The Faithful and Wise Servant – Matthew 24:45-47
While we wait for Jesus return, he calls on us to be faithful and wise servants. Then, when he returns, we will be rewarded.
Encouraging, comforting and urging you to live lives worthy of God, who calls you into his kingdom and glory. (1 Thess. 2:12 NIV)
While we wait for Jesus return, he calls on us to be faithful and wise servants. Then, when he returns, we will be rewarded.
All of us face challenges. As well as options for providing security. But the only real security we can have is to stand firm in our faith.
Paul calls on us, regardless of the circumstances we face, to be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer.
Smyrna was not a church most people would look at twice. But it had one very significant thing going for it. They were a faithful church.
We may face many challenges in serving Christ. But our light and momentary troubles are producing an eternal glory for us. So be faithful.
Repeatedly the Scripture exhorts us to remain faithful to the end. The life of King Asa is a lesson on failing to do that.
One of the challenges facing believers today is our relationship with the world around us. How do we live faithfully to God in a pagan world?
You are not saved just by walking the aisle and saying the sinner’s prayer. Salvation is for those who continue in their faith to the end.