Sermon Audio: What Does God Owe Me
Speaker: Pastor Val Watkins
Scripture Text: Luke 17:7-10
Duration: 24:26
Size: 11.1 MB
Luke-The Investigative Gospel
What Does God Owe Me
Luke 17:7-10
In America, we have gotten our work ethic a little twisted we don’t just work to make a living; we work for perks.
Even worse, this attitude begins to affect how we look at God; He is just not blessing us like we deserve.
Jesus explodes such thinking with a mini-parable The Parable of the Unworthy Servant in verses 7 through 10.
1. We are Called to Faithfulness in Ordinary Tasks.
We go through life putting out 25 cents here and 50 cents there.
2. Our Service is Only the Humble Fulfillment of Our Lord’s Legitimate Expectation.
The slave received and deserved no special treatment or thanks for doing his assigned task; they were his duties.
3. We Must Never Have The Attitude That God Owes Us Or Be Upset That God Did Not Do Something We Asked.
God owns us through the right of creation and through the price he paid to redeem us from sin, he thus owns us twice.
Jesus is telling us that we have nothing to get puffed up about, when we actually do as He has asked, this is the way we are supposed to live.
4. God Rewards Faithfulness Not Because He Has To But Because He Wants Too.
It was almost as though I could hear the voice, he leaned down and said, “But you’re not home yet.”