March 19, 2024 … Our Master - King Jesus…

March 19, 2024 … Our Master - King Jesus…       

Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK ...  Please take the time to take in this song with lyrics from Phil Wickham  singing … This Is Our God …  Powerfully singing of God being our Master in Heaven, … our King, Jesus.  

Serving Our heavenly Master

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Highlight Passage: … Colossians 4:1 [NLT] … 

1 Masters, be just and fair to your slaves.  Remember that you also have a Master - in Heaven.   

… Paul calls on fellow Christians to treat all with fairness and consideration because that’s what King Jesus calls us to do from Heaven.. 

Highlight Passage: … Colossians 4:1 [MSG] … 

1 And masters, treat your servants considerately. Be fair with them. Don’t forget for a minute that you, too, serve a Master—God in heaven.            

… The Message version of Colossians 4:1                      

Highlight Passage (in context): …  Colossians 3:22-4:1 … USE THIS LINK …

… The Apostle Paul exhorts fellow Christians to treat all others with consideration and fairness just as our Master, in Heaven, would treat us ,,, with love and mercy and grace.                       

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Reference Passage: … Mark 12:28-31 [NLT] …  USE THIS LINK …   

… Jesus declared to one of the religious leaders what is the most important commands from God’s Law … that we, God’s children treat others like neighbors, treating them with the love of God.   

Reference Passage: … Romans 2:11 [NLT] …   

11 For God does not show favoritism.  

… Paul calls on fellow Christians to treat others as God treats all … with no favoritism.      

Reference Passage: … Galatians 3:28 [NLT] …  

28 There is no longer Jew or Gentile, slave or free, male and female. For you are all one in Christ Jesus..  

… Paul assures fellow Christians that all born-again believers are all one in Christ.                    

Reference Passage: … Philippians 2:3-5 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …   

… The Apostle Paul strongly teaches that all Christians are to take on the attitude of Christ Who calls those who follow Him to treat others as better than we treat ourselves.         

Reference Passage: … James 2:5 [NLT] …   

5 Listen to me, dear brothers and sisters. Hasn’t God chosen the poor in this world to be rich in faith? Aren’t they the ones who will inherit the Kingdom He promised to those who love Him?. 

… James, the earthly brother of Jesus, calls on all fellow Christians to humbly love others and become all Christ calls us to be - like Him - loving others like He loves us.

 

My Devotional Journal: Today’s  Our Daily Bread  Author, Jasmine Goh -  AT THIS LINK -  tells of how Singapore’s Ministry of Manpower in 2022, … realizing that domestic workers for the government need rest, … declared that these government workers be given one day per month to rest and be with their families.  

And really, that’s what God’s word teaches us, doesn’t it, … in passages of truth from God, Himself, calling all God’s children to treat others, i.e., those who serve others, as God would treat us … with love and consideration.  So, taking in the linked song and the Scriptures shared above, how will we be treating others today … and tomorrow; … prayerfully better than yesterday?                          

My THANKFULNESS: ... Oh, Abba Father, thank You, King Jesus, … for treating me ALWAYS better than I deserve. 

My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, ... . I pray. again today, that all reading here will join me, … to seek to treat all others as You have treated us, Lord, … with Your love and grace. … Amen

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