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 The focus of what we've been talking about in our sermon series through Luke for the past number of weeks.

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 Of course there are many things we could say to answer that question.

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 We've heard from Luke that Jesus doesn't want us to live as hypocrites like the Pharisees.

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 He doesn't want us to live for greed, seeking after the stuff of this earth and how to please ourselves to the max.

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 We've heard that he doesn't want us to be anxious about what we need.

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 And these are all the ways that he doesn't want us to live.

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 But how does Jesus want us to live?

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 Well we've heard from Luke that he wants us to be honest and sincere.

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 That we are to fear God and live for his approval instead of the approval of people.

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 To be rich toward God.

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 And to trust God to provide for our needs.

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 And then last Sunday we heard that Jesus wants us to seek God's kingdom.

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 And to store up treasure in heaven.

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 Well Jesus continues on with this theme of how we are to live as his followers in Luke chapter 12.

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 So we're going to pick up his words in verse 35.

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 And Jesus gives us three analogies in the passage we're looking at today.

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 That just sort of are illustrations of how he wants us to live.

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 Let me start by reading the first one.

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 Be dressed, ready for service, and keep your lamps burning.

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 Like servants waiting for their master to return from a wedding banquet.

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 So that when he comes and knocks they can immediately open the door for him.

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 It will be good for those servants whose master finds them watching when he comes.

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 Truly I tell you.

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 He will dress himself to serve.

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 Will have them recline at the table.

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 And will come and wait on them.

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 It will be good for those servants whose master finds them ready.

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 Even if he comes in the middle of the night.

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 Or toward daybreak.

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 So this first analogy that we get is of a servant that's ready and waiting.

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 Jesus tells his disciples to be dressed.

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 Ready for service and keep your lamps burning.

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 Like servants waiting for their master to return.

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 From a wedding banquet.

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 He gives them this illustration.

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 And probably at first if we're honest this illustration might not feel as illuminating to us.

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 As maybe it did to them back then.

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 Because of all the cultural differences.

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 Back then many households had slaves.

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 It was embedded in the culture of Jesus' day.

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 And there was different reasons a person might find themselves in that position.

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 Some sold themselves into slavery.

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 To pay off debts.

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 Others surrendered themselves to it after being conquered during war.

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 Some were born into it.

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 And it was even regulated by the governments.

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 And by the laws of the day.

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 Many households had slaves.

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 And of course the obligation of a slave was just to do the work that the master assigned to them.

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 And a good master would look after them.

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 And provide for their needs.

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 And in a sense they'd be considered members of the household.

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 But basically their role.

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 Their job was just to serve their master.

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 Now of course we all know Jesus isn't endorsing slavery here with this teaching.

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 He's not saying that it's good for society to have it.

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 But he's using something that everybody in his day would understand as an illustration.

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 He gives them this scenario.

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 Think about a slave or a servant who has been given the job of watching and waiting for his master to return.

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 The master is going out to a wedding banquet.

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 Which just like today can go well into the evening.

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 And of course back then they didn't have cars or electricity.

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 They didn't have street lights or light bulbs.

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 And so the servant's job in this situation was to keep the lights on at the house.

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 Until the master returned from the banquet.

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 Just imagine yourself coming home in the night.

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 It's late. It's dark.

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 There's no street lights.

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 There's no headlights.

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 There's no flashlights.

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 And so it's difficult to find your way.

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 But if the lamps are lit and burning.

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 You can see them.

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 And where the house is in the distance.

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 And you can find your way.

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 It was also customary back then to bolt and bar the doors.

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 Of course thieves and thugs came out at night.

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 And many of us lock our doors at night too.

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 And so the servant in this story is assigned that job of opening, unlocking the door for the master when he returns.

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 If the banquet goes late, everybody else in the house may be asleep.

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 And so there's need of at least one person to wait up, keep the lamps lit, unbar the door when the master returns.

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 And who knows, maybe when the master returns he wants to wash his hands or feet or something in some hot water before bed.

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 So the servant's job was also to wait on the master until he went to sleep.

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 Now this is all analogy.

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 Jesus tells his disciples,

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 Be dressed, ready for service,

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 And keep your lamps burning like servants waiting for their master to return.

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 He goes on in verse 37.

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 He says,

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 It will be good for those servants whose master finds them watching when he comes.

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 Why would it be good?

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 Because that's what the master asked them to do before he left.

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 It's not quite the same, but I think of this in context of family life.

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 Mom or dad sends a child to a room to clean up a mess that they've made.

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 And maybe ten minutes later we wander by that room to check on the progress.

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 It will be good for that kid whose parents find that the cleaning is either in progress or done.

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 It will not be good for that kid if there's even more mess and nothing's been done.

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 You could also think of this in the context of an employer and employee relationship.

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 You're paying that employee to do a job for you.

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 And so it will be good for that employee if when you swing by to check on them,

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 they've done it or they're at least in the process of doing it.

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 And of course we can flip that around too.

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 If you work for someone else, then they're paying you.

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 And it will be good for you if when they come, they find that you've made progress

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 since their last time checking in with you.

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 Whatever the case, whether slave or free, child, parent, adult,

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 it is commendable to do your work.

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 It's commendable to look after your responsibilities.

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 Even in the shows that we watch and in the books that we read,

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 we think well of that character who is faithful to do the thing that they were assigned to do or given to do.

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 I haven't watched any kind of Batman show in a long time,

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 but my favorite character in the show isn't Batman.

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 It's the butler, Alfred.

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 Alfred's always thinking ahead to what Bruce Wayne might need.

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 He keeps the house running like a Swiss timepiece.

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 He's always ready to stitch Batman up when he comes home bleeding.

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 He faithfully guards Batman's secret identity.

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 He's a true hero in the story.

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 And just think of where Batman would be if it were not for Alfred, his faithful butler.

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 Whether servant or the head of the household,

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 it's commendable to do your work and to do it well.

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 It will be good for that servant whose master finds him watching when he comes.

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 But then Jesus says something unexpected here.

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 He says,

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 Truly, I tell you, the master will dress himself to serve,

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 will have the servants recline at the table,

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 and will come and wait on them.

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 Now I think at this point, all who are listening probably went,

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 Wait.

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 What?

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 Because this is not how things usually go between master and servant.

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 Between master and slave.

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 I mean, imagine this.

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 The master comes home.

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 He says,

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 Oh, I've had plenty to eat and drink already.

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 I just came from a wedding banquet.

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 But since you guys are such good servants,

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 always looking after me.

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 Here, give me that apron.

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 You go sit down at the table.

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 I'll get you something to eat and to drink.

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 I'm sure the people listening were perplexed when Jesus said this.

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 Because this just never happens.

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 And so this analogy starts with something really familiar.

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 But then it ends with this surprise.

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 And we're going to unpack that surprise and the meaning of the twist in just a minute.

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 Verse 38.

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 So back to the servant for a second.

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 Can you imagine him just sitting at the door, waiting for hours?

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 It's getting darker.

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 It's getting later into the night.

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 In this part of the world, midnight happens about six hours after sunset.

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 And so if the master returns at midnight,

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 we're talking six hours of refilling lamps

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 and just sitting there by the door, waiting and watching.

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 How easy would it be to just sort of lay down on this couch

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 and maybe just take this little cushion

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 and nestle it under my head a little bit

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 and take a little nap?

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 But then what if I fall fast asleep

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 and the lamps go out

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 and I wake up to the pounding of my master's fist at the door?

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 Or worse, what if it takes me a few minutes

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 even just to hear that he's knocking?

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 Jesus says it will be good for those servants

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 whose master finds them ready

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 even if he comes toward daybreak.

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 Yikes.

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 What if the master stays out nearly all night

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 at this banquet?

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 Does he still expect the servant to have the lights on

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 and to unbar the door in the wee hours of the morning?

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 Yeah.

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 Yeah.

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 Because that's his job.

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 And it really doesn't matter when the master comes back,

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 how long he's out,

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 what time he arrives.

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 The point is

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 that his job,

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 his assignment as a servant

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 is to be ready

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 and watching

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 for the master's return.

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 And it's at this moment

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 Jesus shifts very quickly

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 to his second analogy.

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 Verse 39.

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 He says,

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 But understand this,

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 if the owner of the house

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 had known

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 at what hour the thief was coming,

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 he would not have let his house

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 be broken into.

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 What's the point?

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 The point is

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 that people

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 usually don't know

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 when

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 thieves are going to strike.

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 If they knew the thief was coming

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 at 3 a.m.

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 on Friday night,

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 they would do whatever was needed

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 to prevent the robbery.

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 They would be ready.

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 But since people

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 usually don't know

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 when thieves are going to strike,

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 they must in a sense

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 be ready always.

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 It's why we lock things up

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 as habit

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 when leaving valuables unattended

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 or when going away on vacation.

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 It's just part of being ready

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 because we don't know

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 when the thief will strike.

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 Maybe it won't be

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 tonight,

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 but maybe it will be tonight.

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 Well, finally,

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 Jesus gets to the point,

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 verse 40.

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 He says,

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 You also

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 must be ready

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 because the Son of Man

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 will come

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 at an hour

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 when you do not expect Him.

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 This is the statement.

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 This is the big point

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 that ties everything together.

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 It helps us see

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 what these illustrations

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 apply to.

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 Just like the servant

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 didn't know

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 when his master

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 would return

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 from the wedding banquet,

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 just like the homeowner

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 doesn't know

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 when the thief

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 is going to come,

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 there's coming a day,

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 says Jesus,

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 when the Son of Man

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 will return.

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 He will come

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 and we,

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 his followers,

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 don't know

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 when

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 that will be.

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 Jesus is saying,

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 I'm going to come

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 at an hour

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 when you do not expect me.

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 And so,

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 what does Jesus

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 want his followers

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 to do?

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 Be ready.

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 Be ready.

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 And,

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 more specifically,

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 be ready

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 always.

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 at all times.

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 That theme

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 of always

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 runs through

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 both of these

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 analogies.

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 In that first analogy,

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 the servants

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 didn't know

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 when the master

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 would return

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 from the wedding banquet.

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 Would it be in two hours?

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 Would it be in four?

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 Would it be at midnight?

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 Would it be

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 almost in the morning

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 towards daybreak?

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 They didn't know

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 when,

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 and so they had

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 to stay awake.

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 They had to stay alert.

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 They had to keep

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 the lamps burning

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 at all times

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 until it happened.

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 The homeowner

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 didn't know

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 what day

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 or hour

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 the thief is coming

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 and so he has

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 to be prepared

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 in one way

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 or another

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 for that visit

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 every night.

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 But what does it

00:16:41.379 --> 00:16:42.220
 mean to be ready

00:16:42.220 --> 00:16:43.200
 for Jesus'

00:16:43.399 --> 00:16:43.679
 return?

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 he's the son

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 of man.

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 How do these

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 illustrations relate

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 to that?

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 Well, one thing

00:16:57.139 --> 00:16:57.960
 that we can pick

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 up on here

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 is that servant

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 idea.

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 Jesus uses

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 the analogy

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 of a servant

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 and a master.

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 And there's

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 a sort of

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 relation,

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 there's a reason

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 I think it relates

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 to our relationship

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 with him.

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 All of us

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 who believe

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 in Jesus

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 are servants

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 of Jesus.

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 He is the Messiah,

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 he's our king

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 and so yes,

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 we are servants.

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 He is the master

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 and when Jesus

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 says,

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 be dressed

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 and ready

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 for service,

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 he really does

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 mean that we,

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 his followers,

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 should be

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 ready to serve

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 him

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 with our lives,

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 to do things

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 for him

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 because he

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 is our master.

