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What have you done?
• Choices have consequences; some make choices w/o considering the consequences
• Asking, “What have you done?” is an effort to make people consider their consequences while they have time and opportunity
II A Biblical QuestionA Biblical Question
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What have you done? • Gn.4:10
• Gn.20:9
• Gn.31:26
• Nu.23:11
• 1 Sm.13:11
• 2 Sm.3:24
• Dn.4:35
• Jn.18:35
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IIII Questions We Should Questions We Should Ask The LordAsk The Lord
1. “What have You done forfor me?” Song:
– He was threatened for me. Jn.19:10; 1 Pt.2:23
– He was slandered for me. Mt.27:29, 39-40; Mk.14:65
– Every tear, every nail, every thorn was for me. Hb.5:7; Mt.26-27
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2. "What have you done toto me?”
• A Christian grows slack in atten-dance, doesn’t do a thing to serve the Lord, and may quit altogether
• When asked why, he mentions a brother who once hurt his feelings…
• He quits serving the Lord because of what a man did! Hb.12:3
• When did Jesus ever fail you?
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It is foolish to blame Jesus for a crime that some man committed
• 2 Co.11
– Accusations of false brethren against Paul were bad enough
– His own brethren who believed them made it even worse
• 1 Co.9:27
• Hb.10:32-34
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Emperor Valens threatened Eusebius
• Threats: confiscation of all his goods, torture, banishment, or even death
• Eusebius replied: “He needs not fear confiscation, who has nothing to lose; nor banishment, to whom heaven is his country; nor torments, when his body can be destroyed at one blow; nor death, which is the only way to set him at liberty from sin and sorrow”
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Questions
1. Have you ever failed someone, either intentionally or not?
2. Have you always done your duty perfectly?
3. Did you do your duty to solve this problem (Mt.18:15-17)?
4. The ultimate question: what has the Lord done to you?
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IIIIII Questions The Lord Questions The Lord May Ask UsMay Ask Us
1. “What have you done forfor Me?”
– Someone who has grown spiritually weak often tries to excuse his disobedience by recounting all the good things he ever did for God and man
• Implication: everyone, including the Lord Himself, owes him an extraordinary debt
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Twisted memories (revisionist history)
– Some remember what they have done for the Lord
• They forget what the Lord has done for them
– Some remember their good deeds, but forget the bad
• They forget the good deeds of others, but remember the bad
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What could I do for the Lord?
• 2 K.5:…13
• Mt.7:22 – He said, “Lord, Lord.” All the preaching
in the world will not save the preacher if he does not practice. 1 Co.13:1-2
– He may have been successful; the Lord cannot tolerate the presence of those who call him Lord and then work lawlessness (23)
• Mt.25:41-44
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God does not need us (Ps.50:7-15)
• Our service does not help Him
• Is.64:6 – If our righteousness is so bad, what
must our unrighteousness be?
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Lk.17:7-10
1. Even if we reach the highest degree of service, we have not benefited God
2. Even if we do our duty, we still fall short; we merit nothing
3. No one does his whole duty; no one does more than his duty
Ro.11:35
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2. What have you done toto Me?
• Ho.11:8 – Hb.6:4-6
– He did not suffer enough the first time!
– Crucified Lord afresh
• A Jewish Christian returns to the synagogue, fellowships those who crucified Jesus; says, “He deserved to be crucified. He wasn’t doing anything for me when He died”
• His approval makes the act of crucifixion his own
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“But I’m not a Jew in a synagogue”
• Ac.2:23 (Jn. 18:31)
– Crucifixion was a Roman punishment
– The Gentile Christian who returns to the world to fellowship his worldly friends makes the same statement as the Jew who returns to synagogue
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– Put Him to an open shame
– Mt.1:19
• Hb.10:26-31
– Some try to explain this away
– It will face them on Judgment Day
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Closing Questions
1. What have you done to yourself? (Jer. 8:6)
2. What have you done to your loved ones?
3. What has the Lord done to deserve anything less than your best?