AN UNPROFITABLE SERVANT.....
WE FIND SOME PRETTY UPFRONT AND EVEN SHOCKING WORDS OF CHRIST IN LUKE 17: 6-10.
IT IS TO DO WITH FAITH; AS IT IS WRITTEN "WE LIVE BY FAITH."
THE SERVANT COMING FROM THE WORK IN THE FIELD, IS NOT SERVED FIRST AT THE TABLE, BUT HE MUST SERVE HIS MASTER FIRST. THE MASTER DOES NOT HAVE TO THANK THAT SERVANT EITHER; IT WAS HIS JOB HE WAS HIRED FOR.
THEN WE NOTICE WHAT JESUS WAS GETTING AT.
VERSE 10, "SO LIKEWISE YOU, WHEN YOU ARE DONE ALL THOS THINGS WHICH ARE COMMANDED OF YOU, SAY, WE ARE UNPROFITABLE SERVANTS: WE HAVE DONE THAT WHICH WAS OUR DUTY TO DO."
WHEN WE BECOME CHRISTIANS UNDER THE GRACE OF GOD, WE COVENANT WITH GOD TO DO HIS WILL, TO SERVE HIM, TO OBEY HIM, TO LIVE HIS WAY OF LIFE, TO KEEP HIS COMMANDMENTS. WE SHOULD NOT EXPECT GOD HAS TO CONTINUALLY THANK YOU FOR THIS; IT IS OUR PART TO SO SET OUR MINDS, TO OBEY GOD. ALL THIS IS FULLY EXPLAINED IN MY IN-DEPTH STUDY CALLED "SAVED BY GRACE."
WHEN WE DO GOD'S WILL WE ARE DOING WHAT IS EXPECTED OF US TO BE UNDER THE GRACIOUSNESS OF GOD. IT IS DOING OUR DUTY AS A CHILD UNDER THE FATHER'S GRACE.
JESUS ALSO TAUGHT HERE THAT WE ARE IN THIS CONDITION OF SALVATION, TO CALL OURSELVES AN UNPROFITABLE SERVANT!
NOW IF YOU PICK UP HERE WHAT JESUS GAVE IN MATTHEW 25: 14-30.
PUT THE TWO PASSAGES TOGETHER.....WELL IT IS SURELY GOING TO SHOCK MILLIONS OF THOSE WHO CALL THEMSELVES "CHRISTIAN."
I WILL LEAVE IT TO THE READER TO CHECK THE PASSAGE IN MATTHEW AND MEDITATE ON THE RESULT OF THE TWO PASSAGES.
MOST "CHRISTIANS" HAVE NO IDEA WHAT JESUS TAUGHT, BECAUSE THEY WILL NOT READ THE FOUR GOSPELS; THEY MAY CLAIM THEY FOLLOW CHRIST BUT THEY DO NOT---- AS THEY SAY, WORDS ARE CHEAP---- TO FOLLOW JESUS YOU MUST KNOW WHAT HE TAUGHT AND WHAT HE PRACTICED; TIME TO BLOW THE DUST OFF THE GOSPELS AND GET READING THEM.
Keith Hunt
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