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 father.

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 I think too

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 that we can

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 also remember

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 that that word

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 as I mentioned

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 earlier is more

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 accurately translated

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 not servant

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 but slave.

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 Yes,

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 the Bible

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 does describe

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 our relationship

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 with God

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 and Jesus

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 as that of a

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 slave.

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 We're not

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 merely employed

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 by God

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 but we belong

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 to God.

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 Now,

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 we shouldn't

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 just take

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 everything bad

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 that we know

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 about slavery

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 from human history

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 and read it

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 into this

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 because remember

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 the twist

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 in the analogy

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 at the end.

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 What does

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 the master

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 do for his

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 slave

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 if the slave

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 is found

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 watching

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 when he returns?

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 Jesus says,

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 truly I tell you

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 he will dress

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 himself,

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 the master

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 will dress

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 himself to serve

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 will have

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 them recline

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 at the table

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 and will come

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 and wait

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 on them.

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 And so

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 Jesus is not

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 like the slave

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 owners in human

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 history.

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 He loves

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 those who

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 belong to

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 him.

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 Even though

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 we're lower

00:19:00.640 --> 00:19:01.519
 than Jesus

00:19:01.519 --> 00:19:02.299
 in status

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 and under

00:19:02.940 --> 00:19:03.660
 his authority

00:19:03.660 --> 00:19:04.759
 he has promised

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 to serve

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 us,

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 to wait

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 on us

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 when he

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 returns

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 provided

00:19:11.160 --> 00:19:11.160


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 that we've

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 kept

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 watch

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 as he

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 asked us

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 to.

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 And I'm

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 going to be

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 honest

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 here,

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 I'm not

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 even really

00:19:18.099 --> 00:19:18.559
 sure

00:19:18.559 --> 00:19:19.839
 what this

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 part of the

00:19:20.339 --> 00:19:21.220
 analogy is

00:19:21.220 --> 00:19:22.000
 pointing to

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 specifically.

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 We do see a

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 little picture of

00:19:25.920 --> 00:19:26.740
 this later on

00:19:26.740 --> 00:19:27.299
 in the story

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 when Jesus

00:19:27.839 --> 00:19:28.640
 takes up the

00:19:28.640 --> 00:19:29.460
 servant's towel

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 and gets down

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 and washes

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 the feet of

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 his disciples

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 the night

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 before he

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 dies.

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 He really

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 is a good

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 master.

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 The kind

00:19:41.419 --> 00:19:41.980
 of master

00:19:41.980 --> 00:19:42.799
 who would

00:19:42.799 --> 00:19:43.559
 humbly

00:19:43.559 --> 00:19:44.559
 and lovingly

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 scrub the

00:19:45.480 --> 00:19:46.059
 dirt off

00:19:46.059 --> 00:19:46.559
 our feet.

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 Not because

00:19:48.539 --> 00:19:49.079
 we deserve

00:19:49.079 --> 00:19:49.339
 it,

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 but just

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 because that's

00:19:51.859 --> 00:19:52.259
 the kind

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 of person

00:19:53.299 --> 00:19:53.720
 that he

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 is.

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 But this

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 is talking

00:19:57.720 --> 00:19:58.559
 about the

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 future when

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 he returns.

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 There's coming

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 a day when

00:20:01.700 --> 00:20:02.299
 he will come

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 back to this

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 earth.

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 And if we

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 have been

00:20:04.720 --> 00:20:05.220
 ready to

00:20:05.220 --> 00:20:05.899
 serve and

00:20:05.899 --> 00:20:06.960
 done what

00:20:06.960 --> 00:20:07.480
 he assigned

00:20:07.480 --> 00:20:08.079
 to us in

00:20:08.079 --> 00:20:08.659
 some way,

00:20:08.859 --> 00:20:09.440
 figuratively

00:20:09.440 --> 00:20:09.960
 speaking,

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 he will

00:20:10.379 --> 00:20:10.899
 seat us

00:20:10.899 --> 00:20:11.440
 around his

00:20:11.440 --> 00:20:12.119
 own table

00:20:12.119 --> 00:20:13.500
 and do

00:20:13.500 --> 00:20:14.059
 for us

00:20:14.059 --> 00:20:14.859
 what we

00:20:14.859 --> 00:20:15.259
 have done

00:20:15.259 --> 00:20:15.740
 for him.

00:20:18.579 --> 00:20:19.240
 He will

00:20:19.240 --> 00:20:19.960
 serve us.

00:20:22.940 --> 00:20:23.559
 What a

00:20:23.559 --> 00:20:23.859
 thought.

00:20:25.279 --> 00:20:25.919
 And it

00:20:25.919 --> 00:20:26.319
 won't mean

00:20:26.319 --> 00:20:26.659
 that he's

00:20:26.659 --> 00:20:27.099
 any less

00:20:27.099 --> 00:20:27.579
 the king

00:20:27.579 --> 00:20:28.679
 or that

00:20:28.679 --> 00:20:29.119
 we're any

00:20:29.119 --> 00:20:29.659
 more than

00:20:29.659 --> 00:20:30.480
 subjects.

00:20:30.480 --> 00:20:31.480
 not

00:20:31.480 --> 00:20:33.319
 but he

00:20:33.319 --> 00:20:33.980
 has promised

00:20:33.980 --> 00:20:34.860
 to serve

00:20:34.860 --> 00:20:35.480
 his

00:20:35.480 --> 00:20:36.339
 servants

00:20:36.339 --> 00:20:39.000
 as a

00:20:39.000 --> 00:20:39.660
 reward for

00:20:39.660 --> 00:20:39.900
 their

00:20:39.900 --> 00:20:40.599
 faithfulness

00:20:40.599 --> 00:20:41.559
 to him.

00:20:43.940 --> 00:20:44.839
 This is a

00:20:44.839 --> 00:20:45.420
 promise that

00:20:45.420 --> 00:20:45.779
 we can

00:20:45.779 --> 00:20:46.380
 cling to,

00:20:47.319 --> 00:20:47.900
 especially

00:20:47.900 --> 00:20:48.759
 when life

00:20:48.759 --> 00:20:49.259
 is hard

00:20:49.259 --> 00:20:52.480
 or when

00:20:52.480 --> 00:20:52.680
 we're

00:20:52.680 --> 00:20:53.420
 tempted to

00:20:53.420 --> 00:20:53.819
 sort of

00:20:53.819 --> 00:20:54.220
 take it

00:20:54.220 --> 00:20:54.559
 easy

00:20:54.559 --> 00:20:56.700
 in how

00:20:56.700 --> 00:20:57.220
 we serve

00:20:57.220 --> 00:20:58.159
 the Lord.

00:20:58.440 --> 00:20:58.839
 We can

00:20:58.839 --> 00:20:59.240
 remember

00:20:59.240 --> 00:20:59.819
 he is

00:20:59.819 --> 00:21:00.559
 coming back

00:21:00.559 --> 00:21:01.440
 and he

00:21:01.440 --> 00:21:02.539
 will reward

00:21:02.539 --> 00:21:03.319
 us specially

00:21:03.319 --> 00:21:04.579
 for being

00:21:04.579 --> 00:21:05.500
 vigilant

00:21:05.500 --> 00:21:07.339
 and faithful.

00:21:11.379 --> 00:21:12.079
 Let's move

00:21:12.079 --> 00:21:12.599
 on now to

00:21:12.599 --> 00:21:13.000
 the third

00:21:13.000 --> 00:21:13.500
 and final

00:21:13.500 --> 00:21:14.079
 illustration.

00:21:14.779 --> 00:21:15.460
 This one's a

00:21:15.460 --> 00:21:15.759
 little bit

00:21:15.759 --> 00:21:16.299
 longer and

00:21:16.299 --> 00:21:16.779
 has a little

00:21:16.779 --> 00:21:17.519
 more detail

00:21:17.519 --> 00:21:17.899
 in it.

00:21:18.899 --> 00:21:19.519
 And then

00:21:19.519 --> 00:21:19.899
 we'll talk

00:21:19.899 --> 00:21:20.379
 more about

00:21:20.379 --> 00:21:20.679
 what it

00:21:20.679 --> 00:21:21.299
 really means

00:21:21.299 --> 00:21:21.839
 to be

00:21:21.839 --> 00:21:22.960
 ready for

00:21:22.960 --> 00:21:23.279
 Jesus'

00:21:23.480 --> 00:21:23.799
 return.

00:21:24.559 --> 00:21:26.179
 verse 41.

00:21:27.179 --> 00:21:27.919
 Peter asked,

00:21:29.159 --> 00:21:29.480
 Lord,

00:21:29.599 --> 00:21:29.919
 are you

00:21:29.919 --> 00:21:30.460
 telling this

00:21:30.460 --> 00:21:31.019
 parable to

00:21:31.019 --> 00:21:32.099
 us or

00:21:32.099 --> 00:21:32.700
 to everyone?

00:21:34.039 --> 00:21:34.919
 The Lord

00:21:34.919 --> 00:21:35.359
 answered,

00:21:36.579 --> 00:21:37.639
 Who then

00:21:37.639 --> 00:21:38.299
 is the

00:21:38.299 --> 00:21:39.159
 faithful and

00:21:39.159 --> 00:21:40.299
 wise manager

00:21:40.299 --> 00:21:41.500
 whom the

00:21:41.500 --> 00:21:42.240
 master puts

00:21:42.240 --> 00:21:43.019
 in charge

00:21:43.019 --> 00:21:43.460
 of his

00:21:43.460 --> 00:21:43.919
 servants

00:21:43.919 --> 00:21:45.119
 to give

00:21:45.119 --> 00:21:45.539
 them their

00:21:45.539 --> 00:21:46.379
 food allowance

00:21:46.379 --> 00:21:46.960
 at the

00:21:46.960 --> 00:21:47.679
 proper time?

00:21:48.679 --> 00:21:49.500
 It will

00:21:49.500 --> 00:21:50.000
 be good

00:21:50.000 --> 00:21:50.460
 for that

00:21:50.460 --> 00:21:50.879
 servant

00:21:50.879 --> 00:21:51.960
 whom the

00:21:51.960 --> 00:21:52.319
 master

00:21:52.319 --> 00:21:53.119
 finds doing

00:21:53.119 --> 00:21:54.259
 so when

00:21:54.259 --> 00:21:55.019
 he returns?

00:21:56.619 --> 00:21:57.059
 Truly,

00:21:57.559 --> 00:21:58.079
 I tell

00:21:58.079 --> 00:21:58.359
 you,

00:21:58.720 --> 00:21:59.220
 he will

00:21:59.220 --> 00:21:59.619
 put him

00:21:59.619 --> 00:22:00.200
 in charge

00:22:00.200 --> 00:22:00.839
 of all

00:22:00.839 --> 00:22:01.140
 his

00:22:01.140 --> 00:22:01.660
 possessions.

00:22:03.859 --> 00:22:04.460
 But

00:22:04.460 --> 00:22:05.059
 suppose the

00:22:05.059 --> 00:22:05.640
 servant says

00:22:05.640 --> 00:22:06.240
 to himself,

00:22:06.819 --> 00:22:08.160
 my master

00:22:08.160 --> 00:22:08.900
 is taking a

00:22:08.900 --> 00:22:09.579
 long time

00:22:09.579 --> 00:22:10.059
 in coming.

