Characteristics of prophets in the Old Testament

Jesus’ teaching on watchfulness and readiness
Believers should be dressed for his coming;
They should keep their lamps burning;
They should be awake/alert;
Those who are found waiting
They should be prepared at all times since they do not know the time for Christ’s coming;
Believers should continue working until Christ comes back;
The servants/believers who are drunkards/mistreat fellow workers will be punished;
Those who know what is required of them/their masters will and fail to do it will receive a severe beating;
Believers are expected to respond to God according to how much they have received from Him.
Those who do wrong out of ignorance will receive lesser beatings/punishment.

LUKE 12:35-48

Luke 12:35-48 New International Version (NIV)
Watchfulness
35 “Be dressed ready for service and keep your lamps burning, 36 like servants waiting for their master to return from a wedding banquet, so that when he comes and knocks they can immediately open the door for him. 37 It will be good for those servants whose master finds them watching when he comes. Truly I tell you, he will dress himself to serve, will have them recline at the table and will come and wait on them. 38 It will be good for those servants whose master finds them ready, even if he comes in the middle of the night or toward daybreak. 39 But understand this: If the owner of the house had known at what hour the thief was coming, he would not have let his house be broken into. 40 You also must be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour when you do not expect him.”

41 Peter asked, “Lord, are you telling this parable to us, or to everyone?”

42 The Lord answered, “Who then is the faithful and wise manager, whom the master puts in charge of his servants to give them their food allowance at the proper time? 43 It will be good for that servant whom the master finds doing so when he returns. 44 Truly I tell you, he will put him in charge of all his possessions. 45 But suppose the servant says to himself, ‘My master is taking a long time in coming,’ and he then begins to beat the other servants, both men and women, and to eat and drink and get drunk. 46 The master of that servant will come on a day when he does not expect him and at an hour he is not aware of. He will cut him to pieces and assign him a place with the unbelievers.

47 “The servant who knows the master’s will and does not get ready or does not do what the master wants will be beaten with many blows. 48 But the one who does not know and does things deserving punishment will be beaten with few blows. From everyone who has been given much, much will be demanded; and from the one who has been entrusted with much, much more will be asked.

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Similarities in the life and experience of Nehemiah and Jesus Christ

27/1/2020

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Similarities in the life and experience of Nehemiah and Jesus Christ

Both were accused falsely
Both were patriotic – Nehemiah had great love for the Jewish community while Jesus showed love
Both cleansed the Temple for his people and wept over Jerusalem
Both were prayerful
Both of them faced opposition and threats in their lives
Both acknowledge the importance of the Sabbath
Both condemned social evils
Both were compassionate to the people / Had concern for the needy
Both were reformers Nehemiah instituted social, economic and religious reforms while Jesus instituted the new covenant