{"id":488,"date":"2007-11-23T06:56:56","date_gmt":"2007-11-23T15:56:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/eaf.net\/pantinghart\/?p=488"},"modified":"2007-11-23T06:57:18","modified_gmt":"2007-11-23T15:57:18","slug":"the-third-representative","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eaf.net\/pantinghart\/2007\/the-third-representative\/","title":{"rendered":"The Third Representative"},"content":{"rendered":"<table width=130 border=0 cellpadding=10 cellspacing=0 bgcolor=\"#003300\" align=right align=texttop>\n<tr>\n<td><b><font color=\"#339933\">Reading:<\/font><br \/>\n<font color=\"#ffffff\">Luke 20:1-18<\/font><br \/>\n<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p>So the estate owner sent a trusted servant to see how things were going and to collect his dues. What an honor for the servant!<\/p>\n<p>I would like to be such a servant. (Except I balk at the getting beat up part.)<\/p>\n<p>So the master sent another servant, perhaps of greater rank. He got beat up also.<\/p>\n<p>The owner, not one to give up, tried again.<\/p>\n<p><b><font color=brown>&#8220;And again he sent a third: and they wounded him also, and cast him out&#8221;<\/font><\/b> (12).<\/p>\n<p>I imagine the third fellow knew the fate of the previous two representatives.<\/p>\n<p><b>He did his part anyway.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>And got the same treatment as the first two.<\/p>\n<p>Would I go on a similar mission?<\/p>\n<p>Have I ever shied away from representing Jesus because I knew how it went for the others?<\/p>\n<p>Peer pressure and problems and persecution can really put a damper on my zeal sometimes.<\/p>\n<p><b>May He find me a faithful representative anyway!!<\/b><\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"\/pantinghart\/wp-content\/thestone-b.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/pantinghart\/wp-content\/thestone-s.jpg\" alt=\"[The stone which the builders rejected (Luke 20:17)]\"\/><\/a><br \/>\n<br \/><i>from Luke 20:17<\/i><\/center><\/p>\n<p><b>A little bit more from Luke 20:<\/b> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.eaf.net\/cgi-bin\/webbbs\/lift\/lift.cgi?read=8251\"><font color=green>Did He Have a Choice?<\/font><\/a><\/p>\n<p><i>PS: Click the image above to see the larger version with the hidden message.<\/i><\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reading: Luke 20:1-18 So the estate owner sent a trusted servant to see how things were going and to collect his dues. 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