{"id":134,"date":"2022-03-09T03:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-03-09T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reflectivebiblestudy.com\/gospeladventure\/?p=134&2022"},"modified":"2022-03-07T17:00:07","modified_gmt":"2022-03-08T00:00:07","slug":"showing-our-belief-luke-12-35-59","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reflectivebiblestudy.com\/gospeladventure\/showing-our-belief-luke-12-35-59\/","title":{"rendered":"Showing Our Belief: Luke 12:35-59"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"spoiler spoiler-style-2\"><div class=\"spoiler-title\">Focus Passage: Luke 12:35-59 (NCV)<\/div><div class=\"spoiler-content\"><p>\u00a0<sup class=\"versenum\">35<\/sup> \u201cBe dressed, ready for service, and have your lamps shining. <sup class=\"versenum\">36<\/sup> Be like servants who are waiting for their master to come home from a wedding party. When he comes and knocks, the servants immediately open the door for him.\u00a0<sup class=\"versenum\">37<\/sup> They will be blessed when their master comes home, because he sees that they were watching for him. I tell you the truth, the master will dress himself to serve and tell the servants to sit at the table, and he will serve them. <sup class=\"versenum\">38<\/sup> Those servants will be blessed when he comes in and finds them still waiting, even if it is midnight or later. <\/p>\r\n<p>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <sup class=\"versenum\">39<\/sup> \u201cRemember this: If the owner of the house knew what time a thief was coming, he would not allow the thief to enter his house.  <sup class=\"versenum\">40<\/sup> So you also must be ready, because the Son of Man will come at a time when you don\u2019t expect him!\u201d <\/p>\r\n<p>\u00a0<sup class=\"versenum\">41<\/sup> Peter said, \u201cLord, did you tell this story to us or to all people?\u201d<\/p>\r\n<p>\u00a0<sup class=\"versenum\">42<\/sup> The Lord said, \u201cWho is the wise and trusted servant that the master trusts to give the other servants their food at the right time? <sup class=\"versenum\">43<\/sup> When the master comes and finds the servant doing his work, the servant will be blessed.\u00a0<sup class=\"versenum\">44<\/sup> I tell you the truth, the master will choose that servant to take care of everything he owns.\u00a0<sup class=\"versenum\">45<\/sup> But suppose the servant thinks to himself, \u2018My master will not come back soon,\u2019 and he begins to beat the other servants, men and women, and to eat and drink and get drunk. <sup class=\"versenum\">46<\/sup> The master will come when that servant is not ready and is not expecting him. Then the master will cut him in pieces and send him away to be with the others who don\u2019t obey. <\/p>\r\n<p>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <sup class=\"versenum\">47<\/sup> \u201cThe servant who knows what his master wants but is not ready, or who does not do what the master wants, will be beaten with many blows!  <sup class=\"versenum\">48<\/sup> But the servant who does not know what his master wants and does things that should be punished will be beaten with few blows. From everyone who has been given much, much will be demanded. And from the one trusted with much, much more will be expected.<\/p>\r\n<p>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0  <sup class=\"versenum\">49<\/sup> \u201cI came to set fire to the world, and I wish it were already burning! <sup class=\"versenum\">50<\/sup> I have a baptism to suffer through, and I feel very troubled until it is over.\u00a0<sup class=\"versenum\">51<\/sup> Do you think I came to give peace to the earth? No, I tell you, I came to divide it.\u00a0<sup class=\"versenum\">52<\/sup> From now on, a family with five people will be divided, three against two, and two against three. <sup class=\"versenum\">53<\/sup> They will be divided: father against son and son against father, mother against daughter and daughter against mother, mother-in-law against daughter-in-law and daughter-in-law against mother-in-law.\u201d <\/p>\r\n<p>\u00a0<sup class=\"versenum\">54<\/sup> Then Jesus said to the people, \u201cWhen you see clouds coming up in the west, you say, \u2018It\u2019s going to rain,\u2019 and it happens. <sup class=\"versenum\">55<\/sup> When you feel the wind begin to blow from the south, you say, \u2018It will be a hot day,\u2019 and it happens. <sup class=\"versenum\">56<\/sup> Hypocrites! You know how to understand the appearance of the earth and sky. Why don\u2019t you understand what is happening now?<\/p>\r\n<p>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0  <sup class=\"versenum\">57<\/sup> \u201cWhy can\u2019t you decide for yourselves what is right? <sup class=\"versenum\">58<\/sup> If your enemy is taking you to court, try hard to settle it on the way. If you don\u2019t, your enemy might take you to the judge, and the judge might turn you over to the officer, and the officer might throw you into jail. <sup class=\"versenum\">59<\/sup> I tell you, you will not get out of there until you have paid everything you owe.\u201d<\/p>\r\n<p class=\"passage-read-more\">Read <a href=\"http:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Luke 12:35-59&amp;version=ncv\" title=\"Read the passage on BibleGateway.com\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"hyperlink-underlined\">Luke 12:35-59<\/a> in context and\/or in other translations on BibleGateway.com!<\/p><\/div><\/div>\r\n<p>In this passage, we find a sobering warning that Jesus shares. In verses 47 and 48 we read, <strong>\u201cThe servant who knows what his master wants but is not ready, or who does not do what the master wants, will be beaten with many blows! But the servant who does not know what his master wants and does things that should be punished will be beaten with few blows. From everyone who has been given much, much will be demanded. And from the one trusted with much, much more will be expected.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<p>This is sobering to me because it tells me that we are judged both by what we know and by what we don\u2019t know. Truth is not subjective to our whims; it is reflective of God\u2019s character. God\u2019s character does not change as we change. Because of this, there is one standard (God\u2019s standard) that we will all be judged by.<\/p>\r\n<p>There is punishment for not obeying God. This passage makes it clear of that, but it also tells us that there is a distinction. It is bad to not do what is right in God\u2019s eyes, but it is worse to know what is right and to choose to not do it.<\/p>\r\n<p>Obeying God is what leads us into being wise and trusted servants. Obedience isn\u2019t where our faith journey starts, but it should be where it leads to. This brings me to the big thought I had with this passage: <strong>Our belief in Jesus is made known to others when we are living a life that is obedient to Jesus \u2013 doing what He wants us to do.<\/strong> <\/p>\r\n<div id=\"aj-wrap-up--134\" class=\"aj-wrap-up\"><p><em>This thought was inspired by studying the <strong>Walking With Jesus<\/strong> \u201cReflective Bible Study\u201d package. 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