The FaithOfJesus2 Daily Devotional
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kjv@Revelation:14:12
( FaithOfJesus thread begun by rRandyP )
Today's Verse:
kjv@Luke:16:1 kjv@Luke:16:2 kjv@Luke:16:3 kjv@Luke:16:4 kjv@Luke:16:5 kjv@Luke:16:6 kjv@Luke:16:7 kjv@Luke:16:8 kjv@Luke:16:9 kjv@Luke:16:10 kjv@Luke:16:11 kjv@Luke:16:12 kjv@Luke:16:13 kjv@Luke:16:14 kjv@Luke:16:15 G3623 steward/house manager dict:tcr Steward G1287 waste/dissipate/squander G3056 account/word G5429 wise/practical We move from the topic of inheritance (which typically on our part falsely denotes entitlement) to the consideration of responsibility and accountability of believers in nearly the same breath. We could bring along the topic of waste while we are at it as the younger son just had wasted his substance on riotous living and the older son was about to waste his faithful service and relationship to the father in a jealous huff. Now we have a man accountable for keeping/reconciling accounts with the debtors of a very rich man being accused of wasting this Lord's goods. We are all sinners. We are all in unrecoverable debt. Christ Jesus has paid our debt in full. Our Lord Jesus has commissioned His paid for followers to the ministry of bringing others to the the reconciling of their debts in the same Jesus Christ. We do this as individuals, we do this as congregations. How many of us then are "wasting" His goods? and why? My guess is that while we understand the concept of atonement/reconciliation we lack the definition and fortitude to convincingly portray the type and measure of the debt. Nor do we keep ourselves clean enough project a distinctive example. Worldly wisdom in this regard is more shrewd, being aware of the perception of the debt, unabashedly leveraging other's perception of debt for their own personal gain, with unauthorized negotiation and compromise collecting a reduced of amount for the counterfeit cancellation of the debtor's debt. This while the sheepish majority of believers are uncomfortable and squeamish over whether to even bring up the topic of debt to begin with. Being faithful to the Lord always involves the convincing declaration of personal debt matched with the reconciliation of the indebted to God in Jesus Christ by His grace; this is the love for others with which we love ourselves. It also requires the reproof or calling out of the fictitious means devised by worldliness and craftiness prevalent in our culture, to stand strong and bold and engaged with much kindness/sacrificial love. Faithfulness of this type is all encompassing including even our use of money. It may seem like a small, even slightly dirty method of broadcast, but this message must get out at every opportunity and by every means available. Our effort compared to what is invested by the crafty seems small and inconsequential, but God is likely to make much bigger things out of it. The man described is perhaps more importantly titled house manager. The case can be made that he is a shepherd/pastor. He is silent initially with his parishioner's debt, but when pressed settles the debt in a lesser fashion so as to ingratiate himself to the parishioners tending toward his future excommunicated needs. The Lord might at first commend the shrewd effort as it resembles what would be wise for better intended souls to themselves actuate, the man himself though will never be house manager of this Lord ever again. Declaring Certainty Further Resources: Comment Board:Luke:16:1-15
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kjv@1Timothy:6:17
kjv@1Timothy:6:18
kjv@1Timothy:6:19
kjv@Isaiah:58:6
kjv@Isaiah:58:7
kjv@2Corinthians:5:1
kjv@Matthew:12:36
kjv@1Corinthians:4:1
kjv@1Peter:4:10
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