PREPARED BY MARGUERITE COOK.
Title.—Watchfulness (Temperance Lesson).—Luke 12:35-48.
Golden Text.—Blessed are those servants, whom the lord when he cometh shall find watching.—Luke 12:37.
Golden Text for Beginners.—Even a child maketh himself known by his doings.—Prov. 20:11.
Truth.—Be always ready.
1. Jesus told his disciples that they must be always ready and watching for his coming.
2. He told them to be like faithful servants, who, with their lights burning, wait for the return of their absent master.
3. He said that the master who should come home and find his servants watching for him would be pleased.
4. He would invite them to sit down at his table, and he would serve them himself.
5. Those faithful servants would receive a blessing.
6. Jesus warns us all to watch and be faithful about our work, so that when he comes again we will be ready.
7. He says that no one knows the day nor the hour when he will return.
8. The master chooses the faithful servants to rule over his house.
9. The unfaithful servant will not be found watching when his master shall come.
10. He will spend his time in eating and drinking and abusing his fellow-servants.
11. The master will come when he is not expected, and will see these evil deeds and punish the servant for his unfaithfulness.