God speaks today Friday | October 6, 2023

And David said, Is there yet any that is left of the house of Saul, that I may show him kindness for Jonathan's sake? (2 Samuel 9:1)

Wherefore, though I might be much bold in Christ to enjoin thee that which is convenient, (Philemon 1:8)

God might receive us as slaves but treats us as sons

In this final meditation on the parable of the useless servant, the speaker encourages listeners to maintain a dual perspective of their true condition before God. On the one hand, God could demand anything from us and treat us with indifference, but on the other hand, God treats us with love, generosity, and mercy. The speaker uses the example of Paul's letter to Philemon to illustrate this duality, where Paul delicately asks Philemon to forgive a runaway slave, and treats him as a brother in Christ. The speaker concludes that God treats us as members of His family, not as slaves, and that we should approach God's throne with boldness and gratitude, while also recognizing our true condition as servants of Christ. Read more...

Cross Reference

And Jonathan said to David, Go in peace, forasmuch as we have sworn both of us in the name of the LORD, saying, The LORD be between me and thee, and between my seed and thy seed for ever. And he arose and departed: and Jonathan went into the city. (1 Samuel 20:42)

Nor of men sought we glory, neither of you, nor yet of others, when we might have been burdensome, as the apostles of Christ. (1 Thessalonians 2:6)

And thou shalt not only while yet I live show me the kindness of the LORD, that I die not: (1 Samuel 20:14)

Seeing then that we have such hope, we use great plainness of speech: (2 Corinthians 3:12)

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