Luke 17: 7-10 7
Who of you, having a servant who plows or grazes cattle, when he returns from the field, says to him: Come in and sit at the table? 8 Doesn’t it say to you more perfectly: Prepare my supper, tie yourselves together and serve me even though I have eaten and drunk? And after this you eat and drink? 9 do you thank the servant for doing what was ordered? I do not think so. 10 So you still say, when you have accomplished everything you have managed, and you say: ‘We are useless servants, because what we should do, we did.
Reflection:
This parable is often misrepresented with the word “useless”, although what do we do with other parts of Scripture that say the opposite of the action of the God or Owner towards His servant? in the parable of the watchful servant in Luke 12:37, “Blessed are the slaves whom their master will find watchful when he comes; Truly I tell you, he will gird himself and make them sit at the table and come to serve them, “in another parable of the talents in Matthew 25: 21 ”, and his God said: well done, properly ! and faithful servant; You were a little unconditional , I will put you on top of a lot; enter the enjoyment of your God ”. In the verses said above, we have the superior or lord who, when he arrives, does the servant what he has to do , tells him to sit down at the table and serve him, and in the second verse of Matthew we have the servant who has been faithful and God tells him to enter into the enjoyment of your God , however the rebellious are told that he is useless, as Matthew 25: 29-30 says: “For whoever has, it is given and it will take”; and from the one who does not have what he has, it will be taken from him. And cast the useless servant into the shadows. Will be weeping and gnashing of teeth, “then why does the Lord Jesus who , when they proceeded all that is commanded them to affirm that we are unprofitable servants? Answer of how simple and urgent Almighty has us said to be servants helpful and obedient In his kingdom, the useless do not obey the Savior Jesus . The meaning of the word useless according to Rae1 is that it is not useful, it could not But the most appropriate promise for the purpose is without reward , 2 in other words , we are servants without deserving and unworthy to accept his grace to pour out the only true Almighty . The business center of the allegory is happy servitude our God Jesus . We cannot reflect on obeying the Messiah King with false humility saying: ” Most High , Jehovah , I am a useless servant who hits us in the chest”, and after praying, we do with our lives Hidden what we want, rebellious to Him, far away of the Lord’s self – determination ; Rather, we are to be useful servants of God with delight , not just with promises but with incidents . He made great words of honesty and obedience, and in the book of Revelation at the end of each letter that the apostle John sends to the seven churches, it says that all winners in Jesus Christ God will receive a reward . You can read additional reading on the Message of Jesus Christ No. 62 – Beyond the Overcomers – Romans 8: 37-39. It is not a contradictory parable, because with the correct interpretation everything is intertwined, do not lose the north, because of the useless word (v.10), it corresponds to the call to obedience that the Redeemer Christ calls all his apostles . ; As it is written in the narration of both principles Luke 6:46 why do you call me Jehovah , Almighty and do not do what I say? Just as the servant in this allegory obeyed his master, yet perhaps that servant was not full of joy.He made the task reluctantly, because his master tells him a chance to eat and drink can eat later a long journey of work. comply . Unlike the servants of God , they are distinguished by the fact that they believe in the faithfulness of Almighty and obey him, accompanied by happiness .