{"id":95,"date":"2021-11-24T03:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-11-24T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reflectivebiblestudy.com\/gospeladventure\/?p=95&2021"},"modified":"2021-11-22T17:01:33","modified_gmt":"2021-11-23T00:01:33","slug":"the-master-serves-luke-12-35-59","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reflectivebiblestudy.com\/gospeladventure\/the-master-serves-luke-12-35-59\/","title":{"rendered":"The Master Serves: 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>Depending on the translation, the big idea I want to focus on in this journal entry can appear clearly, or it can be vague. Fortunately, the translation we are using states it quite clearly, which is important, because this idea runs very counter-cultural \u2013 but perfectly aligned with God\u2019s character:<\/p>\r\n<p><strong>\u201cI 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.\u201d<\/strong> (v. 37)<\/p>\r\n<p>What I see being so amazing about this verse and idea is that God\/Jesus <em>(represented by a master who has been gone a long time)<\/em> serves us when He returns. This is the opposite of what I would expect to see happen.<\/p>\r\n<p>In today\u2019s culture, if a leader returned from a trip, he would expect his assistants and aids to serve him first. After all, he has just returned from a trip and is probably tired from traveling.<\/p>\r\n<p>However, this is not the case with God. God travels the length of the universe in order to bring us home to be with Him, and the first thing that happens when He arrives is that He serves us. <em>(Can you see a parallel to this idea in Jesus\u2019 life and ministry?)<\/em><\/p>\r\n<p>With God, it really is \u201call about us\u201d because He loves us. This doesn\u2019t mean that we are to be all about us (a.k.a. conceited), but instead, we are to love God back with the same selfless love that He has shown us.<\/p>\r\n<p><strong><em>God, the master of the universe, is willing to serve us \u2013 even when we are the ones who technically should be \u201cserving\u201d Him.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\r\n<div id=\"aj-wrap-up--95\" class=\"aj-wrap-up\"><p><em>This thought was inspired by studying the <strong>Walking With Jesus<\/strong> \u201cReflective Bible Study\u201d package. To discover insights like this in your own study time, <a class=\"underline\" href=\"https:\/\/reflectivebiblestudy.com\/\" title=\"Check out Reflective Bible Study!\">click here<\/a> and give Reflective Bible Study a try today!<\/em><\/p><p><em><a class=\"underline\" href=\"javascript:void(0);\" onClick=\"rbs_aj_inline_subscribe(this, '95');\">Subscribe<\/a> to this blog and never miss an insight.<\/em><\/p><\/div>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Depending on the translation, the big idea I want to focus on in this journal entry can appear clearly, or it can be vague. 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