God speaks today Saturday | September 30, 2023
But take diligent heed to do the commandment and the law, which Moses the servant of the LORD charged you, to love the LORD your God, and to walk in all his ways, and to keep his commandments, and to cleave unto him, and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul.
(Joshua 22:5)But which of you, having a servant plowing or feeding cattle, will say unto him by and by, when he is come from the field, Go and sit down to meat?
(Luke 17:7) Useless servants we are
The parable of the useless servants in Luke 17:7-10 teaches about the absolute lordship of God and our attitude of total performance and submission to His will. Jesus uses hyperbole to illustrate this deep spiritual principle and contrasts the harsh and demanding attitude of the boss in the parable with the availability of the Heavenly Father to attend to our requests. We are nothing before God's greatness and should have an attitude of humility and recognition of our true state. This is important in our Christian life and in our prayer life before the Lord.
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Cross Reference
Ye shall diligently keep the commandments of the LORD your God, and his testimonies, and his statutes, which he hath commanded thee.
(Deuteronomy 6:17)For if ye shall diligently keep all these commandments which I command you, to do them, to love the LORD your God, to walk in all his ways, and to cleave unto him;
(Deuteronomy 11:22)Then saith Jesus unto him, Get thee hence, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve.
(Matthew 4:10)And it shall come to pass, if ye shall hearken diligently unto my commandments which I command you this day, to love the LORD your God, and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul,
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