continuing the series on the Parables taught by our Lord: "Serving a God of Grace"
"And he said to his disciples, "Temptations to sin are sure to come, but woe to the one through whom they come! It would be better for him if a millstone were hung around his neck and he were cast into the sea than that he should cause one of these little ones to sin.
Pay attention to yourselves! If your brother sins, rebuke him,
and if he repents, forgive him, and if he sins against you seven times in the day, and turns to you seven times, saying, 'I repent,' you must forgive him." The apostles said to the Lord, "Increase our faith!"
And the Lord said, "If you had faith like a grain of mustard seed, you could say to this mulberry tree,
'Be uprooted and planted in the sea,' and it would obey you. "Will any one of you who has a servant plowing or keeping sheep say to him when he has come in from the field, 'Come at once and recline at table'? Will he not rather say to him, 'Prepare supper for me, and dress properly, and serve me while I eat and drink, and afterward you will eat and drink'? Does he thank the servant because he did what was commanded? So you also, when you have done all that you were commanded, say, 'We are unworthy servants; we have only done what was our duty.'"
Luke 17:1-10 (ESV)
I. What kind of God is
represented by the figure of the Master?
II. What
kind of faith is taught by the figure of the Servant?
III. Am I a servant who ploughs, keeps
sheep and serve at table?
Now, enough has been said to show our works of no value in God's sight, and
ourselves unable to fulfil the least of his commands, to perform a single work... Even though we were able to keep all his
commandments and to make full satisfaction to his justice, yet we would not for
that reason be worthy of his grace and of salvation... Whatever he grants is of pure grace and mercy.
This Christ clearly taught in the parable in Luke 17, 7-10:
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