetime which is passing away by the 

ETERNAL GOD and HIS WORD which “will by no means pass away”!!!! 

In His question Jesus draws our attention to the concept of “servitude” 

but let us not miss that though God makes us “rulers” that He also holds

 us responsible for being “faithful and wise [servants]” to the MASTER.

  Jesus then gives us the assurance of a great reward for our 

“faithfulness” and our “service” to GOD THE FATHER 

when He immediately states this TRUTH OF GOD after His Question

 on being “servants”: 

“Blessed is that servant  whom his master, 

when he comes, will find so doing.  Assuredly, I say to you

 that [the master] will make the [servant] ruler over 

all [the master’s] goods.” (Matthew 24:46-47) 

Being the “servant” of God we will be “blessed” by having access

 to all that God has — sounds like a good deal to me and all I have

 to do is “Love God” and “Love Others”??? — sign me up!!!!  

Jesus does remain “True” to His “mission” as He assures us also that 

although there is great reward for the “faithful and wise servant” that

 there is severe “judgement and penalty” for the “evil servant” that 

is not prepared for the return of the MASTER as Jesus describes the penalty:

 “…the [MASTER] of [the unprepared] servant will come on a day

 when [the evil servant] is not looking and [the MASTER] will 

cut him in two and appoint him his portion with the hypocrites. 

There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.”

 (Matthew 24:48-51) 

Jesus had pronounced earlier after cleansing the temple that

 the “unfaithful and unwise” leaders of the house of God, whom

 God had made “rulers” over His temple, had been judged because they

 had chosen to follow “traditions and doctrines” of man’s evil desires 

instead of being led by God! The “judgement and penalty” of those

 “hypocrites” were “Seven Woes” (Matthew 23:1-33) and the 

kingdom of God was taken from them! (Matthew 21:43)

 Therefore if God judged everything that breathed on the earth in the 

days of Noah, and if God will remove His kingdom from His

 “Chosen” people and destroy His temple in His “chosen city Jerusalem”

 that has been defiled by man, then it is obvious that God will judge the

 “evil servant” that is not prepared for the “the coming [again] 

of the Son of Man” and I can only imagine how much “agony” 

the “evil servant” will have to suffer to cause the 

“weeping and gnashing of teeth”!?!?!? 

God is consistent in both HIS REWARDS (behind DOOR #1)

 and in HIS JUDGEMENTS (behind DOOR #2) and GOD IS FAIR 

because HE GIVES US A CHOICE ——— 

the GOOD NEWS: God GIVES us a CHOICE but 

the BAD NEWS: We have to make our own CHOICE ——— 

my prayer is that YOUR CHOICE will be to be a “faithful and 

wise servant” of the MASTER OF ALL CREATION and realize 

that being an “evil servant” is a personal “CHOICE” 

[the Free Will gift of God] and not your personal destiny 

as taught by the traditions of men seeking personal power 

at the expense of the people!?!?!?!?