00:22:11.500 --> 00:22:11.799
 And he

00:22:11.799 --> 00:22:12.319
 then begins

00:22:12.319 --> 00:22:12.819
 to beat

00:22:12.819 --> 00:22:13.259
 the other

00:22:13.259 --> 00:22:13.759
 servants,

00:22:14.220 --> 00:22:14.859
 both men

00:22:14.859 --> 00:22:15.480
 and women,

00:22:16.119 --> 00:22:16.519
 and to

00:22:16.519 --> 00:22:17.759
 eat and

00:22:17.759 --> 00:22:19.200
 drink and

00:22:19.200 --> 00:22:19.839
 get drunk.

00:22:19.839 --> 00:22:21.619
 the

00:22:21.619 --> 00:22:22.139
 master of

00:22:22.139 --> 00:22:22.339
 that

00:22:22.339 --> 00:22:22.619
 servant

00:22:22.619 --> 00:22:22.819
 will

00:22:22.819 --> 00:22:23.179
 come on

00:22:23.179 --> 00:22:23.480
 a day

00:22:23.480 --> 00:22:23.799
 when he

00:22:23.799 --> 00:22:24.179
 does not

00:22:24.179 --> 00:22:24.599
 expect

00:22:24.599 --> 00:22:24.839
 him,

00:22:25.139 --> 00:22:25.459
 and at

00:22:25.459 --> 00:22:25.899
 an hour

00:22:25.899 --> 00:22:26.240
 he is

00:22:26.240 --> 00:22:26.459
 not

00:22:26.459 --> 00:22:26.740
 aware

00:22:26.740 --> 00:22:26.980
 of,

00:22:27.740 --> 00:22:28.359
 he will

00:22:28.359 --> 00:22:28.759
 cut him

00:22:28.759 --> 00:22:29.259
 to pieces

00:22:29.259 --> 00:22:29.859
 and assign

00:22:29.859 --> 00:22:30.179
 him a

00:22:30.179 --> 00:22:30.559
 place

00:22:30.559 --> 00:22:31.740
 with the

00:22:31.740 --> 00:22:32.339
 unbelievers.

00:22:35.339 --> 00:22:36.099
 So this

00:22:36.099 --> 00:22:36.379
 third

00:22:36.379 --> 00:22:36.919
 illustration

00:22:36.919 --> 00:22:38.939
 is similar

00:22:38.939 --> 00:22:39.379
 to the

00:22:39.379 --> 00:22:39.720
 first.

00:22:40.220 --> 00:22:40.779
 We got a

00:22:40.779 --> 00:22:41.399
 master and

00:22:41.399 --> 00:22:41.839
 a slave

00:22:41.839 --> 00:22:42.299
 again,

00:22:42.919 --> 00:22:43.699
 but instead

00:22:43.699 --> 00:22:44.119
 of being

00:22:44.119 --> 00:22:45.179
 tasked with

00:22:45.179 --> 00:22:46.039
 keeping watch

00:22:46.039 --> 00:22:46.399
 for the

00:22:46.399 --> 00:22:47.000
 master to

00:22:47.000 --> 00:22:48.399
 return and

00:22:48.400 --> 00:22:49.360
 opening the

00:22:49.360 --> 00:22:49.640
 door,

00:22:50.220 --> 00:22:52.060
 we have a

00:22:52.060 --> 00:22:52.300
 different

00:22:52.300 --> 00:22:52.920
 situation

00:22:52.920 --> 00:22:53.320
 here.

00:22:54.600 --> 00:22:55.380
 In this

00:22:55.380 --> 00:22:55.620
 one,

00:22:55.720 --> 00:22:56.200
 the master

00:22:56.200 --> 00:22:56.580
 will be

00:22:56.580 --> 00:22:57.460
 gone for

00:22:57.460 --> 00:22:57.940
 a while.

00:22:59.500 --> 00:22:59.940
 And while

00:22:59.940 --> 00:23:00.540
 he's gone,

00:23:00.680 --> 00:23:01.080
 he's put

00:23:01.080 --> 00:23:01.840
 one of his

00:23:01.840 --> 00:23:02.240
 servants,

00:23:02.440 --> 00:23:03.140
 again literally

00:23:03.140 --> 00:23:03.940
 slaves,

00:23:04.259 --> 00:23:05.220
 in charge

00:23:05.220 --> 00:23:05.580
 of the

00:23:05.580 --> 00:23:06.060
 household.

00:23:07.720 --> 00:23:08.500
 And this

00:23:08.500 --> 00:23:10.320
 one slave's

00:23:10.320 --> 00:23:11.180
 job is to

00:23:11.180 --> 00:23:11.580
 be the

00:23:11.580 --> 00:23:12.700
 steward or

00:23:12.700 --> 00:23:14.120
 manager of

00:23:14.120 --> 00:23:14.780
 the household

00:23:14.780 --> 00:23:16.000
 while the

00:23:16.000 --> 00:23:16.519
 master is

00:23:16.519 --> 00:23:16.820
 gone.

00:23:17.440 --> 00:23:18.060
 To ensure

00:23:18.059 --> 00:23:18.379
 that the

00:23:18.379 --> 00:23:19.059
 other slaves

00:23:19.059 --> 00:23:20.940
 receive their

00:23:20.940 --> 00:23:21.619
 food at the

00:23:21.619 --> 00:23:22.299
 proper time.

00:23:22.859 --> 00:23:23.240
 And so we

00:23:23.240 --> 00:23:23.799
 might envision

00:23:23.799 --> 00:23:24.839
 it as he

00:23:24.839 --> 00:23:25.440
 gets the

00:23:25.440 --> 00:23:26.539
 key to

00:23:26.539 --> 00:23:27.299
 the storeroom

00:23:27.299 --> 00:23:28.019
 of the

00:23:28.019 --> 00:23:28.480
 house where

00:23:28.480 --> 00:23:28.899
 all the

00:23:28.899 --> 00:23:29.519
 food and

00:23:29.519 --> 00:23:30.000
 all the

00:23:30.000 --> 00:23:30.740
 wine and

00:23:30.740 --> 00:23:31.980
 perhaps even

00:23:31.980 --> 00:23:32.460
 the money

00:23:32.460 --> 00:23:33.759
 probably are

00:23:33.759 --> 00:23:34.079
 kept.

00:23:35.879 --> 00:23:36.759
 And Jesus

00:23:36.759 --> 00:23:37.480
 frames this

00:23:37.480 --> 00:23:37.960
 in the

00:23:37.960 --> 00:23:38.639
 form of a

00:23:38.639 --> 00:23:39.039
 question.

00:23:40.039 --> 00:23:40.759
 Who then

00:23:40.759 --> 00:23:41.519
 is the

00:23:41.519 --> 00:23:42.919
 faithful and

00:23:42.919 --> 00:23:44.039
 wise manager

00:23:44.039 --> 00:23:46.220
 manager in

00:23:46.220 --> 00:23:47.440
 a situation

00:23:47.440 --> 00:23:48.000
 such as

00:23:48.000 --> 00:23:48.319
 this?

00:23:51.779 --> 00:23:52.639
 And the

00:23:52.639 --> 00:23:54.220
 answer is

00:23:54.220 --> 00:23:54.779
 the faithful

00:23:54.779 --> 00:23:55.759
 and wise

00:23:55.759 --> 00:23:57.200
 manager is

00:23:57.200 --> 00:23:57.680
 the servant

00:23:57.680 --> 00:23:58.420
 who does

00:23:58.420 --> 00:23:59.740
 what his

00:23:59.740 --> 00:24:01.319
 master asked

00:24:01.319 --> 00:24:01.960
 him to do

00:24:01.960 --> 00:24:02.960
 while the

00:24:02.960 --> 00:24:03.460
 master is

00:24:03.460 --> 00:24:03.759
 gone.

00:24:05.899 --> 00:24:06.859
 And Jesus

00:24:06.859 --> 00:24:07.420
 again uses

00:24:07.420 --> 00:24:07.960
 that same

00:24:07.960 --> 00:24:08.500
 language we

00:24:08.500 --> 00:24:09.079
 heard before

00:24:09.079 --> 00:24:09.440
 in verse

00:24:09.440 --> 00:24:09.899
 43.

00:24:09.900 --> 00:24:10.300
 It will

00:24:10.300 --> 00:24:10.780
 be good

00:24:10.780 --> 00:24:11.320
 for that

00:24:11.320 --> 00:24:11.840
 servant

00:24:11.840 --> 00:24:12.620
 whom the

00:24:12.620 --> 00:24:13.640
 master finds

00:24:13.640 --> 00:24:14.460
 doing so

00:24:14.460 --> 00:24:15.920
 when he

00:24:15.920 --> 00:24:16.440
 returns.

00:24:18.120 --> 00:24:18.840
 And then

00:24:18.840 --> 00:24:19.400
 listen to the

00:24:19.400 --> 00:24:20.600
 outcome for

00:24:20.600 --> 00:24:21.360
 this guy if

00:24:21.360 --> 00:24:22.019
 he's faithful

00:24:22.019 --> 00:24:22.720
 and does it.

00:24:25.200 --> 00:24:26.060
 Truly I

00:24:26.060 --> 00:24:26.620
 tell you

00:24:26.620 --> 00:24:27.400
 says Jesus

00:24:27.400 --> 00:24:28.680
 the master

00:24:28.680 --> 00:24:29.259
 will put him

00:24:29.259 --> 00:24:30.160
 in charge of

00:24:30.160 --> 00:24:31.140
 all his

00:24:31.140 --> 00:24:31.720
 possessions.

00:24:34.500 --> 00:24:35.320
 So he's

00:24:35.320 --> 00:24:35.980
 proved himself

00:24:35.980 --> 00:24:36.660
 trustworthy

00:24:36.660 --> 00:24:38.160
 wise

00:24:38.160 --> 00:24:38.800
 faithful

00:24:38.799 --> 00:24:39.879
 and he

00:24:39.879 --> 00:24:40.579
 gets entrusted

00:24:40.579 --> 00:24:41.180
 with more.

00:24:43.359 --> 00:24:44.079
 I'll never

00:24:44.079 --> 00:24:44.599
 forget what

00:24:44.599 --> 00:24:45.039
 it said on

00:24:45.039 --> 00:24:45.680
 the back of

00:24:45.680 --> 00:24:46.940
 my old

00:24:46.940 --> 00:24:47.720
 boss's

00:24:47.720 --> 00:24:48.559
 business cards.

00:24:49.299 --> 00:24:49.899
 He had a

00:24:49.899 --> 00:24:50.519
 quote there

00:24:50.519 --> 00:24:51.779
 and it

00:24:51.779 --> 00:24:52.940
 was the

00:24:52.940 --> 00:24:54.220
 reward for

00:24:54.220 --> 00:24:54.980
 work well

00:24:54.980 --> 00:24:56.839
 done is

00:24:56.839 --> 00:24:57.519
 the opportunity

00:24:57.519 --> 00:24:58.019
 to do

00:24:58.019 --> 00:24:58.299
 more.

00:25:00.619 --> 00:25:01.299
 And it

00:25:01.299 --> 00:25:01.659
 took me a

00:25:01.659 --> 00:25:01.980
 while to

00:25:01.980 --> 00:25:02.700
 understand that

00:25:02.700 --> 00:25:03.220
 because of

00:25:03.220 --> 00:25:03.659
 course in my

00:25:03.659 --> 00:25:04.200
 late teenage

00:25:04.200 --> 00:25:04.799
 years I

00:25:04.799 --> 00:25:05.279
 couldn't figure

00:25:05.279 --> 00:25:05.859
 out how the

00:25:05.859 --> 00:25:06.960
 opportunity to

00:25:06.960 --> 00:25:07.460
 do more

00:25:07.460 --> 00:25:08.119
 work could

00:25:08.119 --> 00:25:08.500
 be a

00:25:08.500 --> 00:25:08.980
 reward.

