"The Wise Stewart"

"He is ever merciful, and lendeth; and his seed is blessed." (Psalms 37:26) You have heard the term, big things come in small packages; well, what we have here today in this hand full of words is the parable of what forgiveness should mean to a believer, made condensed and expanded upon, all in one. If you are not familiar with the parable that I am referring to, it is found in Luke 16:1-13, and it is usually looked over or grossly misunderstood. The title above that portion of Scripture in my Bible says, "How to Get a Welcoming Committee in Heaven", alone with some footnotes to help understand what is being said. The just of the matter has to do with the reaction that must take place in a believers heart from the moment they are saved, and until they are taken from this earth; and that is, 'the declaration of the forgiveness of sins'. This declaration of the forgiveness of sins is the most important thing that we as believers in Jesus Christ have got to share, from the moment we are saved, until the Lord takes us from this earth; it is the what has changed our hearts, and it is what will change the hearts of others also. The really great thing that we fail to realize, is that there will be a welcoming committee in heaven, based upon those that made it to heaven based upon our testimony and message of forgiveness; small crowds or large crowds, we will not know until we get there, but they will be there to thank us for our sharing of the Good News. Never mind the crowds, what about Jesus? Jesus will also be welcoming us with open arms, as He declares, "Well done, My good and faithful servant". Unfortunately, as with the majority of those that claim the cross of Christ, they do not feel as though they have anything to offer when it comes to sharing their faith; listening to the devil, they also use his accusations as detractors from engaging in 'the declaration of the forgiveness of sins', and in the act of making a case for the need of forgiveness; which is based solely on the deception of the enemy. Our forgiveness is based upon what Jesus Christ has done on the cross and what we do with what He has done; do we believe that He has forgiven us or not? because if we believe that we have been forgiven, then forgiveness is what we will be about... "Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new. And all things are of God, who hath reconciled us to Himself by Jesus Christ, and hath given us the ministry of reconciliation; to wit, that God was in Christ reconciling the world unto Himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them; and hath committed unto us the word of reconciliation. Now then we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God did beseech you by us: we pray you in Christ's stead, be ye reconciled to God. For He hath made Him to be sin for us, Who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in Him." (2 Corinthians 5:17-21)