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 — removing 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

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. His “expectations” as expressed in

 God’s Law of Choice and Consequence 

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”!!!!!!!!!!!!

NOVEMBER 11 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 11  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 are Gracious and Merciful to all that will accept 

Your Grace and Mercy — 

O Lord why do we refuse the Gift God has Sacrificed so much to give?!?!

 Lord, I believe that there is no other Way but the WAY that You declare

 as the Way, the Truth, and the Life. 

Lord when we think we are to strong individually to believe in 

Your Great Sacrifice then I pray for Divine weakness to humble us

 before the LORD — Lord there is none like Thee and Lord we are

 foolish to think that we do not need to follow the Creator of Life in

 order to know how to live our life as You have designed us to live! 

Lord I humbly bow before You admitting my shortcomings and pray 

that Your Mercy and Your Grace be showered upon me and if it be

 Thy Permissive Will, that I will be a faithful and wise servant

 of THE MASTER!!!!!!   

AMEN

THE JESUS QUESTIONS

Jesus shows us in the Parable of the Talents that all our “talents” are

 gifts bestowed on us by the “Master” but let us not miss the fact that

 the “Master” knows each of us personally and the gifts that the “Master”

 bestows on us are “according to [our] own abilities” —

 Only an All-Knowing, All-Powerful, and All-Loving Master could know

 each of us personally and our individual abilities enough to give us 

exactly what we need.  The Parable of the Talents then amplifies

 God’s knowledge of each of our lives as the parable lists the details

 of each servant and what that servant did

 with what the “Master” had given them: 

“Then he who had received the five talents went and

 traded with them, and made another five talents. And

 likewise he who had received two gained two more also.

 But he who had received one went and dug in the ground, 

and hid his lord’s money.” (Matthew 25:16-18) 

A side note here is not to get distracted by the “amount” of “money” 

that was given to each because the important detail is that all “money”

 was not the servant’s “money” that they were “entitled” to because of

 their “service” but all that they “received” was “given” to them by the

 “Master” and was “his lord’s money”!!! 

 When we get distracted by MONEY WE MISTAKENLY THINK WE 

HAVE SOMEHOW EARNED OR ARE ENTITLED TO 

then we lose focus on “where” the “money” comes from in the first place 

and the Truth of God that we have actually “done” nothing to deserve it!!!  

Jesus continues immediately in the Parable of the Talents and brings us

 to the Truth of God and the “point” of the parable with: 

“After a long time the lord [the Master] of those servants came

 and settled accounts with them.” (Matthew 25:19) 

This Truth of God then is one that we often miss when we get ourselves

 caught up in “trading” and trying to “make more money” and we miss the

 Truth of God that there is coming a “time” even though it may be 

“After a long time”, but the TRUTH is that the “Master” will RETURN 

and there will be an “accounting” of what we have done with 

the life that the “Master” has given us! 

Jesus has been Teaching that at the “end of the age” that 

“heaven and earth will pass away” and there will be a 

“judgement/accounting” of our actions and Jesus has clearly stated that

 “you are witnesses against yourselves” and that we cannot 

“escape [our] condemnation” which is a result of what we have done

 individually with the life the “Master” has given to us 

and then left us for “a long time”!?!?!? 

Each and every parable that Jesus Teaches us is full of Promise 

but with each “promise” that the “Master” gives us, 

we must accept the “personal responsibility” to the “Master” 

that comes with the “Promise” and we must understand that it is God

 that is making both the “Promise” and establishes the 

“Terms and Conditions” of “His Promise” and since God’s 

“Promise” is a “Gift” then we either accept God’s 

“Terms and Conditions” that go with the “Gift” or we must 

refuse God’s “Gift” because we can not accept the “Gift” 

if we will not accept His “Terms and Conditions”!!! 

Our digital world cannot be navigated without us first accepting

 the “Terms and Conditions” of whatever it is we have chosen

 to add to our “possessions” and there simply is “no negotiating 

Terms and Conditions”, therefore we check the box “I Accept”

 and go to the “Next” button on our way to getting “more” possessions

 and we make the mistake of thinking we have “earned” or

 are “entitled” to these temporary possessions —

 and yet we want to negotiate “Terms and Conditions” with God’s 

“Gift” of “Eternal Life” 

which is the greatest possession that we could possibly have! 

The only “Eternal Life” being offered by the world is the 

Gift of Salvation that God gives to those that accept 

His “Terms and Conditions” for the

 “GIFT OF ETERNAL LIFE” 

and those “Terms and Conditions for Everlasting Life are:

TERMS AND CONDITIONS: EVERLASTING LIFE

“For God so loved the world that He gave 

His only begotten Son that whosoever believes in Him

 shall not perish but have everlasting  life.”(John 3:16) 

__________________________I ACCEPT