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12Luke 12:39-48 9 But know this, that if the householder had known at what hour the thief was coming, he would not have
left his house to be broken into. 40 You also must be ready; for the Son of man is coming at an unexpected hour." 41 Peter
said, "Lord, are you telling this parable for us or for all?" 42 And the Lord said, "Who then is the faithful and wise steward,
whom his master will set over his household, to give them their portion of food at the proper time? 43 Blessed is that servant
whom his master when he comes will find so doing. 44 Truly, I say to you, he will set him over all his possessions. 45 But
if that servant says to himself, 'My master is delayed in coming,' and begins to beat the menservants and the maidservants,
and to eat and drink and get drunk, 46 the master of that servant will come on a day when he does not expect him and at an
hour he does not know, and will punish him, and put him with the unfaithful. 47 And that servant who knew his master's will,
but did not make ready or act according to his will, shall receive a severe beating. 48 But he who did not know, and did what
deserved a beating, shall receive a light beating. Every one to whom much is given, of him will much be required; and of him
to whom men commit much they will demand the more. In this unique but extremely relevant passage, we fing imperative warnings
from our Lord, i the practical sphere of Christian life. Here, Jesus does NOT say, don't worry about this info if You happen
to be one of the predestined elect. No, He makes it plain...that our responses to the Gospel continue to be relevant even
after becoming a servant of God. If we at some point turn away to a life of drunkeness and desultory behaviour, destroying
both our own integrity and the abusing of others as Jesus tells us, then we shall quite literally forfeit and LOSE the salvation
that, thoug in itself is truly ETERNAL, our participation in these eternal things is cut off and ceases. We become liable
to the Judge rather than the Saviour, though the two are the same person. For the Father hath committed all judgment over
to the Son. This is a solemn warning to any who flirt with the spurious and unscriptural notion that even if they turn away
from Christ, that He will essentially drag them (against their very will) into a Heaven made for saints, though they love
and cherish the degradation of their sins) allll because they hold to the untenable and unscriptural teaching of so-called
Unconditional Eternal Security. Though this has become one of the most fashionable doctrines in many Christian circles, it
is the mst Soul-threatening of all the unbiblical doctrines circulated among Christians for the last five hundred years. Hold
to Christ by faith, He and not ourselves, is the author and finisher of our faith, and by careful enurance in the faith, find
the grace trough His inexhaustible supply of the Unction of the Holy Spirit to abide in Grace.Only through Faith can we even
come to Jesus. The Joy of the Lord shall abide everyday with you, and the ends thereof will be the eternal reward of
everlasting happiness in the prescence of God forever and ever. May God Bless you abundantly as you study His Saving Word.
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