00:25:09.940 --> 00:25:10.519
 Like who

00:25:10.519 --> 00:25:10.980
 wants to

00:25:10.980 --> 00:25:11.400
 do more

00:25:11.400 --> 00:25:11.839
 work?

00:25:13.319 --> 00:25:14.079
 That's like a

00:25:14.079 --> 00:25:14.740
 punishment isn't

00:25:14.740 --> 00:25:14.940
 it?

00:25:16.380 --> 00:25:17.019
 But of

00:25:17.019 --> 00:25:18.859
 course there's

00:25:18.859 --> 00:25:19.440
 some truth to

00:25:19.440 --> 00:25:19.640
 it.

00:25:20.640 --> 00:25:21.380
 Those who

00:25:21.380 --> 00:25:22.299
 can be trusted

00:25:22.299 --> 00:25:22.960
 to do the

00:25:22.960 --> 00:25:23.640
 job well

00:25:23.640 --> 00:25:25.299
 are often

00:25:25.299 --> 00:25:26.240
 sought after

00:25:26.240 --> 00:25:26.980
 by others.

00:25:28.039 --> 00:25:28.400
 People are

00:25:28.400 --> 00:25:29.059
 even willing to

00:25:29.059 --> 00:25:29.460
 pay a little

00:25:29.460 --> 00:25:30.160
 more for their

00:25:30.160 --> 00:25:30.619
 services.

00:25:32.339 --> 00:25:32.559
 And then

00:25:32.559 --> 00:25:33.279
 with that

00:25:33.279 --> 00:25:34.180
 comes more

00:25:34.180 --> 00:25:34.619
 freedom,

00:25:35.019 --> 00:25:35.779
 more profit,

00:25:35.980 --> 00:25:36.759
 more privilege,

00:25:36.759 --> 00:25:37.859
 more honor.

00:25:39.420 --> 00:25:39.819
 Think of

00:25:39.819 --> 00:25:40.779
 the slave

00:25:40.779 --> 00:25:41.319
 for a moment

00:25:41.319 --> 00:25:41.700
 in this

00:25:41.700 --> 00:25:42.259
 situation

00:25:42.259 --> 00:25:43.099
 who's been

00:25:43.099 --> 00:25:43.599
 manager.

00:25:44.379 --> 00:25:44.900
 His master

00:25:44.900 --> 00:25:45.579
 comes back,

00:25:45.640 --> 00:25:46.059
 he's done a

00:25:46.059 --> 00:25:46.759
 good job of

00:25:46.759 --> 00:25:47.200
 everything,

00:25:47.359 --> 00:25:48.039
 no longer is

00:25:48.039 --> 00:25:48.519
 this guy

00:25:48.519 --> 00:25:49.119
 just carrying

00:25:49.119 --> 00:25:49.819
 water and

00:25:49.819 --> 00:25:50.319
 cleaning the

00:25:50.319 --> 00:25:51.039
 chamber pots

00:25:51.039 --> 00:25:51.420
 for the

00:25:51.420 --> 00:25:51.839
 master.

00:25:52.700 --> 00:25:53.379
 He's now

00:25:53.379 --> 00:25:54.140
 second in

00:25:54.140 --> 00:25:55.879
 command over

00:25:55.879 --> 00:25:56.240
 the whole

00:25:56.240 --> 00:25:56.640
 house.

00:25:59.119 --> 00:25:59.619
 Truly I

00:25:59.619 --> 00:26:00.099
 tell you,

00:26:00.240 --> 00:26:00.740
 he will put

00:26:00.740 --> 00:26:01.079
 him in

00:26:01.079 --> 00:26:02.379
 charge of

00:26:02.379 --> 00:26:03.039
 all his

00:26:03.039 --> 00:26:03.559
 possessions.

00:26:03.559 --> 00:26:05.519
 And so

00:26:05.519 --> 00:26:06.220
 Jesus wants

00:26:06.220 --> 00:26:07.279
 his followers,

00:26:07.419 --> 00:26:08.039
 he wants us

00:26:08.039 --> 00:26:08.539
 to know

00:26:08.539 --> 00:26:09.220
 that he

00:26:09.220 --> 00:26:10.339
 will reward

00:26:10.339 --> 00:26:11.960
 us for

00:26:11.960 --> 00:26:12.539
 our faithful

00:26:12.539 --> 00:26:13.259
 service of

00:26:13.259 --> 00:26:13.460
 him.

00:26:14.980 --> 00:26:15.819
 All we

00:26:15.819 --> 00:26:16.379
 do for

00:26:16.379 --> 00:26:17.679
 Jesus in

00:26:17.679 --> 00:26:18.379
 this life

00:26:18.379 --> 00:26:19.700
 will not

00:26:19.700 --> 00:26:20.879
 go unrecognized

00:26:20.879 --> 00:26:21.659
 or unnoticed.

00:26:22.319 --> 00:26:23.419
 It will be

00:26:23.419 --> 00:26:23.940
 rewarded.

00:26:25.659 --> 00:26:26.579
 The things

00:26:26.579 --> 00:26:27.200
 that we do

00:26:27.200 --> 00:26:28.259
 here and now

00:26:28.259 --> 00:26:29.039
 will matter

00:26:29.039 --> 00:26:29.679
 big time

00:26:29.679 --> 00:26:31.059
 on the day

00:26:31.059 --> 00:26:31.539
 that Jesus

00:26:31.539 --> 00:26:32.119
 returns.

00:26:32.119 --> 00:26:35.519
 if we

00:26:35.519 --> 00:26:35.979
 have proven

00:26:35.979 --> 00:26:36.779
 faithful and

00:26:36.779 --> 00:26:39.299
 wise with

00:26:39.299 --> 00:26:39.699
 the life

00:26:39.699 --> 00:26:40.019
 that he's

00:26:40.019 --> 00:26:40.639
 given us,

00:26:41.179 --> 00:26:42.039
 he will

00:26:42.039 --> 00:26:42.359
 give us

00:26:42.359 --> 00:26:43.099
 even greater

00:26:43.099 --> 00:26:43.719
 things to

00:26:43.719 --> 00:26:44.119
 do for

00:26:44.119 --> 00:26:45.179
 him in

00:26:45.179 --> 00:26:45.659
 his kingdom

00:26:45.659 --> 00:26:47.179
 when he

00:26:47.179 --> 00:26:47.779
 comes back.

00:26:50.419 --> 00:26:50.959
 Now,

00:26:51.239 --> 00:26:52.059
 down here

00:26:52.059 --> 00:26:52.519
 on earth,

00:26:52.979 --> 00:26:53.319
 the way

00:26:53.319 --> 00:26:53.959
 things are,

00:26:55.159 --> 00:26:55.979
 that may

00:26:55.979 --> 00:26:56.519
 not always

00:26:56.519 --> 00:26:56.979
 sound like

00:26:56.979 --> 00:26:57.459
 a blessing

00:26:57.459 --> 00:26:58.799
 to be

00:26:58.799 --> 00:26:59.319
 responsible

00:26:59.319 --> 00:26:59.959
 for more.

00:26:59.960 --> 00:27:02.559
 but when

00:27:02.559 --> 00:27:03.120
 Christ comes

00:27:03.120 --> 00:27:03.440
 back,

00:27:03.539 --> 00:27:03.960
 that's not

00:27:03.960 --> 00:27:04.160
 going to

00:27:04.160 --> 00:27:04.460
 be the

00:27:04.460 --> 00:27:04.779
 case.

00:27:05.819 --> 00:27:06.360
 Everything's

00:27:06.360 --> 00:27:06.600
 going to

00:27:06.600 --> 00:27:07.019
 be made

00:27:07.019 --> 00:27:07.279
 new.

00:27:07.960 --> 00:27:08.100
 There'll

00:27:08.100 --> 00:27:08.400
 be no

00:27:08.400 --> 00:27:08.960
 more sin.

00:27:09.740 --> 00:27:09.920
 There'll

00:27:09.920 --> 00:27:11.900
 be no

00:27:11.900 --> 00:27:12.120
 more

00:27:12.120 --> 00:27:12.980
 frustration.

00:27:14.700 --> 00:27:15.000
 Serving

00:27:15.000 --> 00:27:15.500
 the Lord

00:27:15.500 --> 00:27:16.259
 with greater

00:27:16.259 --> 00:27:17.180
 responsibilities

00:27:17.180 --> 00:27:18.400
 will be

00:27:18.400 --> 00:27:19.319
 glorious

00:27:19.319 --> 00:27:20.940
 and deeply

00:27:20.940 --> 00:27:21.660
 satisfying.

00:27:21.660 --> 00:27:27.160
 let's

00:27:27.160 --> 00:27:27.560
 come back

00:27:27.560 --> 00:27:27.880
 to that

00:27:27.880 --> 00:27:28.320
 question

00:27:28.320 --> 00:27:29.000
 of what

00:27:29.000 --> 00:27:29.380
 it means

00:27:29.380 --> 00:27:29.700
 to be

00:27:29.700 --> 00:27:30.019
 ready

00:27:30.019 --> 00:27:31.000
 for

00:27:31.000 --> 00:27:31.360
 Jesus'

00:27:31.560 --> 00:27:31.900
 return.

00:27:33.180 --> 00:27:33.900
 What it

00:27:33.900 --> 00:27:34.440
 means to

00:27:34.440 --> 00:27:34.940
 keep the

00:27:34.940 --> 00:27:35.200
 lamps

00:27:35.200 --> 00:27:35.660
 burning

00:27:35.660 --> 00:27:37.920
 for his

00:27:37.920 --> 00:27:38.340
 arrival.

00:27:39.220 --> 00:27:39.860
 I think

00:27:39.860 --> 00:27:40.440
 as Christians

00:27:40.440 --> 00:27:41.519
 sometimes

00:27:41.519 --> 00:27:43.160
 we get

00:27:43.160 --> 00:27:43.800
 some wrong

00:27:43.800 --> 00:27:44.519
 ideas about

00:27:44.519 --> 00:27:44.900
 this.

00:27:45.880 --> 00:27:46.400
 Maybe we

00:27:46.400 --> 00:27:46.800
 think that

00:27:46.800 --> 00:27:47.400
 being ready

00:27:47.400 --> 00:27:48.340
 simply means

00:27:48.340 --> 00:27:49.680
 feeling ready

00:27:49.680 --> 00:27:50.980
 for Jesus

00:27:50.980 --> 00:27:51.620
 to return.

00:27:51.660 --> 00:27:54.019
 having a

00:27:54.019 --> 00:27:54.380
 peace in

00:27:54.380 --> 00:27:54.740
 our hearts

00:27:54.740 --> 00:27:55.220
 about it.

00:27:56.880 --> 00:27:57.540
 But I

00:27:57.540 --> 00:27:57.880
 don't think

00:27:57.880 --> 00:27:58.240
 that's what

00:27:58.240 --> 00:27:58.880
 Jesus means

00:27:58.880 --> 00:27:59.140
 here.

00:27:59.700 --> 00:28:00.200
 I don't

00:28:00.200 --> 00:28:00.519
 think he

00:28:00.519 --> 00:28:00.960
 wants us

00:28:00.960 --> 00:28:01.640
 just to be

00:28:01.640 --> 00:28:02.820
 cheerful and

00:28:02.820 --> 00:28:03.620
 accepting of

00:28:03.620 --> 00:28:04.420
 that truth

00:28:04.420 --> 00:28:04.860
 that he's

00:28:04.860 --> 00:28:05.540
 coming back.

