When a "bondservant" is referred to in the Bible, it means a voluntary, ongoing, permanent, mutually agreed upon, mutually beneficial, employer/employee relationship. It is an important concept to get right, because Jesus asks every one of His followers to become a bondservant to Himself.

Us bondservants are to voluntarily enter into an ongoing, permanent, mutually agreed upon, mutually beneficial Master (Jesus)/servant (us) relationship with the Lord Jesus. It involves, at least in the Old Testament picture, an awl, a door, and a willing ear. Listen today with your ear. Then get out your spiritual awl.

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If God was only just, you, me, and the people of God would only be in big trouble. The Israelites are just past a little event known as the golden calf, where most of the golden rules were trampled on. Yet, because "the Lord's release has been proclaimed", it means that you're not getting what you deserve.

Then practically He asks for a heart toward the poor that is similar to the Lord’s heart toward them. He asks for a HAND toward the poor brother among you that is similar to the Lords HAND toward them. He wants to see amongst the people of God the very character of God: in this case financial mercy. Listen. Subscribe. Come back tomorrow unless you've something better to do when you drink your coffee.

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First let's ask selfishly: If you knew that YOU were benefitting from YOUR giving, would you give more?

Here's the Crazy thing that makes this worth 7 minutes of your time: the generous GIVER is also the generous RECEIVER.

You give it to the Lord who gives it back to you.

Hmmmm. If the main profit is accrued to ME... Maybe I should give more.

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