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August 20, 2025

Broadcast

Faithful in Little, Faithful in Much – Part 3
Luke 16:11
08/20/2025

11:
If then you have not been faithful in the unrighteous wealth, who will entrust to you the true riches? (ESV)

Jesus was teaching His disciples about stewardship, the faithful use of our time, talent, and treasure. Our response to temporal blessings is a direct reflection of our spiritual understanding. If we truly believe that we own our time, talents, and treasures, we will use them for our own benefit. If we truly believe that we are managers who are entrusted with God’s gifts, then we will seek to grow His investment.

Jesus told His disciples: ‘‘If then you have not been faithful in the unrighteous wealth, who will entrust to you the true riches?’’ Our actions reflect our understanding of our relationship to God and neighbor.

Several times Jesus reflected on the words of Moses as quoted in the New Testament:

You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the great and first commandment. And a second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself. On these two commandments depend all the Law and the Prophets.[1]

How we use that which is temporary, which has no eternal value, reflects our beliefs and priorities. Do we selfishly hoard that we are given, or do we use it to serve God and our neighbor? When we suffer a setback such as fire or flood or other disaster, do we panic or do we trust in God? Are we willing to go out of our way to help our neighbor, or are we focused strictly on our own interests.

May our Lord grant that we use His gifts wisely and according to His will. Amen.

May 6, 2025

Broadcast

                      The Good Shepherd - Part 2
                             John 10:12-13
                              05/06/2025


        12   He who is a hired hand and not a shepherd, who
             does not own the sheep, sees the wolf coming and
             leaves the sheep and flees, and the wolf snatches
             them and scatters them.
        13   He flees because he is a hired hand and cares
             nothing for the sheep.  (ESV)

        If Jesus is the Good Shepherd, what are the other shepherds
   like?  Jesus tells us:
        He who is a hired hand and not a shepherd, who does not
        own the sheep, sees the wolf coming and leaves the
        sheep and flees, and the wolf snatches them and
        scatters them.  He flees because he is a hired hand and
        cares nothing for the sheep.


        The false shepherds, the hirelings, give the sheep a false
   sense of security, a false message of hope.  The devil, the
   world, and our own sinful flesh hold the glitz and glamour of
   created things before our eyes.  They claim if we work hard
   enough and sacrifice enough, we might obtain power or wealth or
   some future life of leisure.

        False shepherds demand that we be strong, that we be perfect
   in every way.  There is no room for weakness, there can be no
   letting up.  Failure is not an option.  Those who do not measure
   up are cast by the wayside, abandoned, and left alone.

        Our selfish ambition cares nothing for others, reflects no
   love, and uses people even as we are used by others.  The wolf,
   be it natural disaster or health issues or some other danger out
   of our control, finds us defenseless.

        The Good Shepherd, however, protects His sheep.  He gives
   His life for the sheep, covering their sins with His
   righteousness, strengthening them in weakness, and binding their
   wounds.  He is not a hireling.

        May our Lord give us faith to know and trust in the Good
   Shepherd for our eternal blessing.  Amen.