00:28:06.320 --> 00:28:06.860
 We should

00:28:06.860 --> 00:28:07.120
 be,

00:28:07.920 --> 00:28:08.940
 but there's

00:28:08.940 --> 00:28:09.440
 more to

00:28:09.440 --> 00:28:09.960
 being ready

00:28:09.960 --> 00:28:10.440
 than just

00:28:10.440 --> 00:28:11.240
 feelings about

00:28:11.240 --> 00:28:11.420
 it.

00:28:13.680 --> 00:28:14.440
 Another way

00:28:14.440 --> 00:28:14.980
 we sometimes

00:28:14.980 --> 00:28:15.400
 get this

00:28:15.400 --> 00:28:15.960
 wrong is

00:28:15.960 --> 00:28:16.880
 that we

00:28:16.880 --> 00:28:17.380
 think being

00:28:17.380 --> 00:28:17.860
 ready for

00:28:17.860 --> 00:28:18.580
 Jesus and

00:28:18.580 --> 00:28:19.060
 keeping

00:28:19.060 --> 00:28:20.220
 watch for

00:28:20.220 --> 00:28:20.660
 him means

00:28:20.660 --> 00:28:21.300
 staying on

00:28:21.299 --> 00:28:21.720
 top of

00:28:21.720 --> 00:28:22.279
 the news

00:28:22.279 --> 00:28:24.139
 and watching

00:28:24.139 --> 00:28:24.839
 for signs

00:28:24.839 --> 00:28:25.159
 of the

00:28:25.159 --> 00:28:25.460
 end.

00:28:27.680 --> 00:28:28.440
 And Jesus

00:28:28.440 --> 00:28:29.180
 did tell us

00:28:29.180 --> 00:28:29.460
 that there

00:28:29.460 --> 00:28:29.819
 will be

00:28:29.819 --> 00:28:32.180
 signs and

00:28:32.180 --> 00:28:32.799
 that if we're

00:28:32.799 --> 00:28:33.539
 wise we will

00:28:33.539 --> 00:28:34.339
 discern the

00:28:34.339 --> 00:28:34.960
 nearness of

00:28:34.960 --> 00:28:35.579
 his coming

00:28:35.579 --> 00:28:36.259
 by them.

00:28:37.839 --> 00:28:38.740
 But knowing

00:28:38.740 --> 00:28:39.139
 that his

00:28:39.139 --> 00:28:39.680
 coming is

00:28:39.680 --> 00:28:41.720
 near is

00:28:41.720 --> 00:28:42.379
 not the

00:28:42.379 --> 00:28:43.119
 same thing

00:28:43.119 --> 00:28:44.659
 as being

00:28:44.659 --> 00:28:45.240
 ready for

00:28:45.240 --> 00:28:45.440
 it.

00:28:45.440 --> 00:28:48.279
 look at

00:28:48.279 --> 00:28:48.620
 the first

00:28:48.620 --> 00:28:49.080
 analogy

00:28:49.080 --> 00:28:50.559
 again of

00:28:50.559 --> 00:28:51.039
 the master

00:28:51.039 --> 00:28:52.039
 who went

00:28:52.039 --> 00:28:53.620
 to the

00:28:53.620 --> 00:28:53.900
 wedding.

00:28:55.720 --> 00:28:56.600
 The point

00:28:56.600 --> 00:28:57.000
 is not

00:28:57.000 --> 00:28:57.380
 that we

00:28:57.380 --> 00:28:57.779
 should be

00:28:57.779 --> 00:28:58.299
 literally

00:28:58.299 --> 00:28:59.860
 dressed all

00:28:59.860 --> 00:29:00.440
 the time,

00:29:00.860 --> 00:29:01.740
 have the

00:29:01.740 --> 00:29:02.200
 lights on

00:29:02.200 --> 00:29:02.680
 always,

00:29:02.779 --> 00:29:03.200
 and be

00:29:03.200 --> 00:29:03.720
 watching out

00:29:03.720 --> 00:29:04.160
 our window

00:29:04.160 --> 00:29:05.500
 always as

00:29:05.500 --> 00:29:06.120
 followers of

00:29:06.120 --> 00:29:06.440
 Jesus.

00:29:08.519 --> 00:29:09.500
 Being ready

00:29:09.500 --> 00:29:10.860
 is related

00:29:10.860 --> 00:29:11.559
 to what was

00:29:11.559 --> 00:29:12.140
 asked of

00:29:12.140 --> 00:29:12.680
 the servant.

00:29:12.680 --> 00:29:14.820
 all the

00:29:14.820 --> 00:29:15.360
 master was

00:29:15.360 --> 00:29:15.660
 away.

00:29:18.519 --> 00:29:19.180
 Did the

00:29:19.180 --> 00:29:19.900
 master find

00:29:19.900 --> 00:29:20.460
 the servant

00:29:20.460 --> 00:29:21.960
 doing what

00:29:21.960 --> 00:29:22.460
 was asked

00:29:22.460 --> 00:29:22.880
 of him

00:29:22.880 --> 00:29:25.140
 when he

00:29:25.140 --> 00:29:25.560
 returned?

00:29:28.180 --> 00:29:28.779
 That's what

00:29:28.779 --> 00:29:29.240
 it means to

00:29:29.240 --> 00:29:29.660
 be ready.

00:29:31.860 --> 00:29:32.500
 To be

00:29:32.500 --> 00:29:33.200
 found doing,

00:29:33.900 --> 00:29:34.940
 to be doing

00:29:34.940 --> 00:29:35.400
 what was

00:29:35.400 --> 00:29:37.560
 asked when

00:29:37.560 --> 00:29:38.140
 he returns.

00:29:39.299 --> 00:29:40.120
 We see it

00:29:40.120 --> 00:29:40.600
 again in the

00:29:40.600 --> 00:29:41.259
 third example.

00:29:41.860 --> 00:29:42.320
 The master

00:29:42.319 --> 00:29:42.799
 who left

00:29:42.799 --> 00:29:43.279
 the servant

00:29:43.279 --> 00:29:44.000
 in charge

00:29:44.000 --> 00:29:45.000
 of the

00:29:45.000 --> 00:29:45.439
 household,

00:29:45.599 --> 00:29:45.919
 they gave

00:29:45.919 --> 00:29:46.240
 him those

00:29:46.240 --> 00:29:46.700
 specific

00:29:46.700 --> 00:29:48.879
 duties to

00:29:48.879 --> 00:29:49.399
 ensure the

00:29:49.399 --> 00:29:50.159
 other servants

00:29:50.159 --> 00:29:50.619
 in the

00:29:50.619 --> 00:29:51.179
 house got

00:29:51.179 --> 00:29:51.839
 their portions

00:29:51.839 --> 00:29:52.639
 of food

00:29:52.639 --> 00:29:53.039
 from the

00:29:53.039 --> 00:29:53.559
 storeroom

00:29:53.559 --> 00:29:54.859
 at the

00:29:54.859 --> 00:29:55.639
 proper times.

00:29:55.819 --> 00:29:56.159
 And we

00:29:56.159 --> 00:29:56.539
 hear that

00:29:56.539 --> 00:29:57.519
 same thing

00:29:57.519 --> 00:29:57.819
 again.

00:29:57.919 --> 00:29:58.279
 It will be

00:29:58.279 --> 00:29:58.679
 good for

00:29:58.679 --> 00:29:59.220
 that servant

00:29:59.220 --> 00:29:59.720
 whom the

00:29:59.720 --> 00:30:00.679
 master finds

00:30:00.679 --> 00:30:01.599
 doing so

00:30:01.599 --> 00:30:03.519
 when he

00:30:03.519 --> 00:30:04.059
 returns.

00:30:06.759 --> 00:30:07.359
 And so

00:30:07.359 --> 00:30:07.839
 this is what

00:30:07.839 --> 00:30:08.359
 it means to

00:30:08.359 --> 00:30:08.779
 be ready.

00:30:09.179 --> 00:30:09.779
 This is what

00:30:09.779 --> 00:30:10.460
 it means to

00:30:10.460 --> 00:30:11.119
 be faithful

00:30:11.119 --> 00:30:11.859
 and wise.

00:30:11.859 --> 00:30:12.779
 it means

00:30:12.779 --> 00:30:13.299
 that while

00:30:13.299 --> 00:30:13.779
 Jesus,

00:30:14.059 --> 00:30:14.579
 the Son of

00:30:14.579 --> 00:30:14.819
 Man,

00:30:14.879 --> 00:30:15.359
 is away,

00:30:15.839 --> 00:30:16.219
 we are

00:30:16.219 --> 00:30:17.359
 busy doing

00:30:17.359 --> 00:30:18.979
 what he

00:30:18.979 --> 00:30:19.419
 has asked

00:30:19.419 --> 00:30:19.879
 of us.

00:30:23.479 --> 00:30:24.339
 And since

00:30:24.339 --> 00:30:24.779
 like the

00:30:24.779 --> 00:30:24.979
 thief,

00:30:25.079 --> 00:30:25.419
 we don't

00:30:25.419 --> 00:30:25.859
 know when

00:30:25.859 --> 00:30:26.379
 he's coming

00:30:26.379 --> 00:30:26.799
 back,

00:30:28.219 --> 00:30:29.319
 we are

00:30:29.319 --> 00:30:30.359
 to always

00:30:30.359 --> 00:30:30.839
 be ready.

00:30:30.939 --> 00:30:31.199
 We're to

00:30:31.199 --> 00:30:32.179
 always be

00:30:32.179 --> 00:30:33.279
 busy doing

00:30:33.279 --> 00:30:34.299
 what he

00:30:34.299 --> 00:30:34.740
 has asked

00:30:34.740 --> 00:30:35.079
 of us

00:30:35.079 --> 00:30:35.539
 at all

00:30:35.539 --> 00:30:36.039
 times.

00:30:36.039 --> 00:30:39.539
 because

00:30:39.539 --> 00:30:39.940
 Jesus

00:30:39.940 --> 00:30:40.339
 really

00:30:40.339 --> 00:30:40.619
 will

00:30:40.619 --> 00:30:41.079
 return.

00:30:42.619 --> 00:30:43.279
 And when

00:30:43.279 --> 00:30:43.759
 he does,

00:30:44.819 --> 00:30:45.420
 it will

00:30:45.420 --> 00:30:46.079
 be obvious

00:30:46.079 --> 00:30:46.619
 what we

00:30:46.619 --> 00:30:47.440
 have done

00:30:47.440 --> 00:30:49.659
 or what

00:30:49.659 --> 00:30:50.039
 we have

00:30:50.039 --> 00:30:50.579
 failed to

00:30:50.579 --> 00:30:50.819
 do.

00:30:53.619 --> 00:30:54.299
 This is

00:30:54.299 --> 00:30:54.740
 where even

00:30:54.740 --> 00:30:55.039
 Jesus'

00:30:55.240 --> 00:30:55.659
 illustration

00:30:55.659 --> 00:30:56.119
 has a

00:30:56.119 --> 00:30:56.579
 limitation.

