As I drove into school this morning, a song by the Afters came over my car.

 

I am not worthy to speak of the verse written below as “an expert on scripture”.  

 

I am a common man who found Jesus in a locker room, on a football field, in stressful situations, in my marriage, and in every other area of my life where I was smart enough to invite Him in.

 

That being said, I would like to say this:

Our life is a test.

And it is a test that we can not possibly pass.

 

I mean—think about it.  God shows up as a Jewish carpenter and takes on a brutal and oppressive government while undermining the religion that had partnered with it.  And He does it so that He can be executed and punished as a criminal in between two thieves. Why? So that He can stand before the throne and declare us clean.

 

When I read scripture in the Old and New Testament I am SHOCKED.  A plan is orchestrated by people of different ethnicities, on different continents, of different languages and cultures…..and this plan is centered around this EVENT—-this MAN.

 

All of scripture points to Jesus.

 

Simple.  And yet the most complicated and intricate story that you could write.

 

You can’t make this up……IT’S SO GOOD.

 

Luke 16 1Jesus told his disciples: “There was a rich man whose manager was accused of wasting his possessions. 2So he called him in and asked him, ‘What is this I hear about you? Give an account of your management, because you cannot be manager any longer.’

3“The manager said to himself, ‘What shall I do now? My master is taking away my job. I’m not strong enough to dig, and I’m ashamed to beg– 4I know what I’ll do so that, when I lose my job here, people will welcome me into their houses.’

5“So he called in each one of his master’s debtors. He asked the first, ‘How much do you owe my master?’

6” ‘Eight hundred gallons of olive oil,’ he replied.

“The manager told him, ‘Take your bill, sit down quickly, and make it four hundred.’

7“Then he asked the second, ‘And how much do you owe?’

” ‘A thousand bushels of wheat,’ he replied.

“He told him, ‘Take your bill and make it eight hundred.’

8“The master commended the dishonest manager because he had acted shrewdly. For the people of this world are more shrewd in dealing with their own kind than are the people of the light. 9I tell you, use worldly wealth to gain friends for yourselves, so that when it is gone, you will be welcomed into eternal dwellings.

10“Whoever can be trusted with very little can also be trusted with much, and whoever is dishonest with very little will also be dishonest with much. 11So if you have not been trustworthy in handling worldly wealth, who will trust you with true riches? 12And if you have not been trustworthy with someone else’s property, who will give you property of your own?

13“No servant can serve two masters. Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and Money.”

14The Pharisees, who loved money, heard all this and were sneering at Jesus. 15He said to them, “You are the ones who justify yourselves in the eyes of men, but God knows your hearts. What is highly valued among men is detestable in God’s sight.

 

What do you choose?

 

You, too, are “too proud to beg and too weak to dig”.  And, even if you were, you can’t get out of this debt. It is too big to carry.

 

And even with all of that, what do you receive?

 

You receive an honorable invitation to the house of the Living God.

 

Well Done? … I don’t deserve Well Done.  But, with Jesus, I am AMAZING.

 

And—hey— I get it.  You can take ANYONE and partner them with Jesus and you end up with a winning team.  ANYONE.

 

And that, my friend, is my point.

 

In The Name of the Father and the 

Son and the Holy Spirit.  Amen.

 

Well Done…The Afters

What Will It Be Like?

When My Pain Is Gone

And All The Worries Of This World Just Fade Away

What Will It Be Like?

When You Call My Name

And That Moment When I See You Face To Face

I Am Waiting My Whole Life To Hear You Say

Well Done Well Done My Good And Faithful One

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Coach J