Kingdom Living - The Commands of ChristSample

Commands of Christ: 70 

When you have done all you were asked to, say, “we are unprofitable slaves, we have only done our duty.” 

I’d say this this is a bit counter-cultural and politically incorrect in our day. There are lots of biblical metaphors of our relationship with Christ: slaves, friends, bride, body, etc. I dare say that slave is the least popular. It’s true Jesus told the twelve disciples they were no longer His servants, but now were His friends. Despite this we see later disciples, including the apostle Paul, refer to themselves as slaves of the Lord. In some of His parables, Jesus has a master telling his slaves at the end of their service, “Well done, good and faithful servant.” 

Here, Jesus says that even if we do everything we’ve been asked to, that we have only done the minimum. Let us rather seek extravagant ways to demonstrate our love for Him for all that He is and our gratitude to Him for all He has done. He says that even in regard to our enemies, if they ask for our shirt we should give them our coat as well. If that is to be our attitude toward our enemies then how much more should we go beyond what has been asked of us to glorify our perfect and gracious Lord?