In Debt

Discipleship

V 1 stumbling blocks

V 2 do not cause someone to stumble

V 3 rebuke your brother of sin

V 4 infinitely forgive someone

V 5 Increase our faith

V 6 your faith can do the impossible

when we start exercising our faith we may get too full of ourselves

and the pendulum swing will be at it’s highest

we forget where we came from

we forget who we are

we are slaves

we have a debt that we cannot possibly pay

so Jesus is telling us

our christian walk needs a balance

of the high mountain of a life of faith and the mundane life of being faithful

so firstly we have to realize who we are

An Indentured Servant

Who is God?

All Mighty, all knowing, ever present, outside of our 3 dimensional world

He is the creator, sustainer, ruler of the universe

He is absolutely Just

He is absolutely Holy

Absolutely sinless

we were created from the dust of the ground

water and dust make mud

our bodies ore nothing more than what you sweep under the rug

our bodies have been lovingly made by our creator

every birth is a gift from Yahweh

Ruth 4:13 LSB

So Boaz took Ruth, and she became his wife, and he went in to her. And Yahweh granted her conception, and she gave birth to a son.

Our existence we owe to God

every body who is alive is in debt to God for their lives

Our salvation

We have defied the most Holy with our sin

with our sin we have brought the wages of sin upon ourselves

with the sin nature that recieved from Adam we have a curse upon us

but God in His sovereignty

Confessing the Faith: The 1689 Baptist Confession for the 21st Century (III. God’s Decree)

3:3 By God’s decree, and for the demonstration of His glory, some human beings and angels are predestined (or foreordained) to eternal life through Jesus Christ, to the praise of His glorious grace. Others are left to live in their sin, leading to their just condemnation, to the praise of His glorious justice.

we are saved from the wrath of God against us and our sin

Jesus came as a baby to die a sinless death for our redemption

The Holy Spirit regenerated us to change our disposition to want salvation

We have done nothing but say yes to salvation

and turn from our pride and our way to God

so, our life is a gift from God

our eternal life is a gift from God

Our debt to the Almighty could never be paid

for all of eternity we will be in debt to mercy and grace

so, let’s read our scripture for today

Luke 17 7-10.

Faithful

V 7-9

it was unthinkable for a landowner to be grateful for a duty that was performed

to thank for a good job

to give a bonus to him

to give him a meal after a long day out in the field

in fact

V 10 the servant is expected to come in change his clothes wash up and minister to the owner

cook and serve his meal

and then and only then cook and eat his own meal

wash the dishes clean the litter box and go to bed to do the same tomorrow

there is nothing we can do that is worthy of praise

our ministry, our good works, what we do for the master is our duty

it is the least we can do in the light of what He has done for us

it is what is expected

Encyclopedia of 7700 Illustrations 1502 King Practices Obedience

King Practices Obedience

It is said of Henry of Bavaria that at one time, becoming weary of court life, he determined to enter a monastery. When he presented himself to Prior Richard, the faithful monk gave him the strict rules of the order. The king listened eagerly and enthusiastically expressed pleasure at the prospect of such complete consecration.

Then the prior insisted that obedience, implicit and expressed was the first requisite of sainthood. The monarch promised to follow his will in every detail. “Then go back to your throne and do your duty in the station God assigned you,” was the prior’s word to him. The king took up his scepter again, and from then until he died, his people said of him, “King Henry has learned to govern by learning to obey.”

—The Treasury

Jesus has given us good works to accomplish. whether it is being a king, a house wife, teacher, or Pastor, we need to be faithful to our task.

it is God that assigns our duties. Gives us our lot in life

we need to be faithful in our duties and work as if we are working for God

and to temper that with our mountain top of faith

have a balance of moving mulberry trees by faith and being a servant doing our duties

It is all a part of being a disciple

take an account of your life

are you doing your God given duties to the best of your abilities?

if not why not?

do you need to repent

to be like the king and realize this duty that I do is God given

did you need a reminder of who you are and who God is?

did you need a reminder of what Jesus has done for you?

repent and be the servant God has called you to be