What’s Peculiar About You? 2 Part [3] 02/06/2024 (Evening thought)

Matthew 25: 20 And so he that had received five talents came and brought other five talents, saying, Lord, thou delivered unto me five talents: behold, I have gained beside them five talents more.

The same is true of the parable Jesus gave about the stewards who were entrusted with temporal issues first, to see how they would handle those; and only afterward, when The Lord did a thorough inspection on them, did He entrust them with greater matters, for the way one manages temporal matters reflects greatly, and directly on their spiritual state.

Luke 16: 9 And I say unto you, Make to yourselves friends of the mammon of unrighteousness; that, when ye fail, they may receive you into everlasting habitations. 10 He that is faithful in that which is least is faithful also in much: and he that is unjust in the least is unjust also in much. 11 If therefore you have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust the true riches?

[Christ’s Object Lessons pp 349] Religion and business are not two separate things; they are one. Bible religion is to be interwoven with all we do or say. Divine and human agencies are to combine in temporal as well as in spiritual achievements. They are to be united in all human pursuits, in mechanical and agricultural labors, in mercantile and scientific enterprises. There must be co-operation in everything embraced in Christian activity.

Matthew 25: 21 His lord said unto him, Well done, thou good and faithful servant: thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord.

May God add His blessing to the study of His word. “Good night” and God bless!

What’s Peculiar About You? 2 Part [2] 02/05/2024 (Morning thought)

Daniel 6:6 Then these presidents and princes assembled together to the king, and said thus unto him, King Darius, live for ever. 7 All the presidents of the kingdom, the governors, and the princes, the counsellors, and the captains, have consulted together to establish a royal statute, and to make a firm decree, that whosoever shall ask a petition of any God or man for thirty days, save of thee, O king, he shall be cast into the den of lions.

Again, the Chaldeans and princes over whom Daniel was promoted as president, had diligently inspected Daniel’s temporal matters first. They took a look at his taxes, his credit rating, and business deals. They took a long hard look at his mortgage payments, to see if he was paying late, and whether he was in arrears. But try as they might, they could not find anything to accuse him of.

Thus, in desperation, after suffering disappointment after disappointment they turned to his religion, the spiritual aspects of Daniel’s life, to see if there was a chink in the armor somewhere that they might have cause to bring some railing accusation against him.

Daniel 6:1 It pleased Darius to set over the kingdom one hundred and twenty princes, which should be over the whole kingdom; 2 And over these three presidents; of whom Daniel was first: that the princes might give accounts unto them, and the king should have no damage. 4 Then the presidents and princes sought to find occasion against Daniel concerning the kingdom; but they could find none occasion nor fault; forasmuch as he was faithful, neither was there any error or fault found in him.

Daniel 6:5 Then said these men, we shall not find any occasion against this Daniel, except we find it against him concerning the law of his God.

May The Lord add His blessing to the study of His word. God bless!