1. Title: Think about what a slave should do
2. Content
17:1 Jesus said to his disiples, ‘Occasions for stumbling are bound to come, but woe to anyone by whom they come!
17:2 It would be better for you if a milestone were hung around your neck and you were thrown into the sea than for you to cause one of these little ones to stumble.
17:3 Be on your guard! If another disciple sins, you must rebuke the offender, and if there is repentance, you must forgive.
17:4 And if the same person sins against you seven times a day, and turns back to you seven times and say, “I repent”, you must forgive.
17:5 The apostles said to the Lord, ‘Increase our faith!’
17:6 The Lord replied, ‘If you have faith the size of a musturd seed, you could say to this mulberry tree, “Be uprooted and planted in the sea”, and it would obey you.
17:7 Who among you would say to your slave who has hius come in from ploughing or tending sheep in the field, “Come here at once and take your place at the table”?
17:8 Would you not rather say to him, “Prepare supper for me, put on your apron and serve me while I eat and drink; later you may eat and drink”?
17:9 Do you think the slave for doing what was commended?
17:20 So you also, when you have done all that you were ordered to do, say, “We are worthless slaves; we have donw only what we ought to have done!”
touched verse: 17:1
3. Understanding
Man tends to sin and it is natural. I heard a good word, “Do not hate the person, hate the sin”. This means person is not perfect and he will sin many times irrespective of his will. So if someboby sins and repent, we should forgive him like 17:3-4. But if somebody did sin on purpose or for his profit, what should we do? After that he repent it, should we forgive him? At that time he was tempted by evil, so he did not notice what he did. I don’t have any idea of this. But if possible, somebody repent his sin, forgive him for sin is bound to men.
4. Who is God?
God knows the human nature. He disciples people. (Sin is for man, forgiveness is for God.)
5. Benifit on me
When somebody made a mistake or did a bad action, think about it. Do not judge him right now. Maybe I did sin many times, and people aound me would have a suffer. But they did not tell me every time, appreciate them.
6. Apply
Be medest and humble. Thnik about what I did, and be carefull what I will do.
7. Pray
Forgive me about sins that I made even I did not recognize it.
