Instructions-Expectations-Duties-Responsibilities
Ouch! And Yikes! Are you recovered from last week? I’m still in shock. What a list. Are you like that? As I read down through the list of what I’m supposed to be like I see that I have a little work to do in a few areas. I have made improvement in some areas over the years. For example, I used to be conceited but now I’m a pretty nice guy. But then there are some things I really struggle with. How about you?
Now for some nitty-gritty (or however you spell that). Typical secular job descriptions call these duties and responsibilities. What does the job actually entail? The definitions you looked up back in the beginning gave you some hints and I think it’s interesting that the Bible provides some very “complimentary” input to this question. But because of our rebirth and who we are now, we have entered a different realm. And because of the realm we are now in, there are some added duties and responsibilities that won’t be found in any secular job description.
Take a look at these passages and see if you can identify these new/added responsibilities. What’s expected of us that isn’t expected of those who have been born only once?
What instructions and expectations does the Bible detail for stewards/servants/slaves (us) ? As stewards/servants/slaves, what does the Bible tell us about our duties and responsibilities?
John 12:26 ____________________________________________
1 Pet 4:10 _____________________________________________
Mark 12:2-5 ___________________________________________
Luke 19:13 ____________________________________________
Math 25:14 ____________________________________________
Eph 6:5-7______________________________________________
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John 12:26 “If anyone serves Me, let him follow Me; and where I am, there shall My servant also be; if anyone serves Me, the Father will honor him. NASB
1 Peter 4:10 As each one has received a special gift, employ it in serving one another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God. NASB
Mark 12:2-5 “And at the harvest time he sent a slave to the vine-growers, in order to receive some of the produce of the vineyard from the vine-growers. 3 “And they took him, and beat him, and sent him away empty-handed. 4 “And again he sent them another slave, and they wounded him in the head, and treated him shamefully. 5 “And he sent another, and that one they killed; and so with many others, beating some, and killing others. NASB
Luke 19:13 “And he called ten of his slaves, and gave them ten minas, and said to them, ‘Do business with this until I come back.’ NASB
Matt 25:14 “For it is just like a man about to go on a journey, who called his own slaves, and entrusted his possessions to them. NASB
Eph 6:5-7 Slaves, be obedient to those who are your masters according to the flesh, with fear and trembling, in the sincerity of your heart, as to Christ; 6 not by way of eyeservice, as men-pleasers, but as slaves of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart. 7 With good will render service, as to the Lord, and not to men, NASB