NikL, I am curious if your wife would agree that Jesus has
NOT appointed a ‘faithful slave’…have her read the following and see if she
agrees with what is actually stated in the Bible.
Do you agree that in regards to Matthew
24:45-47 of the topic of ‘the faithful slave’ that verse 45 is
merely asking the question of who is, but verse 46 goes on to state that ‘the
slave’ that is found doing so ‘on the master’s arrival’ is who will ‘then at
that time be found to be faithful’ and appointed over the master’s belongings.
In other words, ‘the slave’ is just a
‘slave’ prior to the master’s arrival and it is up to the master upon his
arrival to determine what slave/s are ‘faithful or not. It is not up to the slave/s themselves to determine their
own faithfulness. To further demonstrate this, please consider the
following scriptures.
(Matthew 25:14,19,21,23,26-27 Luke 19:13,15,17,22-23)
As can be seen, the master summoned
‘SLAVES’, not faithful ones, nor wicked ones, just ‘SLAVES’. But it is on the
master’s arrival that he then determines which of those ‘SLAVES’ were faithful
or wicked. The point being is that it is presumptuous for the ‘slave/s’ to consider/call
themselves ‘faithful’ presently, when that is something
that is for the master to determine/say when he arrives. In fact to the
contrary ‘the slaves’ when calling themselves anything, the master himself said
what is found at Luke 17:10…