00:30:56.799 --> 00:30:57.139
 It's not

00:30:57.139 --> 00:30:57.440
 as though

00:30:57.440 --> 00:30:57.980
 he doesn't

00:30:57.980 --> 00:30:58.440
 know what

00:30:58.440 --> 00:30:58.819
 we're up

00:30:58.819 --> 00:30:59.240
 to right

00:30:59.240 --> 00:30:59.759
 now and

00:30:59.759 --> 00:31:00.579
 he'll see

00:31:00.579 --> 00:31:00.839
 it when

00:31:00.839 --> 00:31:01.220
 he comes

00:31:01.220 --> 00:31:01.659
 back,

00:31:01.819 --> 00:31:02.200
 like in

00:31:02.200 --> 00:31:03.640
 the examples

00:31:03.640 --> 00:31:04.080
 here.

00:31:04.600 --> 00:31:05.299
 He sees

00:31:05.299 --> 00:31:05.960
 everything that

00:31:05.960 --> 00:31:06.460
 we do

00:31:06.460 --> 00:31:07.200
 constantly

00:31:07.200 --> 00:31:07.900
 right now

00:31:07.900 --> 00:31:08.360
 from his

00:31:08.360 --> 00:31:08.779
 throne in

00:31:08.779 --> 00:31:09.039
 heaven.

00:31:09.840 --> 00:31:10.480
 But he

00:31:10.480 --> 00:31:10.940
 will come

00:31:10.940 --> 00:31:11.519
 back and

00:31:11.519 --> 00:31:12.140
 we will

00:31:12.140 --> 00:31:12.559
 give an

00:31:12.559 --> 00:31:13.640
 account face

00:31:13.640 --> 00:31:14.259
 to face

00:31:14.259 --> 00:31:16.559
 for what

00:31:16.559 --> 00:31:16.960
 we have

00:31:16.960 --> 00:31:17.279
 done,

00:31:18.420 --> 00:31:19.340
 for whether

00:31:19.340 --> 00:31:19.819
 we have

00:31:19.819 --> 00:31:20.279
 done what

00:31:20.279 --> 00:31:20.680
 he has

00:31:20.680 --> 00:31:21.180
 asked us

00:31:21.180 --> 00:31:21.640
 to do.

00:31:24.100 --> 00:31:24.580
 Unless,

00:31:24.759 --> 00:31:24.920
 of course,

00:31:25.000 --> 00:31:25.340
 we die

00:31:25.340 --> 00:31:25.900
 before he

00:31:25.900 --> 00:31:26.319
 returns,

00:31:26.460 --> 00:31:27.019
 in which

00:31:27.019 --> 00:31:27.559
 case we'll

00:31:27.559 --> 00:31:27.920
 have to

00:31:27.920 --> 00:31:28.240
 give that

00:31:28.240 --> 00:31:28.860
 account even

00:31:28.860 --> 00:31:29.259
 sooner.

00:31:32.200 --> 00:31:36.059
 are you

00:31:36.059 --> 00:31:37.360
 ready for

00:31:37.360 --> 00:31:37.680
 Jesus'

00:31:37.860 --> 00:31:38.160
 return?

00:31:41.019 --> 00:31:41.819
 For that

00:31:41.819 --> 00:31:42.680
 face-to-face

00:31:42.680 --> 00:31:43.080
 meeting?

00:31:47.100 --> 00:31:47.900
 Are you

00:31:47.900 --> 00:31:48.600
 right now

00:31:48.600 --> 00:31:49.500
 every day

00:31:49.500 --> 00:31:50.700
 busying

00:31:50.700 --> 00:31:51.360
 yourself

00:31:51.360 --> 00:31:52.559
 with doing

00:31:52.559 --> 00:31:53.120
 what Jesus

00:31:53.120 --> 00:31:53.720
 has asked

00:31:53.720 --> 00:31:54.160
 you to

00:31:54.160 --> 00:31:54.380
 do?

00:31:58.440 --> 00:31:59.160
 Are you

00:31:59.160 --> 00:31:59.720
 pouring your

00:31:59.720 --> 00:32:00.420
 effort and

00:32:00.420 --> 00:32:01.039
 your time

00:32:01.039 --> 00:32:01.360
 and your

00:32:01.360 --> 00:32:01.759
 attention

00:32:01.759 --> 00:32:02.220
 into

00:32:02.220 --> 00:32:03.099
 obeying

00:32:03.099 --> 00:32:03.319
 the

00:32:03.319 --> 00:32:03.779
 commands

00:32:03.779 --> 00:32:04.579
 that

00:32:04.579 --> 00:32:04.900
 Jesus

00:32:04.900 --> 00:32:05.640
 has

00:32:05.640 --> 00:32:05.960
 given?

00:32:08.980 --> 00:32:09.500
 Into

00:32:09.500 --> 00:32:10.039
 obeying

00:32:10.039 --> 00:32:10.440
 the

00:32:10.440 --> 00:32:11.400
 master's

00:32:11.400 --> 00:32:13.240
 instructions?

00:32:17.379 --> 00:32:17.900
 Now,

00:32:17.980 --> 00:32:18.379
 that's kind

00:32:18.379 --> 00:32:18.839
 of general.

00:32:19.079 --> 00:32:19.440
 That's not

00:32:19.440 --> 00:32:20.180
 very specific.

00:32:20.420 --> 00:32:20.720
 You might

00:32:20.720 --> 00:32:21.059
 wonder,

00:32:21.200 --> 00:32:21.379
 well,

00:32:21.539 --> 00:32:22.859
 what is it

00:32:22.859 --> 00:32:23.259
 that Jesus

00:32:23.259 --> 00:32:23.839
 wants me

00:32:23.839 --> 00:32:24.279
 to do?

00:32:24.879 --> 00:32:25.359
 What are

00:32:25.359 --> 00:32:25.759
 we talking

00:32:25.759 --> 00:32:26.319
 about here?

00:32:27.299 --> 00:32:27.900
 And I'm

00:32:27.900 --> 00:32:28.220
 not going

00:32:28.220 --> 00:32:28.920
 to spend

00:32:28.920 --> 00:32:29.339
 too much

00:32:29.339 --> 00:32:29.759
 time on

00:32:29.759 --> 00:32:29.920
 this,

00:32:30.019 --> 00:32:30.279
 but the

00:32:30.279 --> 00:32:30.920
 short answer

00:32:30.920 --> 00:32:31.300
 is that

00:32:31.300 --> 00:32:31.920
 this book

00:32:31.920 --> 00:32:34.120
 contains

00:32:34.120 --> 00:32:34.600
 it all.

00:32:35.680 --> 00:32:36.779
 It explains

00:32:36.779 --> 00:32:37.180
 the

00:32:37.180 --> 00:32:37.800
 master's

00:32:37.800 --> 00:32:38.080
 will.

00:32:39.140 --> 00:32:39.660
 It has

00:32:39.660 --> 00:32:39.860
 his

00:32:39.860 --> 00:32:40.440
 instructions

00:32:40.440 --> 00:32:41.640
 for us.

00:32:42.320 --> 00:32:42.940
 It tells

00:32:42.940 --> 00:32:43.259
 us what

00:32:43.259 --> 00:32:43.460
 our

00:32:43.460 --> 00:32:44.140
 priorities

00:32:44.140 --> 00:32:44.740
 should be

00:32:44.740 --> 00:32:45.500
 in life.

00:32:46.980 --> 00:32:47.720
 And just

00:32:47.720 --> 00:32:48.240
 as a quick

00:32:48.240 --> 00:32:48.620
 summary,

00:32:48.800 --> 00:32:49.320
 our lives

00:32:49.320 --> 00:32:49.779
 are to be

00:32:49.779 --> 00:32:50.300
 spent for

00:32:50.300 --> 00:32:50.680
 God's

00:32:50.680 --> 00:32:51.080
 glory,

00:32:52.240 --> 00:32:52.740
 worshiping

00:32:52.740 --> 00:32:52.980
 him,

00:32:53.779 --> 00:32:54.320
 praying to

00:32:54.320 --> 00:32:54.580
 him,

00:32:55.440 --> 00:32:55.800
 gathering

00:32:55.800 --> 00:32:56.340
 together

00:32:56.340 --> 00:32:57.060
 regularly,

00:32:57.900 --> 00:32:58.180
 loving

00:32:58.180 --> 00:32:59.019
 each

00:32:59.019 --> 00:32:59.340
 other,

00:32:59.940 --> 00:33:00.360
 spreading

00:33:00.360 --> 00:33:00.720
 his

00:33:00.720 --> 00:33:00.980
 good

00:33:00.980 --> 00:33:01.420
 news,

00:33:01.940 --> 00:33:02.299
 making

00:33:02.299 --> 00:33:02.940
 disciples

00:33:02.940 --> 00:33:03.840
 for

00:33:03.840 --> 00:33:04.220
 Jesus,

00:33:05.019 --> 00:33:05.440
 doing

00:33:05.440 --> 00:33:05.700
 our

00:33:05.700 --> 00:33:06.080
 work,

00:33:06.140 --> 00:33:06.320
 whatever

00:33:06.320 --> 00:33:06.920
 it is,

00:33:06.960 --> 00:33:07.400
 with all

00:33:07.400 --> 00:33:07.580
 our

00:33:07.580 --> 00:33:07.920
 heart,

00:33:08.640 --> 00:33:09.140
 is working

00:33:09.140 --> 00:33:09.519
 for the

00:33:09.519 --> 00:33:09.799
 Lord,

00:33:10.240 --> 00:33:10.539
 showing

00:33:10.539 --> 00:33:11.160
 hospitality

00:33:11.160 --> 00:33:12.180
 to others,

00:33:12.680 --> 00:33:13.000
 living

00:33:13.000 --> 00:33:13.880
 holy,

00:33:14.600 --> 00:33:14.960
 pure,

00:33:15.560 --> 00:33:16.039
 and righteous

00:33:16.039 --> 00:33:16.680
 lives,

00:33:18.279 --> 00:33:18.880
 raising our

00:33:18.880 --> 00:33:19.480
 children in

00:33:19.480 --> 00:33:20.720
 the fear

00:33:20.720 --> 00:33:21.320
 and instruction

00:33:21.320 --> 00:33:21.720
 of the

00:33:21.720 --> 00:33:22.000
 Lord,

00:33:23.060 --> 00:33:23.620
 being good

00:33:23.620 --> 00:33:24.279
 husbands and

00:33:24.279 --> 00:33:24.700
 wives,

00:33:25.200 --> 00:33:25.740
 as Christ

00:33:25.740 --> 00:33:26.600
 has commanded

00:33:26.600 --> 00:33:26.900
 us.

00:33:26.900 --> 00:33:27.160
 And the

00:33:27.160 --> 00:33:27.560
 list goes

00:33:27.560 --> 00:33:27.820
 on.

00:33:28.019 --> 00:33:28.519
 It covers

00:33:28.519 --> 00:33:29.360
 every aspect

00:33:29.360 --> 00:33:29.860
 of our

00:33:29.860 --> 00:33:30.300
 lives.

00:33:30.720 --> 00:33:31.100
 We learn

00:33:31.100 --> 00:33:31.400
 all of

00:33:31.400 --> 00:33:31.759
 this in

00:33:31.759 --> 00:33:32.340
 the Bible.

00:33:32.480 --> 00:33:32.820
 God has

00:33:32.820 --> 00:33:33.380
 made his

00:33:33.380 --> 00:33:34.100
 will clear

00:33:34.100 --> 00:33:35.180
 and he

00:33:35.180 --> 00:33:35.600
 shows us

00:33:35.600 --> 00:33:36.200
 plainly what

00:33:36.200 --> 00:33:36.680
 he's commanded

00:33:36.680 --> 00:33:37.420
 us to do.

