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Monday, August 25, 2014

Bible Lesson: Parables -Our Lord's: Faithfulness Of Servants.

Bible Lesson: Parables -Our Lord's: Faithfulness Of Servants.

Occasion: Time Of Testing.

Lesson: Faithfulness Leads To Reward.

Bible Texts:

Matthew 24:45-51 KJV
45 Who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom his Lord hath made ruler over his household, to give them meat in due season?
46 Blessed is that servant, whom his Lord when He cometh shall find so doing.
47 Verily I say unto you, That He shall make him ruler over all His goods.
48 But and if that evil servant shall say in his heart, My Lord delayeth His coming;
49 And shall begin to smite his fellow servants, and to eat and drink with the drunken;
50 The Lord of that servant shall come in a day when he looketh not for Him, and in an hour that he is not aware of,
51 And shall cut him asunder, and appoint him his portion with the hypocrites: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

Luke 12:42-46 KJV
42 And The Lord said, Who then is that faithful and wise steward, whom his Lord shall make ruler over His household, to give them their portion of meat in due season?
43 Blessed is that servant, whom His Lord when He cometh shall find so doing.
44 Of a Truth I say unto you, that He will make him ruler over all that He hath.
45 But and if that servant say in his heart, My Lord delayeth His coming; and shall begin to beat the menservants and maidens, and to eat and drink, and to be drunken;
46 The Lord of that servant will come in a day when he looketh not for Him, and at an hour when he is not aware, and will cut him in sunder, and will appoint him his portion with the unbelievers.

The Master is away, but He has placed His trustee, His guardian in charge over all His land, goods and servants.
Reward, depends upon the guardians faithfulness.

Matthew 24:46,47 KJV
46 Blessed is that servant, whom his Lord when He cometh shall find so doing.
47 Verily I say unto you, That He shall make him ruler over all His goods.

Luke 12:42-44 KJV
42 And The Lord said, Who then is that faithful and wise steward, whom his Lord shall make ruler over His household, to give them their portion of meat in due season?
43 Blessed is that servant, whom His Lord when He cometh shall find so doing.
44 Of a Truth I say unto you, that He will make him ruler over all that He hath.

In the perfect world all would be fine, but our world is far, far from that. In our world, stewards, decide just how faithful they wish to be.

Jesus, here mentions the unfaithful steward.

Matthew 24:48-51 KJV
48 But and if that evil servant shall say in his heart, My Lord delayeth His coming;
49 And shall begin to smite his fellow servants, and to eat and drink with the drunken;
50 The Lord of that servant shall come in a day when he looketh not for Him, and in an hour that he is not aware of,
51 And shall cut him asunder, and appoint him his portion with the hypocrites: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

Luke 12:45,46 KJV
45 But and if that servant say in his heart, My Lord delayeth His coming; and shall begin to beat the menservants and maidens, and to eat and drink, and to be drunken;
46 The Lord of that servant will come in a day when he looketh not for Him, and at an hour when he is not aware, and will cut him in sunder, and will appoint him his portion with the unbelievers.

What were the downward steps of the unfaithful steward?
Faulty Reasoning:

Matthew 24:48 KJV
But and if that evil servant shall say in his heart, My Lord delayeth His coming;

Luke 12:45 KJV
But and if that servant say in his heart, My Lord delayeth His coming;

The Master did not arrive, when the steward, thought He should, and as a consequence, begins to think that His coming would be delayed.

His faulty reasoning, led to faulty actions, actions that did not reflect The Masters care and concern for His goods or servants.

Matthew 24:49 KJV
And shall begin to smite his fellow servants, and to eat and drink with the drunken;

The steward was once a mere servant as the others, but now he has become drunken with wine and power.

John Emerich Edward Dalberg (English Historian, 1834-1902) Once stated....
“Power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.”

Luke 12:45 KJV
...and shall begin to beat the menservants and maidens, and to eat and drink, and to be drunken;

What would be the Judgment of The Master, when He returns?

Matthew 24:50,51 KJV
50 The Lord of that servant shall come in a day when he looketh not for Him, and in an hour that he is not aware of,
51 And shall cut him asunder, and appoint him his portion with the hypocrites: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

Luke 12:46 KJV
The Lord of that servant will come in a day when he looketh not for Him, and at an hour when he is not aware, and will cut him in sunder, and will appoint him his portion with the unbelievers.
Not, a demotion, but a degradation to the place of “weeping and gnashing of teeth,” a description Jesus gave to a place called, hell.

Matthew 8:12 KJV
But the children of the kingdom shall be cast out into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

Matthew 22:13 KJV
Then said The King to the servants, Bind him hand and foot, and take him away, and cast him into outer darkness, there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

Matthew 25:30 KJV
And cast ye the unprofitable servant into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

Luke 13:28 KJV
There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth, when ye shall see Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, and all the prophets, in The Kingdom Of God, and you yourselves thrust out.

So, we must ask ourselves, at this juncture, what was the import of our Lord's teaching to His disciples?

The glaring truths are:
We are His disciples.
We are His entrusted stewards, called to care for and to feed all His servants.
We are to be living expecting His imminent return.
We are to be faithful unto death.

Not to be faithful, means eternal loss of life, and eternal loss of reward.

Everyday “we” choose, just what kind of servant we are.

Revelation 22:11 KJV
He that is unjust, let him be unjust still: and he which is filthy, let him be filthy still: and he that is righteous, let him be righteous still: and he that is holy, let him be holy still.

Matthew 16:24 KJV
Then said Jesus unto His disciples, If any man will come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow Me.