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The Parable of the Unprofitable Servants

Setting. Jesus is teaching His disciples about attitudes they need to avoid to be a discipleLk 17:1-2Avoid giving offenseLk 17:3-4Avoid being unforgiving. Setting. The disciples response to His teachingLk 17:5

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The Parable of the Unprofitable Servants

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    1. The Parable of the Unprofitable Servants Luke 17:7-10

    2. Setting Jesus is teaching His disciples about attitudes they need to avoid to be a disciple Lk 17:1-2 Avoid giving offense Lk 17:3-4 Avoid being unforgiving

    3. Setting The disciples response to His teaching Lk 17:5 “Increase our faith!” They can’t imagine not giving offense to others and forgiving those who do offend us The Lord replies – Lk 17:6 All you need is a little faith to accomplish seemingly impossible tasks Not discussing miraculous powers

    4. The parable Lk 17:7-9 Another master-servant parable After the servant does one part of his work He is not immediately rewarded Instead he must go on and do the rest of his work No extra appreciation is expected The servant merely did his duty

    5. The meaning of the parable Jesus points us to the meaning – Lk 17:10 His disciples are the servants God is our master The duties assigned us are the commands He gives us Including avoiding giving offense to others and forgiving those who offend us When we’ve done all the commands, we haven’t done anything special We’ve merely done our duty

    6. The parable applied You can’t earn salvation Eph 2:4-9 After we’ve done all He commands, we’re still “unprofitable servants” Isa 64:1-6 Whatever reward we receive is because of God’s grace, not because we have earned it

    7. The parable applied We need to be obedient “We have done that which was our duty to do” We still have a duty (even if it will not earn salvation) 1 Cor 7:19 1 Jn 5:3 No command is too grievous Even avoiding giving offense to others Even forgiving those who offend us

    8. Conclusion God demands obedience to His commands We aren’t anything special when we obey We are merely doing our duty We haven’t earned our salvation When the command seems difficult … We don’t need extra faith to comply We simply need faith and an understanding of our relationship with God Lk 17:10

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