00:33:41.540 --> 00:33:42.019
 Well,

00:33:42.060 --> 00:33:42.500
 what happens

00:33:42.500 --> 00:33:42.840
 if we

00:33:42.840 --> 00:33:43.320
 ignore all

00:33:43.320 --> 00:33:43.680
 this?

00:33:45.480 --> 00:33:46.160
 And just

00:33:46.160 --> 00:33:46.660
 sort of do

00:33:46.660 --> 00:33:47.140
 whatever we

00:33:47.140 --> 00:33:47.700
 feel like

00:33:47.700 --> 00:33:47.980
 doing?

00:33:50.580 --> 00:33:51.060
 Jesus

00:33:51.060 --> 00:33:51.560
 tells us

00:33:51.560 --> 00:33:51.860
 what the

00:33:51.860 --> 00:33:52.360
 outcome will

00:33:52.360 --> 00:33:52.720
 be for

00:33:52.720 --> 00:33:53.019
 us.

00:33:53.880 --> 00:33:54.420
 But suppose

00:33:54.420 --> 00:33:54.920
 the servant

00:33:54.920 --> 00:33:55.380
 says to

00:33:55.380 --> 00:33:55.740
 himself,

00:33:55.900 --> 00:33:56.000
 my

00:33:56.000 --> 00:33:56.560
 master's

00:33:56.560 --> 00:33:56.820
 taking

00:33:56.819 --> 00:33:57.220
 a long

00:33:57.220 --> 00:33:57.679
 time in

00:33:57.679 --> 00:33:57.980
 coming.

00:33:58.779 --> 00:33:59.159
 And he

00:33:59.159 --> 00:33:59.619
 then begins

00:33:59.619 --> 00:33:59.980
 to beat

00:33:59.980 --> 00:34:00.379
 the other

00:34:00.379 --> 00:34:00.879
 servants,

00:34:01.299 --> 00:34:01.759
 both men

00:34:01.759 --> 00:34:02.379
 and women,

00:34:03.099 --> 00:34:03.519
 and to

00:34:03.519 --> 00:34:04.480
 eat and

00:34:04.480 --> 00:34:05.220
 drink and

00:34:05.220 --> 00:34:05.899
 get drunk.

00:34:07.279 --> 00:34:07.919
 So the

00:34:07.919 --> 00:34:08.460
 picture here

00:34:08.460 --> 00:34:08.940
 is of this

00:34:08.940 --> 00:34:09.360
 wicked,

00:34:09.599 --> 00:34:10.039
 selfish,

00:34:10.219 --> 00:34:10.799
 indulgent

00:34:10.799 --> 00:34:11.779
 man who

00:34:11.779 --> 00:34:12.279
 just kind

00:34:12.279 --> 00:34:12.759
 of takes

00:34:12.759 --> 00:34:13.279
 over as

00:34:13.279 --> 00:34:13.739
 the new

00:34:13.739 --> 00:34:14.559
 master of

00:34:14.559 --> 00:34:15.019
 the house.

00:34:16.219 --> 00:34:17.000
 After all,

00:34:17.079 --> 00:34:17.579
 he's got the

00:34:17.579 --> 00:34:18.039
 key to the

00:34:18.039 --> 00:34:18.480
 storeroom,

00:34:18.539 --> 00:34:18.739
 right?

00:34:19.960 --> 00:34:20.599
 So he

00:34:20.599 --> 00:34:21.139
 decides to

00:34:21.139 --> 00:34:21.619
 have a little

00:34:21.619 --> 00:34:22.500
 fun with

00:34:22.500 --> 00:34:23.019
 it and to

00:34:23.019 --> 00:34:23.819
 enjoy his

00:34:23.819 --> 00:34:24.539
 authority and

00:34:24.539 --> 00:34:25.199
 his position

00:34:25.199 --> 00:34:25.599
 and to

00:34:25.599 --> 00:34:26.059
 lord it

00:34:26.059 --> 00:34:27.099
 over the

00:34:27.099 --> 00:34:27.460
 fellow

00:34:27.460 --> 00:34:28.519
 slaves.

00:34:29.099 --> 00:34:29.920
 He decides

00:34:29.920 --> 00:34:30.619
 to indulge

00:34:30.619 --> 00:34:31.239
 himself with

00:34:31.239 --> 00:34:31.860
 the master's

00:34:31.860 --> 00:34:32.380
 food and

00:34:32.380 --> 00:34:34.019
 drink and

00:34:34.019 --> 00:34:34.619
 acts as a

00:34:34.619 --> 00:34:35.119
 glutton and

00:34:35.119 --> 00:34:35.719
 a drunkard.

00:34:36.880 --> 00:34:37.279
 And Jesus

00:34:37.279 --> 00:34:37.759
 says,

00:34:38.460 --> 00:34:39.059
 the master of

00:34:39.059 --> 00:34:39.519
 that servant

00:34:39.519 --> 00:34:40.079
 will come on

00:34:40.079 --> 00:34:40.659
 a day when

00:34:40.659 --> 00:34:41.380
 he does not

00:34:41.380 --> 00:34:42.179
 expect him

00:34:42.179 --> 00:34:42.880
 and at an

00:34:42.880 --> 00:34:43.860
 hour he is

00:34:43.860 --> 00:34:44.420
 not aware

00:34:44.420 --> 00:34:45.360
 of, he

00:34:45.360 --> 00:34:45.840
 will cut

00:34:45.840 --> 00:34:46.159
 him to

00:34:46.159 --> 00:34:47.299
 pieces and

00:34:47.299 --> 00:34:47.960
 assign him a

00:34:47.960 --> 00:34:48.440
 place with

00:34:48.440 --> 00:34:48.579
 the

00:34:48.579 --> 00:34:49.179
 unbelievers.

00:34:49.179 --> 00:34:53.019
 That word

00:34:53.019 --> 00:34:53.799
 unbelievers can

00:34:53.799 --> 00:34:54.239
 also be

00:34:54.239 --> 00:34:54.919
 translated as

00:34:54.919 --> 00:34:56.059
 the unfaithful.

00:34:56.960 --> 00:34:57.519
 Faithful

00:34:57.519 --> 00:34:58.059
 manager,

00:34:58.899 --> 00:34:59.679
 unfaithful,

00:35:00.059 --> 00:35:00.779
 same word

00:35:00.779 --> 00:35:01.719
 just negated

00:35:01.719 --> 00:35:02.179
 in this

00:35:02.179 --> 00:35:03.599
 part.

00:35:05.759 --> 00:35:06.199
 Cut him

00:35:06.199 --> 00:35:06.619
 to pieces

00:35:06.619 --> 00:35:07.319
 is probably

00:35:07.319 --> 00:35:08.019
 a figure of

00:35:08.019 --> 00:35:08.359
 speech.

00:35:09.119 --> 00:35:09.739
 If it's

00:35:09.739 --> 00:35:10.299
 literal, it's

00:35:10.299 --> 00:35:11.059
 kind of an

00:35:11.059 --> 00:35:11.539
 interesting

00:35:11.539 --> 00:35:12.079
 sequence.

00:35:12.279 --> 00:35:12.639
 First you

00:35:12.639 --> 00:35:13.239
 get cut to

00:35:13.239 --> 00:35:13.559
 pieces,

00:35:14.219 --> 00:35:15.339
 then you

00:35:15.339 --> 00:35:15.779
 get assigned

00:35:15.779 --> 00:35:16.339
 a place with

00:35:16.339 --> 00:35:16.960
 the unfaithful,

00:35:17.059 --> 00:35:17.460
 and then you

00:35:17.460 --> 00:35:17.940
 get beaten

00:35:17.940 --> 00:35:18.440
 with many

00:35:18.440 --> 00:35:18.820
 blows.

00:35:19.440 --> 00:35:19.820
 So I'm

00:35:19.820 --> 00:35:20.099
 not sure

00:35:20.099 --> 00:35:20.500
 how that

00:35:20.500 --> 00:35:21.159
 works, but

00:35:21.159 --> 00:35:22.740
 we do this

00:35:22.740 --> 00:35:23.280
 all the time.

00:35:23.460 --> 00:35:23.599
 You know,

00:35:23.700 --> 00:35:24.960
 when Bob

00:35:24.960 --> 00:35:25.760
 backed into

00:35:25.760 --> 00:35:26.559
 Steve's car,

00:35:27.200 --> 00:35:27.800
 Steve came

00:35:27.800 --> 00:35:28.200
 out and

00:35:28.200 --> 00:35:28.639
 ripped him

00:35:28.639 --> 00:35:30.039
 to shreds,

00:35:30.059 --> 00:35:30.559
 we'll say.

00:35:31.200 --> 00:35:31.519
 Well, of

00:35:31.519 --> 00:35:31.820
 course it's

00:35:31.820 --> 00:35:32.420
 not literal,

00:35:32.780 --> 00:35:33.179
 but it

00:35:33.179 --> 00:35:33.980
 means he

00:35:33.980 --> 00:35:34.539
 was furious

00:35:34.539 --> 00:35:34.960
 and he

00:35:34.960 --> 00:35:35.340
 gave him

00:35:35.340 --> 00:35:35.840
 a severe

00:35:35.840 --> 00:35:36.200
 tongue

00:35:36.200 --> 00:35:36.700
 lashing.

00:35:41.960 --> 00:35:42.700
 Jesus will

00:35:42.700 --> 00:35:43.099
 not be

00:35:43.099 --> 00:35:43.480
 happy.

00:35:45.500 --> 00:35:46.240
 In fact,

00:35:46.440 --> 00:35:47.079
 Jesus goes

00:35:47.079 --> 00:35:47.460
 on to

00:35:47.460 --> 00:35:47.920
 describe

00:35:47.920 --> 00:35:48.680
 what would

00:35:48.680 --> 00:35:49.300
 normally be

00:35:49.300 --> 00:35:49.659
 done to

00:35:49.659 --> 00:35:50.180
 slaves who

00:35:50.180 --> 00:35:50.960
 did such

00:35:50.960 --> 00:35:51.500
 things as

00:35:51.500 --> 00:35:52.519
 this back

00:35:52.519 --> 00:35:52.860
 in those

00:35:52.860 --> 00:35:53.280
 days in

00:35:53.280 --> 00:35:54.000
 verse 47

00:35:54.000 --> 00:35:54.659
 and 48.

00:35:55.639 --> 00:35:56.099
 The servant

00:35:56.099 --> 00:35:56.519
 who knows

00:35:56.519 --> 00:35:57.079
 the master's

00:35:57.079 --> 00:35:57.400
 will and

00:35:57.400 --> 00:35:57.820
 does not

00:35:57.820 --> 00:35:58.280
 get ready

00:35:58.280 --> 00:35:58.659
 or does

00:35:58.659 --> 00:35:59.320
 not do

00:35:59.320 --> 00:35:59.840
 what the

00:35:59.840 --> 00:36:00.500
 master wants

00:36:00.500 --> 00:36:00.800
 will be

00:36:00.800 --> 00:36:01.460
 beaten with

00:36:01.460 --> 00:36:02.380
 many blows.

00:36:03.519 --> 00:36:04.039
 But the

00:36:04.039 --> 00:36:04.480
 one who does

00:36:04.480 --> 00:36:05.000
 not know

00:36:05.000 --> 00:36:05.539
 and does

00:36:05.539 --> 00:36:06.300
 things deserving

00:36:06.300 --> 00:36:06.880
 punishment

00:36:06.880 --> 00:36:08.099
 will be

00:36:08.099 --> 00:36:08.639
 beaten with

00:36:08.639 --> 00:36:09.840
 few blows.

