{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Red Letters Day 24 Luke 12:35-59","description":"What would you do if you knew a thief was coming to your home today? I hope you will prepare! Be Ready to open the door    Be Ready for service and keep your lamps lit  You are to be like people waiting for the master to return from the wedding banquet so that when he comes and knocks on the door they can open  Blessed are those whom the master finds alert when he comes  He will get ready to recline and serve them  If he comes in the middle of the night or near dawn and he finds them alert blessed are those who are alert  If the homeowner knew the thief was coming he would not let his house be broken into  You must also be ready because you do not know when the  Son of man is coming when you least expect him  Be faithful  The master put faithful managers in charge of his household  Blessed is the servant who is found doing his job when the Master returns  He will put him in charge of all his possessions  But the servant who says my master is delaying his coming and begins to beat his servants  eats and gets drunk when the master comes on that unexpected he hew will cut him into pieces and assign him to a place with the unfaithful  The servant who knows that his master will and does not do it will be severely punished  The servant who didn't know and did what deserved punishment will receive a light beating  For everyone who has given much, much will be required and from the one who has been entrusted with much even more will be expected  Jesus says he came to bring fire on the earth (judgment -what does fire do REFINE  I wish it were already here to set it ablaze  BUT I have  a baptism (the crucifixion and resurrection) How it consumes me  until IT IS FINISHED the mission would be complete  Do you think I come to bring peace? Peace with God those who choose to be his disciples Unbelievers remain at odds with God and His requirements    He would bring division in households and families  Division over the gospel of Christ in some families split them down the middle  The Spiritual family is more important the family bloodline Holman commentary  They could interpret the weather but not the present time they refused to see Jesus as the Messiah Be Reconciled He compares it to a legal dispute reconciles to God  before you get to the court of final judgment when the Gravel is down it is done  Settle the account before it is too late If Jesus were to come today will you be found ready, and in faith?  Have you been reconciled to Christ through this finished work at the cross?   The chew  Be Alert for you don\u2019t know when your Master will return. Don\u2019t Delay the Master is on his way    For more about Gloribites https:\/\/linktr.ee\/Gloribites       ","author_name":"GloriBites","author_url":"http:\/\/www.gloribites.com","html":"