In Luke 16 and 17, Jesus has been teaching and the disciples say "Increase our faith!" Jesus gives his famous "faith like a mustard seed" speech. He said "IF" you had faith like a mustard seed you could...
He didn't say, you have this faith. He had been talking to people and telling them some of the bad things they had been doing. This wasn't the nicest message, but incredibly honest. He made it clear that faith starts in your home. It is shown by how you act with the people closest to you. It is shown by how you deal with money. It is shown by your daily life. It starts at home.
The disciples wanted this faith but Jesus gave them a warning. He gave a parable about servants and how a servant is still a servant even after he has finished his work. Jesus taught the disciples that if they are going to have faith, God will use them for big things;HOWEVER, they must remember that they are still just the servants.
Sometimes people get too caught up in the idea of "Wow! look what God used ME to do". Now we can be happy that God uses us, we have to remember that HE is the one working through us. Our value is that we are his servant because without Him we couldn't do anything.
He didn't say, you have this faith. He had been talking to people and telling them some of the bad things they had been doing. This wasn't the nicest message, but incredibly honest. He made it clear that faith starts in your home. It is shown by how you act with the people closest to you. It is shown by how you deal with money. It is shown by your daily life. It starts at home.
The disciples wanted this faith but Jesus gave them a warning. He gave a parable about servants and how a servant is still a servant even after he has finished his work. Jesus taught the disciples that if they are going to have faith, God will use them for big things;HOWEVER, they must remember that they are still just the servants.
Sometimes people get too caught up in the idea of "Wow! look what God used ME to do". Now we can be happy that God uses us, we have to remember that HE is the one working through us. Our value is that we are his servant because without Him we couldn't do anything.
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