00:36:10.659 --> 00:36:11.079
 From

00:36:11.079 --> 00:36:11.700
 everyone who

00:36:11.700 --> 00:36:12.059
 has been

00:36:12.059 --> 00:36:12.780
 given much,

00:36:13.840 --> 00:36:15.260
 much will

00:36:15.260 --> 00:36:15.840
 be demanded.

00:36:16.579 --> 00:36:16.960
 And from

00:36:16.960 --> 00:36:17.440
 the one who

00:36:17.440 --> 00:36:17.820
 has been

00:36:17.820 --> 00:36:18.280
 entrusted

00:36:18.280 --> 00:36:18.920
 with much,

00:36:19.700 --> 00:36:20.559
 much more

00:36:20.559 --> 00:36:20.900
 will be

00:36:20.900 --> 00:36:21.280
 asked.

00:36:23.079 --> 00:36:23.740
 So the

00:36:23.740 --> 00:36:24.920
 master would

00:36:24.920 --> 00:36:25.539
 see to it

00:36:25.539 --> 00:36:25.840
 that the

00:36:25.840 --> 00:36:26.179
 punishment

00:36:26.179 --> 00:36:26.679
 fit the

00:36:26.679 --> 00:36:27.099
 offense.

00:36:28.539 --> 00:36:28.940
 And of

00:36:28.940 --> 00:36:29.220
 course he

00:36:29.220 --> 00:36:29.559
 would take

00:36:29.559 --> 00:36:29.780
 into

00:36:29.780 --> 00:36:30.400
 consideration

00:36:30.400 --> 00:36:30.940
 whether the

00:36:30.940 --> 00:36:31.700
 offense was

00:36:31.700 --> 00:36:33.099
 deliberate and

00:36:33.099 --> 00:36:34.720
 defiant or

00:36:34.720 --> 00:36:35.119
 whether it

00:36:35.119 --> 00:36:35.659
 was due to

00:36:35.659 --> 00:36:36.139
 ignorance.

00:36:37.780 --> 00:36:38.579
 In the same

00:36:38.579 --> 00:36:39.059
 way Jesus

00:36:39.059 --> 00:36:39.720
 will judge

00:36:39.720 --> 00:36:40.940
 our actions

00:36:40.940 --> 00:36:41.360
 when he

00:36:41.360 --> 00:36:41.820
 returns.

00:36:41.820 --> 00:36:41.900
 sins.

00:36:44.080 --> 00:36:44.860
 But if we

00:36:44.860 --> 00:36:45.240
 have been

00:36:45.240 --> 00:36:45.720
 faithful,

00:36:46.800 --> 00:36:47.380
 then we

00:36:47.380 --> 00:36:47.780
 have nothing

00:36:47.780 --> 00:36:48.220
 to worry

00:36:48.220 --> 00:36:48.519
 about.

00:36:49.059 --> 00:36:49.700
 We'll be

00:36:49.700 --> 00:36:50.500
 rewarded by

00:36:50.500 --> 00:36:50.740
 him.

00:36:52.620 --> 00:36:53.440
 But if we've

00:36:53.440 --> 00:36:54.180
 been unfaithful

00:36:54.180 --> 00:36:54.559
 and if we

00:36:54.559 --> 00:36:55.820
 have persistently

00:36:55.820 --> 00:36:56.600
 acted

00:36:56.600 --> 00:36:58.420
 selfishly,

00:36:58.860 --> 00:36:59.440
 sinfully,

00:36:59.780 --> 00:37:00.340
 wickedly,

00:37:00.519 --> 00:37:01.840
 then Jesus

00:37:01.840 --> 00:37:02.400
 will give us

00:37:02.400 --> 00:37:02.740
 what we

00:37:02.740 --> 00:37:03.180
 deserve.

00:37:04.600 --> 00:37:05.240
 He will

00:37:05.240 --> 00:37:05.820
 pour out on

00:37:05.820 --> 00:37:06.140
 us the

00:37:06.140 --> 00:37:06.780
 punishment that

00:37:06.780 --> 00:37:07.220
 fits and

00:37:07.220 --> 00:37:07.760
 will assign

00:37:07.760 --> 00:37:08.559
 us a place

00:37:08.559 --> 00:37:09.659
 with the

00:37:09.659 --> 00:37:10.279
 unfaithful.

00:37:13.219 --> 00:37:13.860
 And I

00:37:13.860 --> 00:37:14.299
 think yes,

00:37:14.420 --> 00:37:14.860
 Jesus is

00:37:14.860 --> 00:37:15.519
 talking here

00:37:15.519 --> 00:37:16.099
 about heaven

00:37:16.099 --> 00:37:16.539
 and hell.

00:37:18.739 --> 00:37:19.559
 The mark

00:37:19.559 --> 00:37:20.039
 of every

00:37:20.039 --> 00:37:20.699
 true believer

00:37:20.699 --> 00:37:21.279
 in Jesus,

00:37:22.039 --> 00:37:22.860
 every genuine

00:37:22.860 --> 00:37:23.559
 follower of

00:37:23.559 --> 00:37:24.179
 Jesus is

00:37:24.179 --> 00:37:24.840
 persistent

00:37:24.840 --> 00:37:25.679
 faithfulness.

00:37:26.519 --> 00:37:27.340
 Not that we

00:37:27.340 --> 00:37:28.440
 live perfectly,

00:37:28.539 --> 00:37:28.880
 it's not

00:37:28.880 --> 00:37:30.039
 perfect faithfulness

00:37:30.039 --> 00:37:30.539
 of course,

00:37:31.039 --> 00:37:31.659
 but that we

00:37:31.659 --> 00:37:32.460
 press on

00:37:32.460 --> 00:37:33.539
 continually in

00:37:33.539 --> 00:37:34.739
 obedience to

00:37:34.739 --> 00:37:35.119
 Jesus,

00:37:35.699 --> 00:37:36.279
 doing what

00:37:36.279 --> 00:37:36.779
 our master

00:37:36.779 --> 00:37:37.500
 has asked of

00:37:37.500 --> 00:37:37.759
 us.

00:37:38.559 --> 00:37:39.480
 We

00:37:39.480 --> 00:37:40.039
 regularly

00:37:40.039 --> 00:37:41.460
 confess and

00:37:41.460 --> 00:37:42.219
 repent of

00:37:42.219 --> 00:37:42.880
 our failings

00:37:42.880 --> 00:37:43.299
 and we

00:37:43.299 --> 00:37:44.000
 strive to

00:37:44.000 --> 00:37:44.639
 obey Jesus

00:37:44.639 --> 00:37:45.340
 as much as

00:37:45.340 --> 00:37:46.639
 possible in

00:37:46.639 --> 00:37:47.440
 every area of

00:37:47.440 --> 00:37:47.980
 our lives,

00:37:48.119 --> 00:37:49.039
 to do our

00:37:49.039 --> 00:37:49.860
 master's will.

00:37:51.779 --> 00:37:52.440
 That's what

00:37:52.440 --> 00:37:53.119
 true faith in

00:37:53.119 --> 00:37:53.900
 Jesus leads us

00:37:53.900 --> 00:37:54.279
 to do.

00:37:54.739 --> 00:37:55.579
 Because at the

00:37:55.579 --> 00:37:56.000
 end of this

00:37:56.000 --> 00:37:56.699
 world story,

00:37:57.739 --> 00:37:58.320
 Jesus really

00:37:58.320 --> 00:37:58.860
 is coming

00:37:58.860 --> 00:37:59.259
 back.

00:38:00.619 --> 00:38:01.320
 And there

00:38:01.320 --> 00:38:02.019
 are only two

00:38:02.019 --> 00:38:02.779
 outcomes here.

00:38:05.360 --> 00:38:06.179
 The outcome

00:38:06.179 --> 00:38:06.860
 of the faithful

00:38:06.860 --> 00:38:07.619
 and the wise,

00:38:07.619 --> 00:38:10.139
 being entrusted

00:38:10.139 --> 00:38:11.380
 with all his

00:38:11.380 --> 00:38:11.960
 possessions,

00:38:12.480 --> 00:38:13.920
 or the outcome

00:38:13.920 --> 00:38:15.139
 of the unfaithful

00:38:15.139 --> 00:38:16.299
 and the foolish.

00:38:19.679 --> 00:38:20.759
 Are you ready

00:38:20.759 --> 00:38:22.259
 for Jesus'

00:38:22.440 --> 00:38:22.719
 return?

00:38:25.099 --> 00:38:26.460
 Are you busy

00:38:26.460 --> 00:38:28.960
 doing what he

00:38:28.960 --> 00:38:29.460
 has asked?

00:38:29.460 --> 00:38:34.820
 let's pray.

00:38:34.820 --> 00:38:34.840
 Let's pray.

00:38:38.679 --> 00:38:39.460
 Father in heaven,

00:38:39.579 --> 00:38:40.099
 thank you for

00:38:40.099 --> 00:38:40.720
 these words,

00:38:41.320 --> 00:38:42.019
 and I pray that

00:38:42.019 --> 00:38:42.720
 our hearts would be

00:38:42.720 --> 00:38:43.519
 open and receptive

00:38:43.519 --> 00:38:44.059
 to them.

00:38:44.820 --> 00:38:46.079
 Convict us of the

00:38:46.079 --> 00:38:47.039
 sins that we have

00:38:47.039 --> 00:38:48.699
 committed recently

00:38:48.699 --> 00:38:49.820
 in our lives,

00:38:49.880 --> 00:38:50.480
 where we have

00:38:50.480 --> 00:38:52.539
 been like that

00:38:52.539 --> 00:38:53.340
 wicked,

00:38:53.840 --> 00:38:55.119
 unfaithful servant,

00:38:55.119 --> 00:38:57.440
 and bring us

00:38:57.440 --> 00:38:58.539
 back to walking

00:38:58.539 --> 00:38:59.079
 in the light

00:38:59.079 --> 00:38:59.599
 with you.

00:39:02.299 --> 00:39:03.079
 Even the things

00:39:03.079 --> 00:39:03.699
 we've done right,

00:39:03.799 --> 00:39:04.380
 Lord, we give you

00:39:04.380 --> 00:39:05.119
 the credit and the

00:39:05.119 --> 00:39:05.839
 glory for that.

00:39:05.940 --> 00:39:06.699
 It's your spirit

00:39:06.699 --> 00:39:07.179
 in us.

00:39:08.239 --> 00:39:09.139
 And we thank you

00:39:09.139 --> 00:39:09.719
 that there is

00:39:09.719 --> 00:39:10.380
 coming that day

00:39:10.380 --> 00:39:11.059
 when you return

00:39:11.059 --> 00:39:12.639
 and when you

00:39:12.639 --> 00:39:14.440
 reward us

00:39:14.440 --> 00:39:15.099
 for everything

00:39:15.099 --> 00:39:15.759
 that we have

00:39:15.759 --> 00:39:16.059
 done,

00:39:16.279 --> 00:39:16.799
 even though we

00:39:16.799 --> 00:39:17.299
 don't deserve

00:39:17.299 --> 00:39:17.539
 it.

00:39:18.779 --> 00:39:19.539
 We long for

00:39:19.539 --> 00:39:19.920
 that day,

00:39:20.019 --> 00:39:20.159
 Lord.

00:39:21.299 --> 00:39:22.079
 Come quickly.

00:39:22.079 --> 00:39:24.559
 In Jesus' name,

00:39:25.619 --> 00:39:25.900
 Amen.