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Luke 12:41-48How does the gospel drive your work and worship? Your approach to this answer is related to the maturity of your faith to manage the instructions the gospel gives to you, through your relationship with Jesus. The manager in this parable understood his instruction to be a servant to those he leads. His authority was based on the expectation of his master's returning, but he also knew t...

Luke 16:1-9 The perspective in which a follower of Jesus Christs uses their treasure or wealth should always be motivated by the belief of the gospel or a desire for an opportunity to share the gospel. Jesus told a parable ending with an instruction to “make friends for yourself by means of unrighteous wealth, so that when it fails they may receive you into the enteral dwellings” (Luke 16:9). The ...

Acts 4:8-13 Our summer series, Point of View, should lead us to a distinct perspective that should be known to us. This perspective is noticed by the religious leaders to be leading the conviction of Peter and John’s statements. The element that could not be denied is the fact that “they had been with Jesus” (Acts 4:13).That is a sobering question to point towards ourselves. Do our convictions and...

Serving the LordWhen you serve the Lord, are you paying attention to the attitude in which you do it? In the Parable concerning the ten servants (Luke 19:11-27), several different attitudes can be perceived.  Before the nobleman leaves his new kingdom, he calls ten different servants and gives them all the same amount of money to invest in his kingdom while he is gone. What Jesus has given every s...

There are two elements we cannot neglect to live this life without. If these two elements are neglected, a personal assessment should be made if we ever possessed these two important elements. Our attempt to live without them will lead to the costly rejection from the Lord. Jesus tells this parable that reveals that people’s effort and assumptions can cause them to be unprepared to be brought into...